2009 New Faculty Awards

Antao, Sytle, University of Calgary
Atomic structure and transitions in minerals: Can CO2 storage in the earth trigger earthquakes?

Davidsen, Joern, University of Calgary
Extreme events in correlated processes: quantifying the worst case scenario

De Buck, Jeroen, University of Calgary
Discovery of early infection markers for Mycrobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in calves

Dunfield, Peter, University of Calgary
Gas metabolism by extremophilic bacteria: implications for green energy strategies

Erbilgin, Nadir, University of Alberta
Interaction of two outbreak insect species in Jack Pine forest: Implications to the host and range expansion of Mountain Pine Beetle in the boreal forests of Canada

Harynuk, James, University of Alberta
Chemical informatics, advanced separations techniques, and intelligent systems for the identification of small moleculars

Hugenholtz, Chris H., University of Lethbridge
Biophysical processes that sustain wind erosion and active sand dune habitat in prairie sandhill ecosystems

Iwaniuk, Andrew N.,University of Lethbridge
The role of the thyroid hormone in the brain development of birds and the effects of thyroid hormone disrupting chemicals

Noskov, Sergei, University of Calgary
A mulit-scale approach to model ion and solute translocation in nanopores

Strack, Maria, University of Calgary
Fate of Alberta's northern peat soil carbon stock under climate change

Tang, Tian, University of Alberta
Adhesion in nano/bio systems

Woodside, Michael, University of Alberta
Mapping the effects of the energy landscape for mRNA unfolding on ribosomal scanning during eukaryotic translation initiation