Material Characterization Core Facility (MatChar)

Research and innovation

Material Characterization (MatChar) Core Facility

MatChar is a centre that builds on a collaborative research, education and training base at the University of Ottawa's Centre for Research and Innovation in Catalysis (CCRI), the Centre for Research in Photonic (CRP) and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Welcome to MatChar!

MatChar aims to bring together different sets of research skills leading to collective learning and innovation, thus addressing the challenge of creating new materials, with a focus on applications that can address environmental concerns and those that can provide new strategies for health sciences.

Our vision

Our vision of MatChar is to bring together different sets of competencies for research leading to collective learning and innovation, addressing the challenge of creating new materials, characterizing them and using them, on applications that can address environmental concerns, such as green chemistry and those that can provide new strategies for health sciences.

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Research

Our objective can be separated into four main areas: Light-matter Interactions; Environment, Energy & Sustainability; Biophotonics; and Health & Diagnostics.

Members

MatChar reunites researchers from different fields, including Medicine, Engineering and Science.

Facilities

MatChar's infrastructure includes new laboratory space in the Advanced Research Complex at uOttawa, which benefitted from a $16.4M grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation for the project “Advanced Materials: From Designer Molecules to Transformative Devices”, led by Prof. Tito Scaiano.

Opportunities

MatChar is equipped with cutting-edge technology available to those who pursue their graduate studies at our centre in uOttawa.

Contact us

MatChar - General Inquiry

Dr. Neeraj K Joshi

Lead Technician, Research
Material Characterization (MatChar) Core Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
Room: DRO 132
Office: 613-562-5800, ext 6046
E-mail: [email protected]

MatChar - Facility Inquiry

Dr. Yun Liu
Manager - Material Characterization (MatChar) Core Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
Room: BSC 437
Office: 613-562-5800, ext 6786
E-mail: [email protected]

Contact for opportunities

Prof. Juan (Tito) Scaiano, OC, FRSC
Distinguished Professor
Director - Material Characterization (MatChar) Core Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
Room: DRO 302
Office: 613-562-5800, ext 5896
E-mail: [email protected]