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Vanessa defended her MSc on January 31st. She’s already through her corrections and is submitting today. Awesome work! We’ll miss you, but can’t wait to see what you do next!

The Boss is one of 10 collaborators who have successfully received NSERC funding for a new CREATE program. This program launched in September 2018, and focusses on Materials, Advanced Photonics & Sensing. Check out the new website! While you’re at it, follow them on Twitter @MapsCreate

The ACS has published their 2019 award winners, and we couldn’t be happier that the Boss is one of next year’s Arthur C. Cope Scholar awardees!

Other winners are Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol; Alison Butler, University of California, Santa Barbara; Eugene Chen, Colorado State University; Matthew B. Francis, University of California, Berkeley; Jeremiah Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Thomas Maimone, University of California, Berkeley; Robert McMahon, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Masahiro Murakami, Kyoto University; and Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Congratulations to all!

What a busy summer we’ve had so far, and it’s only July! Our undergrads, Polina and Laurence, are doing a great job on their projects; new Post Doc Tanya is settling in; travelling students Josh and Mina are having great experiences in England and Japan; and everyone in Kingston is working hard and playing harder!