UNB Research
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Sharing the groundbreaking, impactful, and important research taking place at the University of New Brunswick.
Welcome to UNB (@discoverunb.bsky.social), Dr. Frankie Young! Dr. Young is an associate professor of law whose research examines the laws and policies that shape Indigenous peoples’ economies, governance, and self-determination in Canada. www.unb.ca/faculty-staf...
Welcome, Dr. Craig MacEachern! MacEachern joins us as UNB’s first Research Chair in Digital Agriculture, working at the intersection of research, technology, and real-world agriculture to help grow NB’s agricultural sector. Read more: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202... (1/2)
New UNB research chair wants to help New Brunswick’s growers feed the province and the world
The University of New Brunswick has announced Dr. Craig MacEachern as its first Research Chair in Digital Agriculture.
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Welcome to UNB (@discoverunb.bsky.social), Dr. Mahtab Sarvmaili (she/her)! Dr. Sarvmaili is an assistant professor whose research focuses on Responsible AI -- building AI that earns trust by being explainable, fair, safe, human-centered, and ready for real-world impact. Read more: rai.cs.unb.ca
Congratulations to the 3 UNB research teams awarded CFI JELF funding in today’s announcement! We look forward to seeing the results of your work and its impact on environmental sustainability, health policy decision-making, and microplastic pollutants. Read more: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
New funding will support University of New Brunswick research in microplastics, privacy-preserving data science, and aluminum refining
New funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will support three research projects at UNB that address pressing, challenging issues.
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Welcome to UNB (@discoverunb.bsky.social), Dr. Andrew Fisher (He/Him)! Dr. Fisher is an assistant professor of AI whose research explores the use of practical, lightweight AI in supporting decision-making in health, construction, language technologies, and community-led data systems.
Welcome to UNB (@discoverunb.bsky.social), Dr. Mohamad Alzayed (He/Him)! Dr. Alzayed is an associate professor of electrical engineering whose research looks at power systems, including electric drives, distributed energy resources and microgrid management and real-time simulation.
A move toward open science and scholarship is changing how publishers, authors, and librarians engage with the academic publishing sector. Here's how UNB's Libraries use the Research Support Fund to make research publishing more equitable and accessible: blogs.unb.ca/research/202...
How the Research Support Fund is making academic publishing more equitable and accessible at UNB
At UNB, a significant portion of our Research Support Fund (RSF) allocation from the Government of Canada goes to our libraries’ acquisitions budget. These monies help ensure that users—students and f...
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Welcome to UNB (@discoverunb.bsky.social), Dr. Matthew S. Johnston (He/Him)! Dr. Johnston joins us as an assistant professor of health sociology engaged in critical research in the areas of mental health, sociology, public safety, and criminology.
How does the Government of Canada's Research Support Fund enable high-quality research at institutions like UNB? Read about some of our recent policy modernization projects, made possible in part thanks to RSF support: blogs.unb.ca/research/202...
Research Support Fund supports strategic UNB research policy updates
Institutional support for research takes many forms—grant and partnership facilitation are more prominent, while others can be deceptively invisible.
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11 research projects at UNB have been awarded over $1.75 million in @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca Insight and Insight Development Grants! The projects take on complex issues facing our communities today as well as seeking to better understand our histories. Read more: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
Eleven new social science and humanities research projects funded at UNB
Eleven research projects at the University of New Brunswick have been awarded more than $1.75 million in research grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
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A UNB research team led by Dr. Yang Qu, alongside Westlake University and Zhejiang University researchers, discover new biological process in plants that could revolutionize the production of important medicines Read about this discovery that was published in @science.org ➡️ https://bit.ly/4wSFHHP
Congratulations to all recipients of new NSERC grants announced yesterday! We're especially proud of the two dozen researchers here at UNB awarded Discovery and RTI grants in areas including AI, new materials, sustainability, language learning, and more! Read more: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
New NSERC Discovery Grants support UNB research in AI, advanced materials, sustainability and more
Two dozen University of New Brunswick researchers have recently been awarded $5.34 million in funding from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
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Some stories invite you to slow down and take them in. Starlit Simon’s PhD story weaves together family, tradition, academic trust, self-discovery, canoes, porcupines and artistic creation. Watch Starlit’s story and explore it further ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4p0hmNp
We discovered something cool! We can make a bunch of different Al-MOFs from a single starting material, Aluminum Formate (ALF). This is because it has a built-in modulator. We also did it using aluminum waste! @unbresearch.bsky.social @chemistryunb.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Robust and sustainable synthesis of Al-based MOFs form waste aluminium
Aluminium MOFs have gained researchers attention for their applications in gas sequestration, water harvesting, drug delivery and chemical storage. Current synthetic methods, however, rely on a variet...
