Celebration FACULTY OF SCIENCE

February 9, 2010Marshall McLuhan Hall204 University Centre

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CelebrationFACULTY OF SCIENCE

Recognizing Excellence among faculty, students and

support staff in the Faculty of Science.

11:30 a.m. Lunch

12:15 p.m. Welcoming Remarks Roy Roshko, Acting Dean of Science Address Joanne Keselman, Vice-President (Academic) and Provost

Awards Presentation Faculty Awards: Peter Graham, Associate Dean

Student Awards: Betty Worobec, Associate Dean

Thank you to the Calosoma String Quartet for providing musicArlene Dahl – cello

Merrily Peters - violaBarb Gilroy, Liz Dyer - violins

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Faculty and Support Staff Anniversary Recognition5 Y E A R S

Diane Kunec Dean’s Office Doreen Davies Biological Sciences Andre Dufresne Biological Sciences Alys Kenyon Biological Sciences Torsten Hegmann Chemistry Georg Schreckenbach Chemistry John Braico Computer Science Ken Drewniak Computer Science Carson Leung Computer Science Yanni Ellen Liu Computer Science Lee-Ann Baldwin Mathematics Mark Miller-Williams Microbiology Tapash Chakraborty Physics & Astronomy Gerald Gwinner Physics & Astronomy Alexandre Leblanc Statistics Zenaida Mateo Statistics

1 0 Y E A R S Gunnar Valdimarsson Biological Sciences Jeff Gowler Biological Sciences (Delta Marsh Field Station) Peter Penner Mathematics Stephanie Moorhouse Microbiology Vladimir Yurkov Microbiology

1 5 Y E A R S Trevor Schultz Dean’s Office Tracy Castelein Biological Sciences Bruce Ford Biological Sciences Phil Hultin Chemistry Helen Cameron Computer Science Susan Beshta Physics & Astronomy

2 0 Y E A R S Judy Anderson Biological Sciences Peter Blunden Physics & Astronomy Irenna Dudar Dean’s Office Janis Hayward Chemistry Tricia Lewis Chemistry Joe O’Neil Chemistry John Anderson Computer Science Margaret Smith Statistics Aerambamoorthy Thavaneswaran Statistics

Celebration

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2 5 Y E A R S Peter Graham Computer Science

3 0 Y E A R S John Stoyko Biological Sciences Kirk Marat Chemistry

3 5 Y E A R S Gilles Roy Physics & Astronomy Peter Loewen Microbiology Urmilla Deonauth Biological Sciences Smiley Cheng Statistics

4 0 Y E A R S Gordon Robinson Biological Sciences Wayne Buchannon Chemistry Chander Kanta Gupta Mathematics

Support Staff Awards

University of Manitoba Service Award of Excellence• Gerri Acorn, Computer Science Co-op Coordinator

University of Manitoba Team Award of Excellence• Staff of the Dean’s Office

Denise Alcox, Melynda Chestley, Andrea Deters-Yarema, Irenna Dudar, Robin Flynn, Khosrow Hakimzadeh, Lorraine Lester, Val Matthes, Joan McConnell, Jill Ogston, Maureen Paisley, Lori Ross, Trevor Schultz, Marilyn Shantz, Greg Sobie, Diane Strymbiski, Fred Wong

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Student AwardsMany student awards in the Faculty of Science are established through donations from individuals and organizations who are interested in helping our students succeed. In gratitude and in celebration of our many donors, thank you for your generosity!!

University of Manitoba Awards

Governor General’s Silver Medal• Signy Holmes

University of Manitoba Gold Medal for Highest Standing in Science• Heather Collins

Students’ Teacher Recognition Award • Sophie Davie

Faculty of Science Awards and Scholarships

Benjamin Cohen Scholarship in Science ~ Trevor Rempel

Classes of 1943 and 1968 Reunion Scholarships ~ Wayne Heppner, Peter Tarleton

Delta Marsh Scholarship ~ Diana Fred, Nicholas Laporte

Dr. A. W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship ~ Alyssa Janke

Dr. Diane Dowling Memorial Scholarship ~ Janna Plett

Dr. Maxwell S. Rady Scholarship ~ Derek Cormier, Iian Smythe

Experimental Lakes Area Graduate Fellowship ~ Lee Hrenchuk

Experimental Lakes Area Undergraduate Award ~ Madison Hornbeck

Faculty of Science Gold Medals ~ Erin Knight (BSc Honours)

~ Matthew Kolybabi (BSc Major)

~ Navdeep Bhullar (BSc General)

Isbister Undergraduate Scholarships ~ Tanya Burch, Derek Cormier, Matthew Neudorf, Collin Partridge, Iian Smythe, Lauren Hayward.

Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance ~ Phillip Chung, Kyle Fontaine

Faculty of Science Manitoba Schools Science Symposium ~ Juliet Daet

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Judy Stewart Sutherland Scholarship ~ Rose-Anne Anonuevo, Melanie Anonuevo

Rosabelle Searle Leach Scholarship ~ Wayne Heppner, Peter Tarleton

Departmental AwardsBIOLOGICAL SCIENCESBotany Prize ~ Leslie Tsai , Joshua Pearlman

David Ian MacKenzie Medal and Prize ~ Amy Thompson

G. A. Lubinsky Memorial Scholarship ~ Mélanie Guigueno

Josefine C. Rauch Memorial Prize (Undergraduate) ~ Ethan Bohn

Josefine C. Rauch Memorial Prize (Graduate) ~ Bethany Schroeder, Melissa Pink

H. E. Welch Award of Excellence in Zoology ~ Kendra Ulrich

Major G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Memorial Scholarship ~ Anthony Signore

Morton Stall Memorial Book Prize ~ Peter Tarleton

Roger Evans Memorial Scholarship ~ Magaly Vincent-Chambellant

CHEMISTRYA. N. Campbell Scholarship ~ Ralph Giesbrecht, Dong-Eun Lee, Amy Norquay

Canadian Society of Chemistry Medal ~ Kari Parsons, Shane Haliburton, Kimberley Craigen

Chemistry Centennial Scholarship ~ Laina Geary, Drew Hawranik, Ainsley McFarlane, Vladimir Michaelis

Chemistry Graduate Students’ Association Scholarship ~ Taras Babiak, John Wren

David Renfrew Petrie Memorial Medal ~ Sara Kost

Demchuk Scholarship for Women in Chemistry ~ Ailsa Alexander, Amy Norquay, Lisa Spangelo

Dr. N. Demchuk Award ~ Johnathan Barrera-Calix, Samantha Van Nest

Ernst and Ingrid Bock Graduate Award in Chemistry ~ Akef Afaneh, Taras Babiak, Ziqui Chen, Laina Geary, Drew Hawranik, Merrill Isenor, Avid Khamenehfar, Mohammad Khan, Ainsley McFarlane, Vladimir Michaelis, Shahid Shafi, John Wren, Di Zhu

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Frank and Donna Hruska Prize (Undergraduate) ~ Selina Swift, Kevin Clayton

Frank and Donna Hruska Prize (Graduate) ~ Sergei Snovida, Vladimir Michaelis, Ainsley McFarlane

Harold A.C. Johnson Scholarship in Chemistry ~ Kurt Kolbe

Hugh J. Anderson Graduate Award in Chemistry ~ Drew Hawranik, Vlad Michaelis, Laina Geary, Ainsley McFarlane, Zhu Di, Ziqiu Chen, Shahid Shafi, Akef Afaneh, Avid Khamenehfar, Merrill Isenor, John Wren, Taras Babiak, Mohammad Khan, Mona Abdel-Hameed, Samuel Odoh, Brandon Findlay, Vinith Yathindranath, Matt Pilapil, Graeme Suppes, Rajesh Pillai, Zhe Lv

Instrumental Analysis Award ~ Brandy Kinkead

Reverend Joseph Hogg Scholarship ~ Kimberley Craigen, Daniel Friesen, Stanton Giesbrecht, Amy Norquay, Natalie Okun

Robert H. Betts Graduate Award in Chemistry ~ Zhu Di, Ziqiu Chen, Shahid Shafi, Akef Afaneh, Avid Khamenehfar, Merrill Isenor, John Wren, Taras Babiak, Mohammad Khan

Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award ~ Samantha Pauls

Walter and Elizabeth Rodewald Scholarship ~ Mona Abdel-Hameed, Brandon Findlay, Laina Geary, Drew Hawranik, Zhe Lv, Ainsley McFarlane, Vladimir Michaelis, Samuel Odoh, Matt Pilapil, Rajesh Pillai, Graeme Suppes, Vinith Yathindranath

