International Awards and Honours

2009 Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Dr. Ejaz Ahmed, Head of the Mathematics and Statistics Department, was selected as a 2009 Fellow of the American Statistical Association.  He is being honoured for his outstanding contributions to theoretical and applied statistics, leadership in teaching statistical science, and service to the profession.  Dr. Ahmed is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.  He serves as the editor of Technometrics and an associate editor of several international statistical journals, including Computational Statistics and Data Analysis and Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation.

2006 Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Congratulations to Dr. Sudhir Paul, Department of Mathematics and Statistics for being selected as a 2006 Fellow of the American Statistical Association in recognition of his outstanding contributions to statistical methodology, especially contingency tables , discrete generalized linear models, over-dispersion, zero-inflation, familial correlations, toxicology; for excellence in teaching; and service to the statistical profession. This is a great honour as the numbers of recipients are limited to no more than one third of one 1% of the ASA membership. The honorary title will be bestowed on Dr. Paul at an awards ceremony to be held in Seattle WA, on Tuesday August 8, 2006.

R.J. Russell Award 2004

The Association of American Geographers has awarded its 2004 R.J. Russell Award to Dr. Alan Trenhaile, Department of Earth Sciences in recognition of his major contribution to the field of coastal or marine geomorphology. This is global in its scope and will be presented at the next annual meeting of the AAG in Denver, April 2005.

Will Allis Prize for Physics 2004

Physics Professor Emeritus Dr. Bill McConkey has been awarded the very prestigious Will Allis Prize by the American Physical Society. Dr. McConkey received the prize "For his innovative experimental studies of electron collisions with atoms and molecules which have significantly advanced our understanding of collisional and radiative processes in ionized gases at the microscopic level."

Although nominations are open to scientists of all nations regardless of the geographical location at which the work was done, this is the first time that the prize has been awarded to a physicist outside of the United States. The prize will be presented to McConkey at the annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society on May 27 in Tucson, Arizona. The prize consists of $5,000 and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient.

Gerhard Herzberg Award 2003

In 2003, the Spectroscopy Society of Canada presented its most prestigious award, the Gerhard Herzberg Award, to Dr. Ricardo Aroca , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The Gerhard Herzberg Award is given annually by the SSC to a Canadian spectroscopist in recognition of outstanding achievement in the science of spectroscopy. Dr. Aroca has contributed over 200 research publications and monographs on many aspects of spectroscopy.

International Joint Commission Biennial Award for Great Lakes Science 2003

Dr. Jan Ciborowski of the Department of Biological Sciences was the inaugural recipient of the IJC 2003 Great Lakes Scientist of the Biennium Award for his outstanding contributions to the Lake Erie Millennium Network and the assessment of ecosystem health. Dr. Ciborowski’s research was acknowledged by both the Rt. Honourable Herb Gray, chair of the Canadian Section of the IJC and Dennis Schornack, US Co-Chair, of the IJC, as having a significant influence on the environmental quality and health of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem and helping policy makers on both sides of the border make critical decisions regarding the restoration of Lake Erie. Dr. Ciborowski was presented the award at the IJC 2003 Great Lakes Conference and Biennial Meeting held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on September 20, 2003.