Research Profiles

Science of streams flourishes at Waterloo

The Grand River flows for more than 300 kilometres, streaming right through the heart of Waterloo Region...Read more

Tools to harness the quantum universe

Inside his new, 10,000-square-foot laboratory at the Institute for Quantum Computing, David Cory is developing tools for navigating and harnessing the quantum universe...Read more

Seeking sustainability in Alberta’s oil sands

George Dixon, Waterloo’s vice-president, university research, is leading a collective effort by 20 professors and their teams from seven universities and Environment Canada...Read more

Researchers launch ‘real rocket science’

At a university renowned around the globe for its water research, Michel Fich is boldly going where none of his campus colleagues have gone before...Read more

Novel nanotech drug delivery

“Imagine,” says Marianna Foldvari, “chicken wire rolled up into a tube.” That’s how a carbon nanotube would look...Read more

Universe ‘does not expand uniformly’

Mike Hudson thinks big. No, bigger. His research on cosmic flows in the universe is expected to bring a new understanding of the origin of structure in the universe...Read more

Seeking the myopia signal

 “In some ways, I’m a bit of a weird bird,” says School of Optometry professor Elizabeth Irving, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Animal Biology...Read more

Master of the quantum dance

Raymond Laflamme choreographs the world’s most complicated dance: a pirouette of atoms...Read more

Interdisciplinary researcher looks at aging vision

Many visual functions decline with age. As people grow older, for example, they need glasses to read due to changes in the eye’s lens...Read more

Tracking CO2 across disciplines

What impact are humans having on the atmosphere? As part of a multi-institutional, cross-Canada research program, earth and environmental sciences professor John Lin is trying to answer that question...Read more

Batteries power green future

“We’re in a global climate change crisis and need to have a fundamental shift in the way we look at energy,” says Linda Nazar...Read more

Coaxing nanocrystals to multitask

Pavle Radovanovic’s budding career as a concert musician ended in his teens when he discovered...Read more

Lighting up quantum communication

There’s a light show in Kevin Resch’s shining new lab....Read more

Research for better crops, safer water

Protecting watersheds is David Rudolph’s preoccupation....Read more

Managing the risk of new contaminants

In Mark Servos’s biology department lab, waders and long-handled nets compete for space with a mass spectrometer....Read more

Successful communication in the classroom

For optometry professor Marlee Spafford, teaching is all about successful communication...Read more

Packing a laser punch

A self-described “laser jock,” Donna Strickland inhabits a rarified but highly competitive world...Read more

Grand River under siege

When William Taylor wades into the Grand with his fly rod, he ponders the future of the Canadian Heritage River that flows through Waterloo Region...Read more

Creating an ecological legacy in Iraq

Iraq has been called one of the most dangerous places on Earth, but that hasn't stopped Barry Warner from lending a helping hand in restoring this war-torn country's ecosystem...Read more

Waterloo pump brings water to the world

A pump designed by two University of Waterloo professors 20 years ago is still bringing clean water to people in developing countries....Read more