Department of Earth Sciences / en Three Faculty of Arts & Science researchers honoured by American Geophysical Union /celebrates/three-faculty-arts-science-researchers-honoured-american-geophysical-union <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Three Faculty of Arts &amp; Science researchers honoured by American Geophysical Union</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/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-03-01T14:22:30-05:00" title="Friday, March 1, 2024 - 14:22" class="datetime">Fri, 03/01/2024 - 14:22</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/department-chemical-engineering-applied-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical Engineering &amp; Applied Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</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/department-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</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/2024-02/AGU-group.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"><p><em>(L-R) Professor Jonathan Abbatt, University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar and Associate Professor Debra Wunch (supplied images)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Three researchers from the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science have received honours from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for their outstanding contributions to Earth and space sciences.</p> <p><strong>Barbara Sherwood Lollar</strong>, <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">University Professor</a> in the department of Earth sciences who is cross-appointed to the department of chemistry and the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering, presented the <a href="https://www.agu.org/honors/sagan">Carl Sagan Lecture</a> – an honour reserved for a scientist who embodies the late astronomer’s interest in astrobiology and science communication – at the union’s annual conference, AGU23.</p> <p><strong>Jonathan Abbatt</strong>, a professor in the department of chemistry, gave the <a href="https://www.agu.org/honors/bjerknes">Jakob Bjerkness Lecture</a> at AGU23 in recognition of his impact in advancing understanding of the atmosphere and Earth’s climate.</p> <p><strong>Debra Wunch</strong>, associate professor in the department of physics who is cross-appointed to the School of the Environment, received the AGU’s <a href="https://www.agu.org/Search/PublicProfile?userId=B2542CD9-CEE2-4C16-8C5A-745B7473AD47#citationB2FBB5EC-6CA6-43DF-ADD5-21914107123C">Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award</a>, which recognizes early- and mid-career researchers.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/three-researchers-receive-honours-american-geophysical-union">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.agu.org/Search/PublicProfile?userId=D71BCCAD-5F03-4FE2-B53B-7C0F172B7C05">Watch University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar’s lecture (under the “Awards and Honours” tab)</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.agu.org/Search/PublicProfile?userId=1C135288-B83B-479A-857E-D88747DD8055">Watch Professor Jonathan Abbatt’s lecture (under the “Awards and Honours” tab)</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">FAS</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> Fri, 01 Mar 2024 19:22:30 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 306439 at Ting Li and Corliss Sio recognized with Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science Award of Excellence /celebrates/ting-li-and-corliss-sio-recognized-dorothy-shoichet-women-faculty-science-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ting Li and Corliss Sio recognized with Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science Award of Excellence</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="2023-12-12T16:59:24-05:00" title="Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 16:59" class="datetime">Tue, 12/12/2023 - 16:59</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/david-dunlap-department-astronomy-astrophysics" hreflang="en">David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics</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/dorothy-shoichet-women-faculty-science-award-excellence" hreflang="en">Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science Award of Excellence</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</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/2023-12/li-corliss.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"><p><em>&nbsp;Ting Li and Corliss Sio (supplied images)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Two early-career researchers from the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science are recipients of the Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science Award of Excellence: <strong>Ting Li</strong>, an assistant professor in the David A. Dunlap department of astronomy and astrophysics; and <strong>Corliss Sio</strong>, an assistant professor in the department of Earth sciences.</p> <p>The award was established in 2016 by <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Molly Shoichet</strong> to help early-career female researchers focus on their research.</p> <p>Li’s research goal is to better understand the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy and galaxies in the nearby universe.</p> <p>“I am profoundly honoured to have been selected as the recipient of the Dorothy Shoichet Award, and I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to my department for nominating me,” says Li, “especially as I embark on establishing an optical instrumentation lab in my department and take on the role of chairing a large international collaboration.”