Past BU NSERC USRA Recipients
1991
Cecilia Dong
Andrea Ferrier
Michael Forster
Lanette Friesen
Scott Gadsby
David Jones
Joachim Stadel
1992
Christopher Bidinosti
Steven Burgin
Lanette Friesen
Nadene Halm
Sean Harasymchuk
Jill Jakubowski
Jason Palidwar
Wayne Robbins
Anna Robertson
Deidre Sunley
1993
Tom Henderson
Nicole Houde
Nicola Johanneson
Bryan Reimer
Deidre Sunley
Scott Todd
1994
Christopher Campbell
Neil Enns
Darrell Kifiak
Ian Manns
Rhonda McDougal
Loretta Minkus
Roger Moar
Craig Price
Bryan Reimer
1995
Nicola Johanneson
Rhonda McDougal
Roger Moar
Tatjana Mirkovic
Farrah Morrow
Michael Szafron
1996
Cory Bajus
Chad Bamford
Patrick Lacroix
Farrah Morrow
Donald Neufeld
Michael Szafron
James Tait
Kurtis Warkentin
1997
Sean Boyd
Wayne McDonald
Thomas Tran
Ryan Walberg
Amy Woywoda
1998
Andrea Hachkowski
Corey Morcombe
Thomas Tran
Ryan Walberg
1999
Michael Bidinosti
Rachelle Friesen
Ming Lan
Thomas Tran
Corey Morcombe
John Sowiak
Amy Woywoda
2000
Jason Bachewich
Christopher Coueslan
Blake Denbow
Darren Irvine
Tara Klassen
Patrick Norman
Charles Paulson
2001
Darren Irvine
Tara Klassen
Charles Paulson
Gale Bowering
Thomas Hart
Keith Jenkins
Robert Shearer
2002
Fabrizio DiMuro
Shauna Horkey
Geoffrey Jacobs
Angela Paulson
Elaine Ruff
Robert Shearer
John Sowiak
2003
Christopher Coueslan
Thomas Hart
Trevor Hoffman
Shauna Horkey
Todd Kruk
Erin Navid
Matthew O’Hara
Leia Pfeifer
2004
Jonathan Bush
Kai Choy
Timothy Friesen
Adam Gareau
Kevin Henry
Judy Hodge
Trevor Hoffman
Todd Kruk
2005
Jesse Arbuckle
Kai Choy
Shanda Ford
Kevin Henry
Tanya Hodgson
Todd Kruk
Mary-Jane Orr
Katherine Pernarowski
Christopher Sarkonak
2006
Jesse Arbuckle
Kai Choy
Andrew Hakman
Ryan Henry
Jenna Kirk
Jill Larkin
Matthew O’Hara
Mary-Jane Orr
Nirupan Vipulananthan
2007
Jesse Arbuckle
Application of Synthetic Stellar Spectra
Nicholas Cairns
Ecology of the Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata) in Southwestern Manitoba
Andrew Hakman
Vertical Motions in the Milky Way’s Gas Halo
Ryan Henry
Irreducible Union-Closed Families
Jenna Kirk
Electronic Properties of Antioxidants
Matthew Morrissette
Entanglement in Adiabatic Algorithms
Mary-Jane Orr
The Mycoflora of the Fur of Polar Bears
Karla Stouffer
Ancient Forests and Climates of Western Canada
Jeffrey Tompkins
Property Estimation for Anti-Oxidants
2008
Carrie Elliott
The Product of Analytic Functions in Z
Kyle Froese
Molecular Characterization of the Mycoflora of the Fur of Polar Bears
Darren Holland
Simulation Studies of Antioxidant Function
Matthew Morrissette
Calculation of Quasinormal Modes of Gauss-Bonnet Black Holes
Jarrod Nickel
Atomic Scale Computer Simulation of Trace Amines Binding Against Neuronal Membranes
Jenna Phillips
Sequence Stratigraphy of Shoreface-to-Shelf Deposits in a Low Accommodation Setting
Christopher Pugh
Application of Synthetic Stellar Spectra
Ceri Richards
Galactic Rotation Revealed by New Velocities and Distances to H ll Regions
Colin Sproat
Early Silurian Brachiopod Tripleasia from Anticosti Island: Internal Structure and Paleoecology
Laurel Stitt
The Role of ABC Transporters in Ivermectin Tolerance in Adult Brugia Malayi
Jeffrey Tompkins
Identification of Drug Targets in Brugia malayi Using Microarray Analysis
2009
Burton Colter
