Experts in: Biological and medical physics
BLUNCK, Rikard
Professeur accrédité, Professeur titulaire
- Biological and medical physics
- Transport, including channels, pores, and lateral diffusion
- Biomolecules: structure and physical properties
- Fluorescence spectroscopy
- Membrane proteins
- Ion channels
- Conformational changes in biomolecules dynamics
- Electrophysiology
- Structure of biomolecules
- Optical imaging of neuronal activity
- Neuroscience
BOUCHARD, Hugo
Professeur agrégé
- Monte Carlo simulations
- Imagerie médicale
- Radiation therapy equipment
- Interactions of particles and radiation with matter
- Radiation detectors
- Scattering of atoms and molecules
- X-ray beams and x-ray optics
- X-ray imaging
- Charged-particle beams
- Physical radiation effects, radiation damage
- Biological and medical physics
- Metrology
- Modeling of radiation transport coupled to magnetic fields by the Monte Carlo method.
- Characterization of tissues by spectral computed tomography.
- Small field dosimetry.
- Simulation of the dosimetric response of detectors.
- Radiation detectors: ionization chambers, radiochromic film, diodes, scintillator, liquid ionization chamber.
BOUILLY, Delphine
Professeure adjointe
- Biological and medical physics
- Condensed matter physics
- Biomedical engineering
- Nucleic Acids
- Proteins
- Dynamics of biomolecules
- Single-molecule techniques
- Electronic and electrical properties of biomolecules
- Electronic transport in condensed matter
- Nanoelectronic devices
- Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization
- Micro- and nanofabrication
- Biomedical instrumentation
- Micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) and devices
- Cancer Diagnosis and Detection
- COVID-19
- COVID19
Delphine Bouilly and her team assemble ultra-miniature electronic circuits and sensors to explore the dynamics of the interactions between biological molecules (DNA and proteins) or the fluctuations within a single molecule. The goal is to develop new tools to identify biomarkers associated with various types of cancer and to improve our understanding of the mechanics of basic macromolecules.
CARRIER, Jean-François
Professeur agrégé
- Radiation detectors
- Dosimetry
- Physical radiation effects, radiation damage
- Radiation therapy equipment
- Imagerie médicale
- Computational techniques, simulation
- Monte Carlo simulations
- Biological and medical physics
Improvement of radiation oncology treatments. The presences of specialized equipment in the department of radiation oncology (linear accelerators, computed tomography scanner, positron emission tomograph, brachytherapy suites) enables the development of projects which often have direct clinical applications.
Directs a research group of graduate students and interns from the department of physics and École Polytechnique. Students are located in the radiation oncology department in the Hôpital Notre-Dame du CHUM and work regularly with clinical personnel; i.e., clinical physicists, radiation oncologists, and technologists.
CÔTÉ, Sébastien
Chercheur invité
GAUDREAULT, Roger
Chercheur invité
- Biological and medical physics
- Materials science
- Molecular dynamics and particle methods
- Colloids
- Green chemistry
- Fibrils (amyloids)
- Structure of biomolecules
- Protein-Ligand Interactions
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- COVID-19
Dr. Gaudreault’s expertise notably spearheaded him to develop an integrated innovation Green Chemistry approach based on recycled fibres. His scientific and applied background helped developed strong partnerships between academia and industry. He has been a member of the Centre in Green Chemistry and Catalysis (CGCC) since 2011 and associate member of the Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials (QCAM) since 2018.
Dr. Gaudreault’s scientific interests include; green chemistry, Alzheimer's Disease, COVID-19, molecular modelling, kinetics of colloids, chemistry of pulping/bleaching and papermaking, recycling, corrosion inhibition, biomolecules and biomaterials.
LALONDE, Arthur
Professeur associé
MOUSSEAU, Normand
Professeur titulaire
- Computational techniques, simulation
- Biological and medical physics
- Materials science
- Science and government
- Molecular dynamics and particle methods
- Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization
- Energy resources
- Science and society
- Protein folding: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, models, and pathways
- Climate change policies
My work deals with the computational study of the behaviour of matter at the atomic level. I am interested in how proteins are assembled into neurotoxic structures associated with degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. I also study the formation of nanostructures, such as the assembly of silicon nanowires under a gold droplet and the relaxation of disordered systems like glass and amorphous materials. All these systems are characterized by evolution at the atomic level over long periods, i.e. seconds or more. To be able to track this evolution, I am also working on the development of accelerated algorithms for following atomic movements over experimental times. The algorithms developed in my group are among the most efficient in the world, allowing us to study phenomena that are otherwise not easily accessible.
I am also interested in energy and natural resources issues, from shale gas and crude oil to mining resources. I have published a number of books for the general public on the topic, and supervised some students in this field.
In addition, I host a popular science program called La Grande Équation, broadcast on Radio Ville-Marie.
Lastly, I hold the Canada Research Chair in Computational Physics of Complex Materials.