Geneticist and science communicator: famous as popularizer of science and ecological issues
Shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of telomeres.
World expert on superconductivity
Won the Nobel prize in chemistry for studying electron transfer reactions
Won the Nobel Prize for verifying the quark theory
Pioneer in the scientific study of the Newfoundland fishery
Breakthroughs in fields of computer vision, artificial life and computer graphics
Pioneer in nuclear science; designed and built Canada's first mass spectrometer, built McMaster University to a respected research facility.
Conducted a series of experiments that would eventually result in the first proof of the existence of stem cells, a discovery that would revolutionize our understanding of human biology and disease.
Acclaimed as the "Father of GIS," Tomlinson invented Geographic Information Systems as a way to analyze geographic data.
Pioneering research in phytochemistry, world expert on herbal and medicinal plants.
Found the gene that causes cystic fibrosis
World authority on human memory function
Discoverer of Tutte’s Theorem
Contributing to theories on gravity and black holes, early cosmology, and quantum phenomena
Invented the alkaline battery
Canada's most respected astronomer
Invented and developed the Prism Light Guide System
Greatest Canadian natural products chemist
Tectonics
Geophysicist: pioneer in the study of plate tectonics
Pioneer radiochemist: world authority on counting beta-radiation; mastermind behind Canada's foremost research lab for nuclear chemistry at McGill.
World’s authority on contaminated soils and their mitigation
