Awards

Liam Watson: Young Faculty Award (2019)

Liam Watson has won the 2019 Young Faculty Award sponsored by UBC and PIMS. Liam joined our Department in summer 2018, with a research focus on Low Dimensional Topology. He has contributed a lot during his short time here, and not only through his highly-regarded research. He served on last year's... read more

Sujatha Ramdorai: Krieger-Nelson Prize (2020)

Sujatha Ramdorai is the winner of the 2020 Krieger-Nelson Prize for her exceptional contributions to mathematics research. For more details, see The CMS News Relase [1]. Sujatha will receive her award and present a prize lecture during the CMS Summer Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, June 5-8, 2020 [2... read more

Jun-cheng Wei: Jeffery-Williams Award (2020)

Jun-cheng Wei is the winner of the 2020 Jeffery-Williams Award for his exceptional contributions to the theoretical development and interdisciplinary applications of nonlinear partial differential equations. For more details, see The CMS News Relase [1]. Jun-cheng will receive his award and present... read more

Ethan White: Killam-Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize (2019)

Ethan White, PhD Student in Discrete Mathematics, has been selected to receive the prestigious Killam-Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize for the 2019W session. “In 2002, UBC created an endowed prize in memory of former Killam Trustee, Donald N. Byers. The prize is awarded to the highest-ranking Killam... read more

Michael Bennett: Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) (2020)

Michael Bennett is one of 52 mathematical scientists from around the world named as Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2020. The AMS recognizes Mike “For contributions to Diophantine equations and Diophantine approximations, and for service to the mathematical community.” Here... read more

Juncheng Wei: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2019)

Juncheng Wei has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Professor Wei, a Tier-One Canada Research Chair in nonlinear partial differential equations, is a prolific researcher whose work impacts both pure and applied mathematics. His surprising counter-example to the famous De Giorgi... read more

Julia Gordon: Krieger-Nelson Prize (2019)

The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) has named Dr. Julia Gordon (UBC) as the recipient of the 2019 Krieger-Nelson Prize. The Krieger-Nelson Prize was inaugurated to recognize outstanding contributions in the area of mathematical research by a female mathematician. Dr. Gordon will receive the... read more

Neil J. Balmforth: Fellow of the American Physical Society (2018)

Neil J. Balmforth was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018. This is a significant and well-deserved honour. In its citation [1], the APS notes Neil's "fundamental contributions to astrophysical fluid dynamics, dynamical systems, geophysical fluid dynamics, non-Newtonian fluid... read more

Nassif Ghoussoub: CRM-Fields-PIMS prize (2019)

Nassif Ghoussoub has been a powerful asset to our Department since he joined as an Assistant Professor in 1979. On Sunday evening at the Awards Banquet associated with the CMS Winter Meeting, his long list of well-deserved accolades got a little longer: he was introduced as the winner of the CRM-... read more

Martin Barlow, Michael Bennett, George Bluman, David Boyd, Ailana Fraser, Nassif Ghoussoub and Malabika Pramanik: Canadian Mathematical Society (2018)

Martin Barlow, Michael Bennett, George Bluman, David Boyd, Ailana Fraser, Nassif Ghoussoub and Malabika Pramanik were annouced as the Canadian Mathematical Society Inaugural Class of Fellows. Details here: https://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2018/Fellowsread more