Celebration February 10, 2009 FACULTY OF SCIENCE

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Celebration
February 10, 2009
Marshall McLuhan Hall
204 University Centre
Celebration
FACULTY 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
Mark Whitmore, Dean of Science
Address
Joanne Keselman,
Vice-President (Academic)
and Provost
Awards Presentation
Marshal: Betty Worobec,
Associate Dean
Faculty Awards: Peter Graham,
Associate Dean
Student Awards: Roy Roshko,
Associate Dean
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Faculty and Support Staff Anniversary Recognition
10 YEARS
Andrea Deters
Lisa Kalkhoven
Jennifer McLeese
Elena Smirnova
Lorraine Lester
20 YEARS
Dean’s Office
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Dean’s Office
Faculty and Support Staff Long Service Awards
Gilles Roy
30 YEARS
35 YEARS
Terry Dick
Erwin Huebner
Rick Riewe
Spencer Sealy
Richard Yunyk
Harry Duckworth
John Brewster
Physics & Astronomy
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Statistics
Faculty Awards
American Ornithologists’ Union Brewster Medal
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Spencer Sealy, Biological Sciences
Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs Career Achievement
Award
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Erwin Huebner, Biological Sciences
Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund (New)
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Mark Fry, Biolgocial Sciences
Dirk Weihrauch, Biological Sciences
John Sorensen, Chemistry
Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund
(Established)
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Torsten Hegmann, Chemistry
Frank Schweizer, Chemistry
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Canada Research Chair Renewal
• Michael Freund, Chemistry
Distinguished Professor Award
• Michael Butler, Microbiology
• John Page, Physics & Astronomy
Professor Emeritus Award
• Peter King, Computer Science
• Grant Woods, Mathematics
Disability Services Faculty/Staff Access Award
• Kumar Sharma, Physics & Astronomy
Dr. and Mrs. D.R. Campbell Outreach Award
• Tom Berry, Mathematics
Dr. Paul H. T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund
• Mark Fry, Biological Sciences
Merit Award
• Torsten Hegmann, Chemistry (Research 2007)
• Ralph Stanton, Computer Science (Research 2007)
• Abba Gumel, Mathematics (Research 2007)
• Saumen Mandal, Statistics (Teaching and Research 2006)
Science Students’ Association Teacher Recognition Awards
• Phil Hultin, Chemistry (level 1000/2000)
• Steve Whyard, Biological Sciences (level 1000/2000)
• Betty Worobec, Microbiology (level 3000/4000)
Students’ Teacher Recognition Award – UTS Certificate of Teaching
Excellence
• Frank Hruska, Chemistry (nominated by Natali Serrano)
• Betty Worobec, Microbiology (nominated by Courtney Leary)
Nominated for University I Teaching Award
• Francois Gauvin, Chemistry
• Elena Smirnova, Chemistry
• David Kelly, Mathematics
• Saumen Mandal, Statistics
University of Manitoba Outreach Award
• Abba Gumel, Mathematics
University of Manitoba Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Scholarship and Research in the Natural Sciences
• Jason Fiege, Physics & Astronomy (2007)
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NSERC Discovery Grants
New
• Mark Fry, Dirk Weihrauch (Biological Sciences)
• Michael Domaratzki (Computer Science)
• Sean Cadogan (Physics & Astronomy)
Renewals
• Erwin Huebner, Dana Schroeder (Biological Sciences)
• Mario Bieringer, Harry Duckworth, Frank Schweizer (Chemistry)
