Awards

UBC Math Alum Chi Hoi (Kyle) Yip Awarded the 2025 CMS Blair Spearman Doctoral Prize

Dr. Chi Hoi (Kyle) Yip, a distinguished alumnus of our UBC Mathematics PhD program, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 CMS Blair Spearman Doctoral Prize. This national award, presented by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), recognizes outstanding performance by a doctoral student graduating... read more

Wenjun Zhao and Maksym Zubkov Receive UBC Math Awards for Outstanding Teaching by Postdoctoral Fellows

At the 2025 UBC Mathematics graduation ceremony, Wenjun Zhao and Maksym Zubkov were each honoured with the Award for Outstanding Teaching by a postdoctoral fellow. Wenjun Zhao is one of the department’s top small-class instructors. Students consistently highlight her individualized support,... read more

Fanze Kong awarded the 2025 Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award

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... read more

Patrick Walls Awarded 2019 UBC Science Excellence in Service Award

The UBC Science Excellence in Service Award recognizes staff, students and faculty whose service contributions have had a significant positive impact in achieving UBC Science's mission. In honour of his contributions, Associate Professor Walls was awarded $2,000.read more

Leah Edelstein-Keshet Awarded the 2025 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize

Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Professor Emerita, has been honored with the 2025 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, Canada’s top recognition for outstanding research in the mathematical sciences. Dr. Edelstein-Keshet completed her PhD at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1982 under the supervision of Lee Segel... read more

Mathav Murugan Canadian Research Chair Renewed

UBC Mathematics Assistant Professor Mathav Murugan has been renewed as a Canada Research Chair (CRC). Dr. Murugan is an expert in probability theory, differential equations and geometry. Findings from Dr. Murugan’s research will improve our understanding of the interplay between the behaviour of... read more

Josh Zahl Awarded an ICBS Frontiers in Science Award

UBC Math Associate Prof. Josh Zahl has been awarded a 2024 ICBS Frontiers in Science Award. Josh received this award, along with co-author Nets Katz (Cal Tech), for their 2019 Journal of the American Mathematical Society paper titled "An improved bound on the Hausdorff dimension of Besicovitch sets... read more

Sujatha Ramdorai Appointed as a Fields Institute Fellow

UBC Mathematics Professor Dr. Sujatha Ramdorai has been appointed as a Fields Institute Fellow in recognition of outstanding contributions to activities at the Fields Institute and within the Canadian mathematical community.read more

Professor Emeritus David Brydges awarded the Henri Poincaré Prize

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Dr. David Brydges, has been awarded the Henri Poincaré Prize. The Henri Poincare Prize recognizes outstanding contributions in mathematical physics and is awarded every three years at the International Mathematical Physics Congress. More Inforead more

Dr. Priscilla E. (Cindy) Greenwood Awarded SSC Gold Medal

UBC mathematics Professor Emerita Priscilla E. (Cindy) Greenwood on being awarded the Statistical Society of Canada's Gold Medal! This medal is awarded to a person who has made outstanding contributions to statistics or probability, either to mathematical developments or in applied work. Read Moreread more