Researcher Interviews is our free series where working researchers answer the questions students actually have. We would rather tell you honestly what is confirmed than pad this page, so here is exactly where each thing stands.
Randy Schekman and Jacob Tsimerman sat down with us this summer, and both episodes are publishing soon: free to watch, no signup wall. Art McDonald gave our students a live talk on neutrinos, dark matter and SNOLAB at Speaker Day.
Nobel Laureate
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2013
For uncovering the machinery that routes molecular cargo inside every living cell.
What we are asking: How a question about yeast cells turned into a discovery that changed medicine.
About the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (opens in a new tab)
Recorded · Publishing soon
Photo: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Fields Medalist
Professor of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Fields Medal, 2026
For work in number theory including a proof of the André-Oort conjecture, open for decades.
What we are asking: What it takes to stay with one problem for years, and how to know a question is worth it.
About the Fields Medal (opens in a new tab)
Recorded · Publishing soon
Photo: Simons Foundation, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Nobel Laureate
Professor Emeritus of Physics, Queen's University
Nobel Prize in Physics, 2015
For the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.
What he told our students: How a detector two kilometres down a Sudbury nickel mine solved the solar neutrino problem, and what dark matter and dark energy leave for the next generation to find.
About the Nobel Prize in Physics (opens in a new tab)
Live talk · Sep 10, 2026
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
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