COMPUTER SCIENCEElizabeth Luginbuhl Memorial Award ~ Tiffany Nguyen

Shell Canada Furthering the Environment of Learning Fund (FUEL) ~ Matthew Demski

Michael S. Doyle Graduate Fellowship Award ~ Joshua Millar-Usiskin

MATHEMATICSAgnes Stewart Hart Award ~ Liji Huang

Bernard Noonan Memorial Prize ~ Brett Kolesnik

Bernice Warkov Safeer Prize for Excellence in Mathematical Sciences ~ Lauren Hayward

CMS/UM Graduate Fellowship in Mathematics ~ Filofteia Gheorghe

David E. Dobbs Scholarship in Mathematics ~ Damjan Kalajdzievski

Dr. Murray Gordon Bell Graduate Student Award ~ Miad Makereh Shireh

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Dr. Narain D. Gupta Scholarship in Mathematics ~ Morgan Craig

Graduate Award for Excellence in Mathematics ~ Mohammad Safi

Honours Mathematics Award ~ Iian Smythe

Nelson Educational Prize ~ Brittney Day, Courtney Slimmon, Janna Plett, Alyssa Janke

Philosophia Mathematica Prize in Applied Mathematics ~ William Toni

Professor Robert J. Lockhart Memorial Prize ~ Todd Pernerowski

Robert Ross McLaughlin Scholarship in Mathematics ~ Damjan Kalajdzievski

MICROBIOLOGYEdna S. Hollier Scholarships ~ Melody Ong, Christine Wright

Howard Lees Scholarship in Microbiology ~ Tobin Verbeke

The Mindel and Tom Olenick Medal and Prize in Microbiology ~ Sophie Davie

Oscar Vong Memorial Scholarship ~ Shawn Xiong

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMYAllen Medal in Physics ~ Eric Himbeault

Bellan Prize ~ Lauren Hayward

Canadian Association of Physicists Award ~ Victor Li, Aresh Sepheri

Centennial Scholarship in Physics ~ Heather Champion, Elizabeth Skoropata, Michael Harder, William Robinson, Jonas Lippuner

C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Award in Physics ~ Jonas Lippuner

Ernst & Ingrid Bock Graduate Award in Physics ~ Wanjun Jiang, Laryssa Kurjewicz, Laura Cobus

Harold R. Coish Memorial Scholarship ~ Eric Berg, Jonas Lippuner

H. L. Verrall Family Scholarship in Physics ~ Samantha Van Nest, Graham Schellenberg

Honours Physics Class of 1986 CUPC Prize ~ Elizabeth Skoropata, Todd Sierens, Erica Franzmann, Lauren Hayward, Jonas Lippuner

Kenneth Roulston Memorial Scholarship ~ Javier Hernandez-Melgar

Morley Oretzki Memorial Scholarship ~ Devin Ross

Samuel M. Neamtan Memorial Scholarship ~ Lauren Hayward

Sunil K. Sen Scholarship ~ Eric Himbeault

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STATISTICSDr. Cyril H. Goulden Memorial Scholarship ~ Brett Kolesnik

Miscellaneous Student AwardsAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine Young Investigators Symposia

• Niranjan Venugopal (3rd place)

Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists Young Investigators Symposia• Jorge Alpuche (1st place)

Manitoba Schools Science Symposium Scholarship• Aresh Sephen• Mark Xu• Meaghan Ballard

NSERC Graduate ScholarshipsCGSD (Continuing) • Paulette Penton (Biological Sciences) • Jonathan Thiessen (Physics & Astronomy)

CGSM (New) • Melissa Hoffer, Lee Hrenchuk (Biological Sciences) • Marc Boyer (Computer Science) • Morgan Craig (Mathematics) • Barney Geddes (Microbiology) • Laura Cobus (Physics & Astronomy)

Vanier CGS (New) • Kyle Elliott (Biological Sciences)

PGSD (New) • Cheryl Klassen, Cortney Watt (Biological Sciences) • Heather Matheson, Neil Moore (Physics & Astronomy)

PGSD (Continuing) • Laina Geary, Vladimir Michaelis, Mohammad Khan (Chemistry) • Marina Kotovshchikova (Mathematics) • Karl Edler, Jie Pan, Adam Rogers (Physics & Astronomy)

PGSM (Continuing) • Mark Baschuk, Patricia Dasiewicz (Biological Sciences) • Chad Iverson (Chemistry) • Bryan Penfound (Mathematics) • Jenna Tichon (Statistics)

CIHR (New) • Diane Gordon (Microbiology)

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MHRC Studentship Awards • Chandra Podder (Mathematics)

• Misty Balcewich (Microbiology)

