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Ue-Li Pen

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ProfessorCanadian Institute for Theoretical AstrophysicsUniversity of Toronto

Ue-Li Pen

Professor

Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 16 research grants (16 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Latest funding

Big Sky VLBI
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$200,000
CHIME Telescope Operations
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$882,896
The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)/Institut Canadien d'Astrophysique Theorique
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$3,461,244

All 27 grants and awards

Big Sky VLBI

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Pen, Ue-Li U

Keywords: computational astrophysics; cosmology; fast radio bursts (frbs); frb localization; numerical methods; pulsars; radio telescopes; software design; theoretical astrophysics; very long-baseline interferometry

$200,000

CHIME Telescope Operations

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Kaspi, Victoria VM

Keywords: 21-cm cosmology; fast radio transients; galactic magnetism; large scale structure; magnetars; pulsars; radio astronomy; radio polarimetry

$882,896

The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)/Institut Canadien d'Astrophysique Theorique

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Institutes Support Grants

Principal investigators: Basu, Shantanu S

Keywords: compact objects and high energy astrophy; cosmological n-body simulations; cosmology; early universe; galaxies and star formation; gravitational waves; interstellar medium; numerical relativity; planetary systems; pulsars

$3,461,244

Nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Principal investigators: Halpern, Mark M

$250,000

Developing Real-time Coordination Pipelines in the Era of Time-Domain Radio Astronomy

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Pen, Ue-Li U

$112,598

Short time domain coherent radio astronomy

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pen, Ue-Li

Keywords: fast radio bursts; plasma lensing; pulsars; radio astronomy; vlbi

$204,000

Real time VLBI

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Pen, Ue-Li U

$500,000

Optimization of astrophysical simulation performance on accelerator platforms

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Pen, UeLi

$25,000

Virtualized radio-VLBI digital media

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Pen, UeLi

$200,000

Real time radio transient detection

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Pen, UeLi

$25,000

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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