Awards & Recognitions
Congratulations to all of our award-winning EEB graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty.
Chelsea Rochman recognized with President’s Impact Award
For her globally recognized work on plastic pollution that informs government policy, inspires youth and builds research capacity, Chelsea Rochman has received the President’s Impact Award.
Professor Rochman conducts research in the Canadian Arctic, Toronto watersheds, the Great Lakes and at Northwestern Ontario’s Experimental Lakes Area – and has served as a scientific adviser to the UN, the G7 and the federal government.
She is also the winner of this year’s Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award, presented jointly as part of the President’s Impact Awards and the Awards of Excellence.
Jacqueline Sztepanacz receives the Connaught New Researcher Award
The University of Toronto has recognized 53 faculty members — including 19 from Arts & Science — across the three campuses with the Connaught New Researcher Award. Designed to help winners […]
Prof. Marie-Josée Fortin recognized with U of T’s JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award
‘My success is in my students’ achievements.’ Colleagues and students of University Professor Marie-Josée Fortinhave heard her say this, and it reflects the commitment to graduate student mentoring that’s led to her […]
Dr. Katja Kasimatis wins the 2021 Dobzhansky Prize
Congratulations Dr. Katja Kasimatis on winning the Dobzhansky Prize! The prize is awarded annually to recognize the outstanding research accomplishments and future promise of a young evolutionary biologist. Dr. Kasimatis is […]
2021 EEB Graduate Student Awards
Peter Abrams Prize: The prize celebrates the sustained research excellence of senior PhD students. Winners: Sean Anderson (Weir Lab) & Julia Kreiner (Stinchcombe & Wright Labs) Harold H. Harvey Award:This […]
2021 EEB Undergrad Research Fair Poster Winners
Last week we held the 2021 EEB Undergraduate Research Fair virtually over Zoom. For those of you who were able to attend, we hope you enjoyed hearing from the student […]
Chelsea Rochman winner of the 2021 UTAA Awards of Excellence
CHELSEA ROCHMAN: CAROLYN TUOHY IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICY AWARD. A pioneer in microplastic pollution research, Chelsea Rochman informs policies, builds research capacity and inspires youth to take action. Assistant professor […]
Megan Frederickson promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations Professor Frederickson! Megan Frederickson has been promoted to Full Professor as of July 1, 2021. This promotion reflects Megan’s stellar accomplishments as an outstanding researcher, mentor and teacher.
Three former EEB grad students win the 2021 Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award
A Big Congratulations to our former students: Rebecca T. Batstone, Ken A. Thompson and Tess N. Grainger. The American Society of Naturalists annually selects outstanding young scientists doing integrative research in […]
Chelsea Rochman recognized with President’s Impact Award
For her globally recognized work on plastic pollution that informs government policy, inspires youth and builds research capacity, Chelsea Rochman has received the President’s Impact Award. “I became a scientist because I […]
Spencer Barrett awarded the Darwin-Wallace Medal by the Linnean Society of London
Congratulations to Spencer Barrett, University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, for being awarded the prestigious Darwin-Wallace Medal by the Linnean Society of London for 2020. The […]