Ninth Annual
Faculty and Staff
Recognition Day
September 21, 2011
12:00 p.m.
Great Hall, Somerville House
Agenda
Introductory remarks:
Awards Ceremony, 12:30 pm
Master of Ceremonies: Charmaine Dean
The Organizing Committee
Stephanie Attardi (administrative support & everything else)
Mitch Zimmer (slide shows)
photos by: Mitch Zimmer, Felix Lee, and others.
Charmaine Dean (master of ceremonies)
Keith Griffiths
Carol Jones
Louise Milligan (survival kits)
Rick Secco
Peter Simpson
Doug Jones
And special thanks to Pam Brown and Sue Brown
Professors Emeriti
Leo W. M. Lau – Chemistry and Physics
Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Director of SSW 2005-2011
Dean, Faculty of Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
2003-2005
Professor of Materials Science, Department of Physics, CUHK,
1997-2008
In the period from 1997—2005 held directorships of five research centres
as well as holding the Chair of the Physics Department at CUHK from
1998-2003
A. Michael Dawes– Mathematics
Tenured 1978 Associate Professor
Received the Lorimer Award by the Ontario Confederation of University
Faculty Associations (OCUFA) 2010
Associate Chair, Department of Mathematics 2004-2006, 2008-2009
Dedicated Service Award from the Association of University Teachers 2004
NSERC Discovery Grant Reviewer 2003
Killam Research Fellowship Assessor 2002
Webmaster for both the Department of Mathematics and the Western Ontario
Mathematics Association form the late 1990’s to 2009
Throughout his career at Western Dawes has been a member of numerous
committees for Mathematics and UWOFA notably Chief Negotiator UWOFA
Faculty of Science
Awards of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Lindi Wahl – Applied Mathematics
Felix Lee – Chemistry
Faculty of Science
Award in Excellence in Outreach & Recruitment
Bruce Richards– Computer Science
Faculty of Science
Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring
Fred Longstaffe – Earth Sciences
University Student’s Council Teaching Award
Recipients 2011
Felix Lee – Chemistry
Faculty of Science Dean’s Special Award of Merit
Friends of the Garden
The Friends of the Garden is an all volunteer group whose energies are directed at enriching the lives, of not
only members of the Faculty of Science, but the University community as a whole. In addition to planting and
maintaining several gardens around campus, the Friends share their bounties with the community via their
annual plant sale. The proceeds of these plant sales enrich the lives of our students, as over the past 16
years, the Friends have given out $37,000 in bursaries to 37 undergraduate students. It is for these
contributions that we award the Friends of the Gardens the Dean’s Special Award of Merit.
USC Teaching Honor Roll 2009-2010
Lindi Wahl – Applied Mathematics
Irena Creed – Biology
Robert Cumming – Biology
USC Teaching Honor Roll 2009-2010
Nusha Keyghobadi – Biology
Andre Lachance – Biology
Patrick McDonald – Biology
USC Teaching Honor Roll 2009-2010
Bryan Neff – Biology
Greg Thorn – Biology
Kim Baines– Chemistry
USC Teaching Honor Roll 2009-2010
Keith Griffiths – Chemistry
Nathan Jones – Chemistry
Lars Konermann – Chemistry
USC Teaching Honor Roll 2009-2010
Felix Lee – Chemistry
Dick Puddephatt– Chemistry
Mark Bramwell – Computer Science
USC Teaching Honor Roll 2009-2010
Mark Daley – Computer Science
Hanan Lutfiyya– Computer Science
Stephen Hicock – Earth Sciences
USC Teaching Honor Roll 2009-2010
Jisuo Jin – Earth Sciences
Guy Plint– Earth Sciences
Eugene Wong – Physics & Astronomy
Faculty of Science Distinguished Research
Professorship
Xingfu Zou – Applied Mathematics
Florence Bucke Prize
Lars Konermann – Chemistry
Distinguished University Professorship
Stephen Watt – Computer Science
Faculty Scholars Award
Kristy Tiampo – Earth Sciences
Faculty of Science Staff Award of Excellence
