John Hepburn, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Ultrafast coherent control of molecular dynamics with shaped laser pulses
NSERC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$378,000
Coherent control with femtosecond lasers; laser studies of single aerosol particles
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$300,000
Centre for Research on Ultra-Cold Systems (CRUCS)
CFI · 2009 · Co-investigator
$2,594,960

All 13 grants and awards

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Ultrafast coherent control of molecular dynamics with shaped laser pulses

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Group

Principal investigators: Milner, Valery

$378,000

Coherent control with femtosecond lasers; laser studies of single aerosol particles

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hepburn, John

$300,000

Centre for Research on Ultra-Cold Systems (CRUCS)

Co-investigatorCFI2009Innovation Fund: New Initiatives Fund 2009

Principal investigators: Momose, Takamasa

Keywords: Cold Molecules, Laser Cooling, Photoassociation, Cryogenic Cooling, High-precision Spectroscopy, Cold Plasma, Coherent Control, Quantum Information, Superchemistry, Quamtum Dynamics

$2,594,960

Access to the national advanced laser light source (ALLS) facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: Ozaki, Tsuneyuki

$1,819,500

Laser chemistry: coherent control, aerosol chemistry, surface chemistry

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hepburn, John

$180,000

Access to the National Advanced Laser Light Source Facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: Kieffer, JeanClaude

$250,110

Access to the National Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) Facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Major Facilities Access Grants

Principal investigators: Kieffer, JeanClaude

$325,500

Laboratory for Advanced Spectroscopy and Imaging Research (LASIR)

Principal investigatorCFI2004Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Hepburn, John

Keywords: laser,coherent control,time-resolved spectroscopy, surface science,confocal microscopy,non-linear optical materials,environmental chemistry,catalysis, combustion research, photolithography

$5,095,968

Coherent control of chirality

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Grant

Principal investigators: Hepburn, John

$100,315

Laser studies in photoionization dynamics, surface chemistry, and mass spectrometry.

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hepburn, John

$615,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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