Awards

Elina Robeva has won the 2020 UBC/PIMS Mathematical Sciences Young Faculty Award (2020)

This prize was created by two founding donors, Anton Kuipers and Darrell Duffie , to recognize UBC researchers for their leading edge work in mathematics or its applications in the sciences. Details here: https://www.pims.math.ca/pims-glance/prizes-awardsread more

Elina Robeva is the 2022 recipient of the CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Researcher Award (2022)

This award recognizes exceptional research in any branch of applied mathematics where the recipient is less than ten years past the date of Ph.D. at the time of nomination. More information is available at: https://caims.ca/award/caims-pims-early-career-award/read more

Damien Huet wins the UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (2021/2022)

This award acknowledges the invaluable role of our TAs in our teaching mission. The winners demonstrate teaching excellence and have a high level of esteem for the from undergraduate students and supervisors. Damien is being recognized with the Killam GTA Award after running labs in MECH 2,... read more

Ailana Fraser wins a Simons fellowship (2022)

This award supports her upcoming sabbatical leave. Congratulations Ailana! For more information, visit https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2022/02/18/2022-simons-fellows-in-mathematics-and-theoretical-physics-announced/read more

Guodong Gai receives the Mathematics Department Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)

The undergraduate committee makes this award each semester to recognize the teaching contributions of our postdoctoral fellows. We rely heavily on their efforts, especially but not exclusively in 100- and 200- level classes. Congratulations to Guodong and Farid, and thanks for all you do for the... read more

Farid Aliniaeifard receives the Mathematics Department Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)

The undergraduate committee makes this award each semester to recognize the teaching contributions of our postdoctoral fellows. We rely heavily on their efforts, especially but not exclusively in 100- and 200- level classes. Congratulations to Guodong and Farid, and thanks for all you do for the... read more

Fok-Shuen Leung wins Killam Teaching Prize (2021/2022)

The Killam teaching prize is awarded every year to an elite group across the university. It recognizes outstanding achievements as a teacher and reflects enthusiasm and commitment to our students. More information about the prize is available at: https://academic.ubc.ca/awards-funding/award-winners... read more

Elyse Yeager wins Killam Teaching Prize (2021/2022)

The Killam teaching prize is awarded every year to an elite group across the university. It recognizes outstanding achievements as a teacher and reflects enthusiasm and commitment to our students. More information about the prize is available at: https://academic.ubc.ca/awards-funding/award-winners... read more

Ailana Fraser wins the Cathleen Synge Morawetz Prize (2021)

Ailana has been awarded the Cathleen Synge Morawetz Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society for her work on Steklov eigenvalues. https://cms.math.ca/awards/cathleen-synge-morawetz-prize/read more

Caleb Marshall is a recipient of a Vanier Scholarship (2021)

This is a tremendous recognition for a graduate student. https://vanier.gc.ca/en/scholar_search-chercheur_recherche_2021.html (select the NSERC tab)read more