</p> <p>Sio’s research lies at the intersection of isotope geochemistry, experimental petrology and numerical modeling. She was instrumental in winning a major Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant for the GEMINAE lab (Geochemistry of Elements and Metal Isotopes in Nature and Experiments).</p> <p>“I am incredibly honoured to receive this award and am grateful for Professor Shoichet’s generosity and my department’s support,” says Sio. “This award could not be better timed, coming while I am in the thick of building a laboratory that will be the first of its kind in Canada.”</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/two-exemplary-arts-science-researchers-awarded-2023-dorothy-shoichet-women-faculty-science">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> <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, 12 Dec 2023 21:59:24 +0000 lanthierj 304863 at Daniel Gregory receives Early Career Teaching Award /celebrates/daniel-gregory-receives-early-career-teaching-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Daniel Gregory receives Early Career Teaching Award</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/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</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="2021-04-16T16:36:14-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 16:36" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 16:36</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/early-career-teaching-awards" hreflang="en">Early Career Teaching Awards</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> <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/Gregory-Daniel-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Daniel Gregory"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Daniel Gregory</strong>, an assistant professor&nbsp;in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, has been recognized with <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-of-toronto-early-career-teaching-award/">an Early Career Teaching Award</a>.</p> <p>Gregory, who joined the department of Earth sciences at the St. George campus in 2018, specializes in economic geology and geochemistry – and his approach to teaching emphasizes&nbsp;bridging the gap between academic research and industry advancements.</p> <p>Gregory uses a variety of methods to spark students’ curiosity. He uses a portable XRF, a common tool in the mining industry, to teach how hydrothermal fluids change rock chemistry through blind target exercises and offers students opportunities to teach what they have learned through flipped classroom techniques and the use of imperfect rock samples to identify gaps in learning and reasoning.&nbsp;During the past year, he&nbsp;developed&nbsp;an online field course that allowed students to complete a simulated field-based mapping excursion.&nbsp;He often includes industry-level competitions, such as open data challenges, to encourage students to think beyond classroom applications.</p> <p>“I emphasize experiential learning approaches to let students immerse themselves into the problem solving process,” Gregory says, “Providing realistic opportunities –such as open data mining challenges – for students to 'show what they know'&nbsp;is a holistic approach to apply their knowledge to real world problems.</p> <p>“In the near future, I will also work with a team of other professors to develop and use&nbsp;strategic board games to teach key concepts in mineral exploration.”&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> Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:36:14 +0000 lanthierj 169077 at Four University of Toronto faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching /celebrates/four-university-toronto-faculty-members-recognized-outstanding-teaching <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Four University of Toronto faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching</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/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</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="2021-04-16T14:34:29-04:00" title="Friday, April 16, 2021 - 14:34" class="datetime">Fri, 04/16/2021 - 14:34</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/early-career-teaching-awards" hreflang="en">Early Career Teaching Awards</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/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-information" hreflang="en">Faculty of Information</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/department-computer-science" hreflang="en">Department of Computer Science</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/ECTA-group.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(L-R) Olivier St. Cyr, Danielle Bentley, Jacqueline Smith, Gregory Daniel</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The University of Toronto has recognized four faculty members –&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Danielle Bentley</b>, <b>Daniel Gregory</b>, <b>Jacqueline Smith</b> and <b>Olivier St-Cyr</b> – with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-of-toronto-early-career-teaching-award/">Early Career Teaching Awards&nbsp;</a>for the 2020-2021 academic year.</p> <p>The awards honour outstanding&nbsp;teachers who demonstrate great&nbsp;commitment to student learning and engagement, and to teaching innovation. Winners receive $3,000 and are celebrated at an Excellence in Teaching reception.</p> <p>“These extraordinary teachers have provided a truly exceptional experience for students in an unprecedented time,” said&nbsp;<b><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/profile/mark-schmuckler/#:~:text=Mark%20Schmuckler%20%E2%80%93%20Division%20of%20the%20Vice%2DPresident%20%26%20Provost">Mark Schmuckler<span style="font-weight:normal">, U of T’s acting vice-provost, academic programs and acting vice-provost, innovations in undergraduate education</span></a></b>. “From the creation of community-engaged learning opportunities with grassroots organizations, to the establishment of learning communities for students newly admitted to competitive programs, or the development of online excursions that simulate field-based work, their creative and innovative approach to teaching and learning has inspired and engaged students.