According to the Foundation website, "Mark Van Raamsdonk uses the holographic insights from the gauge-gravity duality to obtain new results in the theory of quantum gravity. Event Location: The award recognizes staff, students and faculty whose service contributions have had a significant positive impact in achieving UBC Science's mission. Learn more. These are distinguished men and women from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. Andrea Damascelli received a UBC Killam Research Prize for his work involving the understanding of the electronic properties of complex systems which differ substantially from those of conventional metals and insulators. ; After the lecture, students are let loose on an auxiliary discussion topic or … Read the email to teachers. Tel: 604.822.3266. Learn more. NEW December 16, 2020 Updates regarding 2021 Physics Olympics announced. Richly deserved, Andrea! The fellowship of the RSC comprises over 2,000 Canadian scholars, artists, and scientists, peer-elected as the best in their field. He is particularly known for his recent results relating the geometrical structure of spacetime to entanglement structure of the holographically dual boundary quantum field theory." Awardees receive $100,000 per year in research support for five years, plus an additional $10,000 per year for the Investigator's department. 2036 Main Mall. The purpose of the Prize is "to recognize outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics including the quantum fluids." Tongkai Huang and Leanne Ebbs received the 2015 Physics & Astronomy Staff Awards. Welcome UBC Engineering Physics is the ideal program for those who strive to invent new devices, advance science and pursue careers at the leading edge of high-technology, both locally and internationally. Gordon Semenoff received the 200 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal for his seminal contributions to the theory of Graphene and its massless quasiparticles. We host a full range of presentations and seminars including many on current and The work advances understanding of the electronic structure of some of the most challenging, and most studied, materials in condensed matter physics. Her project is "Imaging studies: Towards understanding the complications related to advanced monoaminergic disease and treatment", Carl Hansen received the Career Investigator Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation. The prizes are awarded annually, from the Killam Endowment Fund, to faculty nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching. The interpretation of these observations support the concept of inflation, which poses that the universe expanded many trillion times its size in less than a trillionth of a second at the outset of the big bang. Tongkai Huang is a Lab Engineering Technician and has been with PHAS for the past 16 years, starting in December 1999. The medal was awarded for "for his original and influential contributions to the theory of condensed matter systems, particularly in the application of conformal field theory techniques to the Kondo effects and quantum impurity problems and advances in the theory of quantum magnetism in low dimensions." The Physics & Astronomy Department recruits faculty and research staff on an as-needed basis and any current openings with be posted here. Learn More, The Planck team, and its Principal Investigators Nazzareno Mandolesi and Jean-Loup Puget received the 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize. An award reception for all faculty research award recipients will be held on Monday March 25, 2013 in the Glass Lobby of the Chan Centre. NEW December 16, 2020 Updates regarding 2021 Physics Olympics announced. This story was covered by the UBC Reports. Connect via zoom, Wednesday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm He was recognized for fostering deeper learning processes in astronomy through the uses of peer discussions and entertaining but effective in-class demonstrations. Noted among his Outreach achievements, is Chris's work with the Michael Crooks Physics & Astronomy Outreach Laboratory which aims to reconnect education with the natural and high-technology world around us, and the excitement and fulfillment of being able to understand and contribute to it. This year the RSC elected 90 new fellows, including three foreign fellows, three specially elected fellows, and one honorary fellow this year. Jon Nakane and Benhard Zender receive the 2013 President’s Staff Awards for "Enhancing the UBC Experience." Theresa was recognized for "outstanding leadership in communications and outreach" and Mandana for "playing a transformative role in experimental cosmology. While the nature of our work is diverse, we’re all driven by the same aspiration: to contribute to positive change. More information. These awards recognize staff, students and faculty whose contributions in areas such as service, administration, leadership and outreach have had a significant positive impact in achieving the goals of the Faculty of Science. He is noted for his co-invention of the parity anomaly in odd-dimensional gauge field theories and his pioneering work on graphene. 2015 Faculty. The department received the UBC Alfred Scow Award on April 25, 2012. Learn more. Fei Zhou was awarded the UBC Killam Research Fellowship. Ludovic van Waerbeke, renowned for his research in the detection of dark matter and related topics in cosmology and fundamental physics, receives the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation in Germany. Gordon has been a professor at UBC since 1990. Fellows of the Royal Society are elected for life. Mona Berciu was awarded a Faculty of Science Killam Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Academics from abroad, regardless of their discipline or nationality, may be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award. Learn more about the Outstanding Referee program. The medals are awarded for outstanding research in any branch of physics and chemistry and in recognition of Lord Rutherford’s own research carried out in Canada at a relatively young age.". Students enter the Engineering Physics Program after completion of first year. The 