Killam Prize / en Geoffrey Ozin awarded Killam Prize in natural sciences /news-celebrates/geoffrey-ozin-awarded-killam-prize-natural-sciences <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Geoffrey Ozin awarded Killam Prize in natural sciences</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-03-15T10:33:03-04:00" title="Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 10:33" class="datetime">Tue, 03/15/2022 - 10:33</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize" hreflang="en">Killam Prize</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Celebrates-GeoffreyOzin_photo_by_Camilla_Pucholt.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Camilla Pucholt)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="x"><span style="background:white"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">Professor&nbsp;<b>Geoffrey Ozin</b>&nbsp;of the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science has been <a href="https://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prizes#winners">awarded the prestigious&nbsp;</a></span><a href="https://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prizes#winners"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">Killam Prize</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">&nbsp;for his groundbreaking work in nanochemistry.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="x"><span style="background:white"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">Killam Prizes are&nbsp;awarded annually by the Canada Council for the Arts in recognition of</span>Canadian researchers who have achieved scholarly eminence in their fields.</span></p> <p class="x"><span style="background:white"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">Ozin’s pioneering research has paved the way for the development of renewable-energy technologies to synthesize innovative chemicals, polymers, medicines and fuels. His work is enabling the advancement of lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells and photovoltaics – all of which are critical for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.</span></span></p> <p class="x"><span style="background:white"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">His&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/story-co2-describes-groundbreaking-solution-climate-crisis" target="_blank" title="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/story-co2-describes-groundbreaking-solution-climate-crisis"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm; text-decoration-line:none">current research focus</span></a><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">&nbsp;is driven by the climate crisis and is aimed at the discovery of materials capable of transforming water and carbon dioxide into sustainable chemicals and fuels using sunlight.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="x"><span style="background:white"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">“We are very proud and excited that Professor Ozin is receiving this honour,” says <b>Leah Cowen</b>, U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic Initiatives. “It is richly deserved – both for his foundational research into materials chemistry and for the transformational impact of that work in addressing the threat of climate change.”</span></span></p> <h3 class="x"><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/nanochemistry-pioneer-geoffrey-ozin-wins-prestigious-2022-killam-prize"><span style="background:white"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0cm">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</span></span></a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Arts &amp; Science</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:33:03 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 173515 at Douglas Stephan receives Killam Prize in natural sciences /celebrates/douglas-stephan-receives-killam-prize-natural-sciences <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Douglas Stephan receives Killam Prize in natural sciences</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-02-03T13:02:58-05:00" title="Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 13:02" class="datetime">Wed, 02/03/2021 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize" hreflang="en">Killam Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/UofT13808_20170309_DougStephan_5011.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Doug Stephan"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Camilla Pucholt)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Douglas Stephan</strong> of the University of Toronto's department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science is one of <a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2021/02/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-announces-the-2021-killam-prize-winners">this year’s Killam Prize winners</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Presented by the Canada Council for the Arts, the awards recognize select Canadian researchers who have achieved international scholarly eminence in their fields.</p> <p>Stephan’s discovery of frustrated Lewis pairs (FLP) is internationally recognized for its wide-ranging impact on nearly every aspect of chemistry research, particularly in the context of drug development, chemical production, renewable energy and sustainability.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The chemical concept of frustrated Lewis pairs is actually quite simple,” said&nbsp;Stephan. “It’s unexpected and surprising, but remarkably simple. It is this simplicity that provides implications across the discipline permitting developments in organic synthesis, materials and polymer chemistry as well as catalysis.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The recipient of the 2019 John C. Polanyi Award, the 2019 E.W.R. Steacie Award and a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, Stephan also received&nbsp;a Killam Research Fellowship in 2009.</p> <p>“The underlying theory of Lewis acid-base pairs, in which a Lewis acid interacts with a Lewis base, is considered to be a central concept of chemistry,” said&nbsp;<strong>Rob Batey</strong>, professor and chair of the department of chemistry. “It’s essential for the understanding of chemical reactivity and bonding, and as such it is taught at the high school level and beyond.”