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Maude Abbott

Pathologist. Developed a classification system for congenital heart diseases

Medicine

Frank Dawson Adams

Founder of modern structural geology; Canada’s most eminent geologist prior to 1950

Earth

Ian Keith Affleck

Researching the theory of elementary particles, condensed matter and cosmology

Physics

Albert Juan Aguayo

Studies regeneration of neurons in the brain and spinal chord

Medicine

John Alcock

Expert in laser and plasma physics

Physics

Howard Alper

World leader in field of catalytic organic chemistry

Chemistry

Sid Altman

Discovered catalytic RNA, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1989

Biology

Gail Anderson

entomology, insects, forensics, crime

Biology

Robin Louis Armstrong

Research in condensed matter physics

Physics

James Greig Arthur

Mathematician; internationally recognized for his outstanding advances in unifying the mathematical fields of algebra and analysis

Mathematics

Harold Leslie Atwood

One of Canada’s most distinguished neuroscientists, studying mechanisms of synaptic transmission

Biology

Lorne Babiuk

International authority in veterinary virology and immunology

Biology

Richard F.W. Bader

One of Canada's most prominent theoretical chemists, specializing in molecular structure and reactivity.

Chemistry

Patricia A. Baird

Past Chair, Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies and key scientist in the current discussion on the ethical and social policy implications of genetic knowledge.

Biology

George Michael Bancroft

Developer of Mössbauer spectroscopy

Chemistry

Sir Frederick Grant Banting

Successfully isolated insulin and received the Nobel Prize

Medicine

Murray Llewellyn Barr

Discovered sex chromatin

Biology

Leonard A. Barrie

Pioneer and international leader researching acid rain, arctic air pollution, ozone depletion and climate change.

Earth

Helen Irene Battle

Pioneered the idea of using fish eggs to study the effects of cancer causing substances on cell growth.

Biology

Richard J. Beamish

Fisheries scientist; discovered the effect of acid rain on fish and demonstrated climate cycles in Canada’s lakes and oceans.

Earth

Axel D. Becke

Leading researcher in the application of Density Functional Theory to molecules, changing a fundamental way in which molecules are described.

Chemistry

Co-discoverer of vinblastine (from the Madagascar periwinkle plant) with Robert Noble at the University of Western Ontario in 1958. Vinblastine is a major chemotherapy drug used to treat cancers such as Hodgkin's disease, testicular and breast cancers.

Chemistry

Bryan Patrick Beirne

Internationally recognized pioneer in integrated pest management and the application of biological techniques to pest control.

Biology

Alexander Graham Bell

Worked with the deaf, inventor.

Physics

Helen Belyea

The only female geologist allowed to work in the field by the Geological Survey until 1970

Earth

Edith Berkely

Expert in the field of polychaete taxonomy

Biology

Louis Bernatchez

Top Canadian molecular biologist studying the genetics of fish populations

Biology

Charles Herbert Best

Co-discoverer of insulin

Medicine

John Bienenstock

Immunologist; international authority on mucosal immunity.

Medicine

Davidson Black

Identified a new species of ancient human, “Peking Man”

Earth

Myer Bloom

A pioneer in the field of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance who is now applying his expertise to the study of biological membranes.

Physics

James Robert Bolton

Studies in photochemistry and the photodegradation of pollutants

Chemistry

J. Richard (Dick) Bond

Theoretical studies of the cosmic background radiation and dark energy, and lead theoretician on the Boomerang experiment.

Physics

Roberta Lynn Bondar

First Canadian woman astronaut in space

Physics

Jonathan M. Borwein

Internationally renowned mathematician who, with his brother Peter, calculated the value of pi to a new world record.

Mathematics

Peter B. Borwein

Internationally renowned mathematician who, with his brother Jonathan, calculated the value of pi to a new world record.

Mathematics

Gabrielle L. Boulianne

Neurobiologist who has used the common fruit fly as a model to study aging and human neurodegenerative diseases such as Lou Gehrig's disease and Alzheimer's.

Biology

Norman L. Bowen

A founding father of experimental petrology.

Earth

Gladys Boyd

One of first doctors to treat diabetic children with insulin

Medicine

Willard S. Boyle

Co-Inventor of the Charge Coupled Device for which he won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics

Physics

Jess Brewer

particle physics

Physics

J. Keith Brimacombe

One of the finest metallurgical engineers of the twentieth century.

