Gary Hinshaw, recruited to UBC last year from NASA, has been named the new Canada Research Chair in Observational Cosmology. The new chair joins three renewals within the Faculty.
Hinshaw's work at UBC will include building two new radio observatories to explore the large scale properties of the Universe: its origin, evolution and ultimate fate.
This year's three new appointments and six renewals at UBC are valued at $9.9 million and bring the university’s total number of Canada Research Chairs to 186, the nation’s second largest complement. UBC Science holds 49 of those chairs.
UBC Science Renewals
Roger François, professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, has been renewed as the Canada Research Chair in Marine Geochemistry for Global Climate Change. His research seeks to measure and differentiate human-induced climate change from recurring natural climate cycles.
Terrance Snutch, professor in UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories, has been renewed as the Canada Research Chair in Biotechnology and Genomics – Neurobiology. His research explores migraines, epilepsy, chronic pain, addiction and blindness.
Alejandro Adem, professor and director of the Pacific Institution for Mathematics, has been renewed professor of Canada Research Chair in Algebraic Topology. His research uses advanced mathematics to improve our understanding and representations of the physical world.
