The 2012 recipients of UBC’s Faculty Research Awards have been revealed. In total, nine UBC Science researchers are being recognized for their work.
The Faculty Research Awards are presented by the Office of the Vice President Research & International, and include Killam Research fellowships and prizes, the Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research, and the Jacob Biely Prize, the most prestigious research prize the University offers.
This year’s Internal Research Awards Reception will be held on March 25. Winner profiles can be found by visiting:
http://research.ubc.ca/vpri/faculty-research-award-recipients
Jacob Biely Research Prize
Gordon Semenoff, Physics & Astronomy
Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research
Nando de Freitas, Computer Science
UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship
Junior Category:
Cristina Conati, Computer Science
Kirk Madison, Physics & Astronomy
Joerg Rottler, Physics & Astronomy
Senior Category:
Jiahua Chen, Statistics
Roger Francois, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
UBC Killam Faculty Research Prizes Science, Applied Science, Forestry Subcommittee
Senior Category:
Dinesh Pai, Computer Science
Curtis Suttle, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement
UBC Science acknowledges that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.
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