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We're proud to be part of two recently-funded Dimensions Canada projects -- leading one and joining another -- that will help us advance institutional EDIA practices and supports! Read more about this important work: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
New federal funding will support improvements to EDI in Atlantic academic institutions
The Government of Canada recently announced a new round of awards under its Dimensions Canada program, which includes one project led by the University of New Brunswick and a second one which counts U...
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ResearchNB announced new Priority Sector Development Fund support yesterday for seven new projects. Five are led by UNB researchers, advancing knowledge and solutions for seaport operations, food and environmental sustainability, green power and healthcare. Read more: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
New ResearchNB priority sector funding supports five UNB-led projects
Five projects led by University of New Brunswick researchers have been awarded funding from ResearchNB’s Priority Sector Development Fund.
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Dr. Matthew Stackhouse is UNB’s newest Purdy Crawford/Stephen Jarislowsky Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy. He’s using data to help people access the care and support they need for their children with neurodevelopmental conditions. Read more: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
Meet the researcher: Dr. Matthew Stackhouse, Purdy Crawford/Stephen Jarislowsky Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy
Dr. Matthew Stackhouse is the University of New Brunswick’s newest Purdy Crawford/Stephen Jarislowsky Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy. He’s using data to help people access the care and support t...
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How can we work together to grow NB’s agricultural sector? That was the question at our roundtable on the future of agriculture in our province, where growers, government, industry, economic developers and researchers came together to explore the possibilities. Stay tuned for more on the topic!
How can we work together to grow NB’s agricultural sector? That was the question at our roundtable conversation on the future of agriculture in NB, where growers, government, industry, economic developers and researchers came together to explore the possibilities. Stay tuned for more on the topic!
A new UNB-led research project will support the increased importance of maritime trade and critical infrastructure protection. Together, researchers, industry partners and NB’s two commercial ports will create a platform to monitor and simulate port operations. blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
Welcome to the University of New Brunswick, Dr. Shannon Drouin (she/her)! Dr. Drouin joined in Nov. as an assistant professor of psychology. Her research uses data-intensive methods to explore the diversity of aging experiences, including neurodegenerative disease, resilience and healthier aging.
What’s the connection between hearing loss, social isolation and dementia onset? A group of doctors brought this question to Dr. Ted McDonald, director of UNB's DataNB institute, and together they dove into the data to find out. Read more about what they discovered: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
New research sheds light on complex relationship of hearing loss, social isolation and dementia onset
New research by a University of New Brunswick researcher has deepened our understanding of the relationship between hearing loss, social isolation and dementia.
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UNB's Research & Innovation Partnerships team, along with Springboard Atlantic partners and Vimy Forge, recently hosted a Dual-Use Technology Summit. Read more about the event and how UNB contributes to innovation for Canada’s defence, security and sovereignty: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
Dual-Use Technology Summit highlights Atlantic defence research opportunities
In late February, The University of New Brunswick brought together industry and government representatives, funders and researchers to explore the increasingly prominent topic of defence-aligned innov...
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Welcome to UNB, Dr. Prince Ekoh (he/him)! Dr. Ekoh is an assistant professor of social work whose research explores areas including gerontology, forced migration and refugee life, social work practice and education, and qualitative research approaches. Learn more: www.unb.ca/faculty-staf...
How does research funding help us balance ecological and economic sustainability? UNB’s Dr. Suchinta Arif, Canada Research Chair in Ecological Modeling, is working with both big data and community members to create a better future: [1/4] (@discoverunb.bsky.social)
Welcome to UNB (@discoverunb.bsky.social), Dr. James Bonar (He/Him)! Dr. Bonar is an assistant professor of history whose research explores early modern Europe, particularly the Atlantic World. He is especially interested in understanding colonialism beyond direct acts of conquest.
How can research funding help our healthcare system? UNB's Dr. Shelley Doucet is leading a new project to establish a province-wide learning network: “Our hope is that this work improves primary care delivery in New Brunswick and health outcomes for all New Brunswickers. [...] [1/4]
What does support mean for a project like the New Brunswick Aquatic Ecosystem Survey? Says UNB's Dr. Philip Harrison: "This expanded partnership between NB Power and CRI is an investment in a sustainable hydropower future for New Brunswick, for Canada, and for the world. [... 1/3]
Welcome to UNB, Dr. Nicholas van den Berg (he/him)! Dr. van den Berg is an assistant professor of psychology whose neuroscience research focuses on sleep, including conducting applied research in different environments such as military deployments and the arctic. www.unb.ca/faculty-staf...
