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Plants have always played an essential role in human health and survival. Their versatility makes them a prominent source of food, clothing and medicine. With over 390,000 species of plants on Earth, it should come as no surprise that some are studied more rigorously than others.

Nanofabrication refers to the process of producing materials and devices with sizes in the nanometer-scale range, where unique properties of materials become evident. These include nanodevices such as semiconductor-integrated circuits, high-density magnetic storage, and energy-harvesting devices.

Catalysts are known as agents of change. That’s not just a metaphor. Catalysts make possible reactions that would otherwise be energetically unattainable.

Have you ever thought of the similarities you share with zebrafish? On the surface, zebrafish and humans appear to be polar opposites, yet according to numerous studies, they share about 70% of protein-coding genes. In addition, many neurons in the spinal cord of zebrafish are also found in humans, making zebrafish powerful tools in biomedical research.

Majestic, immense, and extinct — mammoths were not expected to have walked almost twice the circumference of the Earth over the span of their lives. This is what a team of scientists co-led by Professor Clément Bataille found when analysing an Arctic woolly mammoth tusk.

You have probably heard of the famous Schrödinger’s Cat paradox — a thought experiment involving a hypothetical cat placed in a box with radioactive materials, where the cat is simultaneously dead and alive.

Pieter Hofstra (1975-2022), who passed away suddenly in May 2022, was a dedicated teacher and a creative and brilliant scientist.

Award: Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS) Research Prize

Awards: Canadian Society for Chemistry Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry, Chemical Institute of Canada Catalysis Award, and Canadian Green Chemistry and Engineering Award for Green Chemistry (Individual)

Honour: Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)