The University of Waterloo is home to several exceptional researchers with both national and international distinctions.
Canada 150 Research Chair joins Department of Applied Mathematics
Anita Layton has been named Canada 150 Research Chair, as part of the Government of Canada’s - Canada 150 Research Chairs Program. Layton is the chairholder for her work in Mathematical Biology and Medicine.
Canada Research Chairs
Introduced by the federal government in 2000 to retain and attract exceptional research faculty.
Current Canada Research Chairs
- Anita Layton (Applied Mathematics)
- Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine
- Richard Cook (Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science)
- Canada Research Chair in Statistical Methods for Health Research (Tier 1)
- Ming Li (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science)
- Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics (Tier 1)
- Ian Munro (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science)
- Canada Research Chair in Algorithm Design (Tier 1)
- Cam Stewart (Department of Pure Mathematics)
- Canada Research Chair in Number Theory (Tier 1)
- David Landriault (Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science)
- Canadian Research Chair in Risk Theory (Tier 2)
- Jun Liu (Applied Mathematics)
- Canada Research Chair in Hybrid Systems and Control (Tier 2)
- Luke Postle (Department of Combinatorics & Optimization)
- Canada Research Chair in Graph Theory (Tier 2)
- Justin Wan (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science)
- Canada Research Chair in Scientific Computing (Tier 2)
- Karen Yeats (Combinatorics and Optimization)
- Canada Research Chair in Combinatorics of Quantum Field Theory (Tier 2)
Past Canada Research Chairs
- Jim Geelen (Department of Combinatorics & Optimization)
- Canada Research Chair in Cmbinatorial Optimization
- Achim Kempf (Department of Applied Mathematics)
- Canada Research Chair in the Physics f Information
- Srinivasan Keshav (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science)
- Canada Research Chair in Tetherless Computing
- Debbie Leung (Department of Combinatorics & Optimization)
- Canada Research Chair in Quantum Cmmunication
- Michele Mosca (St. Jerome's University & Department of Combinatorics & Optimization)
- Canada Research Chair in Quantum Computation
University Research Chairs
The University of Waterloo recognizes exceptional achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field of knowledge with the designation 'University Research Chair' - a title which may be held for up to seven years, with the possibility of re-nomination.
Current University Research Chairs
- Chris Bauch, Applied Mathematics
- Jason Bell, Pure Mathematics
- Raouf Boutaba, Computer Science
- James Geelen, Combinatorics and Optimization
- Ian Goldberg, Computer Science
- Lila Kari, Computer Science
- Achim Kempf, Applied Mathematics
- Debbie Leung, Combinatorics and Optimization
- Michele Mosca, Combinatorics and Optimization
- Ruodu Wang, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Past University Research Chairs
- Carole Bernard, Statistics and Actuarial Science
- Timothy Chan, Computer Science
- Thomas Coleman, Combinatorics and Optimization
- Bill Cunningham, Combinatorics and Optimization
- Bin Ma, Computer Science
- Tamer Ӧzsu, Computer Science
- Sivabal Sivaloganathan, Applied Mathematics
- Doug Stinson, Computer Science
- Ken Seng Tan, Statistics and Actuarial Science
- Stephen Vavasis, Combinatorics and Optimization
- Grace Yi, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Industry and Named Chairs
Thanks to generous industry partners and donors, faculty members with extensive expertise can be awarded a Chair which allows for increased research resources and support.
- Jimmy Li, David R. Cheriton Chair in Software Systems
- Ihab F. Ilyas, NSERC Thomson Reuters Research Chair in Data Quality
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Election to the academies of the Royal Society is "the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the Arts, Humanities and Sciences". Inductees have been "elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement". Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada have been "elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement".
- M. Tamer Ӧzsu, 2016
- Douglas Robert Stinson, 2011
- Richard Cleve, 2010
- Ian Goulden, 2010
- Ming Li, 2006
- Mary Thompson, 2006
- David Jackson, 2005
- J. Ian Munro, 2003
- Vidyadhar P. (VP) Godambe, 2002
- Jerald Lawless, 2000
- Scott Vanstone, 1998
- Jack Kalbfleisch, 1994
- Kenneth Davidson, 1992
- J. Alan George, 1992
- Cameron Stewart, 1989
- Jiri Cizek, 1988
- Joseph Paldus, 1983
- David Sprott, 1975
- János Aczél, 1971
University Professors
The University of Waterloo recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and international pre-eminence through the designation “University Professor”. Once appointed, a faculty member retains the designation until retirement.
- Cameron Stewart, 2005
- Ken Davidson, 2007
- Ming Li, 2009
- Ian Munro, 2009
- Doug Stinson, 2013
- William Cook, 2015
- Tamer Ӧzsu, 2018
Retired University Professors
- Mary Thompson, 2004
