Awards

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

Adela Gherga and The Ha: Faculty of Science Excellence in Service Awards (2018)

Adela Gherga and The Ha were the recipients of the 2018 Faculty of Science Excellence in Service Awards which recognize the exceptional service contributions of Science's staff, students and faculty. Adela Gherga,a PhD student, is a winner in the Student category. Her leadership through the MGC and... read more

Sven Bachmann: Annales Henri Poincaré (AHP) Prize (2018)

Sven Bachmann is the winner of the Annales Henri Poincaré (AHP) prize. Each year a prize founded by Birkhäuser is awarded for the most remarkable paper published in the journal Annales Henri Poincaré. The winners of the AHP prize are selected by the Editorial Board. The AHP Prize 2016 was awarded... read more

Shirin Boroushaki: Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (2018)

Shirin Boroushaki is the winner of 2017/2018 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. See https://academic.ubc.ca/awards-funding/award-winners/killam-teaching-ser...read more

Hong Zhe Chen: Governor General's Silver Medal (2018)

Hong Zhe Chen, in Combined Honours Physics and Mathematics, has been awarded a Governor General's Silver Medal as head of the graduating class in Science. Details regarding nomination procedures are posted on the Faculty of Graduate Studies website .read more

Tom Hutchcroft: Canadian Mathematical Society Doctoral Prize (2018)

Tom Hutchcroft has won the 2018 Canadian Mathematical Society Doctoral Prize! The Doctoral Prize recognizes outstanding performance by a doctoral student. Tom will receive his award and present a prize lecture during the CMS Winter Meeting here in Vancouver, December 7-10, 2018. Today's official... read more

Tom Hutchcroft: Governor General's Gold Medal (2018)

Tom Hutchcroft has been awarded a Governor General's Gold Medal. This recognizes Tom as the UBC doctoral graduate with the most outstanding academic record. Dr Hutchcroft made a strong impression during his time here, with a paper in the Inventiones in 2016, two productive summers as an intern at... read more

Malabika Pramanik: Killam Research Prize (2018)

Malabika Pramanik won a Killam Research Prize, in recognition of her outstanding research and scholarly contributions. For more details on this prize, please see https://research.ubc.ca/research-excellence/awards-honours/faculty-resea...read more