Former UBC graduate student, Fanze Kong, has been awarded the 2025 Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award, an award established by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS) to recognize and publicize an outstanding PhD thesis in Applied Mathematics at a Canadian University.

This award was presented to Dr. Kong for his work on pattern formation in a variety of biologically relevant models.

From CAIMS SCMAI E-News: "Kong’s ability to identify and master the mathematics necessary to fully solve complex problems reflects technical expertise, and a remarkable ability to recognize underlying commonalities between equations arising in different contexts. These qualities position Dr. Kong as an emerging star in the field of applied mathematics with research that has immediate and far-reaching impacts both within applied mathematics and across various application domains, ranging from biology to financial systems."

While at UBC, Dr. Kong was under the supervision of Juncheng Wei and Michael Ward. He graduated from UBC in the summer of 2024.

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