Three researchers from the University of Waterloo are among the new fellows of The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced today.
The RSC fellows were recognized by their peers for outstanding scholarly, scientific, and artistic achievement. This year, 89 new fellows were elected by RSC.
The University of Waterloo's new RSC fellows are:
David Blowes (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Recognized as an international leader in the field of environmental geochemistry. Through sophisticated laboratory, field and modelling studies, David Blowes has made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the release of contaminants from mine wastes. He has also made important contributions to the development of management practices for mine wastes and to the development of novel groundwater remediation technologies.
Geoffrey Fong (Psychology)
One of world’s leading global health researchers, Geoffrey Fong, created and leads an immense research program that is evaluating the population-level impact of tobacco control policies in over 25 countries, covering over two-thirds of the world’s tobacco users. The International Tobacco Control (ITV) Project has made groundbreaking contributions to advancing science and policies to accelerate and strengthen governmental and advocacy efforts to combat the global tobacco epidemic.
Weihua Zhuang (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
An internationally eminent researcher and a Tier I Canada Research Chair in wireless communication networks, Weihua Zhuang, has made profound research contributions to resource allocation, distributed network control, and mobile user positioning. Her prolific achievements have led to significant advances in engineering solutions, and generated high impacts in the research community.