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“What’s happening here in À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ is truly special, from theory to experiment and beyond.”

STEPHEN HAWKING, theoretical physicist, speaking at the opening of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre

By The Numbers

  • 4 Killam Prize recipients
  • 2 Canada Excellence Research Chairs
  • 62 Canada Research Chairs
  • 3 faculty awarded fellowships with the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
  • Canada’s most innovative university (23 of 23 years); Best overall (19 of 23 years); Leaders of tomorrow (16 of 23 years) (Maclean’s University Rankings)
  • 70 Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
  • QS Stars 5+ (highest rating for international universities) (Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2014)

2014 Awards include:

  • Dmitry Abanin, Sloan Research Fellowship
  • Houssein Abouee Mehrizi. Canada Research Chair II: Health Care Operations Management, CIHR Award
  • Bovas Abraham, Shewhart Medal
  • Rania Al-Hammoud, Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student
  • Nathaniel Barr, Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student
  • Nandita Basu, Early Researcher Award
  • Drew Bennett, Polanyi Prize
  • Raouf Boutaba, McNaughton Medal
  • Jack Callaghan, Canadian Society for Biomechanics Career Award
  • Murchison Callender, MICA Award for Excellence
  • Melanie Campbell, CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics
  • Cora Cluett, Named to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
  • Martin Cooke, Angus Reid Practitioners/Applied Sociology Award
  • Rob de Loë, Great Lakes Water Quality Board Appointment
  • Brian Dixon, Synergy Award for Innovation (Small- and Medium-Sized Companies), NSERC; and Partners in Research National Award
  • Sherry Dupuis, Canadian Women Changing Healthcare Award
  • Chris Eliasmith, Named to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada
  • Ehab El-Saadany, Canada Research Chair II: Smart Energy Distribution System, NSERC
  • Desmond Fonn, Donald R. Korb Award for Excellence
  • Adrian Gerlich, NSERC/TransCanada Industrial Research Chair
  • Kelly Grindrod, Wellspring Leadership Award, Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy
  • Ralph C.G. Haas, Roy W. Crum Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Transportation Research
  • Chris Hadfield, Officer of the Order of Canada
  • David Hammond, Applied Public Health Chair, Canadian Institutes of Health Research; and William E. Rawls Prize, Canadian Cancer Society
  • Peisong Han, David. P. Byar Young Investigator Award
  • John Hirdes, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
  • John Honek, Bernard Belleau Award, Canadian Society of Chemistry
  • Lyndon Jones, Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award; and Donald Korb Award
  • Mohamed Kamel, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
  • Mike Lazaridis, Fellow of the Royal Society (London)
  • Scott Leatherdale, Applied Public Health Chair, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Brenda Lee, Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student
  • Ondrej Lhotak, Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Award
  • Juewen Liu, Fred Beamish Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry
  • Matteo Mariantoni, Early Researcher Award
  • Eduardo Martin-Martinez, Polanyi Prize
  • Kenneth McLaughlin, Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Lifetime Achievement Award
  • John McPhee, Canada Research Chair I: Biomechatronic System Dynamics; Synergy Award for Innovation (Two or More Companies), NSERC
  • Kashif Memon, Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty of Science
  • Steven Mock, Early Researcher Award
  • Marina Mourtzakis, Early Researcher Award
  • Sriram Narasimhan, Canada Research Chair II: Smart Infrastructure, NSERC
  • Linda Nazar, Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
  • Carolyn Ren, Canada Research Chair II: Chair in Droplet Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology, NSERC
  • Evan Risko, Canada Research Chair II: Embodied and Embedded Cognition, NSERC
  • Jennifer Roberts-Smith, Early Researcher Award
  • Susan Roy, Early Researcher Award
  • Adel Sedra, Order of Ontario
  • Anindya Sen, Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts
  • Jake Thiessen, Pillar of Pharmacy Award, Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy
  • Susan Tighe, Named to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada
  • Levent Tuncel, Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty of Mathematics
  • Matt van der Meer, Early Researcher Award
  • Christina Vester, Distinguished Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts
  • Zhou Wang, E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, NSERC
  • Christopher Wilson, Early Researcher Award
  • Tracey Winton, Creative Achievement Award
  • Alexander Wong, Canada Research Chair II: Medical Imaging Systems, NSERC
  • En-Hui Yang, Professional Achievement Award
  • John Yeow, Canada Research Chair II: Micro and Nano-devices, NSERC
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