2008 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics is awarded to Jess Brewer, University of British Columbia. Every two weeks, the Outreach Program will be sharing a physics or astronomy challenge that students can do at home. More information. Ian Affleck received the 2014 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal. Domenic Di Tomaso and Jon Nakane received the 2007 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Awards. PHY… Engineering Physics is one of the most competitive and academically challenging undergraduate programs at UBC. This is the fifth Sloan Fellowship awarded to faculty members in our department over the past 3 years. The awards recognize staff, students and faculty whose contributions in areas such as service, administration, leadership and outreach have had significant positive impact in achieving the goals of the Faculty of Science. "This prestigious NASA certificate is awarded to any combination of Government and/or non-Government individuals for an outstanding group accomplishment that has contributed substantially to NASA's mission." Beals. More information. Twenty-nine current and past UBC researchers will each take home a modest share of the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics announced yesterday at NASA Ames Research Centre in Moffett Field, California. The Carlyle S. Beals Award was established by CASCA in 1981 in recognition of the groundbreaking research of the late C.S. Each prize is $3 million and presented in the fields of Life Sciences (up to five per year), Fundamental Physics (up to one per year) and Mathematics (up to one per year). His research interests have been in superstring theory and duality of string theories with strongly coupled gauge field theories and in quantum gravity. The Department of Physics & Astronomy at UBC is noted for the excellence of its research and its high academic standards and integrity. According to American Physical Society, no more than one half of one percent of the membership is elected to fellowship. Paul Hickson received the Group Achievement Award certificate from NASA on behalf of the Meter Class Autonomous (MCAT) Build Team. Nominations may be made by students, alumni or faculty. Mark Halpern and Gary Hinshaw of UBC Physics & Astronomy have been awarded the 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their work as part of a 2003 NASA mission that pinpointed the age of the Universe at 13.75 billion years. It is awarded based on special distinction of intellect with due regard for sound character and personal qualities. PHAS IT group manager Ron Parachoniak and the Department Machine Shop Technicians (including Nick Lemmel, Stephen Carey, Matthew Sluyter, Daniel Skjaveland, and Mark Reynolds) received the 2017 Physics & Astronomy Staff Award. See RSC site for details. The criterion for election is exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise; e.g., outstanding physics research, important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics, or significant contributions to physics education. The Department of Physics & Astronomy at UBC is noted for the excellence of its research … Mark Carlson started her position as the Electronics Engineer in May, 2018. "Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. Accordingly, if you would like to connect with our staff, please contact them by email rather than dropping by their office on campus as they may be working from home. This annual award recognizes research excellence in theoretical and mathematical physics. George Sawatzky was named a Fellow of the Royal Society. She was the faculty organizer for the annual Physics & Astronomy Welcome Orientation for Women (WOW) event in the past few years. Five were from UBC. Stay Connected! Jon Nakane has been named to receive a 2011 Faculty of Science Achievement Award. Students normally take another four years to complete a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics. The team includes PHAS physicists Dr. Walter Hardy, Dr. Takamasa Momose (associate from chemistry), along with Nathan Evetts, Andrea Gutierrez, Mario Michan and Sarah Seif El Nasr. Robert Raussendorf was awarded a Slfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Their findings cemented the “standard model” of cosmology: a flat universe dominated by dark matter and dark energy. Carl is at UBC as the director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative a $12 million project to improve undergraduate science education. Salena Li, the department's Undergraduate Program Coordinator, received the 2015 Dean of Science Excellence in Service Award. For each Tier 1 Chair, the university receives $200,000 annually for seven years.". Department of Chemistry, UBC Faculty of Science. David Jones received the 2011/12 Killiam Faculty Research Fellowship. Douglas Scott has been recognized by the APS as an Outstanding Referee. He 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." Event Location: We … Stewart Smith, Princeton University. Douglas Bonn received the 2012 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal for his contributions to the field of high temperature superconductivity. In 2018, UBC Physics Olympics celebrated its 40th anniversary. He is also the only elected fellow from Canada this year. | Bridget Hamilton and Bernhard Zender received the 2011 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Awards. ", Bill Unruh received the Hagler Fellow of Texas A&M University Award (2018-2019). Kim Fugate (Tkaczuk) received the 2009 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Award for her contributions as the Director of Finance/Operations since 2001. "This award is granted to an outstanding individual (student, faculty, or staff) who has made a contribution to student development and the university community in honour of Margaret Fulton’s commitment to university access and student learning. The Outstanding Referee program expresses appreciation for the essential work that anonymous peer reviewers do for our journals. Mark Halpern was recognized, along with his colleagues on the WMAP mission, with a prestigious NASA Group Achievement Award. Andrea Damascelli received the Kavli Fellow