Infrastructure funding helps build Ryerson research programs

Infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will help support the work of four researchers from the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science, and The Creative School. Their projects will address topics such as optimizing biodegradable packaging, addressing hearing loss in environments like social settings, analyzing and identifying additives in plastic, and developing microfluidic devices with integrated sensors. 

The grants provided to institutions through the John. R. Evans Leaders Fund enable the retention and recruitment of leading researchers and support their innovative work by providing critical research infrastructure. The combined value of the grants awarded to Ryerson researchers is close to $400,000.

"Congratulations to our Ryerson faculty members and their teams for their funding success," said Steven N. Liss, Ryerson’s vice-president, research and innovation. “This infrastructure support will stimulate research innovations that address critical health and environmental challenges, benefitting all Canadians.”

Ryerson recipients of the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Faculty of Arts

• Brandon Paul: Hearing loss at the cocktail party

The Creative School

• Ehsan Behzadfar: Development of value added biodegradable multilayer polymers for packaging applications

Faculty of Science

• Darius Rackus: Infrastructure for investigations on single cells in microfluidics
• Roxana Sühring: Holistic analysis of plastic additives as environmental contaminants

Learn more about the recipients of the John R. Evans Leaders Fund. (external link) 

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