The ALPHA-Canada team is the winner of the 2013 Polyani Award for their work with the ALPHA team at CERN in understanding antimatter

The NSERC John C. Polanyi Award honours an individual or team whose Canadian-based research has led to a recent outstanding advance in the natural sciences or engineering.

The ALPHA-Canada team is the winner of the 2013 Polyani Award for their work with the ALPHA team at CERN in understanding antimatter.

The full list of ALPHA-Canada team members (current and former) includes:

  • University of British Columbia : Nathan Evetts*, Andrea Gutierrez*, Walter Hardy, Mario Michan*, Takamasa Momose, Sarah Seif El Nasr*
  • University of Calgary : Timothy Friesen*, Richard Hydomako*, Robert Thompson
  • Simon Fraser University : Mohammad Ashkezari*, Ryan Dunlop*, Mike Hayden
  • TRIUMF Makoto C. Fujiwara, David Gill, Leonid Kurchaninov, Konstantin Olchanski, Art Olin, James Storey*, Simone Stracka*
  • York University : Chanpreet Amole*, Andrea Capra*, Scott Menary

(*Graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.  Underlined names indicate CAP members, one of whom, Dr. Robert Thompson, is a member of the CAP Executive)

For more information, see NSERC’s announcement at http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Polanyi-Polanyi/Profiles-Profils/ALPHA-CanadaTeam-ALPHA-CanadaTeam_eng.asp