Dr. Lee Groat, Professor
Appointed Director of the Integrated Sciences Program in the Faculty of Science, UBC for 3-year term commencing July 1, 2007.

Dr. Grant Ingram, Professor
Named a Fellow of the Oceanography Society "for insightful studies of physical processes and physical-biological coupling in extreme polar regions and for untiring service to the oceanographic community."

Dr. Grant Ingram, Professor
Named Fellow of Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS.)

Dr. Catherine Johnson, Associate Professor
AGU Fall Meeting Program Chair for a 3-yr term beginning in 2008; the first woman to be appointed to this important position.

Dr. Doug Oldenburg, Professor
The Assoc. of Mineral Exploration of BC Special Tribute to Dr. Oldenburg: "Dr. Doug Oldenburg, Professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Senior Keevil Chair in Mineral Exploration at the University of British Columbia, is recognized for his contributions to significant advances in mineral exploration through the development of innovative new approaches to the modelling and interpretation of geophysical data at the Geophysical Inversion Facility at UBC."

Dr. Richard Pawlowicz, Associate Professor
Appointed Member of NSERC Ship Time Allocations Committee for 3 year term ending June 30, 2010.

Dr. Douw Steyn, Professor
Appointed Chair of the Scientific Committee for the NATO Committee on Science for Peace and Security to oversee organization of the International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application. This prestigious conference series began in 1972 and is held every 18 months.

Dr. Roland Stull, Professor
Named Fellow of Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS.)

Dr. Tadeusz Ulrych, Professor Emeritus
Nominated as the Spring 2008 Distinguished Lecturer for the SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists)

Dr. Paul Smith, Professor and Head, EOS
Appointed Chair of the Canadian Council of Chairs of Earth Science Departments (CCCESD) (2006-2008.)

Dr. Paul Harrison, Former faculty member in EOS
Awarded Murray A. Newman Award for Significant Achievement in Aquatic Research for his research in biological oceanography. Dr. Harrison's work began with a focus on phytoplankton nutrient uptake and utilization. He has since become a leader on several large-scale Canadian and international research projects examining the role of the North Pacific in the global carbon cycle.

Dr. Tim Parsons, Professor Emeritus
Awarded The Order of Canada. "Dr. Parsons, who was on the faculty at the University of British Columbia for 20 years, is still actively involved in his field and maintains an office at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in North Saanich. He has earned international acclaim for this work, including the prestigious Japan Prize, and was honoured last spring with the creation of the Timothy R. Parsons Medal for Excellence in Canadian Ocean Science."

Dr. Mati Raudsepp, Honorary Professor
2006 Berry Medallist - Mineralogical Association of Canada. The Leonard G. Berry Medal is awarded annually for distinguished service to the Association in an elected role, and recognizes significant service to the Association in one or more areas that include leadership or long-term service in an elected or appointed office.

Dr. Eddy Carmack, (Adjunct Professor, EOS)
Elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Only eminent geophysical scientists can become Fellows and the number of Fellows cannot exceed 0.1% of the total membership.

Dr. Ron Clowes, Professor
Awarded the Logan Medal of the Geological Association of Canada, the country's top geological science award.

Dr. Erik Eberhardt, Assistant Professor
2005 Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium Award. Awarded annually by the CGS to a young (<40) member of the Canadian geotechnical community whose work is of particular interest to the community on topics of importance to geotechnology and geoscience. The award involves a keynote lecture to be given at the annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference, and the publication of the lecture in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal.

Dr. Lee Groat, Professor
Elected Canadian Representative to the American Crystallographic Association.

Dr. Paul Smith, Professor and Head and Dr. James Mortensen, Professor
High Impact Earth Science Paper entitled "A U-Pb and 40Ar-39Ar time scale for the Jurassic", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 37, 923-44. Recognized by the Science Citation Organization for a paper which has achieved a citation frequency that ranks it within the top 1% of Earth Science articles. (Sept. 2005)

Dr. Douw Steyn, Professor
Appointed as Faculty Associate with IRES (Inst. For Resources, Environment and Sustainability) in recognition of his student supervision and research collaboration.

Dr. Tadeusz Ulrych, Professor Emeritus
Honorary Membership in Society of Exploration Geophysicists in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of seismic signal analysis and inversion, his long career as a mentor to many generations of geophysical students and of his service to SEG.

Dr. Dominique Weis, Professor and Canada Research Chair
Appointed Chair of the Bowen Award Committee for 2004-05. The N.L. Bowen Award is given annually by the Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section of AGU to recognize outstanding contributions to volcanology, geochemistry, or petrology Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to recognize an outstanding contribution to these fields during the preceding 5 years.

Kathy Scott (Senior Finance Clerk, EOS)
Letter of recognition from President Stephen Toope for her work as Sustainability Coordinator for EOS.

