The Office of the Vice President Research and International has announced the 2012 UBCs Faculty Research Awards. Researchers were nominated by their peers and adjudicated by the Faculty Awards Committee, which consists of representatives from arts and humanities, education, forestry, business, science and applied science disciplines. An award reception will be held on March 25, 2013 at the Chan Centre. To read winner profiles, click here.
UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowships
Junior Category:
• Cristina Conati, Computer Science
• Stan Floresco, Psychology
• Cristie Ford, Law
• Joseph Henrich, Psychology and Economics
• Merje Kuus, Geography
• Kirk Madison, Physics and Astronomy
• Joerg Rottler, Physics and Astronomy
• Gerry Veenstra, Sociology
Senior Category:
• Jiahua Chen, Statistics
• Roger Francois, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
UBC Killam Faculty Research Prizes
Business, Education, Arts and Humanities Subcommittee, Senior Category:
• Lynn Alden, Psychology
• John Roeder, Music
• Toni Schmader, Psychology
• Roger Wilson, Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies
Science, Applied Science, Forestry Subcommittee
Junior Category:
• Kiran Soma, Psychology
Senior Category:
• Samuel Aparicio, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Torsten Nielsen, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Dinesh Pai, Computer Science
• Curtis Suttle, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Jacob Biely Research Prize
• Gordon Semenoff, Physics and Astronomy
Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research
• Nando de Freitas, Computer Science
Dorothy Somerset Award for Performance Develoment in Visual and Performing Arts
• Stephen Heatley, Theatre and Film
President’s Award for Public Education Through Media
• Simon Donner, Geography