</p> <p>Previous Killam Prize winners at οinclude University Professors <strong>John Polanyi </strong>and <strong>Paul Brumer</strong> of the department of chemistry, as well as University Professors <strong>Barbara Sherwood Lollar </strong>of Earth sciences and <strong>Molly Shoichet</strong> of the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering, both of whom are affiliated with the department of chemistry.</p> <p>“Looking at the list of previous winners, I am humbled to have our work included with the work of such exceptional people,” Stephan said. “I am also so very grateful to my colleagues who have been so gracious in supporting me.”&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/douglas-stephan-wins-2021-killam-prize">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a>&nbsp;</h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:02:58 +0000 lanthierj 168226 at Arthur Ripstein receives Killam Prize in humanities  /celebrates/arthur-ripstein-receives-killam-prize-humanities <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Arthur Ripstein receives Killam Prize in humanities&nbsp;</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-02-03T12:58:28-05:00" title="Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 12:58" class="datetime">Wed, 02/03/2021 - 12:58</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize" hreflang="en">Killam Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-philosophy" hreflang="en">Department of Philosophy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/humanities" hreflang="en">Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Ripstein.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Arthur Ripstein"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> of law and philosophy <strong>Arthur Ripstein</strong> has been awarded <a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2021/02/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-announces-the-2021-killam-prize-winners">the prestigious Killam Prize for the Humanities</a> by the Canada Council for the Arts.</p> <p>The prize recognizes select Canadian researchers who have achieved international scholarly eminence in their fields.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The Killam Prize is one of the most distinguished recognitions a Canadian scholar can receive,” said University Professor <strong>Jutta Brunnée</strong>, dean of the Faculty of Law. “Professor Ripstein has made innumerable, signal contributions to legal thought and philosophy, and so it is fitting that the Canadian Council for the Arts has chosen to recognize him with this most prestigious honour.”&nbsp;</p> <p>A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and author of several influential books, Ripstein joined U of T’s department of philosophy in 1987 and was jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law in 1999.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Arthur Ripstein is one of the most important legal and political philosophers in the world. The Killam Prize could not have gone to someone more deserving,” said <strong>Martin Pickavé</strong>, chair of the department of philosophy in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. “Over the last 35 years, Arthur has crafted an impressive and hugely influential body of work while at the same time inspiring many students in law as well as in philosophy by his outstanding presence in the classroom.”</p> <p>The Killam Prize is&nbsp;“such a high honour,” Ripstein said. “To be recognized for an academic career working in two disciplines – I am thrilled and humbled.”</p> <h3><a href="https://www.law.utoronto.ca/news/university-professor-arthur-ripstein-awarded-killam-prize-contributions-humanities">Read the Faculty of Law story</a>&nbsp;</h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:58:28 +0000 lanthierj 168225 at Arthur Ripstein and Douglas Stephan awarded Killam Prizes /celebrates/arthur-ripstein-and-douglas-stephan-awarded-killam-prizes <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Arthur Ripstein and Douglas Stephan awarded Killam Prizes</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-02-03T12:54:04-05:00" title="Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 12:54" class="datetime">Wed, 02/03/2021 - 12:54</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize" hreflang="en">Killam Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/canada-council-arts" hreflang="en">Canada Council for the Arts</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-philosophy" hreflang="en">Department of Philosophy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/stephan-ripstein.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Stephan by Camilla Pucholt)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> of law and philosophy <strong>Arthur Ripstein</strong> and University Professor of chemistry <strong>Douglas Stephan</strong> have each been awarded <a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2021/02/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-announces-the-2021-killam-prize-winners">the prestigious Killam Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts</a>.</p> <p>The prize recognizes select researchers who have achieved international scholarly eminence in their fields. Ripstein was recognized for his contributions to humanities and Stephan for his contributions to natural sciences.</p> <p>A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and author of several influential books, Ripstein joined the University of Toronto’s department of philosophy in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science 1987 and was jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law in 1999. He delivered the 2019 Tanner Lectures at UC Berkeley, one of the most prestigious lecture series in philosophy.</p> <p>Stephan is the recipient of the 2019 John C. Polanyi Award, the 2019 E.W.R. Steacie Award, a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship, and a 2009 Killam Research Fellowship. He joined the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science in 2008 as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair after 25 years as a faculty member at the University of Windsor.</p> <p>“The Killam Prize is an important recognition for these extraordinary University Professors whose research continues to make a profound impact on their fields, said University Professor <strong>Ted Sargent,</strong> vice-president, research and innovation and strategic initiatives. “One of the world’s leading legal and political philosophers, Arthur Ripstein is renowned for his scholarship in the history of philosophy, theories of justice, tort law and the law of war. Douglas Stephan’s game-changing discovery of a new class of catalysts led to the production of more sustainable plastics – and he continues to explore how chemistry can address such challenges as greenhouse gas remediation and energy efficient catalysis.