Maureen Soon (Research Assistant/Technician, Calvert Lab, EOS)
2006-07 Faculty of Science Achievement award to recognize exceptional service contributions of faculty, staff and students to the Faculty of Science.

Teresa Woodley (Undergraduate Secretary, EOS)
2006-07 Faculty of Science Achievement Award to recognize exceptional service contributions of faculty, staff and students to the Faculty of Science.

Teresa Woodley (Undergraduate Secretary, EOS)
Recognized by GEOROX (Geological Engineering) 2007 graduating students for her willingness to give the students personal attention, guidance and for everything she has done throughout their respective degree programs and for her invaluable assistance and continued support for the Geological Engineering Program.

Alex Allen (Graduate Secretary, EOS)
Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Service

Deb Varley (Head Secretary)
EOS Excellence in Administrative and Technical Services

John Amor (Systems Manager)
EOS Excellence in Administrative and Technical Services

Undergraduates
In addition to scholarships, there are bursaries and prizes awarded on the basis of a variety of criteria such as: outstanding performance in a particular course or field of interest, involvement in student/department affairs, or overall qualities of leadership and character. Some of these awards are available to students who do not meet the minimum standard to qualify for a scholarship. See Scholarships for Undergraduate Geology Students for more details.

Graduates
The Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences guarantees funding for all full-time graduate students in thesis programs. This funding is provided in the form of teaching assistantships, and/or research assistantships paid from supervisor's research funds. The level of support may be adjusted if students receive scholarships or other financial support from the UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies or from outside the university. For more information on graduate scholarships and financial support, see Scholarships and Financial Support.

• AUDET, Pascal
  Ph.D. University Graduate Fellowship
• BAIN, Amelia
  M.Sc. University Graduate Fellowship
• BERANEK, Luke
  Ph.D. University Graduate Fellowship
• BROWNLEE, Emma
  M.Sc. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
• CADE, Andrea
  (Ph.D. student with Lee Groat) Gold Prize ($1,000) in the Jerome H. Remick III Poster Competition at the recent GAC/MAC meeting in Yellowknife (1st out of 65 posters.)  Poster "Corundum in Eclogitic Mantle" on display on 3rd Flr EOS Main - July 2007.
• DEMERSE, Deirdre
  M.Sc. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
• GUSTAVSEN, Julia
  M.Sc. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
• HENRY, Amber
  SEG Grant of $3,500 (Can); M.Sc. Student; "Controls and chronology of gold veins at the Cowal E42 gold deposit, NSW, Australia.”
• HOLTHAM, Elliot
  M.Sc. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
• JONES, Katherine
  M.Sc. University Graduate Fellowship
• LI, Yingyu
  Ph.D. University Graduate Fellowship
• MACNEIL, Kenneth Daniel
  SEG Grant of $4,900 US; M.Sc. Student; "The evolution of the Donlin Creek gold deposit, southwest Alaska.”
• MICKO, Janina
  SEG Grant of $1,800 US; Ph.D. Student; "The hydrothermal genesis of the alkalic Cu-Au porphyry deposit, northern BC."
• MITCHINSON, Dianne
  SEG Grant of $4,000 US; Ph.D. Student; "Integrating geology, physical properties and geophysical inversion methods to build 3D subsurface models of Archean Orogenic gold deposits."
• MOSS, Stephen
  SEG Grant of $4,000 US; Ph.D. Student; "Volcanology of the Diavik kimberlites: implications for eruption dynamics and diamond distribution."
• RASMUSSEN, Kirsten
  EOS Ph.D. student supervised by Dr. James Mortensen; awarded US $4000 for her study entitled: "Mid-Cretaceous magmatism n the southwestern NWT and southeastern Yukon: a geochronological-geochemical-isotopic and magmatic fluid compostion-based approach to evaluating the potential for intrusion-related mineralization.”
• UNO, Hideharu
  M.Sc. University Graduate Fellowship
• WALLIER, Stefan
  SEG Grant of $2,500 US; Ph.D. Student; "Geological framework, hydrothermal mineralization and evolution of the Manantial Espejo epithermal low-sulfidation Ag-Au deposit, Argentina."
• WASHBURN, Malissa
  SEG Grant of $3,000 (Can); M.Sc. Student; "Architecture of the Silurian cover rocks to the Cadia Valley porphyry Au-Cu deposit."
• WILSON, Heather
  M.Sc. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
• WILSON, Siobhan (Sasha)
  2007 Recipient of the Mineralogical Soc. of American Edward H. Kraus Grant for Research in Crystallography, Mineral Physics or Chemistry, and Mineralogy for her proposal entitled "Quantifying uptake of atmospheric greenhouse gases in hydrotalcite-group minerals."  One award is given annually to a mineralogist between 25 and 36 years of age.
• WILSON, Siobhan (Sasha)
  NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship

