Philippe Van Cappellen named Royal Society of Canada fellow

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

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Philippe is one of four professors from the University of Waterloo among the new fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced today. The fellowship of the RSC consists of individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the arts, the humanities, science, and Canadian public life. The RSC names about 80 new fellows annually. This year's induction ceremony will take place on November 27 in Victoria. The other three new University of Waterloo RSC fellows are David Cory (Institute for Quantum Computing, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics and Astronomy), Eric Helleiner (Department of Political Science) and Xuemin Shen (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering).