Chad Cuss, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

Environmental nanogeochemistry Field-flow fractionation Machine learning Natural nanoparticles Trace elements Analytical chemistry Big data & Chemometrics Environmental colloids

Latest funding

Sustainable utilization and upcycling of paper sludge and wood ash for agricultural and industrial applications
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$128,000
Building the foundation for Environmental Nanogeochemistry
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$60,000
Catalyzing the environmental nanogeochemistry of climate change
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 5 grants and awards

Sustainable utilization and upcycling of paper sludge and wood ash for agricultural and industrial applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Cuss, Chad

Keywords: Agriculture; Environment

$128,000

Building the foundation for Environmental Nanogeochemistry

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cuss, Chad

Keywords: analytical chemistry; big data & chemometrics; environmental colloids; environmental nanogeochemistry; field-flow fractionation; machine learning; natural nanoparticles; single particle icp-ms; statistics; trace elements

$60,000

Catalyzing the environmental nanogeochemistry of climate change

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Cuss, Chad CW

Keywords: AF4-ICPMS; Colloidal systems; Environmental nanogeochemistry; Field-flow fractionation; Machine learning; Nanogeochemistry; Natural nanoparticles; Scientific computing; Single-particle ICP-TOFMS; Trace elements

$25,000

Building the foundation for Environmental Nanogeochemistry

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Cuss, Chad

$12,500

Interactions and uptake of trace elements during the reclamation of tailings water and the surrounding landscape at Lake Miwasin

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Shotyk, William W

Keywords: analytical chemistry; engineered landscape; geochemistry/biogeochemistry; impacts on aquatic plants/organisms; impacts on soil chemistry; impacts on water chemistry; oil sands region of alberta; social license to operate; tailings pond remediation; trace elements

$453,513

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Environmental nanogeochemistry Dear Professor Cuss, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on environmental nanogeochemistry connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Sustainable utilization and upcycling of paper sludge and wood ash for agricultural and industrial applications" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]