Awards & Honours |
Dr. Kyle Leach recognized with DOE Early Career Research Award |
23 June 2020 |
Past TRIUMF post-doctoral researcher and current TRIUMF user Dr. Kyle Leach has been awarded the United States Department of Energy’s (US DOE) prestigious Early Career Research Award for his work developing superconducting quantum sensors for hunting sterile neutrinos. |
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Awards & Honours |
TITAN scientist awarded 2018-2019 CAP Thesis Prize |
28 May 2020 |
Dr. Erich Leistenschneider, a post-doctoral researcher who worked on TITAN (TRIUMF Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear Science), has been awarded the 2018-2019 Canadian Association of Physicists Division of Nuclear Physics Thesis Prize. |
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Awards & Honours |
Dr. Reiner Kruecken elected 2019 AAAS Fellow |
26 November 2019 |
As part of the Physics fellowship, Kruecken was elected for his work elucidating the structure of exotic nuclei and astrophysical heavy element synthesis, and for his leadership in the international nuclear physics community. |
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Two TRIUMF community members elected fellows of the American Physical Society |
28 October 2019 |
The APS has recognized Dr. Ritu Kanungo and Dr. Sonia Bacca for their outstanding contributions to their respective fields within physics |
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Awards & Honours |
TRIUMF Researcher Emeritus Dr. Thomas Ruth elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
10 September 2019 |
Royal Society of Canada Fellowship recognizes Ruth’s life-long career applying radioisotopes to key areas of study in nuclear medicine and beyond. |
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Awards & Honours |
Chair of TRIUMF’s Board of Management, Dr. Digvir Jayas, recognized with John Ogilvie Research Innovation Award |
29 July 2019 |
Dr. Digvir Jayas, Chair of TRIUMF’s Board of Management and Vice-President (Research and International) at the University of Manitoba, has been awarded the 2019 John Ogilvie Research Innovation Award for his work on the concept of horizontal airflow drying. |
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Student Stories |
TRIUMF Welcomes Three FYSRE Winners |
02 July 2019 |
TRIUMF is thrilled to welcome the recipients of this year’s Erich Vogt First Year Summer Research Experience (FYSRE). All three students chose to work with a researcher at TRIUMF for their four-month term. |
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Awards & Honours |
Announcing the Results of the KEK-TRIUMF Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers |
25 June 2019 |
KEK (Japan’s High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization) and TRIUMF are pleased to announce the awardees for the 2019/2020 Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers (EPECR). |
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Awards & Honours |
Dr. Marcello Pavan Awarded the UBC Killam Teaching Prize |
10 May 2019 |
In his eighth year of teaching, and after three nominations, Dr. Marcello Pavan has been awarded the Killam Teaching Prize for his outstanding teaching as part of the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia. |
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Awards & Honours |
Dr. Graeme Luke awarded 2019 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal |
08 May 2019 |
Dr. Graeme Luke has been awarded the 2019 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal for his contributions in the field of superconductor research using muon-spin techniques and his leading role in developing these techniques at TRIUMF. |
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