The 42th edition of Soup and Science will be held at the Thomson House's Ballroom from September 14th to 18th, 2026. 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.
First come, first served until we reach capacity.
Monday, September 14, 2026
11:45 AM -12:45 PM
Prof. Peter Douglas
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Tracking changing greenhouse gas emissions: from cities to permafrost
Prof. Muthucumaru Maheswaran
School of Computer Science
Anglish: A Programming Language for Agentic, Distributed Systems
Masha Glasman, Undergrad Student
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Dispersive Quantization in Evolution PDEs
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Prof. Siegfried Hekimi
Department of Biology
Coenzyme Q/Ubiquinone: a 4 billion year-old molecule you can’t do without.
Prof. Elliot Paquette
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Using large random matrices to learn more from your data
Meghan Pomroy, Undergrad student
Department of Chemistry
Synthesis and characterization of doped NMC cathode materials for Li-ion batteries.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Prof. Blake Richard
Department of Neurology - School of Computer Science
The importance of recognizing yourself in others
Maya Smith, Undergrad Student
Department of Physics
Listening to the ionosphere with radio antennas
Thursday, September 17, 2026
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Prof. Eric McCalla
Department of Chemistry
Accelerating battery design (and maybe learning something in the process?)
Prof. Scott Bohle
Department of Chemistry
From Fertile Connections to the Obscure Geography of The Hormuz Strait, Nauru Island and the Atacama Desert: Cracking the Nitrogen Problem
Joseph Schroeder, Undergrad Student
Department of Geography
"How Much Is Left? Using Satellite Imagery to Estimate Mined Sand Volumes"
Friday, September 18, 2026
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Prof. Tony Humphries
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
A Delay Differential Equation Conceptual model of El Nino-Southern Oscillation
Prof. Yann le Polain de Waroux
Department of Geography
Who cuts the forest? Actors and logics behind rapid deforestation in Paraguay
Ezra Huang, Undergrad Student
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics
Quantifying Radiative Feedbacks with a Neural Network
Previous Editions
Visit the pages below for information on previous editions of Soup and Science.
- 41st edition: February 2026
- 40th edition: September 2025
- 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