91亚色 celebrated its leading researchers last Wednesday for their outstanding achievements during the third annual 91亚色 U Research Leaders celebration.
91亚色 President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri addresses guests gathered for the 2015 Research Leaders celebration
Hosted by 91亚色 President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri and Vice-President Research and Innovation Robert Hach茅, and led by 91亚色 political science Professor and event MC Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, associate vice-president research, the University celebrated the exceptional research achievements of faculty and students.
Researchers were recognized for a host of accolades. These ranged from the newly established 91亚色 Research Chairs program and the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada鈥檚 Collaborative Research Training Experience grants to the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, new members of the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists and more.
Shoukri praised all of the researchers for their tremendous achievements. 鈥91亚色鈥檚 researchers are among some of the world鈥檚 leading scholars and experts," he said. "Our researchers are dedicated to the pursuit of new ideas, new innovation and solutions to some of the most pressing local and global issues facing us today.
鈥淭his year, we are proud to have established the 91亚色 Research Chairs program, an initiative that will help to further build, support and intensify world-renowned research taking place at the University. We look forward to the continued development of research excellence at 91亚色 and to celebrating the accomplishments of our researchers, highlighting how they are helping us to better understand the world.鈥
Mayor Frank Scarpitti of the City of Markham, the keynote speaker for the evening, added: 鈥91亚色 researchers have been recognized locally and globally for their commitment to excellence in research, scholarship and creative activity. As a globally recognized research centre, 91亚色 has been effective at facilitating and creating mutually productive relationships with businesses, industry, social service organizations and the municipal and regional leadership of 91亚色 Region and beyond.鈥
鈥淥f course, what makes 91亚色 truly special is the people,鈥 noted Hach茅 in his remarks, 鈥渢he dedicated community of faculty members, students, postdoctoral fellows and other researchers that conceive the ideas, carry out the research and translate the research outputs into impact.
鈥淚t is these people and their success that we are here to celebrate today,鈥 added Hach茅.
Some of the University's research leaders celebrated at the event held last Wednesday
Several 91亚色 researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows received special recognition for their outstanding research achievements. Mukherjee-Reed spoke about their individual accomplishments as they were presented with gifts by Shoukri and Hach茅. The complete list of researchers, postdoctoral fellows and students who were honoured is as follows:
- Irving Abella, professor emeritus,听Department of History, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Farah Ahmad, professor,听School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health;
- Russ Patrick Alcedo, professor,听Department of Dance, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design;
- Alidad Amirfazli,听professor,听Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Aijun An,听professor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Uzo Anucha,听professor,听School of Social Work, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Mark Bayfield, professor,听Department of Biology, Faculty of Science;
- Jes煤s Bermejo Tirado, postdoctoral fellow, Department of History, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Diethard Bohme, Distinguished Research Professor,听Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science;
- Nick Cercone,听professor,听Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Douglas Cumming, professor,听Schulich School of Business;
- Vanessa Fleet, graduate student, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Sarah Flicker,听professor,听Faculty of Environmental Studies;
- Mary Fox, professor,听School of Nursing, Faculty of Health;
- Oded Haas, international student, Faculty of Environmental Studies;
- Ray Jayawardhana, dean, Faculty of Sciencel
- Janusz Kozinski, dean, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Jacqueline Krikorian, professor,听Departments of Political Science and Social Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Regina Lee, chair,听Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Carla Lipsig-Mumm茅, professor,听Department of Social Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Willem Maas, professor,听Department of Political Science, Glendon College;
- Tom McElroy, professor,听Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Susan McGrath, professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Sushanta Mitra, chair,听Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Karen Murray, professor,听Department of Political Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Marcia Rioux, professor,听School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health;
- Shayna Rosenbaum, professor,听Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health;
- Jinjun Shan, Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Gordon Shepherd, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Alexander Stasheuski, postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Science;
- Alexandra Terrana, graduate student, Faculty of Science;
- Priscila Uppal, professor,听Department of English, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Amar Vutha, postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Science;
- Thilo Womelsdorf, professor,听Department of Biology, Faculty of Science; and
- Jianhong Wu, professor and Canada Research Chair in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Faculty of Science.
91亚色 Research Chairs and Canada Research Chairs:
- Isabella Bakker, 91亚色 Research Chair in Global Economic Governance, Gender and Human Rights, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Douglas Crawford, Canada Research Chair in Visual-Motor Neuroscience (Tier I), Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health (reappointed);
- Mike Daly, 91亚色 Research Chair in Planetary Science, Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering;
- Jane Heffernan, 91亚色 Research Chair in Multi-Scale Quantitative Methods, Department of Mathematics & Statistics;
- Anna Hudson, 91亚色 Research Chair in Inuit Cultural Mobilization, Department of Visual Arts & Art History, School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design;
- Christopher Innes, 91亚色 Research Chair in Performance & Culture, Department of English, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Roger Keil, 91亚色 Research Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies;
- Sergey Krylov, 91亚色 Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science;
- Fuyuki Kurasawa, 91亚色 Research Chair in Global Digital Citizenship, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies;
- Theodore Noseworthy, Canada Research Chair in Entrepreneurial Innovation and the Public Good (Tier II), associate professor, Schulich School of Business;
- Obiora Okafor, 91亚色 Research Chair in International and Transnational Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School; and
- Rebecca Pillai Ridell, 91亚色 Research Chair in Pain and Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health.
The celebration was preceded by recognition of the winning students from the multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Fair, held in Scott Library earlier that day. 鈥淓arlier today, 91亚色鈥檚 third annual undergraduate research fair took place in the Collaboratory of Scott Library. This year the space was filled with 74 undergraduate student researchers who worked either individually or in groups to present their 56 posters. You will see the incredible diversity and scope of the award winners鈥 research [in the slides presented], and every fair participant should feel proud of their remarkable accomplishments,鈥 said Catherine Davidson, interim University librarian.
Undergraduate student researchers pose for a cameo with 91亚色's President (sixth from the left) and University Librarian Catherine Davidson (back row, third from the left).
Barbara Crow followed Davidson and spoke about graduate student research at 91亚色听 鈥 highlighting the innovative research projects of Banting and Vanier scholarship award winners. Her remarks were presented in front of a slideshow of various students鈥 achievements.
Above: From left, Shayna Rosenbaum, the recipient of the President's Emerging Research Leadership Award, with 91亚色 President Mamdouh Shoukri
Shoukri presented Faculty of Science chemistry Professor Sergey Krylov with the 2015 President's Research Excellence Award and Faculty of Health psychology Professor Shayna Rosenbaum with the 2015 President鈥檚 Emerging Research Leadership Award.
Krylov was honoured with the 2015 President鈥檚 Research Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions to bioanalytical chemistry and to 91亚色鈥檚 research community. The award was accepted on behalf of Krylov by Robert Tsushima, associate dean research and partnerships, Faculty of Science. Krylov recently received a 91亚色 Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry.
Rosenbaum 听was recognized with the 2015 President鈥檚 Emerging Research Leadership Award for her transformative contributions to the cognitive neuroscience of memory.
For more information on the President鈥檚 Research Award recipients, see YFile story.