2006

• BERANEK, Luke
  (EOS Ph.D. student under Jim Mortensen)  Awarded $2,000 US Graduate Student Research Grant from the Geological Society of America; also selected as the $500 US Student Research Award recipient from the GSA Sedimentary Geology Division for 2006.  Research topic is "Investigations of a Triassic Overlap Assemblage Linking the Ancestral Pacific Margin with the Slide Mountain and Yukon-Tanana Terranes in Yukon and western NWT."
• CHALMERS, Gareth
  Grant-in-Aid for research (American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation.)
• EOS UNDERGRADUATES – GEOLOGY – VOLUNTEERS
  Letter of commendation from Dr. Sheila R. Stenzel, Director, Mineral Resources Education Program of BC re: their volunteer participation at the Mineral Exploration Roundup Meeting in January 2006.
• EOS UNDERGRADUATES – GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS and GEO-ENGINEERING
  Sharing Departmental scholarship funds for 06W totalling $102,000 with the top students receiving $4-$5,000 each.
• JAGO, Paul
  2006 Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) Student Research Grant Award - Hugh E. McKinstry Student Research Award ($1500 - Master's.)
• MAYSAMI, Mohammed
  (MSc student under Felix Herrmann) $750 Scholarship from the KEGS Foundation.  The KEGS Foundation is a non-profit charity established to promote geophysics in Canada.  The Foundation distributes an estimated $5000.00 in scholarships annually to promising undergraduate students with interest in pursuing a career in geophysics.
• MOSS, Stephen
  Silver Medal and $900 in Jerome H. Remick III Poster Competition at the GAC/MAC (Geological Assoc. of Canada) meeting in Montreal in May, 2006.  Poster title:  "Pyroclastic origins of the mega-graded kimberlite bed at Diavik."
• RHODE, Melissa
  (EOS Undergrad in Philippe Tortell's lab) "Outstanding Student Poster Award" and prize of $250 at American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer Meeting June 4-9, 2006 in Victoria BC.  Poster title "The Effect of Light on Coupled N and O Stable Isotope Fractionation During Nitrate Assimilation by Marine Phytoplankton".
• ROSS, Daniel
  J. Elmer Thomas Past Presidents Memorial Grant (American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation.)
• SHANNON, Andrew
  2006 Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) Hickock-Radford Grant ($3000 - Master's.)
• SHIRMOHAMMAD, Farshad
  First Prize for poster in 2006 BC and Yukon Exploration Roundup (with Dr. Paul Smith’s group.)
• WAINWRIGHT, Alan
  2006 Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) Student Research Grant Award - Hugh E. McKinstry Student Research Award ($3750 - Ph.D.)
• WALLIER, Stefan
  2006 Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) Newmont Student Research Grant ($2000 - Ph.D.)
• WILLIAMS, Nick
  2006 Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) Hugo Dummett Mineral Discovery Fund ($4000 - Ph.D.)
• WILSON, Siobhan (Sasha)
  (Ph.D. student with Greg Dipple and Mati Raudsepp) 2006 Mineralogical Association of Canada Foundation Scholarship.  Her dissertation involves assessing greenhouse gas uptake during mining at the Mount Keith Nickel Mine, Western Australia and Diavik Diamond Mine, NWT as part of the MDRU research project on carbon sequestration in mine tailings.  The $10,000 scholarship is awarded annually to MSc and PhD students in the fields of mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, geochemistry or mineral deposits and is open to students studying at Canadian universities and to Canadian citizens studying abroad.
• ZAMARRON, Iskra
  2006 Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) SEG Canada Foundation Award ($3000 - Master's.)

2005

• BEAULIEU, Brianne and CHERNOFF, Bryan
  Letter of commendation from Dr. Sheila R. Stenzel, Director, Mineral Resources Education Program of BC re: their volunteer participation at the Career Fair and Post Secondary Institutes Night, Surrey, Nov. 8/05.
• NAPIER, Scott
  The CSEG 2005 Technical Committee would like to congratulate SCOTT NAPIER on winning the Best Student Oral Paper Award for his presentation entitled 'EM geophysics for hydrocarbons: Inversion applications and current research at UBC-GIF', at the CSEG National Convention held in Calgary.
• WILSON, Siobhan (Sasha)
  Bruker AXS 2005 Excellence in X-Ray Diffraction Scholarship for Unique Applications in the Category of Geology/Chemistry.  Sasha Wilson received this award for work done as part of her M.Sc. Thesis on carbon sequestration in mine tailings which she is finishing under the joint supervision of Mati Raudsepp and Greg Dipple.