Stefani Tichbourne – Biology
Ron Maslen – Chemistry
Western Award of Excellence
Sherri Waring – Biology
Awards and Honors
Paul Ragogna – Chemistry
NSERC Accelerator Award 2011
Mike Dawes – Mathematics
OCUFA Lorimer Award 2010
and the Canadian Association of University
Teachers (CAUT) Don Savage Award 2012
Wayne Hocking – Physics & Astronomy
Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Medal
for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and
Applied Physics 2011
Ontario Early Researcher Awards 2011
Nusha Keyghobadi – Biology
Yolanda Morbey – Biology
Els Peeters– Physics & Astronomy
Awards and Honors
Paul Wiegert – Physics & Astronomy
CBPart of the Canadian Team which has
discovered the first Trojan asteroid of planet
Earth, named asteroid 2010 TK7
Yongji Tang– Chemistry
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Ministry of Research
and Innovation
Awards and Honors
Els Peeters and Jan Cami – Physics & Astronomy
NASA Group Achievement Award
Awards and Honors
Steven Beachemin – Computer Science
The Network of Automotive Excellence (NoAE)
2010 Innovation Award and the NoAE
International Award
David Shoesmith – Chemistry
2011 Whitney Award of the National Association
of Corrosion Engineers International and Fellow
of the Electrochemical Society
Patrick Whippey – Physics & Astronomy
Biomedical Science Ambassador Award
Awards and Honors
Wayne Nesbitt – Earth Sciences
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Jan Cami – Physics & Astronomy
2010 Science and Technology Innovation Award
Mel Usselman – Chemistry
2011 CIC Award for Chemical Education
Awards and Honors
Gordon Osinski – Earth Sciences
Antarctic Service Medal
Silvia Mittler– Physics & Astronomy
Appreciation Award
– 25th Anniversary of Sciencetech Inc.
Norm Duke – Earth Sciences
Duncan Derry Award
Canada Research Chairs
Matt Davison – Applied Mathematics/Statistical &
Actuarial Sciences
(Renewal)
Peter Brown – Physics & Astronomy
25 Years of Service
Elizabeth Myscich – Biology
Steve Bartlett – Biotron
Pam Brown – Dean’s Office
Keith Griffiths – Dean’s Office/
Chemistry
25 Years of Service
Guy Plint – Earth Sciences
Andre Boivin – Mathematics
William Lennard – Physics & Astronomy
30 Years of Service
Norm Hüner– Biology
Sandy McCaw – Chemistry
Gail Amaral – Dean’s Office
David Wiseman – Computer Science
30 Years of Service
Phin Perquin – Physics & Astronomy
35 Years of Service
Ian Craig – Biology
Dan LaJoie – Biology
Stefani Tichbourne – Biology
Alan Weedon – Chemistry
40 Years of Service for Staff
Jack Millar – Biology
Mike Dawes – Mathematics
Stu Rankin – Mathematics
Retiring Staff
Rick Harris (38 years) – Biology
John Burnet (36 years) – Earth Sciences
Chairs Completing Terms
Bob Mercer – Computer Science
David Riley – Mathematics
Acting Chair Completing Term
Yining Huang – Chemistry
Promotion to Professor
Irena Creed – Biology
Bryan Neff – Biology
Robert Hudson – Chemistry
Brian Pagenkopf – Chemistry
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Mark Reesor – Applied Mathematics
Brent Sinclair – Biology
François Lagugné -Labarthet – Chemistry
Yang Song – Chemistry
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Eric Schost – Computer Science
Elizabeth Webb – Earth Sciences
Margaret Campbell-Brown – Physics &
Astronomy
Carol Jones – Physics & Astronomy
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Tamie Poepping– Physics & Astronomy
Hristo Sendov– Statistical &
Actuarial Sciences
Kristina Sendova – Statistical &
Actuarial Sciences
New Faculty
Zoë Lindo – Biology
Charmaine Dean – Statistical &
Actuarial Sciences
New Staff
Arzie Chant – Biology
Melinda Demendi – Biology
Mary Keet – Biology
New Staff
Sriya Peiris – Biology
Alyssa Gilbert – CPSX
Jennifer Heidenheim– Earth Sciences
New Staff
Shailesh Nene – Physics & Astronomy
Nelia Andrade-Lo Russo –
Physics & Astronomy