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Vincent Tabard-Cossa, Department of Physics,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON, K1N 6N5, Canada
Vincent Tabard-Cossa
Vincent is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Ottawa, and a University Research Chair in Nanoscale Biophysics and Nanopore Science. He is a member of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering, and cross-appointed with the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences. From 2020 to 2023, he was Chief Scientific Officer (part-time) of Northern Nanopore Instruments, a company he co-founded that specializes in research tools and solutions to support fundamental and applied research on solid-state nanopores, which was acquired by Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Vincent received the Early Career Researcher of the Year award at the University of Ottawa in 2018, was inducted to the College of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in 2019, and was awarded the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Industrial and Applied Physics medal in 2021.
EDUCATION
- B.Sc. Physics, McGill University, 2000
- Ph.D. Physics, McGill University, 2006
Ph.D. thesis research was performed in Peter Grütter‘s Scanning Probe Microscopy and Nanoscience group in the Physics Department at McGill University. He investigated the origins of surface stress when various types of molecules trigger chemical/physical reactions at gas-solid and liquid-solid interfaces using AFM-based microcantilever sensors.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, 2008
In the applied biophysics group of Andre Marziali at the University of British-Columbia (UBC), he studied single-molecule bonds (DNA-DNA for genotyping and receptor-ligand for drug screening applications) using solid-state nanopore-based force spectroscopy.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 2010
At the Stanford Genome Technology Center, with Ron Davis, he studied the screening behaviour of DNA polymers and fluid transport under high electric fields in nanofluidic transistors, i.e. electrically gated nanopore devices.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2022-present
Full Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa
2024-present
Vice-Dean Innovation & Strategic Partnerships, Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa
2022-present
Cross-appointed with the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa
2021-present
Member of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering
2020-2023
Chief Scientific Officer (part-time), Northern Nanopore Instruments (acquired by Oxford Nanopore Technologies)
2015-2022
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa
2017-2022
Cross-appointed with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa
2010-15
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa
ACADEMIC HONOURS
2023
Department of Physics Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentorship
2022
University Research Chair in Nanoscale Biophysics and Nanopore Science
2021
Industrial and Applied Physics Medal from the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)
2019
Member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
2018
University of Ottawa Young Researcher of the Year Award
University of Ottawa Young Researcher of the Year Award
2016
Ontario Early Researcher Award
Ontario Early Researcher Award
2009
Rising Young Investigator Award, Genome Technology Magazine