August, 2008:
Dr. Peter Dukes, Mathematics & Statistics awarded a 2007 Kirkman medal by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. Awarded on the basis of a solid body of published research the medal recognizes outstanding achievement by a person within four years of their Ph.D. July, 2008:
Congratulations to Ms. Barbara Currie, Senior Laboratory Instructor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, on being selected to receive the 2008 Gilian Sherwin Excellence in Teaching Award from the UVic Alumni Association.
Dr. Slim Ibrahim joined the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. His area of research is analysis and partial differential equations with particular interest in the theory of dispersive equations and fluid dynamics, and the circle of ideas in analysis (harmonic analysis, regularity of functions, local and micro-local analysis) that have proved to be useful tools for such studies.
Dr. David Steuerman joined the Department of Chemistry. His research focuses on molecular electronics and spin electronics, with the primary goal of exploring their confluence. To this end, his group will be fabricating devices that rely on molecular components and developing in situ analytical spectroscopic tools to further elucidate carrier transport phenomena. Simultaneously, they will apply ultra-fast magneto-optical techniques to explore quantum mechanical properties of exotic nanoscale materials
June, 2008:
Dr. Andrew Weaver, Earth & Ocean Sciences received the Order of British Columbia, the province's highest honour for outstanding achievement.
March, 2008:
Science Matters Spring 2008
Dr. Patrick Gregory, Biology appointed as Honorary Professor of Herpetological Conservation, 2008 - 2012, at the University of Kent, U.K.
Dr. Andrew Weaver, Earth & Ocean Sciences selected for a 2008 Guggenheim Scholarship. Media release January, 2008:
New faculty appointment:
Dr. Jürgen Ehlting joined the Biology Department and the Centre for Forest Biology. His future reserach endeavours will combine the power of functional genomics to unravel plant natural product biosynthesis December, 2007:
New faculty appointment:
Dr. Svetlana Oshkai, joined Mathematics and Statistics as a Senior Instructor. With a doctorate in Industrial and Systems Engineering as background her specialty is applied mathematics.
November, 2007:
First issue of Science Matters, Fall 2007
October, 2007:
UVic researchers share in 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Arif Babul, Physics and Astronomy awarded the title University of Victoria Distinguished Professor. It is the highest academic honour that the University of Victoria can bestow on a member of faculty. It is be awarded to members of faculty who have achieved great distinction in the areas of both teaching and scholarly research, and who have made a substantial contribution to the University and wider communities and whose work is of exceptionally high international calibre and whose teaching and student supervision is outstanding as judged by peers and students. Read the article in The Ring.
The 2006/07 Faculty of Science Teaching and Research Excellence Awards were given out at a ceremony on September 7, 2007.
The recipients were:
Teaching Excellence Award: Barbara Currie, Biochemistry & Microbiology
Teaching Excellence Award: Thomas Fyles, Chemistry
Research Excellence Award: Alisdair Boraston, Biochemistry & Microbiology.
New faculty appointments:
Dr. Raad Nashmi joined the Biology Deprtment. As a neurobiologist Raad's long-term research goal is to understand the basic function of nicotinic receptors in modulating neurotransmission in the central nervous system (CNS) and to elucidate their role in a variety of neurological disorders including nicotine addiction.
Dr. Pavel Kovtun joined Physics and Astronomy. A theoretical physicist, his main research interest lies in understanding connections between quantum field theory and string theory in order to use them to address phenomenolgical questions in particle physics.
July, 2007:
New faculty appointments.
Dr. Ryan Budney, Mathematics & Statistics. A geometric topologist his research projects are concerned with the homotopy type of spaces embeddings. His novel approach to problems has already resulted in proven breathtaking, internationally-recognized theorems in topology.
Dr. Irina Paci joined the Chemistry department as an Assistant Professor. Her research group develops and uses multi-scale and theoretical and computational methods to understand fundamental apsects of the self-assembly of molecular materials and to ivestigate their properties.
Dr. Jeremy Wulff joined the Chemistry department as an Assistant Professor. His research interests include the synthesis and evaluation of compounds that inhibit, activate or detect protein-protein interactions of medicinal importance.
