The Connaught Fund supports the University of Toronto’s graduate students, early-career researchers, interdisciplinary teams, and innovators to meet the challenges facing our global society. The new researcher award helps early-career faculty members establish their research programs and increase competitiveness for external funding. Below are the recipients of the prestigious award from the Department of Physics for their upcoming projects:

Professor Miriam Diamond, of the Department of Physics, received funding for her project on Low Threshold Dark Matter Investigation at the Cryogenic Underground Test Facility at SNOLAB.

Professor Morgan O’Neill, of the Department of Physics, received funding for her project on wildfire-generated storms.

Professor Sergio de la Barrera, of the Department of Physics, received funding for his project on modifying and measuring two-dimensional quantum electronic systems in real time.

Professor Bart Ripperda, a cross-appointed faculty at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and the Department of Physics, received funding for his project on how do black holes shine: a probe of fundamental physics.

Professor Maya Fishbach, a cross-appointed faculty at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and the Department of Physics, received funding for her project in probing Black Holes Over Cosmic History with Gravitational Waves.

More information here: Connaught New Researcher 2024 Recipients

More information here: Funding Opportunities | Connaught Fund (utoronto.ca)

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