Galactic Shock Theory: Comparison with Observations
Brendan Cooper
Modelling the Milky Way in Neutral Hydrogen
Justin Moes
Angle-Dependent Indirect Exchange and Partial Order in Itinerant Magnets
Jarrod Nickel
Atomic Scale Simulation of Charged Trace Amines Diffusing Through Neuronal Membranes
Christopher Pugh
Analysis of Vega Using Synthetic Stellar Spectra
Travis Redpath
Spin Ice on the Trillium Lattice
Colin Sproat
Middle Devonian Brachiopod Fauna from Dolly Bay and Winnipegosis, Manitoba
Jeffrey Tompkins
Analysis of ABC Transporter Expression in Brugia malayi
2010
Brendan Cooper
Density Wave Models of the Outer Milky Way Galaxy
Brendan Lyons
Measures of Entanglement in Quantum Computation
Darren McGillis
Geometric Measurements of Entanglement
Justin Moes
Local XY Model on the Trillium Lattice
Jessica Peat
Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of a Cretaceous Mudstone Belt
Christopher Pugh
Abundance Determination Using Synthetic Stellar Spectra
Mariam Ratiani
Regulation of Trace Amine Synthesis
Colin Sproat
Paleoclimate and Palaeoecology of the Early Eocene Driftwood Macroflora in B.C.
2011
Jarrett Beck
Frustrated Magnetism on a Kagome Inspired Net
Fabien Cayer
Validation of Computer Models of Trace Amine Functioning
Youn-Tae Chung
An Analysis of Brugia malayi P-Glycoproteins
Brendan Cooper
Interstellar Gas in the Inner and Outer Milky Way Galaxy: Pattern and Structure
Alise Gaiser
Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicity
Brendan Lyons
Measures of Entanglement in Quantum Computation
Julia Redfern
Host-Parasite Dynamics in Larval Amphibians
2012
Jarrett Beck
Is Quantum Magnetism Frustrated on the Sorrel Net?
Alise Gaiser
Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia in a Mouse Model
Hannah Mazier
Examination of Multiple Stressors on Tadpole Development
Darla Palmer
The Role of the DMT Superfamily in Drug Resistance
Julia Redfern
Parasitism in Larval Amphibians: Host Risks and Defences
Ian Russell
Integrands of Feynman Diagrams for Out of Equilibrium Theories
Tara Steliga
The Effects of Trace Amines on Dopamine Receptor Signal Transduction
Carrie Van Damme
Synthesis of New Redox-Active Ligands and Their Transition Metal or Lanthanide Complexes
2013
Nico Bonanno
Metal Complexes of Stable Radicals
Dylan McGill
Spin-Crossover Type II and III Conducting Metallopolymers
Darla Palmer
Characterizing the Role of the DMT Superfamily in Drug Resistance
Danielle Sharanowski
Characterization of RNAi in Cryptobia salmositica
Joseph Smith
Renormalization Group Flow Equations at Next to Leading Order
Theresa Urichuk
Parasite Effects on Host Behaviour and Physiology
2014
Ryan Bergen
Classifying Feynman Diagrams
Katrina Cristall
VSG Genes and Antigenic Variation in Cryptobia salmositica
Danielle Dinsdale
New Hybrid Conducting Spin-Crossover Metallopolymers
Lyndon Duff
Diversity of Fungi Associated with the Western Thatching Ant
Danielle Sharanowski
Functional Analysis of RNAi in Cryptobia salmositica
Tara Steliga
Preparation and Solid State NMR Properties of Spin Crossover Metallopolymers
2015
Carrie Bergen
Characterization of Molecular Chaperones in Cryptobia salmositica
Ryan Bergen
Quantum Probability Measures
Nico Bonanno
Synthesis of Polynuclear Complexes with Redox-Active Ligands
