UNB Research
Meet the chair: Dr. Sajjad Dadkhah, Mastercard IoT Research Chair
UNB Research
Posted: Apr 22, 2025
Category: Innovation & Commercialization , Research , Partnerships
In April 2022, the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and Mastercard announced a new partnership to advance cybersecurity research and training opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Mastercard’s $1.75 million in financial support enabled a number of activities, including scholarships, the creation of a research lab and establishing the Mastercard IoT Research Chair. Dr....
Read the full post“If we succeed, it will be a giant leap for humanity.” Meet the chair: Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker, CRC in Theoretical Chemistry
UNB Research
Posted: Apr 14, 2025
Category: Research , Faculty of Science
“The working of the universe is beautiful, and, well, you need to smile about that sometimes. You need to appreciate it.” Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker is the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He’s also an associate professor of chemistry and associate research director of UNB’s Research Institute in Data Science...
Read the full postDr. Stijn De Baerdemacker: A deeper dive into neural networks and machine learning
UNB Research
Posted: Apr 14, 2025
Category: Research , Faculty of Science
Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker is the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry at UNB, as well as an associate professor of chemistry and associate research director of UNB’s Research Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. We spoke with him about his research and what he hopes to accomplish as chair. As part of that conversation, we also spoke about what doors quantum...
Read the full postDr. Stijn De Baerdemacker: A deeper dive into Quantum Computing
UNB Research
Posted: Apr 14, 2025
Category: Research , Faculty of Science
Dr. Stijn De Baerdemacker is the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Chemistry at UNB, as well as an associate professor of chemistry and associate research director of UNB’s Research Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. We spoke with him about his research and what he hopes to accomplish as chair, and as part of that conversation, we talked to him about how he applies...
Read the full postUNB scientist joins national Antarctic research body
UNB Research
Posted: Mar 5, 2025
Category: Research , Faculty of Science
Dr. Chris Watson (B.Sc. ’08, M.Sc. ’11, PhD ‘15), a research scientist at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), has been appointed to the Canadian Committee on Antarctic Research (CCAR). The CCAR, which is part of the Government of Canada’s Polar Knowledge Canada body (POLAR), provides advice and guidance to POLAR on Antarctic matters including opportunities to...
Read the full postMeet the chair: Dr. Suchinta Arif, CRC in Ecological Modelling
UNB Research
Posted: Feb 26, 2025
Category: Research , Accolades
Among the most recent cycle of new and renewed Canada Research Chairs announced by the Government of Canada are two UNB researchers. One is Dr. Suchinta Arif, who begins her career at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) with funding and an appointment as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Ecological Modelling. Who are you? My name is Dr. Suchinta Arif, and I am an assistant professor at UNB and...
Read the full postMeet the chair: Dr. Veronica Whitford, CRC in Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingual Reading Across the Lifespan
UNB Research
Posted: Feb 21, 2025
Category: Research
Among the most recent cycle of new and renewed Canada Research Chairs announced by the Government of Canada are two UNB researchers. One of them is Dr. Veronica Whitford, whose research in language acquisition has been recognized and supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) funding for a second term as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cognitive Neuroscience of...
Read the full postRead the latest annual report from the Office of the Vice President Research
UNB Research
Posted: Feb 18, 2025
Category: Research , Research Services , Accolades , Partnerships , Innovation & Commercialization , Publications
Our 2023-2024 Office of the Vice President Research annual report is now available online. From the vice president research: Last year, my office set out to modernize our annual reporting and bring it in line with other university reports. We took the opportunity to look at the how and why underlying our reporting process. We started with a simple question: How do we measure research? Or, more...
Read the full postKicking off our third annual Research Celebration Week
UNB Research
Posted: Oct 7, 2024
Category: Research , Partnerships , Research Services , Accolades , Innovation & Commercialization
Just over two years ago, we launched our first Research Celebration Week to shine a spotlight on the impactful research taking place at UNB, and especially the people who make it happen. That focus on celebrating our people and their accomplishments, and on recognizing the important contributions of research in our communities and our world, continues to be our driving force today as we kick...
Read the full postMeet the scientific director: Dr. Emily Richard, UNB Institute of Population Health
UNB Research
Posted: Aug 21, 2024
Category: Research , Partnerships
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) Institute of Population Health (IPH), the university’s most recently established research institute, continues to ramp up its activities with the appointment of a new scientific director. Dr. Emily Richard, associate professor of nursing and associate dean of nursing at UNB’s Moncton site, has been selected as the IPH’s new scientific...
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