UBC Science faculty have won numerous esteemed awards, identifying our researchers among the best in the country and worldwide.

Nobel Laureate

• Carl Wieman, Director, Science Education Initiative

Royal Society of London, Fellows

• Stephen Withers, Department of Chemistry
• Ian Affleck, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Martin Barlow, Department of Mathematics
• Julian Davies, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
• David Dolphin, Department of Chemistry
• Edwin Perkins, Department of Mathematics
• Loren Rieseberg, Department of Botany
• George Albert Sawatzky, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry
• Dolph Schluter, Department of Zoology
• Anthony Sinclair, Department of Zoology
• William Unruh, Department of Physics and Astronomy

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

One of North America's most prestigious honorary societies, AAAS bestows membership on some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts.

• Donald Ludwig, Mathematics
• Loren Rieseberg, Botany
• Dolph Schluter, Zoology
• William Unruh, Physics
• Carl Wieman, Physics, UBC Science Education Initiative

Royal Society of Canada, Fellows

The highest academic accolade in the sciences, humanities and arts bestowed in this country. More than 50 UBC Science faculty members have received this honour.

• Patrick Keeling, Botany (2011)
• Wayne Maddison, Botany, Zoology (2011)
• Chris Orvig, Chemistry (2010)
• Loren Rieseberg, Botany (2010)
• David Kirkpatrick, Computer Science (2009)
• Alan Mackworth, Computer Science (2009)
• Curtis Suttle, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (2008)
• Ivar Ekeland, Mathematics (2008)
• David Brydges, Mathematics (2007)
• Donald Douglas, Chemistry (2007)
• Sarah P Otto, Zoology (2006)
• John Hepburn, Chemistry (2005)
• Douglas Bonn, Physics and Astronomy (2005)
• James Zidek, Statistics (2003)
• Marc Bustin, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (2003)
• John Schrader, Microbiology and Immunology (2003)
• Steven Withers, Chemistry (2002)
• John Scheffer, Chemistry (2002)
• George Sawatzky, Physics and Astronomy (2002)
• Brett Finlay, Microbiology and Immunology (2001)
• J Thomas Tiedje, Physics and Astronomy (2001)
• David Dolphin, Chemistry (2001)
• Dolph Schluter, Zoology (2001)
• Gordon Slade, Mathematics (2000)
• Gordon Semenoff, Physics and Astronomy (2000)
• Raymond J Andersen, Chemistry (2000)

Order of Canada, Members

The Governor General of Canada recognizes lifetime achievements, dedication to the community and service to the nation with membership in the Order of Canada. Ten senior faculty have been appointed, including:

• David Dolphin, Department of Chemistry
• Brett Finlay, Michael Smith Laboratories and Department of Microbiology and Immunology
• Jaymie Matthews, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Sloan Research Fellows

Identifies some of the most promising young faculty on the continent. Recent recipients include:

• Young-Heon Kim, Mathematics (2012)
• Andrew Warfield, Computer Science (2012)
• Omer Angel, Mathematics (2010)
• Joshua Folk, Physics and Astronomy (2010)
• Robert Raussendorf, Physics and Astronomy (2009)
• Scott M Oser, Physics and Astronomy (2008)
• Andrea Damascelli, Physics and Astronomy (2007)
• Laurel Schafer, Chemistry (2007)
• Ruth Signorell, Chemistry (2007)
• Mona Berciu, Physics and Astronomy (2006)
• Jozsef Solymosi, Mathematics (2006)
• Vlada Limic, Mathematics (2005)
• Steven S Plotkin, Physics and Astronomy (2005)
• Mark Van Raamsdonk, Physics and Astronomy (2005)
• Fei Zhou, Physics and Astronomy (2005)
• Marcel Franz, Physics and Astronomy (2002)
• Carl E Wieman, Physics (1984)

EWR Steacie Prize

Canada's top honor for young scientists and engineers in the natural sciences.

• Mark MacLachlan, Chemistry (2011)
• Sarah Otto, Zoology (2007)
• NCJ Strynadka, Biochemistry (2002)
• Brett Finlay, Michael Smith Laboratories (1998)
• Ian Affleck, Physics and Astronomy (1988)
• Bill Unruh, Physics and Astronomy (1988)
• DW Boyd, Mathematics (1978)
• William Hardy, Physics and Astronomy (1978)
• HJ Greenwood, Geology (1978)
• Myer Bloom, Physics and Astronomy (1967)
• Neil Bartlett, Chemistry (1965)

NSERC Steacie Fellows

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Steacie Fellowships honour young Canadian researchers:

• Joerg Bohlmann, Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany, and Faculty of Forestry (2007)
• Gail Murphy, Department of Computer Science (2007)

Disciplinary Awards

UBC Science faculty have earned a wide range of prestigious awards in their specific disciplines. For example, UBC mathematicians have won three recent Canadian Mathematical Society awards:

• Jeffery-Williams Prize (outstanding mathematician): Martin Barlow (2008)
• Krieger-Nelson Prize (outstanding female mathematician: Izabella Laba (2008)
• Coxeter-James Prize (outstanding young mathematician): Vinayak Vastal (2007)

Our outstanding faculty also include oceanographer Timothy Parsons, the first Canadian to win the Japan Prize, Japan’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize. Renowned fisheries conservation researcher Daniel Pauly was the first Canadian to receive the International Cosmos Prize. Anne Condon (Computer Science) holds the prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada/General Motors Chair for Women in Science and Engineering.