Kiel Ormerod and Lee Belding arrived at Brock as undergraduate students in the Faculty of Mathematics & Science and stayed on to obtain a PhD. Now these PhD graduates are pursuing post doctoral fellowships at two of the world’s most prestigious institutions – Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Congratulations to Kiel and Lee! Read more about their story here
Congratulations to the Faculty of Mathematics and Science’s Board of Trustees Spirit of Brock award winners, Aniqah Zowmi and Jessica Vickruck. For Zowmi, earning the Spirit of Brock designation meant accomplishing her final university goal. The passionate advocate of youth civic engagement is the first Brock student to win a 3M National Student Fellowship Award for her efforts to empower youth and encourage equality in education. Vickruck has demonstrated exemplary leadership in her research group and among graduate students in Biological Sciences. Her Master’s of Science produced three published manuscripts on pygmy carpenter bees, and her PhD will produce four major papers on the subject. Read more about these two inspiring award recipients here
Biological Sciences student Susan Wang’s Master of Science thesis defence will take place Wednesday, June 14 at 1 p.m. in Mackenzie Chown H-Block 313.
Her thesis is titled Behavioural Thermoregulation and Energetics in Two Intermediate Hosts of Trematode Parasites.
Her examination committee members are Dr. Mike Bidochka, Chair; Dr. Carl Lowenberger (Simon Fraser University), External Examiner; Dr. Gaynor Spencer and Dr. Robert Carlone, Supervisors; Dr. Glenn Tattersall, Dr. Dorina Szuroczki and Dr. Janet Koprivnikar, Committee Members.
The Faculty of Mathematics and Science held its third annual Celebration of Excellence ceremony on January 19, handing out awards for accomplishments in research, teaching and student experience. “As a group we have a lot to be proud of: excellent undergraduate and graduate programs and innovative and exciting research programs,” Interim Dean Alan Castle told the group that gathered for the awards ceremony. Read about the award recipients here
