AES research garners support from the 2023 MSSI Ideas Fund

The McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) has announced the results of its latest Ideas Fund competition. The Ideas Fund awards seed funding to projects led by McGill researchers, enabling them to pursue high-risk, high-reward projects in sustainability research. Congrats to AES Researchers who have received funding for the following projects:

Global survey of Bisphenol S and alternative color developers in thermal papers in food packaging; Stéphane Bayen (Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry) and Barbara Hales (Pharmacology & Therapeutics).

Sustainable pollinator biodiversity conservation in the Quebec cranberry industry. Jessica Gillung and Morgan Jackson of the Department of Natural Resource Sciences.

Active packaging enabled by molecular imprinting-based smart coating to extend food shelf life; Xiaonan Lu and Yixiang Wang of the Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry.

Read the article in the McGill Reporter.