Stanford University recently published a comprehensive list identifying the top 2% of scientists worldwide. The list provides a ranking of 100,000 top scientists using citation metrics to determine the relevance and importance of a given research topic. Congratulations to the 36 CBB members who have been recognized as part of these top scientists:
Congratulations to Professor Norman Zhou, who has been recognised nationally as the winner of the prestigious Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Shirley Tang, a CBB member and professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been named among the top 100 most powerful women in Canada for her research impact and empowering women in STEM by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN).
Congratulations to the newly elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada — Fellows that include our very own CBB members:
Alexander Wong, a CBB member and professor in systems design engineering at Waterloo, has been elected as a new fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
We are proud to announce the appointment of Professor Clark Dickerson as Interim Executive Director, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. Clark Dickerson is a Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo and a Canada Research Chair of Shoulder Mechanics.
Congratulations to the newly elected Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering — Fellows that include our very own CBB members:
This week, the federal government announced $125 million in funding for 156 new or renewed chairs at 36 institutions in Canada.
University of Waterloo recognizes exceptional achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field of knowledge through the designation 'University Research Chair'.
31 CBB members were identified in a database recently made public by Stanford University as the world’s top scientists with a percentile rank of 2% or above.
The article states that these scientists were identified as having published at least 5 papers, and the database also shows their career and single-year impacts.
Congratulations to the CBB members that made the list!