Some of these compounds are complex natural products (or derivatives thereof) while others are designed to have certain desirable properties. Ultimately, it is hoped that these studies will lead to new ways to treat cancer, viral infections and other diseases.
Dr. Jon Willis joined the Physics and Astronomy department as an Assistant Professor. An astronomer, Dr. Willis conducts research at the frontiers of observational cosmology. His focus is the evolution of galaxies and their environments amd the properties of dark matter.
Dr. Rogerio de Sousa joined the Physics and Astronomy department as an Assistant Professor. His research area is theoretical condensed matter phyics. Research projects addresse several theoretical questions related to the design and optimization of quantum computer and spintronic devices based on semiconductor, superconductor, and magnetic nanostructures.
May, 2007:
Dr. Laurence Coogan, Earth & Ocean Sciences has won the Young Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Association of Canada. the award goes to a young scientist who has made a significant international research contribution. Coogan's research concentrates on the formation and cooling of the earth's crust under the oceans.
April, 2007:
Dr. Andrew Weaver, Earth & Ocean Sciences named BC's top academic. The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA-BC) named Weaver the Top Academic of the Year in recognition for his work in engaging the public on climate change issues, and for his efforts to make weather science more exciting and comprehensible to elementary and secondary school students. UVic press release.
February, 2007:
Dr. Henk Hoekstra, Physics and Astronomy has been awarded a presigious Alfred E. Sloan Research Fellowship. Dark matter and dark energy are unseen, yet are the most important parts of outer space, supporting the fabric of structure in the universe we see today.
Dr. Hoekstra was honoured for his research on these elusive substances and how they are distributed throughout the universe. UVic press release
January, 2007:
Dr. Thomas Pedersen, Earth & Ocean Sciences was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. The AGU is a worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity.
December, 2006:
Dr. Pauline van den Driessche, Mathematics & Statistics is the recipient of the 2007 Krieger-Nelson Prize awarded by the Canadian Mathematical Society.
The award recognizes outstanding research by a female mathematician.
New faculty appointment.
Dr. Denis Hore joined the Chemistry Department on December 1, 2006. Research interests focus on problems in biophysical chemistry and materials science.
November, 2006:
Dr. Richard Ring, Biology was the recipient of the Entomological Society of Canada Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievment in Canadian Entomology.
Dr. Claire Cupples, Biochemistry & Microbiology appointed as Associate Dean of Science.
September, 2006: New faculty appointments.
Dr. Mark Laidlaw, Senior Instructor, Physics & Astronomy. Dr. Laidlaw is a theoretical physicist, his area of expertise is string theory.
Dr. Justin Albert, Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy. A particle physicist, Dr. Albert was a Millikan Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technolgy. His main research focus has been on CP violation and other measurements with the Babar Experiment at SLAC.
Dr. Mak Trifkovic, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Statistics. Dr. Trifkovic works on exceptionally deep number-theoretical questions.
Dr. Christoph Borchers, Associate Professor with Tenure, Biochemistry & Microbiology and Director of the University of Victria - Genome British Columbia Proteomics Facility. Research goals include the development and application of novel proteomics methods based on the combination of protein chemistry and mass spectrometry.
July 1, 2006: New faculty appointments.
Dr. Martin Boulanger, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Microbiology. Research area microbiology.
Dr. Caroline Cameron, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Pathogenesis, Biochemistry & Microbiology.
Dr. Junling Ma, Assistant Professor, Mathematics & Statistics. Research area mathematical biology and bioinformatics.
Dr. Roberta Hamme, Assistant Professor, Earth & Ocean Sciences. Research area chemical oceanography.
Dr. Jody Klymak, Assistant Professor, jointly appointed in Physics & Astronomy and Earth & Ocean Sciences. Research area physical oceanography.
Dr. Kim Juniper, Professor and BC Leadership Chair in Marine Ecology and Global Change, jointly appointed in Earth & Ocean Sciences and Biology.
June 1, 2006: New faculty of science website launched.
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