from US National Academy of Science, in November 2008. Through this, Helmholtz aims to promote intensified cooperation with the scientists and their research institutions. "Dr. Matthews’ dedication and boundless enthusiasm for communicating with the public about astronomy are illustrated by the dozens of outreach activities in which he participates annually, ranging from public presentations, to radio interviews, to campus tours, to TV show consultations. of Physics […] Andrzej Kotlicki recently received the 2009/2010 Rethink Award, given by the student-led group Common Energy, whose mission is to "bring UBC beyond climate neutral." https://ubc.zoom.us/j/64320901982?pwd=ZFRVUnNVM0I2ckhYRDJnRlM4MjVBUT09, Thursday, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Ingrid was nominated by APS Division of Astrophysics and elected "For scientific leadership and meticulous work in instrumentation, in novel tests of General Relativity using multiple binary radio pulsars, and in the detailed study of numerous interesting radio pulsars systems using high-precision timing. The award was established in 2009 upon a gift by Peter G. Martin, Past-President of the Society and Professor at the University of Toronto. Swarn Rai received the 2018 the UBC Dean of Science Excellence in Service award. Other members of the full team who are currently at UBC are Research Fellow Dr. James Zibin and graduate student Dagoberto Contreras. Steve Plotkin was recognized with the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling Graphics 2010 Prize. More information. News. This CAP medal was introduced in 1956, awarded on the basis of: Distinguished service to physics over an extended period of time, and/or; Recent outstanding achievement. Science students with Physics 11, but not Physics 12 are required to take 3 credits of physics. The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 40 best universities in the world. Sarah Burke received a Peter Wall Early Career Scholar Award. This year, two staff members were awarded the Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Award. Leanne Ebbs started working in PHAS in 2013 and currently works as the Department Head's assistant. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions made by teaching faculty in Science. The Organizing Committee is Marina Milner-Bolotin, Dept. Fellowships are awarded to 118 outstanding US and Canadian early researchers. Before joining UBC, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University. Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers.". Combined, our staff have more than three decades of engineering experience in high technology industries and are committed to helping students learn practical, hands-on engineering, communication, and […] March 2, 2020 Teacher memo and school grouping info have been added to the website.. February 12, 2020 Two more updates have been added to the pre-build activity rules. Anna Celler received the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering together with Paul Schaffer (TRIUMF),  François Bénard (The University of British Columbia), Michael Kovacs (Western University), Thomas J. Ruth (TRIUMF), and John Valliant (McMaster University). More information. The UBC Physics Circle invites motivated high school students (grades 10–12) to join us as we build up this toolset, and apply it to everything from buying a cup of coffee to the deepest mysteries of the cosmos. He was cited for his contributions to the study of neutrino oscillations with the SNO and T2K experiments, and to experimental searches for dark matter with SuperCDMS. Both have spent the past 10+ years with the department: Derek started in PHAS in August 2007, and Eileen in October 2001. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions made by teaching faculty in Science. Lorne Whitehead was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) “[f]or fundamental scientific and technical advances in applied optics, illumination, and vision science and for science advocacy.”, Ingrid Stairs was selected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. For individual programs, labs, etc., please consult the related faculty / school / department web site, or … Students must apply for the Engineering […] More information. Marcello Pavan and Valery Milner were awarded the 2018/19 UBC Killam Teaching Prize. Aaron Boley was appointed a Peter Wall Scholar at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. John Ho has worked in the department as the Finance Clerk since December, 2014. Nominations may be made by students, alumni or faculty. Main navigation. Learn more. Ten UBC researchers were selected at the Assistant Professor level representing five different Faculties. The award recognizes staff, students and faculty whose contributions in areas such as service, administration, leadership and outreach have had a significant positive impact in achieving the goals of the Faculty of Science. Ian Affleck was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in its 350th anniversary year. The Fellowship of the Royal Society is composed of 1300 of the most distinguished scientists from the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland. Aaron Boley received the 2018 Killam Teaching Award for Science instructors to. The UBC Physics Society (Physsoc) is a club for people who study physics, who enjoy physics, or who just want a cool place to spend their time with good company. PhD in Electromagnetics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Alberta), BSc in Mathematics and Physics (University of Northern British Columbia) Professor, Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics This fellowship assists promising faculty members who wish to devote full time to research and study in their field during a recognized study leave. She inspires students both in and out of lecture halls, and encourages students to take part in extracurricular activities and the Co-op program to build professional skills which cannot be obtained in lecture halls.". Andrea Damascelli received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, Germany (March 2012). More information. 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