University of Toronto pair receive prestigious Schmidt fellowship for pivot to brain studies

Dr. Chad Gaffield, CEO, U15 Canada quoted in Globe and Mail article by Ivan Sememiuk | Published April 25, 2024.

For Peter Serles, the secret to a successful research career has been learning to think small.

In 2022, while a graduate student in engineering at the University of Toronto, he 3D-printed a replica of the CN Tower at nanoscale that stands only twice as tall as the thickness of a human hair. More recently, he harnessed AI to develop tiny lattices that can be combined to make larger materials with the weight of Styrofoam and the strength of steel….

University of Toronto pair receive prestigious Schmidt fellowship for pivot to brain studies – The Globe and Mail

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