Faculty of Science Awards

*Nominations due Friday, March 1, 2024*

The Faculty of Science Awards Program has been designed to formally recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our students, staff and faculty. 

Faculty & Staff Awards Program

The Faculty & Staff Awards Program is designed to formally recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of members within the Faculty of Science.

List of Faculty and Staff Awards:
(Click on the awards title for the complete terms of reference)

Research Excellence & Impact Award
Recognizes, encourages, and rewards faculty whose research efforts have been particularly significant and outstanding, and are recognized nationally and internationally.  The results of these research efforts should have contributed substantially to the basic body of knowledge, contributed to the field of research, may potentially improve quality of life and/or encouraged additional research.

Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award
Presented annually to an instructor in the Faculty of Science who shows excellence in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, curriculum development or educational leadership.  The award is to recognize and honour faculty who develop a positive, learning-centered environment in the Faculty of Science.

Outreach & Community Engagement Award
Recognizes, encourages, and rewards faculty who have raised the public profile of the Faculty of Science through outreach and engagement within the local region and beyond.

Student Mentoring & Engagement Award  *STUDENT NOMINATED*
Regocnizes, encourages, and rewards superior faculty who mentor and engage with students (graduates and undergraduates) — those faculty who go well beyond advising by bringing their skills and commitment to a student’s learning and professional development as future teachers, practitioners, researchers, and scholars through student mentoring and engagement..

Service Excellence Award  *STAFF AWARD*
Recognizes staff members who have demonstrated excellence in service & support to students, faculty, staff and/or other service users.

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (non-student)
To recognize and reward Science research associates, post-doctoral fellows, and adjunct faculty whose research has been outstanding and who have made significant strides both at the national and international levels.  This award will recognize research success that exceeds typical expectations of the discipline.

Friends of Science Recognition
To recognize individuals, teams, companies, organizations, or foundations, outside of the Faculty of Science for their outstanding support, professionalism, and commitment to excellence in the provision of services to the Faculty of Science. 

Previous Recipients 

Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Award (Faculty) – Tina Semeniuk, Department of Integrative Biology

Going Above and Beyond in Research (Adjunct) – Caroline Hamm, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Post-Doc/Research Associate) – Dorota Lubanska, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Impact Award (Faculty) – Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Service Excellence Award (Staff) – Janice Cahill, Department of Economics  

Student Excellence Award (Staff) – Karen Metcalfe, WE-SPARK Health Institute

Student Mentoring Award – Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty) – Martin Crozier, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Friend of Science Award (Community) – Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation

Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Award (Faculty) – Lisa Porter, Biomedical Sciences

International Teaching & Research Award (Faculty) – Cameron Proctor, School of the Environment

Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) – Dora Cavallo-Medved, Biomedical Sciences

Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) – Catherine Febria, Integrative Biology

Research Impact Award (Faculty) – Tricia Carmichael, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Research Impact Award (Faculty) – Aaron Fisk, School of the Environment

Service Excellence Award (Staff) – Christine Cote, Faculty of Science

Student Engagement Award (Faculty) – Jim Green, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Student Mentoring Award (Faculty) – Phillip Karpowicz, Biomedical Sciences

Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty) – Drew Marquardt, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Award (Faculty) – Dima Alhadidi ­– School of Computer Science

Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty)­ – Marcus Drover – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) – Ikjot Saini – School of Computer Science

Research Impact Award (Faculty) – Christina Semeniuk – Department of Integrative Biology

Service Excellence Award (Staff) – Sharon Rasul – Faculty of Science

Student Engagement Award (Faculty) – Tanya Noel – Department of Integrative Biology

Student Engagement Award (Faculty) – Lisa Porter – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Student Mentoring Award (Faculty) – Dora Cavallo-Medved – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Student Mentoring Award (Faculty) – Dan Xiao – Department of Physics

Friend of Science Award (Staff) – Tina Suntres – Office of Research and Innovation Services (Outstanding Service in Support of Research in the Faculty of Science)

Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty) – Oliver Love – Department of Integrative Biology

Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Award (Faculty) – Catherine Febria – Department of Integrative Biology

International Teaching & Research Award (Faculty) – Hugh MacIsaac – School of the Environment

Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) – Alice Grgicak-Mannion – School of the Environment

Research Impact Award (Faculty) – Daniel Heath – Department of Integrative Biology

Service Excellence Award (Staff) – Rose Spence – Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Service Excellence Award (Staff) – Melissa Robinet – School of Computer Science

Student Engagement Award (Faculty) – Michelle Bondy – School of the Environment

Student Mentoring Award (Faculty) – John Trant – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Student Mentoring Award (Faculty) – Jeremy Rawson – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty) – Pooya Moradian Zadeh – School of Computer Science

 Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) – Michelle Bondy – School of the Environment

Research Impact Award (Faculty) – Lisa Porter – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Service Excellence Award (Staff) – Candy Donaldson – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Student Engagement Award (Faculty) – Pooya Moradian Zadeh – School of Computer Science

Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty) – Julie Smit – Department of Integrative Biology

 Outreach & Engagement Award (Faculty) – Tanya Noel – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Research Impact Award (Faculty) – Stephen Loeb – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Service Excellence Award (Staff) – Ingrid Churchill – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Student Engagement Award (Faculty) – Kirsten Poling – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Roger Thibert Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty) – Tranum Kaur – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry


Faculty of Science Student Awards

The Faculty of Science Student Awards program is designed to formally recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our students.

