Eight faculty members at Nipissing University have received over $1.3 million in federal grants to support their research.
The post-secondary school says research will delve into environmental and Indigenous studies, computer science, psychology, mathematics and physics.
Associate Vice-President of Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies at Nipissing, Dr. Barbi Law, says the local researchers are making important scientific discoveries and meaningful contributions to arts and culture, all while engaging with communities to drive impactful change.
The funds are coming from two grants: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Nipissing says grant recipients include:
SSHRC Grant Recipients
Dr. Kirsten Greer, Professor in the Department of Geography and History at Nipissing University and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Histories and Geographies, has received a SSHRC Insight Grant of $488,950 for her project, “NORAD military legacies: Making visible the compounded historical and present-day effects of PFAS on our shared land, water, and food resources.”
Dr. Tyson Stewart, Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies at Nipissing University, has received a SSHRC Insight Grant of $56,410 for his project, “The World is Upside Down: Truth, Reconciliation, and Noir”.
Dr. Rosemary Nagy, Professor of Political Science at Nipissing University, has received a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant of $49,381 for her project, “Precarious mothering: mutual support and solidarity in sex work communities”. Partnership Engage grants support short-term partnered research activities involving a post-secondary institution and a single organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sectors.
Dr. Alyssa Leblond, Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Nipissing University, has received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant of $93,632 for her project, “Exploring the Link between Bail Supervision Programs and Net Widening”. Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages and enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas.
NSERC Grant Recipients
Dr. Ali Hatef, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Nipissing University, has received an NSERC Discovery Grant of $200,000 for his project, “Theoretical and Computational Exploration of Optical Phase Change Materials for Active Photothermal Applications”.
Dr. Haibin Zhu, Professor of Computer Science at Nipissing University, has received an NSERC Discovery Grant of $215,000 for his project, “Adaptive Dumpster Management Using E-CARGO”.
Dr. Steven Arnocky, Professor of Psychology at Nipissing University, has received an NSERC Discovery Grant of $183,790 for his project, “Good genes sexual selection and the evolution of attractive human phenotypes”.
Dr. Alex Karassev, Professor of Mathematics at Nipissing University, has received an NSERC Discovery Development Grant of $22,000 for his project, “From homogeneity to discrete homogeneity”. The Discovery Development Grant program is a complementary element to the Discovery Grants program and provides resources to researchers from small universities to build their research program.
To learn more about research at Nipissing, visit nipissingu.ca/research.
