Recent PhD graduate Nikhita Joshi has won the Governor General’s Gold Medal, one of Canada’s highest academic honours.
To be considered for the University-wide competition, doctoral students must first be selected as the recipient of their faculty’s top doctoral prize. After winning first place in the Faculty of Mathematics’ Doctoral Prize competition, Nikhita was named the faculty’s nominee for the Governor General’s Gold Medal. She is one of three students receiving this honour at Spring Convocation.
“I’m incredibly honoured to have received the Governor General’s Gold Medal, and I’m thrilled that my work has been recognized in such a profound way,” says Nikhita. “I owe immense gratitude to my advisor, Daniel Vogel, for his support and encouragement. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being a student at the University of Waterloo, and I’ll look back fondly on this time for years to come.”
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