Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations / en Alina Trofimova awarded Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship /celebrates/alina-trofimova-awarded-dean-s-doctoral-excellence-scholarship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Alina Trofimova awarded Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>siddiq22</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-07-12T11:30:11-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - 11:30" class="datetime">Wed, 07/12/2023 - 11:30</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/students" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-anthropology" hreflang="en">Department of Anthropology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-near-and-middle-eastern-civilizations" hreflang="en">Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-07/Alina-Trofimova_altered.jpg" width="750" height="519" alt="Alina Trofimova"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Alina Trofimova (supplied image)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://sites.chem.utoronto.ca/yudinlab/content/alina-trofimova"><strong>Alina Trofimova</strong></a>, a PhD student in the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, has been awarded the Dean’s Doctoral Excellence Scholarship – the top prize in the <a href="http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/graduate/graduate-funding/graduate-awards-scholarships#graduate-scholarships-accordion-4">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science Excellence&nbsp;Scholarships</a>, given to a PhD student in recognition of their achievements in research and for demonstrating leadership.</p> <p>“It's a huge honour that I’m very grateful for,” Trofimova said.</p> <p>“I’m in the final year of my PhD and I was hoping to be a teaching assistant less and focus more on my research. As much as I love being a TA and working with students, this will allow me to do that.”</p> <p>The scholarship recognizes the originality, significance and quality of a student’s research, which Trofimova has demonstrated in the papers she’s co-authored and contributed to during her time in the lab.</p> <p>Trofimova is a member of <a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/andrei-yudin">Professor <strong>Andrei Yudin</strong></a>’s lab where <a href="https://sites.chem.utoronto.ca/yudinlab/">Yudin and his team</a> develop new tools for chemical synthesis and create innovative molecules.</p> <p>“Over the past four years, Alina has made some of the most challenging molecules my lab has ever dreamed of,” Yudin said.</p> <p>“What sets her apart is the tenacity with which she approaches scientific challenges and the intellectual rigour with which she analyzes complex data.”</p> <p>Three runners-up were also recognized with A&amp;S Doctoral Excellence Scholarships. They are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://tdudgeonresearch.wordpress.com/"><strong>Thomas Dudgeon</strong></a>, ecology and&nbsp;evolutionary biology</li> <li><a href="https://www.anthropology.utoronto.ca/people/directories/graduate-students/fernando-mercado-malabet"><strong>Fernando Mercado Malabet</strong></a>, anthropology</li> <li><a href="https://www.nmc.utoronto.ca/people/directories/graduate-students/jun-yi-wong"><strong>Jun Wong</strong></a>, Near and&nbsp;Middle Eastern civilizations</li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/chemistry-s-alina-trofimova-awarded-dean-s-doctoral-excellence-scholarship">Read the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Arts &amp; Science</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/dean-s-doctoral-excellence-scholarship" hreflang="en">Dean's Doctoral Excellence Scholarship</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:30:11 +0000 siddiq22 302199 at Twelve U of T faculty members appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada /celebrates/twelve-u-t-faculty-members-appointed-fellows-royal-society-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Twelve U of T faculty members appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-09-08T16:25:57-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 16:25" class="datetime">Tue, 09/08/2020 - 16:25</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-english" hreflang="en">Department of English</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-near-and-middle-eastern-civilizations" hreflang="en">Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-slavic-languages-and-literatures" hreflang="en">Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/oise" hreflang="en">OISE</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/rotman-school-management" hreflang="en">Rotman School of Management</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-society-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Society of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://rsc-src.ca/en/about">The Royal Society of Canada</a> has appointed 12&nbsp;professors from across the Ƶ as Fellows of the society – a recognition awarded to the country’s most distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.</p> <p>“The Ƶ congratulates the&nbsp;remarkable scholars and scientists receiving this honour,” said <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Ted Sargent</strong>, U of T’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “This distinction is an important reflection of their leadership and their significant and substantial contributions of knowledge, understanding and insight to our society.”</p> <p>The new Fellows are:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/arrowsmith"><strong>Cheryl Arrowsmith</strong></a> of the department of medical biophysics in the&nbsp;Faculty of Medicine&nbsp;and senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network</li> <li><a href="https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/Connect/MediaCentre/NewsReleases/20200908"><strong>Joel Baum</strong></a> of the Rotman School of Management</li> <li><a href="https://www.nmc.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/paul-alain-beaulieu-frsc"><strong>Paul-Alain Beaulieu</strong></a> of the department of Near and Middle Eastern civilizations in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="http://sites.utoronto.ca/pain/about-us/profile/karen-davis.html"><strong>Karen Davis </strong></a>of the department of surgery&nbsp;in the Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist at the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network</li> <li><a href="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/News/2020/OISE_professor_Diane_Gerin-Lajoie_named_Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Canada.html"><strong>Diane Gérin-Lajoie</strong></a> of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education</li> <li><a href="https://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/khokha"><strong>Rama Khokha</strong></a> of the department of medical biophysics in the Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.math.toronto.edu/cms/people/faculty/khovanskii-askold/">Askold Khovansk</a>i</strong>&nbsp;of the department of mathematics&nbsp;in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="http://sites.utoronto.ca/slavic/people/faculty/Livak.shtml"><strong>Leonid Livak</strong> </a>of the department of Slavic languages and literatures in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://www.history.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/michelle-murphy"><strong>Michelle Murphy</strong></a> of the department of history in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> <li><a href="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/News/2020/Marlene_Scardamalia_named_Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Canada.html"><strong>Marlene Scardamalia</strong></a> of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education</li> <li><a href="https://lmp.utoronto.ca/faculty/ming-sound-tsao"><strong>Ming-Sound Tsao</strong></a> of the department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology in the Faculty of Medicine and senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network</li> <li><a href="https://www.english.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/karen-weisman"><strong>Karen Weisman</strong></a> of the department of English in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</li> </ul> <p>Granted a royal charter in 1883, the goal of the Royal Society of Canada is to enhance connections between the scholarly, artistic and scientific communities and the larger society in order to promote knowledge and understanding for the benefit of all.&nbsp;</p> <p>The new Fellows join 384 members of the U of T community who currently hold the designation. They will be inducted at the 2020 Celebration of Excellence hosted by U of T Nov. 27.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:25:57 +0000 lanthierj 165573 at