Each year, the event Celebrate! Teaching.Learning.Research recognizes and honours some of the University of Alberta's most outstanding individuals. On Oct. 23, faculty and postdoctoral fellows who bring their research to life both in the classroom and beyond, students who excel in their academic and extracurricular pursuits and staff who play a vital role in supporting research success came together to celebrate.
I extend my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all award winners honoured at this year’s events. Their contributions continue to make the U of A an exceptional place to learn, teach and research.
Congratulations to all of the 2024 award recipients!
Verna Yiu
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
TEACHING AND RESEARCH AWARDS
Alberta Science & Technology (ASTech) Awards
Alberta-Wide Community Champion
Andrew MacIsaac — Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Best in Agriculture
John Basarab — Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Graham Plastow — Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Best in Digital Innovation
Rafiq Ahmad — Mechanical Engineering
Best in Energy/Cleantech
Jonathan Veinot — Chemistry
Early Adopter of Innovation
Sumantra Monty Ghosh — Medicine
Researcher of the Year
Jie Chen — Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tarek El-Bialy — Dentistry
Ying Tsui — Electrical and Computer Engineering
Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
- Rebecca Gokiert — Public Health
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Amanda Almeida de Oliveira — Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Ilamaran Meganathan — Physiology
Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow
- Tayfun Babadagli — Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Douglas Ivey — Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Ryan (Yunwei) Li— Electrical and Computer Engineering
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellow
- Sean Bagshaw — Critical Care Medicine
- Sara Davison — Medicine
- Lisa Hartling — Pediatrics
Canadian Pharmacist of the Year
- Sherif Mahmoud — Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Canadian Society of Transplantation Lifetime Achievement Award
Dorothy Killam Fellowship
- Marie-Cécile Piro — Physics
Engineering Institute of Canada Fellow
- João Soares — Chemical and Materials Engineering
Ethel Johns Award
Fulbright Awards
- Reza Hasmath — Political Science
Fulbright Canada Research Chair at University of Southern California
Governor General’s Innovation Award
- Kisha Supernant — Anthropology
- William Wadsworth — Anthropology
ISHLT Lifetime Achievement Award
Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research
- Julie Rak — English and Film Studies
- Denise Spitzer — Public Health
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award
- Erina Harris — English and Film Studies
Martha Cook Piper Research Prize
- David Brown — Economics
- Maria Ioannou — Physiology
McCalla Professorship
- Normand Boulé — Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
- Ben Dyson — Psychology
- David Stuart — Biochemistry
- Thao Tran-Minh — Campus Saint-Jean
Order of Canada
- Glen Baker, Member — Psychiatry
- Vickie Baracos, Member — Oncology
- Louis Francescutti, Member — Public Health
Provost's Award for Early Achievement of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Louise Harrington — English and Film Studies
- Kristin Zelyck — Nursing
Royal Society of Canada Bancroft Award
- Kurt Konhauser — Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
- Stephanie Green — Biological Sciences
- Narges Noori — Art & Design
- Martha White — Computing Science
Royal Society of Canada Fellow
- Tee Guidotti — Medicine
- Cressida Heyes — Political Science
Royal Society of Canada Rutherford Memorial Medal
- Rylan Lundgren — Chemistry
Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Guillermo Hernandez Ramirez — Renewable Resources
University Cup
- David M. Olson — Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Tian Tang — Mechanical Engineering
University of Alberta Distinguished Professor
- Biao Huang — Chemical and Materials Engineering
- Carla Prado — Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
- Hasan Uludağ — Chemical and Materials Engineering
Vargo Teaching Chair
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
BMO Financial Group Graduate Scholarship
- Kimberly Friesen — Education
- Mary Olukotun — Nursing
Kaleidoscope Program Scholar
- Aizle Bernardo — Library and Information Studies and Business
- Joseph Takeda — Library and Information Studies
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
- Madison Dabbs-Petty — Education
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
- Yared Aynalem — Nursing
- Hajar Ghorbani — Anthropology
- Sofiia Huraka — Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
- Abhijeet Pathy — Renewable Resources
- Megan Tipler — Education
- Nakita Valerio — History, Classics, and Religion
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
BMO Financial Group Entrance Citation
- Dylan Becker-Mcnaney — Engineering
- Carissa Lewis — Arts
- Zaira Seffern — Native Studies
Chancellor’s Entrance Citation
- Madison Metrunec — Arts
- Martin Sataric — Campus Saint-Jean
- Saaigh Taimur — Engineering
- Arieanna Van Heeren — Education
President’s Centenary Entrance Citation
- Feliciaa Baldner — Science
President’s Entrance Citation
- Edana Clyne — Engineering
- Cheyenne Lauzon — Campus Saint-Jean
- Sarah Roberts — Nursing
- Elayne Williams — Arts
Royal Society of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize
Schulich Leader Scholarship
- Charlise Bruchet — Engineering
- Oliver Chen — Engineering
- Jenny Lee — Science
- Selena Pang — Science
- Gabe Thacker — Engineering
- Shen Zhou — Science
TD Scholarship for Community Leadership
View the program for this year’s reception, and past Celebrate! Teaching.Learning.Research events here.
