Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal / en Henry van Driel recognized with Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics /celebrates/henry-van-driel-recognized-peter-kirkby-memorial-medal-outstanding-service-canadian <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Henry van Driel recognized with Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics</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 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>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-12-08T16:42:24-05:00" title="Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - 16:42" class="datetime">Wed, 12/08/2021 - 16:42</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-physics" hreflang="en">Department of Physics</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/peter-kirkby-memorial-medal" hreflang="en">Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">οMississauga</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/2023-04/henry-van-driel-socia-cropl.jpeg" width="750" height="500" alt="Henry van Driel"> </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.physics.utoronto.ca/~vandriel/">Henry van Driel</a>, a professor emeritus in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/">department of physics</a>, has been awarded the prestigious 2021&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cap.ca/programs/recognitions/post-graduate-physicists/medal-outstanding-service/">Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics</a>&nbsp;by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP).</p> <p>“It is a humbling honour to be recognized for efforts to serve the physics community in Canada and abroad,” says van Driel, who retired in 2014. “This award represents a truly welcome bright spot during this interminable pandemic.”</p> <p>The two groups announced van Driel as the winner for “his outstanding service to the Canadian physics community over a period of more than forty-five years, which has included international efforts, great service to the CAP, work with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) on behalf of Canadian physics, and editorial service to distinguished journals&nbsp;in North America.”</p> <p>At U of T, van Driel taught at οMississauga and at the St. George campus, where he also served as chair of the department from 2000 to 2004. He helped 30 students earn their PhDs and, since retiring,&nbsp;has continued to&nbsp;support undergraduates by mentoring third- and fourth-year physics students.</p> <p>“This is a well-deserved recognition of Henry's long and distinguished record of service to physics, both in Canada and internationally,” says department chair&nbsp;<a href="https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/members/strong-kimberly/">Kimberly Strong</a>.</p> <p>“His leadership of the physics department, multiple physics societies, advisory and editorial boards, and conference committees, as well as his mentoring of many students and postdoctoral fellows, has significantly strengthened physics in Canada."</p> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/professor-emeritus-henry-van-driel-wins-prestigious-national-physics-award">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">οMississauga</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, 08 Dec 2021 21:42:24 +0000 lanthierj 301078 at