The 39th edition of Soup and Science will be held at the SMMU 202/203 - February 10-14, 2025. Students and community members are invited to hear outstanding º«¹úÂãÎè professors and student speakers across disciplines talk about their research program in lightning-style talks, followed by active discussions.
While this is a free event, registration is required, as space is limited!
Keep checking back here for the updated speaker roster!
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Monday, February 10, 2025
11:45 AM -12:45 PM
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Department of Physics
Quantum computing with tiny magnets and bursts of light
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Department of Biology
Navigation strategies inÌýC. elegans
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Department of Chemistry
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DepartmentÌýof Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Modeling Aerosols, Air Quality & Clouds
Hosna Akhgary, Student
Department of Pharmacology, Office for Science and Society
Separating Sense from Nonsense Through Science Communication
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Eavesdropping on whale calls using land seismometers
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Department of Computer Science
How good are Large Language Models on African languages?Ìý
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Department of Biology
What have supersoldier ants taught us?
Prof. Sébastien Breau
Department of Geography
Automation, AI and the future of regional labour markets in Canada
Mustakim Umar, Research assistant
Department of Biology
Can your cells dance? Let's quantify that!
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
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Prof.Ìý
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Unraveling the Power of Thunderstorms, Tornadoes and Downbursts
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Department of Physics
Subatomic Physics: The Tiny World that Powers the Universe
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Department of Physics
Explosion and You - Insights from the X-ray Universe
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
COVID surveillance using statistical modelling
Francis Dinh, Student
Department of Biology
A closer look at Montreal's iconic squirrels
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Assessing the risk of heavy rain in the middle of nowhere
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Quantitative dynamics of the global human system
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Department of Psychology
Pain, Sex, and Death
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DepartmentÌýMathematics and Statistics
Chladni plates and nodal sets
April Wang and Natasha Frost
Barbados Field Study Semester
Investigating the role of Gullies in Barbadian urban geomorphology
Friday, February 14, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
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Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Did the Early Earth oceans have the boron to enable life?
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Department of Chemistry
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: A Tale of Microscale Corrosion
Prof. Frédéric Fabry
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Meteorology and renewable energy
Holly Beato and Kyra Sande, Student
Department of Geography
Nitrogen overload? Mosses, microbes, and nutrient cycling in the Mer Bleue Bog
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Previous Editions
Visit the pages below for information on previous editions of Soup and Science.
- 38th edition: September 2024
- 37th edition: February 2024
- 36thÌýedition: September 2023
- Snacks and Science: July 2023
- 35th edition: March 2023
- 34th edition: September 2022
- 33rd edition: January 2022
- 32nd edition: Fall 2021
- Sun and Science: July 2021
- 31st edition: February 2021
- 30th edition: September 2020
- Sun and Science: May - August 2020
- 29th edition: January 2020
- 28th edition: September 2019
- 27th edition: January 2019
- 26th edition: September 2018
- 25th edition: January 2018