• Pourang Irani (plus accelerator supplement), Dean Jin, Bill Kocay
(Computer Science)
• Vladimir Yurkov (Microbiology)
• Jason Fiege, Johan van Lierop, Samar Safi-Harb, George Tabisz (Physics
& Astronomy)
• John Brewster, Saumen Mandal, Xikui Wang (Statistics)
NSERC RTI Grants
• Mark Fry, Michele Piercey-Normore (Biological Sciences)
• Sean Cadogan (Physics & Astronomy)
NSERC Subatomic Physics Grants
• Peter Blunden (Physics & Astronomy) Individual Grant
• Kumar Sharma (Physics & Astronomy) Project Grant
NSERC Strategic Project Grant
• Jelena Misic (Computer Science)
University Research Grants Program (Established Staff)
• Jim Hare (Biological Sciences)
• Mario Bieringer, Phil Hultin, George Schreckenbach (Chemistry)
• Teresa de Kievit (Microbiology)
• Gerald Gwinner (Physics & Astronomy)
University Research Grants Program (New Staff)
• Margaret Docker (Biological Sciences)
• Mazdak Khajehpour, Sean McKenna, Jörg Stetefeld, Jennifer van
Wijngaarden (Chemistry)
• Michael Domaratzki (Computer Science)
• Karen Brassinga (Microbiology)
• Francis Lin (Physics & Astronomy)
Faculty members who received Tenure in 2008
• Mario Bieringer, Chemistry
• Pourang Irani, Computer Science
• Teresa de Kievit, Microbiology
• Saumen Mandal, Statistics
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Faculty members who were promoted in 2008
• Gary Anderson, Biological Sciences (Associate Professor)
• Jim Hare, Biological Sciences (Professor)
• Torsten Hegmann, Chemistry (Associate Professor)
• Mario Bieringer, Chemistry (Associate Professor)
• Frank Schweizer, Chemistry (Associate Professor)
• Jacky Baltes, Computer Science (Professor)
• Pourang Irani, Computer Science (Associate Professor)
• Carson Leung, Computer Science (Associate Professor)
• Christina Penner, Computer Science (Instructor 2)
• Eric Schippers, Mathematics (Associate Professor)
• Teresa de Kievit, Microbiology (Associate Professor)
• Liqun Wang, Statistics (Professor)
• Xikui Wang, Statistics (Professor)
Student Awards
Many 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 Gold Medal for Highest Standing in Science
• Adam Bookatz
Faculty of Science Gold Medals
• BSc Major – Lisa Craig
• General Degree – Jameel Abdulrehman (October 2007 grad)
• Honours Degree – Rebecca Smith
Governor General’s Gold Medal
• Lisa Loseto (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences)
Governor General’s Silver Medal
• Adam Bookatz
Rhodes Scholarship
• Raed Joundi
Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance
• Ryan DaSilva, Trevor Bekolay
Students’ Teacher Recognition Award
• Natali Serrano
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Faculty of Science Awards and Scholarships
Isbister Undergraduate Scholarships ~ Kendra Ulrich, Lauren Hayward, Signy
Holmes, Janna Plett, Dana-Marie Conrad, Matthew Jeffers, Garett Klus
Dr. Diane Dowling Memorial Scholarship ~ Lauren Hayward
Dr. Maxwell S. Rady Scholarship ~ Lauren Hayward
Rosabelle Searle Leach Scholarship ~ David Chan
Dr. A. W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship ~ Kendra Ulrich
Benjamin Cohen Scholarship ~ David Chan
Classes of 1943 & 1968 Reunion Scholarships ~ Eyal Kraut, Colin Rumbolt
Departmental Awards
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Botany Prize ~ Rebecca Smith
David Ian MacKenzie Medal and Prize ~ Alea Goodmanson
G. A. Lubinsky Memorial Scholarship ~ Mélanie Guigueno
Josefine C. Rauch Memorial Prize ~ Sarah Catellier
Harold E. Welch Memorial Graduate Scholarship ~ Todd Whiklo