Lyndon Duff
Assessing the Diversity of Fungi from Nests of the Western Thatching Ant
Whitney Gordon
The Geometric Measure of Entanglement
Brett Meggison
Renormalization of Scalar 4π Effective Theories in 4 Dimensions
Jocelyn Young
Identification of Selected Ascomycota Isolated from Children’s Sandboxes
2016
Carrie Bergen
Molecular Chaperones in a Bodonid kinetoplastid
Peter Brandt
Soil Moisture and Topography of Peatland Restoration with Aerial Imagery
Brett Meggison
Renormalization Group Applied to 4π Effective Theories
Jillian Perreaux
Assessment of the Diversity of Fungi Associated with Snake Hibernacula
Rebecca Storey
On the Probability of Quantum State Transfer
2017
Carrie Bergen
Functional Characterization of Molecular Chaperones in Cryptobia salmositica
Kyle Clarkson
The Convolution and Fractional Calculus of Distributions
Seth Friesen
Renormalization Group Calculations at the 4π Level
Adam Klonowski
Identify Emerging and Established Foliar Diseases in Manitoba Soybean
Chantel Lim
The Use of CRISPR/Cas9 for Targeted Gene Disruption in Cryptobia salmositica
Darian Mclaren
Quantum State Transfer: A Linear Algebraic Approach
Caleb Northam
Role of PGC-1β in Regulating Metabolism in Zebrafish Larvae
Christopher Phillips
Graphical Expansions of the Nπ Effective Action
2018
Cassidy Baumung
Computational Investigations into Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
Seth Friesen
Fast Fourier Transform Methods in Spherical Coordinates
Patrick Gohl
Using Soil Microbes to Control Plant Diseases
Hunter Goodon
Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetases as Drug Targets
Thomas Humphries
Fractional Calculus of Distributions and Abel’s Integral Equations
Stephanie Hunter
Roles of PGE2 in Vasculogenesis
Taylor Kostyshyn
Synthesis of NDGA Analogues and Characterization of Their Oxidation Products
Darian Mclaren
Quantum Random Walks
Caleb Northam
Mitochondrial Physiology of PGC-1 Knockdown in Zebrafish
Braydon Nault
Micro RNA Secretome Analysis
Hunter Plowman
Fractional Calculus of Distributions and Abel’s Integral Equations
2019
Ellie Duncan
Metabolic Phenotype of Crispr Generated PGC-1 Mutant Zebrafish
Jesse Elder
Computational Investigation of the Proteolytic MMP-3 Enzyme
Taylor Goodon
Exploring the Role of the Post- Translational Modifications of T-UTP4/Cirhin in Ribosome Assembly
Derek Harris
Identifying the Contributions of SNR35, EMG1, and TSR3 to Translational Speed and Accuracy
Braydon Nault
Proteomic Approaches to Decipher miRNA High Cell Secretome
Farrah Huntinghawk
Investigating the Structure of Positive Operator-Valued Measures
Caitlin Le
Identification of MMP-3 Substrates in Glioma
Jessica Li
Rapid Detection of Oncometabolite 2HG from Patient-Derived Samples
Bonita Shin
In Silico Protein Pathway Analysis
Jessica Sparrow
Understanding How Deet Repels Mosquitoes
2020
Joshua Beaudin
Fractional Differential Equations
Mackenzie Cullen
Micro RNA Metabolome Analysis
Bailey Forster
Plasmons in Unstable Plasmas
Taylor Goodon
Determining the Genetic and Molecular Interactions of EMG1 in Ribosome Assembly
Rachelle Gross
Assessing the Diversity of Xerotolerant Fungi in the Mound Nests of Formica ulkei
Katherine Hunt
How Do Planarians Regenerate Their Nervous System?