</p> <p>“The University of Toronto congratulates University Professors Stephan and Ripstein and thanks the Canada Council and the Killam Trusts for their support of our outstanding scholars.”&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="/celebrates/arthur-ripstein-receives-killam-prize-humanities">Read more about Ripstein</a>&nbsp;</h3> <h3><a href="/celebrates/douglas-stephan-receives-killam-prize-natural-sciences">Read more about Stephan</a>&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:54:04 +0000 lanthierj 168224 at Ted Sargent awarded Killam Prize in Engineering /celebrates/ted-sargent-awarded-killam-prize-engineering <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ted Sargent awarded Killam Prize in Engineering</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-05-26T10:17:26-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 10:17" class="datetime">Tue, 05/26/2020 - 10:17</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize" hreflang="en">Killam Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-electrical-computer-engineering" hreflang="en">Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/UofT83850_2019-10-23-Exponential%20Impact%20Lecture-crop.jpg" width="3336" height="2228" alt="Ted Sargent"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Johnny Guatto)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor<strong> Ted Sargent</strong> </a>of the department of electrical and computer engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering has received this year’s Killam Prize for Engineering from the Canada Council for the Arts.</p> <p>“This honour means a lot to me, especially when I consider all of the inspiring researchers who have held it in years past,” says Sargent. "What this award celebrates is a truly global collaboration with talented researchers dedicated to building a cleaner, more sustainable world.&nbsp;</p> <p>“I see it as a celebration of the remarkably talented students and fellows whom I’ve had the privilege of working with in the past two decades as a faculty member in Engineering at U of T.”</p> <p>Sargent holds a&nbsp;Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology, and <a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/tag/ted-sargent/">leads a large research lab dedicated to advanced materials</a> such as quantum dots, perovskite crystals and multi-metal catalysts. Applications include light sensing, solar energy harvesting, and carbon capture and storage. His research has received more than 37,000 citations, with more than 100 of his papers cited more than 100 times.</p> <p>As vice-president, international for the University of Toronto, Sargent&nbsp;is also responsible for strengthening and expanding U of T’s global networks and forming research partnerships with peer institutions and leading companies worldwide. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.</p> <h3><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/ted-sargent-receives-the-killam-prize-in-engineering/">Read more about Ted Sargent and the Killam Prize</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">FASE</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 26 May 2020 14:17:26 +0000 lanthierj 164709 at Ted Sargent and Barbara Sherwood Lollar awarded Killam Prizes /celebrates/ted-sargent-and-barbara-sherwood-lollar-awarded-killam-prizes <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ted Sargent and Barbara Sherwood Lollar awarded Killam Prizes</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-05-26T10:09:32-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 10:09" class="datetime">Tue, 05/26/2020 - 10:09</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize" hreflang="en">Killam Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-earth-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Earth Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/edward-s-rogers-sr-department-electrical-and-computer-engineering" hreflang="en">Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/sargent-lollar.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Ted Sargent and Barbara Sherwood Lollar"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photos by Johnny Guatto and Perry King)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For research and scholarship that has changed the landscape of their fields, <strong>Barbara Sherwood Lollar</strong> and <strong>Ted Sargent</strong> have each received a Killam Prize from <a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2020/05/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-reveals-the-2020-killam-program-winners">the Canada Council for the Arts</a>.</p> <p>The $100,000 prizes are the top annual award given by the council&nbsp;and recognize sustained excellence by leading researchers.</p> <p>A leader in planetary geology and globally renowned for her discovery of billion-year-old groundwater,&nbsp;Sherwood Lollar is <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">a University Professor</a> in the department of Earth sciences in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science and a&nbsp;Canada Research Chair in Isotope Geochemistry of the Earth and the Environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="/celebrates/barbara-sherwood-lollar-awarded-killam-prize-natural-sciences">Read more about Sherwood Lollar&nbsp;</a></h3> <p>A pioneer in nanotechnology and an expert in clean energy, <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor Sargent</a> is a&nbsp;Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. department of electrical and computer engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="/celebrates/ted-sargent-awarded-killam-prize-engineering">Read more about Sargent&nbsp;</a></h3> <p>“Professors Sherwood Lollar and Sargent are trail-blazing scientists whose work has significantly changed our understanding of their fields,” says Professor <strong>Vivek Goel</strong>, the University of Toronto’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “These awards are richly deserved and the university thanks the Canada Council and the Killam Trusts for their support of our outstanding scholars.”&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 26 May 2020 14:09:32 +0000 lanthierj 164705 at