More than $2.6 million will be given to research projects at the University of Lethbridge. (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

By David Opinko

U of L receives $2.6 million for research projects

Jun 17, 2024 | 10:48 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A total of 14 research projects at the University of Lethbridge (U of L) have been funded.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced funding for research initiatives across the country with grants provided to the U of L totalling approximately $2.6 million.

Vice-President of Research at the U of L Dr. Dena McMartin says the investment speaks to the excellence and national competitive research they do.

“Our researchers investigate topics that impact the ways we understand the world around us and the complex influences and interconnectedness of the natural environment, agriculture and food security, and deep space phenomena,” says McMartin.

One of the funded projects will be carried out by Dr. Laura Chasmer, a professor in the Department of Geography and Environment. She hopes to gain a better understanding of fire hazards and make recommendations for ecosystem management to lessen the impact of wildfires and improve the resilience of ecosystems and communities.

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Discovery Grants: The funding listed for the following projects is over five years:

• Dr. Theresa Burg, Biological Sciences — Evolution of High Latitude Birds ($200,000)
• Dr. Shelley Hoover, Biological Sciences — Interactions between social bee behaviour and health ($190,000)
• Dr. Steve Wiseman, Biological Sciences — Toxicant Induced Dysregulation of Oocyte Maturation ($235,000)
• Dr. Nehal Thakor, Chemistry & Biochemistry — Regulation of mRNA Translation During Cellular Stress and Apoptosis ($200,000)
• Dr. Laura Chasmer, Geography & Environment — Spatio-temporal variations in wildland fire fuel connectivity and behaviour using multi-data analytics ($275,000)
• Dr. Joy Morris, Mathematics & Computer Science — Unexpected Symmetries of Graphs ($135,000)
• Dr. David Euston, Neuroscience — Risk, Reinforcement Schedules, and Dopamine ($165,000)
• Dr. Sergio Pellis, Neuroscience — Social play, the prefrontal cortex and the development of socio-cognitive skills ($275,000)
• Dr. Alexandra Tetarenko, Physics & Astronomy — Unravelling how black holes power explosive outflows ($145,000)
• Dr. Stephanus Henzi, Psychology — Contingency and Specificity in the Structure and Dynamics of Social Behaviour in Baboons and Vervet Monkeys ($235,000)
• Dr. Jean-Baptiste Leca, Psychology — Mechanisms and evolution of material culture in primates: Does object play facilitate tool use? ($268,690)
• Dr. Jamal Mansour, Psychology — Measuring cognitive processes that predict eyewitness identification performance ($165,000)

Discovery Development Grants: The funding listed for the following projects is over two years:

• Dr. Philip Bonaventure, Geography & Environment — Climatic, geomorphic and ecosystem-driven multi-scale permafrost modelling and testing ($40,0000)
• Dr. David Morris, Mathematics & Computer Science — Arithmetic groups, orderability, bounded generation and automorphisms ($40,000)

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