H. E. Welch Award of Excellence in Zoology ~ Alea Goodmanson
Major G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Memorial Scholarship
~ Stephanie Backhouse
Roger Evans Memorial Scholarship ~ Mélanie Guigueno
CHEMISTRY
A. N. Campbell Scholarship ~ Sean Walker, Brandy Kinkead, Jiasheng Lu,
Gaetano Stellacci, Samantha Van Nest, Ricky Lee
AstraZeneca Award ~ Samantha Pauls
Canadian Society of Chemistry Medal ~ Sean Walker, Samantha Pauls
Chemistry Centennial Scholarship ~ Vladimir Michaelis, Laina Geary, Shahid
Shafi, Neil Owens, Ainsley McFarlane, Merrill Isenor, Avid Khamenehfar
Chemistry Graduate Students’ Association Scholarship ~ Chad Iverson
David Renfrew Petrie Memorial Medal ~ Sean Walker
Demchuk Scholarship for Women in Chemistry ~ Brandy Kinkead, Samantha
Pauls, Ela Tabaku
Ernst and Ingrid Bock Graduate Award in Chemisty ~ Sergei Snovida, Neil
Owens, Laina Geary, Simon Baturin, Vladimir Michaelis, Kaidong Zhang, Ainsley
McFarlane, Shahid Shafi, Avid Khamenehfar, Merrill Isenor, Mohammad Khan
Frank and Donna Hruska Prize ~ Janice Neufeld, Caroline Banks, Bhavjot Bains
Hugh J. Anderson Graduate Award in Chemistry ~ Vladimir Michaelis, Laina
Geary, Shahid Shafi, Neil Owens, Ainsley McFarlane, Merrill Isenor, Simon
Baturin, Mohammad Khan, Sergei Snovida, Kaidong Zhang, Drew Hawranik, Chad
Iverson, Di Zhu, Mona Abdel-Hameed, Hao Qi
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Instrumental Analysis Award ~ Dung Nguyen
Peter Letkeman Scholarship in Chemistry ~ Dung Nguyen
Reverend Joseph Hogg Scholarship ~ Brandy Kinkead, Amy Norquay, Elizabeth
Skoropata, Sean Walker, Gary Dion, Sara Kost, Jiasheng Lu, Gaetano Stellacci,
Joshua Hernandez
Robert H. Betts Graduate Award in Chemistry ~ Vinith Yathindranath, Rajesh
Pillai, Matt Pilapil, Mitch Hancock, John Wren, Ziqiu Chen, Graeme Suppes,
Fatemeh Khorasani
Walter and Elizabeth Rodewald Scholarship ~ Vlad Michaelis, Laina Geary,
Shahid Shafi, Neil Owens, Ainsley McFarlane, Simon Baturin, Mohammad Khan,
Sergei Snovida, Kaidong Zhang, Drew Hawranik, Chad Iverson, Di Zhu, Mona
Abdel-Hameed, Hao Qi, Vinith Yathindranath, Rajesh Pillai, Matt Pilapil, Mitch
Hancock
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Elizabeth Luginbuhl Memorial Award ~ Cameron Spencer
Michael S. Doyle Graduate Fellowship Award ~ Marc Boyer
Reine-Baniuk Memorial Scholarship ~ Doug Bruce
Shell Canada - Furthering the Environment of Learning Fund (FUEL) ~
Trevor Bekolay
TRLabs Scholarship ~ Joshua Millar, Boyu Hao, Habiba Zaman, Rouzbeh Maani
MATHEMATICS
Agnes Stewart Hart Award ~ Trevor Rempel
Bernard Noonan Memorial Prize ~ Garett Klus
CMS/UM Graduate Fellowship in Mathematics ~ Filofteia Gheorghe
David E. Dobbs Scholarship in Mathematics ~ Athena Nguyen
Dr. Murray Gordon Bell Graduate Student Award ~ Oleksandr Maizlish
Graduate Award for Excellence in Mathematics ~ Mohammad Safi
Honours Math Prize ~ Damjan Kalajdzievski
Nelson Educational Prize ~ David Chan, Aron Hirsch, Ethan Bohn, Evgueni
Borisenko
Philosophia Mathematica Prize in Applied Mathematics ~ Todd Sierens
Robert J. Lockhart Memorial Prize ~ Heather Champion
MICROBIOLOGY
Edna S. Hollier Scholarships ~ Dayal Dasanayake (2nd year) ~
Heather Collins (3rd year)
Howard Lees Scholarship in Microbiology ~ Terrence James
The Mindel and Tom Olenick Medal and Prize in Microbiology ~
Ruhullah Bloodworth
Oscar Vong Memorial Scholarship ~ Loni Cheng
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PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
Allen Medal ~ Adam Bookatz
Bellan Prize ~ Trevor Rempel
