The CAP congratulates CAP members James Pinfold, René Doyon, and Yong Baek Kim who received 2018 Killam awards, as follows:
James Pinfold, University of Alberta, was awarded a 2019 Killam Prize. He is a distinguished professor and internationally renowned particle physicist who, in 1997, became the youngest ever leader of an international collider experiment. Since then he has been at the forefront of the discovery of neutral current, a founding member of the ATLAS Experiment that announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, and leads a new experiment focusing on searching for new physics at the high-energy frontier, as well as remnants from the birth of the universe on the cosmic frontier.
René Doyon, Université de Montréal, was awarded a 2019 Killam Fellowship for his research project on Searching and Characterizing Nearby Habitable Worlds.
Yong Baek Kim, University of Toronto, was awarded a 2019 Killam Fellowship for his research project on Topological Phases of Correlated Quantum Materials.
“This year’s exceptional Killam Prize and Research Fellowship recipients have demonstrated that persistent hard work leads to ground-breaking discoveries that improve not only our depth of knowledge as a collective, but the quality of life of humanity. These remarkable scholars whose sustained leadership, commitment to curiosity, and originality of thought will continue to inspire students and colleagues alike, undoubtedly furthering even more advancements in their fields and strengthening the generations to come.”
– Simon Brault, OC, OQ Director and CEO, Canada Council for the Arts
The Killam Prize honours Canadian researchers, scientists, doctors and scholars for their inimitable contribution and research in industry, government agencies, and universities. This year’s honourees are an eclectic group of innovators who have spent their lifetime working towards researching and improving the quality of life of individuals across the globe.
The Killam research fellowships provide outstanding scholars across all disciplines with two years of release time from teaching and administrative duties so they can carry out large-scale, widespread interest research projects.
Click on this link to view the full list of recipients of the 2018 Killam Prizes and Fellowships.