Desmond Moser, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Latest funding

Urgent Replacement of Sputtering Thin Film Deposition Instrumentation in Open User Facility
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Materials chemistry ensuring safe, indefinite isolation of used nuclear fuel
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,718,260
Nanogeochronology of Earth and Planetary Materials
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$216,000

All 9 grants and awards

No publications available.

Urgent Replacement of Sputtering Thin Film Deposition Instrumentation in Open User Facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lagugné-Labarthet, François

Keywords: thin film deposition; semiconducting materials; optoelectronic devices; biosensing; nanofabrication processes

$150,000

Materials chemistry ensuring safe, indefinite isolation of used nuclear fuel

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Noel, James JJ

Keywords: alpha radiation damage; copper-coated carbon steel; corrosion of natural copper; corrosion science; deliquescent droplet corrosion; nuclear fuel dissolution; nuclear waste management; oxide to sulfide conversion; thorium oxide fuel; used fuel container corrosion

$1,718,260

Nanogeochronology of Earth and Planetary Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Moser, Desmond

Keywords: u-pb geochronology; nano-scale; accessory minerals; electron backscatter diffraction; atom probe tomography; planetary geology; structural geology; metamorphic petrology; zircon; meteorite

$216,000

High Throughput Energy Dispersive Spectrometer for Plasma Focused Ion Beam

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Botton, Gianluigi

$150,000

Geochronology of Inner Solar System Materials Down to Atom Scale

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Moser, Desmond

$215,000

Electric pulse disaggregator and hydroseparator for micromineral research

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Moser, Desmond

$136,165

Geochronology of planetary and resource evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Moser, Desmond

$150,000

SEM-CL imaging system for guiding microbeam geochemistry

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Moser, Desmond

$67,551

Reading the zircon archive of deep lithosphere and planetary evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Moser, Desmond

$44,700

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 Dear Professor Moser, 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 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 "Nanogeochronology of Earth and Planetary Materials" (2019), 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]