Centennial Scholarship in Physics ~ Erica Franzmann, Eric Himbeault, Todd
Sierens, Panos Polyzois
C.P. Loewen Family Foundation Scholarship ~ Panos Polyzois
Ernst & Ingrid Bock Graduate Award in Physics ~ Wanjun Jiang, Valentyn
Volobuyev
Harold R. Coish Memorial Scholarship ~ Panos Polyzois, Joshua Hernandez
H. L. Verrall Family Scholarship in Physics ~ Lauren Hayward
Honours Physics Class of 1986 CUPC Prize ~ Erica Franzmann, Heather
Champion, Andrew Cull, Lauren Hayward, Todd Sierens
Kenneth Roulston Memorial Scholarship ~ Michael Harder
Morley Oretzki Memorial Scholarship ~ Mark Fehr
Samuel M. Neamtan Memorial Scholarship ~ Trevor Rempel
Sunil K. Sen Scholarship ~ Nicole Lovat
Miscellaneous Student Awards
Co-op Education Manitoba Award
• David Wesst
Delta Marsh Scholarship
• Mélanie Guigueno (Biological Sciences)
• Melissa Pink (Biological Sciences)
Dr. Margaret Marchand Scholarship
• Whitney Bobrovich, Jill Woods, Maureen Kostecky, Amy Wachtendorf,
Lindsay Kiers
Dr. Ralph E. James Memorial Scholarship
• Ling Huang
Judy Stewart Sutherland Scholarship
• Rose-Anne Anonuevo
Mark G. Smerchanski Memorial Scholarship for Women in the Physical Sciences
• Lauren Garbutt
TransCanada Pipelines Graduate Fellowship
• Mohammad Safi (Mathematics)
Women in the Physical Sciences Scholarship
• Laura Tapley
Canadian Society for Chemistry National Conference
• Yin Gao – 1st place biochemistry study
• Sean Walker – physical/theortetical/computational section award
2008 Rising Stars of Research National Undergraduate Poster Competition
• Athena Nguyen
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The Dr. & Mrs. J. Michael Trainor Scholarship in Science
• Dan Kim, Gregory Schmidt, Michael Willcock
The Dr. Adam Giesinger Scholarship in Science
• Natali Serrano
The Third Annual Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
• Erica Franzmann
NSERC Graduate Scholarships
CGSD (New)
• Paulette Penton (Biological Sciences)
CGSM (New)
• Chad Iverson (Chemistry)
• Bryan Penfound (Mathematics)
• Robyn Law (Microbiology)
• Jenna Tichon (Statistics)
PGSD (New)
• Mohammad Khan, Vladimir Michaelis (Chemistry)
• Marina Kotovshchikova (Mathematics)
• Jie Pan, Jonathan Thiessen (Physics & Astronomy)
PGSD (Renewals)
• Laina Geary (Chemistry)
• Nivedita Kadaba (Computer Science)
• Krista Chytyk, Karl Edler, Adam Rogers (Physics & Astronomy)
PGSM (New)
• Mark Baschuk, David Boguski, Patricia Dasiewicz (Biological Sciences)
• Drew Hawranik, Merrill Isenor (Chemistry)
• Michael de Denus (Computer Science)
PGSM (Renewals)
• Lynn Frazer, Mélanie Guigeuno, Elise Watchorn (Biological Sciences)
• Jonathan Ziprik (Physics & Astronomy)
MHRC Studentship Awards
New
• Benjamin Dionne, Terrence James (Microbiology)
• Jorge Alpuche, Fazal ur-Rehman, Niranjan Venugopal (Physics &
Astronomy)
Renewals
• Chandra Potter (Mathematics)
• Misty Balcewich, Jason Hamlin, Sahra-Taylor O’Neil (Microbiology)
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University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships
New
• Melissa Pink (Biological Sciences)
• Di Zhu, Shahid Shafi, Vinith Yathindranath (Chemistry)
• Mahbubul Haque, Mark Mateo (Computer Science)
• Oleksandr Maizlish (Mathematics)
• Vikash Jha, Carrie Selin (Microbiology)
• Heather Matheson, Wanjun Jiang, Peiqing Wang (Physics & Astronomy)
• Yu-Fei Hsieh (Statistics)
Renewals
• Wesam Alkhateeb, Joseph Allen, Naomi Delventhal, Kelly Hille, Mason
Kulbaba, Yunkyoung Lee, Paulette Penton (Biological Sciences)
• Sameer Kumar, Idowu Oduntan, Mohammad Shorfuzzaman (Computer
Science)