Engineering

Bertram Neville Brockhouse

Won the Nobel Prize in 1994 for designing the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope and his use of it to investigate Condensed Matter

Physics

Harriet Brooks

Canada’s first female nuclear physicist

Physics

Leonard T. Bruton

Designed and developed electronic filters

Mathematics

Gerald Vincent Bull

Designed the supergun, the GC-45 howitzer; Aerophysicist, artillery designer and ballistics expert

Engineering

William (Bill) James Leslie Buyers

Researched magnetic excitations and structures of solids and liquids; first to observe the "Haldane Gap", thereby confirming a previously controversial theory in quantum magnetism.

Physics

Eric Ottleban Callen

Father of the study of human coprolites

Biology

Donald Brian Calne

Neurologist who first used synthetic dopamine to treat Parkinson's disease.

Medicine

Constantine Alberga Campbell

One of Canada's foremost soil scientists; made dryland farming more productive, profitable and sustainable

Biology

Elizabeth Cannon

Geomatics Engineer and world expert in the research and development of satellite navigation tools using GPS

Mathematics

Jules P. Carbotte

Expert on superconductivity

Physics

Robert L. Carroll

Vertebrate palaeontologist who recognized and described the oldest known ancestor of all reptiles birds and mammals; the origins of terrestrial vertebrates, the origin of various amphibians such as frogs and salamanders.

Earth

Thomas Ming Swi Chang

Inventor of the artificial cell

Biology

John Herbert Chapman

Builder of the Canadian space program

Physics

Dennis Hubert Chitty

One of the first animal ecologists in the world and a world expert on lemmings

Biology

Ray Chu-Jeng Chiu

Pioneered surgical technique of cardiomyoplasty for failing hearts

Medicine

Matthew W. Choptuik

World leader in the field of Numerical Relativity

Physics

Bruce Chown

Studied Rh disease (erythroblastosis fetalis) and developed the serum which now prevents this illness worldwide

Medicine

Michel Chrétien

Endocrinologist who opened up a whole new branch of biology by discovering convertases, enzymes that cleave proteins to create biologically active chemicals such as hormones

Biology

John J. Clague

One of Canada’s leading authorities in Quaternary and environmental earth sciences

Earth

Colin Whitcomb Clark

Invented mathematical bioeconomics

Mathematics

Karl Adolf Clark

Pioneered the hot-water recovery process for extracting oil from tar sands.

Engineering

James Bertram Collip

One of the original patentees of insulin, and one of first to isolate parathyroid hormone

Biology

Mel Comisarow

Developed Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy

Chemistry

Kathy Conlan

An expert in understanding the weird and wonderful world of marine creatures that live deep under the Arctic ice.

Biology

Brian Evans Conway

The dean of electrochemistry in Canada

Chemistry

Douglas Harold Copp

Discovered and named the protein calcitonin, for use in the treatment of bone disease

Biology

Paul Corkum

Developed attosecond (10^-18 or a billion billionths of a second) light pulses for molecular imaging.

Engineering

J. William (Bill) Costerton

Pioneered biofilm microbiology

Biology

Donald (H. S. M.) Coxeter

Greatest classical geometer of the 20th century

Mathematics

Fergus I. Craik

One of the world's foremost authorities in the areas of human memory and the effects of aging on learning, memory, and attention

Medicine

Pieter Cullis

Lipid-based drug delivery systems

Biology

Roger Daley

Principal constructor of the Canadian numerical weather forecasting system

Earth

Pierre Dansereau

Ecologist who changed scientific understanding of natural and man-made ecosystems and their interactions

Biology

Henri Darmon

One of the world's leading number theorists, working on Hilbert's 12th problem.

Mathematics

Alan Garnett Davenport

Pioneered the application of wind tunnels to the design of wind sensitive structures and worked to create international design standards for wind engineering.

Engineering

Adolfo J. de Bold

Biochemist; Discovered that the heart produces a hormone, the Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF)

Medicine

John Michael Dealy

Authority on the flow properties of molten polymers; their measurement and use in polymer science and plastics engineering

Engineering

Carrie M. Derick

Pioneered work in heredity

Biology

Pierre Deslongchamps

Pioneered the synthesis of organic molecules

Chemistry

Johan (John) F. Dormaar

Soil scientist internationally recognized for his work on the effects of livestock grazing on rangeland soils, soil chemistry, and soil organic matter

Biology