• Krista Chytyk, Bryan McIntosh (Physics & Astronomy)

University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships New

• Muhammad Zahoor Alam, Sara Halwas, Cory Matthews (Biological Sciences)

• Avid Khamenehfar, Ainsley McFarlane (Chemistry)

• Subir Biswas, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman (Computer Science)

• Varvara Shepelska (Mathematics)

• Laryssa Kurjewicz (Physics & Astronomy)

• Youg Liang, Mustafa Salamh (Statistics)

Renewals• Joseph Allen, Mason Kulbaba (Biological Sciences)• Shahid Shafi, Vinith Yathindranath, Di Zhu (Chemistry)• Sameer Kumar, Mark Mateo (Computer Science)• Oleksandr Maizlish, Mohammad Safi, Oluwaseun Sharomi

(Mathematics)• Vikash Kumar Jha (Microbiology)• Wanjun Jian, Heather Matheson, Peiqing Wang (Physics & Astronomy)• Yu-Fei Hsieh, Xuan Li, Tung Lung Wu (Statistics)

University of Manitoba Graduate ScholarshipsNew• Cory Matthews (Biological Sciences)• Subir Biswas (Computer Science)• Oleksiy Klurman, Varvara Shepelska (Mathematics)• Mustafa Salamh, Yu Zhang (Statistics)

Renewals• Sameer Kumar (Computer Science)• Marina Kotovshchikova, Oleksandr Maizlish, Olueaseun Sharomi

(Mathematics)• Ruhullah Bloodworth, Katrin Braasch (Microbiology)• Heather Matheson (Physics & Astronomy)

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Faculty of Science Graduate ScholarshipsNew• Aswin Gandudi, Craig McFarlane, Kathleen Gardiner, Brinda Timsina,

Christian Naguit, Ian Young, Kyle Fontaine, Christopher Deduke (Biological Sciences)

• Samuel Odoh, Brad Hernden, Brandon Findlay, Sara Marron (Chemistry)• Manni Rouzbeh, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Shorfuzzam, Bhanu

Sharma, Bhavdeep Pabla (Computer Science)• Davood Melekzadeh Va, Safoura Zaffar (Mathematics)• Aniel Moya Torres, Damien Rivers (Microbiology)• Mark McCrea, Scott MacEwan, Jing Li, Troy Dawson, Timothy Taves,

Sheryl Lyn Herrera (Physics & Astronomy)• Wan-Chen Lee, Shirin Golchi, Rojiar Haddadian (Statistics)

Renewals• Ryan Sheffield, Kristen Patterson, Todd Whiklo, Sarangi Niros Athukorala,

Ahmed Waheed (Biological Sciences)• John Wren, Taras Babiuk, Ziqiu Chen (Chemistry)• Saeed Rashwand, Hari Prasain (Computer Science)• Dessalegh Melesse, Miad Makareh Shi, Eric Ens, Iman Soliman

(Mathematics)• William Summers, Craig Resch, Thomas Ryozak, Mummun Nandi, Harry

Yudistira (Microbiology)• David Harrison, Ryan Desautels (Physics & Astronomy)• Ming Ming Hu, Qi Er Tan (Statistics)

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards• Laura Tapley, Colin Rumbolt, Mary Sourial, Alyssa Janke, Melody Ong,

Melissa Hoffer, Benoit Carriere (Biological Sciences)

• Corey Veldman, Shawn Xiong, James Bras, Stephanie Ansari, Konstantin Jilkine, Melanie Kehler, Alexandra Kuzyk, Zachary Kroeker, Alexandra Hrabowych (Chemistry)

• David Schilling, Stephen Kiazyk (Computer Science)

• Brett Kolesnik, Iian Smythe (Mathematics)

• Maggie Ong, Janna Plett, Vincent Lim, Lauren Luo, Evan Orlikow, Sarah Keating, Kari Wosnitza, Kristyn Buchko, Abdirahman Abdullahi (Microbiology)

• Trevor Rempel, Tal Letourneau-Shesaf, Lauren Hayward, Michael Harder, Todd Sierens, Eric Himbeault, Erica Franzmann (Physics & Astronomy)

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NSERC Aboriginal• Amy Norquay (Chemistry)

Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Awards• Stephanie Lenoski, Heidi Friesen (Biological Sciences)

• Jon Nightingale, Brandy Kinkead (Chemistry)

• Athena Nguyen, Morgan Craig, Liji Huang (Mathematics)