• Mohammad Safi, Oluwaseun Sharomi (Mathematics)
• Xuan Li, Tung-Lung Wu (Statistics)
University of Manitoba Graduate Scholarships
New
• Avid Khamenehfar (Chemistry)
• Marc Boyer, Farhana Jahan, Mehdi Niknam, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman,
Yeshwanth Udayshankar (Computer Science)
• Oleksandr Maizlish, Ashrafi Niger (Mathematics)
• Katrin Braasch, Ruhullah Bloodworth (Microbiology)
• Ganiyu Asuni, Usman Chowdhury, Heather Matheson, Nava Paudel,
Valentyn Volobuyev (Physics & Astronomy)
• Mohammad Chowdhury, Xiaoming Liu, Mark Stinner (Statistics)
Renewals
• David Boguski, Laura Davis, Bethany Schroeder (Biological Sciences)
• Sameer Kumar, Femi Olumofin (Computer Science)
• Oluwaseun Sharomi (Mathematics)
• Kenneth Adebayo (Physics & Astronomy)
• Yi Hua, You Liang, Qi Er Tan, Qiujing Zhou (Statistics)
Faculty of Science Graduate Scholarships
New
• Muhammad Alam, Cory Matthews, Kristen Patterson, Ryan Sheffield,
Todd Whiklo (Biological Sciences)
• Taras Babiak, Ziqiu Chen, Md. Eftekhar Mossain, John Wren
(Chemistry)
• Hari Prasain, Saeed Rashwand (Computer Science)
• Miad Makareh Shireh, Dessalegn Melesse (Mathematics)
• Munmun Nandi, Craig Resch, Thomas Rydzak, William Summers,
Harry Yudistira (Microbiology)
• Simon Atungsiri, Ryan Desautels, David Harrison, Bryan McIntosh,
Peng Teo, Andriy Yamchuk (Physics & Astronomy)
• Ming Ming Hu, Chel-Hee Lee, Qi Er Tan (Statistics)
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Renewals
• Kathleen Gardiner, Jonathan Hare, Cheryl Klassen, Joshua Levac, Aditi
Singh, Brinda Timsina, Sadaf Zubair (Biological Sciences)
• Mona Abdel-Hameed, Mitchell Hancock, Ainsley McFarlane
(Chemistry)
• Roushain Akhter, Victor Balogun (Computer Science)
• Goldwyn Millar, Ashrafi Niger (Mathematics)
• Jalil Nasiri, Damien Rivers (Microbiology)
• Tamar Chighvinadze (Physics & Astronomy)
• Hsing-Ming Chang, Mohammad Chowdhury, Mark Stinner (Statistics)
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards
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Calen Ryan, Rebecca Smith, Anna Serebrin, Shane Halliburton,
Omobolanle Famuyide, Heather Collins, Bryce Macek, Seung Mo Kim,
Sylvia Wong, Amanda Matheson, Allison Moore, Sara Kunkel, Karin
Statkewich, Amy Thompson, Kyle Conrad, Christine Legal, Marina
Beaudry, Joshua Pearlman, Cory Anderson, Avril Hatherell, Craig
McFarlane, Ian Young, Anthony Signore (Biological Sciences)
Michael Willcock, Natali Serrano, Dung Nguyen, Konstantin Jilkine,
Sean Walker, Adrian Lee, Joel Chen, Alexandra Kuzyk, Mina Aziz,
Cody van Dijk, Hidy Girgis, Brandy Kinkead, Sam Huang, Kari Parsons,
Alexandra Hrabowych, Kenneth Lin, Catherine Liao, Samantha Van
Nest, Zachary Kroeker (Chemistry)
Tristan Hartry, Brendan Curran-Johnson, Daniel Troniak, Justin
Sawatzky (Computer Science)
Trevor Rempel, Garett Klus, Damjan Kalajdzievski, Michael Himbeault
(Mathematics)
William Bell, Sarah Keating, Jason Zhang, Megan McFadden,
Barney Geddes, Ebbinie McEachern, Anene Peters, Kali Teichroeb
(Microbiology)
Todd Sierens, Lauren Hayward, Eric Himbeault, Michael Harder,
Blair Cardigan Smith, Mitch Bushuk, Laura Cobus, Erica Franzmann,
Heather Champion, Nicole Lovat, Charles Koop, Elizabeth Skoropata,
Nicole Storen, Ryan Desautels (Physics & Astronomy)
Mathew McLean, Jialin Zou, Stephen Szaura (Statistics)
Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Awards
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Jiasheng Lu (Chemistry)
Athena Nguyen (Mathematics)
Yu Zhang (Statistics)
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