The 40th edition of Soup and Science will be held at the Thomson House's Ballroom from September 8 to 12, 2025. Students and community members are invited to hear outstanding McGill professors and student speakers across disciplines talk about their research program in lightning-style talks, followed by active discussions.
While this is a free event, registration is required as space is limited!
Keep checking back here for the updated speaker roster!
Monday, September 8, 2025
11:45 AM -12:45 PM
Prof. Jeffrey McKenzie
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Cold Truths: Water in a Frozen World
Prof. Kaleem Siddiqi
School of Computer Science
Computer Vision in Perception, Robotics and Biology.
Angelina Lapalme, Undergraduate Student
Department of Chemistry, OSS
The Struggle of Putting Science into Words
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Prof. Adrian Vetta
School of Computer Science and Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
Some thoughts on Algorithmic Economics
Prof. Nicolas Cowan
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and
Department of Physics
Exploring Rocky Exoplanets
Mae Johnson, U2 student
Department of Chemistry
Measurements of optical properties of prebiotic seawater
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Prof. Jennifer Bartz
Department of Psychology
Evidence for the brain opioid theory of social attachment: Variation in the μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) and experiences of felt security
Prof. Mark P. Andrews
Department of Chemistry
Making Big by Making Small: Nanochemistry Inspired by Nature
Prof. John Gyakum
Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Climate changes in the tropics: What it means for Canada
Kindness Chen, Undergraduate student
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Counting symmetries of n-Dimensional Crystals
Thursday, September 11, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Prof. Hsiu-Chin Lin
School of Computer Science
Enhancing the Reliability of Using Machine Learning in Robot Motion Planning
Prof. Mélanie Guigueno
Department of Biology
Can ecology shape cognition and the brain of wild birds?
Patrick Lan, Undergraduate student
Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Air You Breathe-Trend Analysis of Montreal Air Quality 2013-2023
Friday, September 12, 2025
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Guan Xi Liu, U2 student
Department of Biology and school of Computer Science
Making mini soldiers: How a rudimentary organ regulates size in ants
Previous Editions
Visit the pages below for information on previous editions of Soup and Science.
- 39th edition: February 2025
- 38th edition: September 2024
- 37th edition: February 2024
- 36th edition: September 2023
- Snacks and Science: July 2023
- 35th edition: March 2023
- 34th edition: September 2022
- 33rd edition: January 2022
- 32nd edition: Fall 2021
- Sun and Science: July 2021
- 31st edition: February 2021
- 30th edition: September 2020
- Sun and Science: May - August 2020
- 29th edition: January 2020
- 28th edition: September 2019
- 27th edition: January 2019
- 26th edition: September 2018
- 25th edition: January 2018