• Sydney Hammond, My Thi Kieu Dang, Elaine Liu, Travis Magill, Peiki Loay, Marc Ranson, Talal Abboud, Tychicus Chen (Microbiology)

• Panos Polyzois (Physics & Astronomy)

Faculty Awards

2009 Sir John William Dawson Medal• Ken Standing (Physics & Astronomy)

University of Manitoba Honourary Degree Recipient• Ken Standing (Physics & Astronomy)

Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund (New) • Sean McKenna (Chemistry)

• Francis Lin (Physics & Astronomy)

Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund (CRC) • Jeffrey Marcus

Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund (Established) • Seán Cadogan and Johan van Lierop (Physics & Astronomy) • John Page (Physics & Astronomy) • Hélène Perreault (Chemistry)

Canada Research Chair – Tier 2 • Jeffrey Marcus (Biological Sciences)

Disability Services Faculty/Staff Access Award• Ruth Cameron (Physics & Astronomy)

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Dr. L. E. Nicolle Award • Abba Gumel (Mathematics)

Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences• Abba Gumel (Mathematics)

University of Manitoba Merit Award for Research Excellence• Abba Gumel (Mathematics)

Fellow of the American Physical Society• Shelley Page (Physics & Astronomy)

Genome Canada Award• Richard Sparling (Microbiology)

Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award in Ornithology• Spencer Sealy (Biological Sciences)

Science Students’ Association Teacher Recognition Awards• Phil Hultin, Chemistry (level 1000/2000)• Elizabeth Worobec, Microbiology (level 3000/4000)

Students’ Teacher Recognition Award – UTS Certificate of Teaching Excellence• William Korytowski, Mathematics (nominated by Sophie Davie)

University I Ongoing Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award• William Korytowski (Mathematics)

Nominated for University I Teaching Excellence Award• Elena Smirnova (Mathematics)

CIHR /Manitoba Regional Partnership Programs Operating Grant• Frank Schweizer (Chemistry)

CIHR Operating Grant• Brian Mark (Microbiology)

Manitoba Medical Service Foundation Research Grant

• Mazdak Khajehpour (Chemistry)

• Peter Budzelaar (Chemistry)

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MHRC Operating Grant• Francis Lin (Physics & Astronomy)

MHRC Establishment Grant• Francis Lin (Physics & Astronomy)

• Sean McKenna (Chemistry)

NSERC Discovery Grants New

• Judy Anderson (Biological Sciences); Karen Brassinga (Microbiology); Francis Lin (Physics & Astronomy); Katherine Davies (Statistics)

Renewals

• Spencer Sealy, Anne Worley (Biological Sciences); Peter Budzelaar (Chemistry); John Anderson, Nick Pizzi, Ruppa Thulasiram (Computer Science); Robert Craigen, David Gunderson, Benqi Guo, Kanta Gupta (Mathematics); Pavel Dibrov (Microbiology); Can Ming Hu (Physics & Astronomy); Alexandre Leblanc, Aerambamo Thavaneswaran, Liqun Wang (Statistics)

NSERC RTI Grants

• Kevin Campbell (Biological Sciences)

• Torsten Hegmann (Chemistry)

• Frank Schweizer (Chemistry)

NSERC Subatomic Physics Grants– Group

• Michael Gericke (Physics & Astronomy)

NSERC Subatomic Physics – RTI Grants

• Michael Gericke (Physics & Astronomy)

• Gerald Gwinner - 2 RTIs (Physics & Astronomy)

University Research Grants Program (Established Staff)

• Kevin Campbell (Biological Sciences)

• Gail Davoren (Biological Sciences)

• Can Ming Hu (Physics & Astronomy)

University Research Grants Program (New Staff)

• Jane Waterman (Biological Sciences)

• James Roth (Biological Scienes)

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• Sean McKenna (Chemistry)

• Stephane Durocher (Computer Science)

Virtual Reality Applications Fund

• Pourang Irani (Computer Science)

Faculty members who received Tenure in 2009

• Peter Budzelaar (Chemistry)

• Torsten Hegmann (Chemistry)

• Georg Schreckenbach (Chemistry)

• Frank Schweizer (Chemistry)

• Carson Leung (Computer Science)

• David Gunderson (Mathematics)

• Gerald Gwinner (Physics & Astronomy)

Faculty members who were promoted in 2009

• John Markham, Biological Sciences (Associate Professor)

• John Anderson, Computer Science (Professor)

• Johan van Lierop, Physics & Astronomy (Associate Professor)