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The university congratulates them on their remarkable accomplishments.”</p> <p>This year's winners are:</p> <ul> <li>Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, <a href="/celebrates/danielle-bentley-receives-early-career-teaching-award">Danielle Bentley of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></li> <li>Assistant Professor <a href="/celebrates/daniel-gregory-receives-early-career-teaching-award">Daniel Gregory of the department of Earth Sciences</a> in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li>Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, <a href="/celebrates/jacqueline-smith-receives-early-career-teaching-award">Jacqueline Smith of the department of computer science </a>in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li>Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, <a href="/celebrates/olivier-st-cyr-receives-early-career-teaching-award">Olivier St-Cyr of the Faculty of Information</a></li> </ul> </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> Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:34:29 +0000 lanthierj 169056 at University Professor, alumnus elected to U.S. National Academy of Engineering /celebrates/university-professor-alumnus-elected-us-national-academy-engineering <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">University Professor, alumnus elected to U.S. National Academy of 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="2021-02-19T15:43:01-05:00" title="Friday, February 19, 2021 - 15:43" class="datetime">Fri, 02/19/2021 - 15:43</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 class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</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/us-national-academy-engineering" hreflang="en">U.S. National Academy of Engineering</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/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</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> <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/BarbaraSherwoodLollar%28Credit%20U%20of%20Toronto%20D.%20Tyszko%29_0.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar is one of 23 new international members of the NAE (Photo by Diana Tyszko)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Barbara Sherwood Lollar</strong>, <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">a University Professor </a>in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science’s department of Earth sciences, has been elected one of 23&nbsp;international members of<a href="https://www.nae.edu/248499/National-Academy-of-Engineering-Elects-106-Members-and-23-International-Members"> the U.S. National Academy of Engineering</a> (NAE).</p> <p>Alumnus&nbsp;<strong>Jonathan P. How</strong>, a professor in the department of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was elected&nbsp;as one of 106&nbsp;national&nbsp;members.</p> <p>The NAE elects those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education,”&nbsp;and to “the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.”&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/celebrates/barbara-sherwood-lollar-awarded-killam-prize-natural-sciences">A renowned geochemist</a>, Sherwood Lollar was recognized for her “contributions to understanding of the evolution of Earth’s groundwater and atmosphere.” How, who received&nbsp;a bachelor's degree of applied science from οin 1987, was recognized for his “contributions to decision-making and control” of intelligent autonomous aerospace vehicles.</p> <p>&nbsp;“As one of Canada’s most renowned earth scientists, <a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/earth-sciences-barbara-sherwood-lollar-receives-royal-society-canadas-2020-willet-g-miller">Barbara is no stranger to noteworthy honours</a> and with this recognition from the National Academy of Engineering, she continues to bring recognition to earth sciences, the Faculty and the university,” said&nbsp;Professor <strong>Melanie Woodin</strong>, dean of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science.</p> <p>“From her discovery of billion-year-old water&nbsp;and her exploration of&nbsp;geochemical life processes taking place deep beneath the planet's surface, to her important work on groundwater quality and remediation, Barbara&nbsp;Sherwood Lollar<a href="/news/u-t-s-barbara-sherwood-lollar-wins-herzberg-gold-medal-canada-s-science-and-engineering-council">&nbsp;is making an extraordinary impact </a>on our understanding of life on this planet and others,” said&nbsp;University Professor <strong>Ted Sargent</strong>, vice-president, research and innovation and strategic initiatives. “The University of Toronto congratulates her on this important recognition of her leadership.”&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.nae.edu/248499/National-Academy-of-Engineering-Elects-106-Members-and-23-International-Members">See the complete list of new NAE members</a></h3> <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> Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:43:01 +0000 lanthierj 168381 at Barbara Sherwood Lollar receives Royal Society of Canada’s 2020 Willet G. Miller Medal /celebrates/barbara-sherwood-lollar-receives-royal-society-canada-s-2020-willet-g-miller-medal <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Barbara Sherwood Lollar receives Royal Society of Canada’s 2020 Willet G. Miller Medal</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="2020-09-16T09:46:54-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 09:46" class="datetime">Wed, 09/16/2020 - 09:46</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/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</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/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</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/BarbaraSherwoodLollar%28Credit%20U%20of%20Toronto%20D.%20Tyszko%29.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Barbara Sherwood Lollar"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo couresy Barbara Sherwood Lollar)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In recognition of her groundbreaking research in geochemistry, <strong>Barbara Sherwood Lollar</strong>, a <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science’s <a href="https://www.es.utoronto.ca/">department of Earth sciences</a>, has received the prestigious 2020 <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/awards-excellence/rsc-medals-awards#Miller">Willet G. Miller Medal</a>&nbsp;from the Royal Society of Canada.</p> <p>&nbsp;“In a time of COVID-19, climate change and the increasing urgency to tackle the challenges of our relationship to this planet with equity and justice,” Sherwood Lollar says, “research in Earth sciences occupies a central role through its investigation of the land, water, soil and atmosphere we all share.”</p> <p>Sherwood Lollar is renowned for her research into the geochemistry of ancient waters and geochemical life processes occurring kilometres beneath the planet’s surface – as well has her work on groundwater quality and remediation. A Canada Research Chair in Isotopes of the Earth and Environment, she is also co-director of the <a href="https://www.cifar.ca/research/program/earth-4d">Earth 4D Subsurface Science and Exploration program </a>at&nbsp;CIFAR, the Canadian-based global research organization</p> <p>“Barbara Sherwood Lollar’s extraordinary achievements range from her remarkable discovery of billion-year-old water in the Canadian Precambrian Shield, to her important work on contaminants in groundwater – work that helps guide environmental policy,” said <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a><strong> Ted Sargent</strong>, vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “The University of Toronto congratulates University Professor Sherwood Lollar on this important recognition.”</p> <p>The award will be presented to Sherwood Lollar on Nov.&nbsp;27 as part of the Royal Society’s week-long <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/events/coee2020">Celebration of Excellence and Engagement</a>.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/earth-sciences-barbara-sherwood-lollar-receives-royal-society-canadas-2020-willet-g-miller">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story&nbsp;</a></h3> <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> Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:46:54 +0000 lanthierj 165694 at Barbara Sherwood Lollar awarded Killam Prize in Natural Sciences /celebrates/barbara-sherwood-lollar-awarded-killam-prize-natural-sciences <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Barbara Sherwood Lollar 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>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-05-26T10:13:39-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 10:13" class="datetime">Tue, 05/26/2020 - 10:13</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-faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Killam Prize; 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/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</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/0W7A0231.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Perry King)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Geochemist <strong>Barbara Sherwood Lollar</strong> has received this year's&nbsp;Killam Prize in Natural Sciences <a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2020/05/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-reveals-the-2020-killam-program-winners">from the Canada Council for the Arts</a>.</p> <p>“It is an extraordinary honour to share this with many οcolleagues,” says Sherwood Lollar, “both this year and in past years. My team and I are extremely grateful.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Canada Council for the Arts’ commitment to scholarship through the Killam Prizes and Fellowships is a timely reminder of the vital role that fact-based research plays in serving society — both as a source of fundamental understanding and as a driver for fact-based decision making.”</p> <p>Sherwood Lollar, <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, was recognized for<a href="https://bsherwoodlollar.weebly.com/research-interests.html"> her pioneering work </a>in energy sources, water and microbial life deep beneath the Earth’s surface — including <a href="/news/ancient-hydrogen-rich-waters-discovered-deep-underground-locations-around-world">the discovery of billion-year-old groundwater </a>within the Canadian Precambrian Shield. Her work is important to geologists, geochemists and astrobiologists studying the possibility of life beyond our planet. She also studies the remediation of near-surface groundwater that contains organic contaminants such as petroleum hydrocarbons.</p> <p>Sherwood Lollar’s many honours include&nbsp;Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Canada,&nbsp;Companion of the Order of Canada,&nbsp;the C.C. Patterson Award,&nbsp;the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award, <a href="/news/renowned-u-t-geoscientist-presented-geological-association-canada-s-highest-honour">the Logan Medal</a> and<a href="/news/u-t-s-barbara-sherwood-lollar-wins-herzberg-gold-medal-canada-s-science-and-engineering-council"> the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">A&amp;S</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 14:13:39 +0000 lanthierj 164708 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