The Quebec Research Funds - Society and Culture, Health, Nature and Technology - have announced the results of the 2018-2019 grant competitions. Professor Joshua Byers, member of NanoQAM, obtained a research grant for his project on the studies of hybrid electrocatalysts on the nano scale.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) recently announced investments of more than $ 554 million in 117 infrastructure projects at 61 universities, colleges and research hospitals in Canada.
Among the researchers present during this Scientific Mission, Prof. Mohamed Siaj (Canada Research Chair on 2D materials) and Prof. Daniel Bélanger (UQAM Research Chair on advanced materials), of UQAM , were present to promote the science of nanomaterials and research on advanced materials
Professor Mathieu Frenette, member of NanoQAM obtained a grant from the John R. Evans Evans Fund of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for the establishment of new research infrastructures and also additional financial assistance from the Government of Quebec as well as various partners.
Professor of the Department of Chemistry Mohamed Siaj, deputy director of the NanoQAM Research Center on nanomaterials and energy, is the holder of the Chair on two-dimensional materials for applications in the fields of chemical and biological sensors as well as detection .
Professor Steen Schougaard was invited to publish an outlook article on lithium batteries in the prestigious journal Science.
The conference organized by the UQAM Strategic Chair on new materials for energy technologies will take place on Tuesday July 5, 2016, Local PK-1140, UQAM.
Farzaneh Mahvash Mohammad, co-direction student between UQAM and McGill (Pr Thomas Szkopek and Pr Mohamed Siaj) was elected Star Student-Researcher March 2016 by the Quebec Research Fund - Nature and Technologies (FRQNT).
On February 11, the Faculty of Science awarded its 2015 Excellence Awards. Professors Frédéric Nabki, from the Department of Computer Science, received the Research Prize - Relève.
For over 20 years, the scientific magazine Québec Science has published the list of 10 scientific discoveries of the year in Quebec. This year, Professor Jérôme Claverie of the Department of Chemistry, and graduate Basile Commarieu (Ph. D. Chemistry, 2015), are in this prestigious honor roll, published in the January-February edition.
Launched in fall 2013, the strategic research chairs program aims to support the development of research and creation at UQAM, in particular in so-called emerging, intersectoral or innovative fields.
Le professeur Ricardo Izquierdo, membre des centres de recherche NanoQAM et CoFaMIC, participera au magazine scientifique Le code Chastenay qui sera diffusé le mardi 15 septembre 2015 à 19h sur les ondes de Télé-Québec.