List of Awards:
(Click on the awards title for the complete terms of reference)

Ambassador Award 
To recognize students who have applied and implemented knowledge and experience gained from their degree programs within the community (on or off campus). This award will recognize the development of tools, processes, initiatives or programs that have raised the profile of the University of Windsor and Faculty of Science, while they were in program.

Going Above and Beyond in Research Award (student)
To recognize and reward students whose research has been outstanding and who have made significant strides both at the national and international levels. This award will recognize research success that exceeds typical expectations of the discipline.

GA Excellence Award
Presented to a graduate assistant (GA) who has shown excellence in teaching labs, curriculum development and/or educational leadership. This award will recognize students who create a positive, learning-centered environment.

TA Excellence Award
Presented to a teaching assistant (TA) who has shown excellence in teaching labs, curriculum development and/or educational leadership. This award will recognize students who create a positive, learning-centered environment.

Previous Recipients 

Ambassador Award (Graduate) ­– Aya El-Hashemi, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Ehsan Ur Rahman Mohammed, School of Computer Science

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Anumita Jain, Department of Integrative Biology

Graduate Assistant Excellence Award (Graduate) – Ala Alam Falaki, School of Computer Science

Going Above and Beyond in Research (Doctoral) – Audithya Nyayachavadi, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

 

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Laila Albalkhi, Computer Science

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Karthik Baskaran, Integrative Biology

Ambassador Award (Graduate) – Aislyn Laurent, Chemistry & Biochemistry

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) ­– Taylor Bendig, Integrative Biology

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) –  Aiyireti (Dina) Dilinaer, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Masters) – Darcy Wear, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Doctoral) – Sara Mechael, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Post-Doctoral) – Michael Godfrey, Faculty of Science

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Karla Alnajm, Biomedical Sciences

 Ambassador Award (Graduate) – Mehedi Hassan Asif – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Madhumitha Yadiki – Integrative Biology

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Ahmed Shafeek Abouhassan – School of Computer Science

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Patricia Okpara – Integrative Biology

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) – Mikayla Bornais – Concurrent General Science

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) – Siddhartha Sood – Integrative Biology

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Masters) – Tristhal Parasram – Department of Physics

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Doctoral) – Michael Nguyen – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Post-Doctoral) – Christine Madliger – Integrative Biology

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Jake Frank – Integrative Biology

Ambassador Award (Graduate) – Paul Meister – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry/School of Computer Science

Ambassador Award (Graduate) – Kyle Stokes – Department of Integrative Biology

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Aislyn Laurent – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry/School of Computer Science

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Jake Frank – Department of Biomedical Sciences

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Justin Roberto – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Ronaldo Eid – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Ashley DaDalt – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) – Renee Goodman – Department of Biology/Department of Physics

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Masters) – Julia Pignanelli – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Doctoral) – Yunyun Wu – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Post-Doctoral) – Abed Alkhateeb – School of Computer Science

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Noah Campbell – School of Computer Science

 

Ambassador Award (Graduate) – Mitchell DiPasquale – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Noah Campbell – School of Computer Science

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Natalie Gosselin – Department of Biomedical Sciences

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Joshuah Trocchi – Department of Physics

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) – Nathan Doupnik – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Masters) – Karlynne Dominato – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Doctoral) – Justin Binder – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Taha Ismail – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Ambassador Award (Graduate) – Nadia Stephaniuk – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Deniz Mirza – Department of Biomedical Sciences

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Andrew Ouellette – Department of Physics

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Alex Stirk – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) – John Talia – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Masters) – Sai Koushik Oruganti – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Doctoral) – Manar Shoshani – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Tatiana Krikella – Department of Mathematics & Statistics

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Jonathan O'Beid – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Ambassador Award (Graduate) – Ingrid Qemo – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Ambassador Award (Undergraduate) – Tina Pantic – Department of Biomedical Sciences

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Don Karl Roberto – Department of Biomedical Sciences

GA Excellence Award (Graduate) – Kathleen Fontana – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research Award (Undergraduate) – John Kelly – Department of Biomedical Sciences

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Masters) – Mitchell Nascimento – Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Going Above & Beyond in Research (Doctoral) – Abed Alkhateeb – School of Computer Science

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Mousa Gawanmeh – Department of Biomedical Sciences/td>

TA Excellence Award (Undergraduate) – Rachel Andrews – Department of Biomedical Sciences