Farrah Huntinghawk
Random Spin Channels and Irreducibility
Tyler Murray
A TDDFT Investigation of the Photochemistry of Diimine Metal-Dithiolene and -Diselenolene Complexes
Nicole Russel
Determining the Function of the Disordered N-Terminal Region of EMG1
Sandra Schira
Insect Leaf Feeding During a Past Climate Warming in the McAbee Fossil Site
Roman Zaliskyy
An Investigation of the Formation of Hydrogen Gas by Tellurium Containing Catalysts
2021
Corbin Glufka
Mechanisms of IDH Mutation in Glioma Cancers
Taylor Goodon
Determining the Molecular Interactions Between EMG1 and UTP2 in Ribosome Assembly
Joel Hardy
Probing the Structure and Post- Translational Modifications of EMG1
Courtney Izzard
Moss-Peat Gradients of Physical Properties and Moisture Content from Drone Images
Changmin Lee
A Computational Investigation of the Antioxidant Power of Ovotellurol and Ergotelluroneine
Jeffrey Li
Multi-Proteomic Analysis of IDH Mutation in Glioma
Keagan Morrison
Elucidating the Genetic Basis for Vector Competence in Beetles
Reid Opperman
Roles of miRNA in Cellular Aging
Kieran Taylor
Development of Diagnostics for Soybean
2022
Joshua Broome
Insights Into the Catalytic Power and Durability of Ni-Te Catalysts for the Production of H2 Gas
Adriano Budzik
Analysis of Cryptographic Algorithms in the Internet of Things
Wade Cowie
Anisotropy in Dirac Semi-Metals
Hillary Derewianchuk
Plastic Metabolism in Insect Larvae
Kimberly Dunthorne
Spatial Variability in Colour and Geochemical Fingerprint Properties
Bryce Friesen
Solving the Yang-Mills Equation with a Proper Time Expansion
Thomas Friesen
Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Non-Linear Differential Equations
Keagan Morrison
Determining the Damage Caused by Wireworms to Manitoba Crops
Elisha Tariq
Phosphorylation-Dependent Protein Complexes Using Trapped Ion Mobility Time-of-Flight
Lacey Winstone
Investigating the Roles of YWHAB in Breast Cancer
2023
Zakariya Abidullah
Computational Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of FDH
Olivia Erickson
Role of Microplastics in Inflammation
Bryce Friesen
Solving the Yang-Mills Equation with a Proper Time Expansion
Hanna Gross
Evaluation of the Sphagnum magellanicum Species Complex
Juliana Hiebert
Quantum State Transfer
Carter Loewen
Surveying the Distribution of Hiodon Populations in the Assiniboine River Via Environmental Nucleics
Michael McFarlane
Lightweight Cryptographic Systems for the Internet of Things
Milah Mikkelsen
Evaluation of Wireworm Damage Potential to Corn and Barley
Mitchell Stanton
Theory/Experiment Study of Unsaturated Sulfonamides as Michael Acceptors in NHC Catalyzed Reactions
Raya Turner
Metabolic Consequences of Plastic Biodegradation in Waxworms
2024
Ayodele Adeniyi
Application of microorganisms to reduce infectious disease transmission
Nate Fingas
Nonlinear fractional differential equations with functional boundary conditions
Beatrice Gatien
Investigating DOX-COX Interaction in Drug Resistance
Chloe Green
Quantum State Transfer
Jeongheum Jo
Identifying the location of the ribosome assembly protein Emg1’s protein-protein interactions
Oyindamola Kayode
What lies below? Understanding the local environmental impact of lead from recreational fishing in the urban Assiniboine River
Onyedikchukwu Anthony Onyia
Metabolic ontogeny of the waxworm (G. mellonella)
Ying Ying Ou
Nonlinear fractional differential equations with functional boundary conditions
Noah Paddock
A computational Investigation into the production of H2 by Ni-dithiolene catalysts
Caden Pedlow
Development of a LAMP assay for species identification from eNAs in the field
Shane Sangster
Correlation functions in high temperature plasmas
Brenna Sawchuk
Measuring the thickness and flaring of the Milky Way Galaxy’s HI disk
Kaene Soopramania
Heavy quarkonium decay