亚洲天堂 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows supported with government funding

亚洲天堂 researchers supported through federal investments in Tri-Agency funding competitions

More than 165 doctoral students and 3 postdoctoral fellows were recognized for their achievements in research at 亚洲天堂, as well as 232 master's students.

On July 9, the Government of Canada the award recipients of the three federal research granting agencies, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council听(SSHRC), were awarding $1.3 billion in the latest cohort of scholarship and fellowship recipients.

These awards recognize and support the next generation of research at 亚洲天堂 and across Canada, doing research for the 2025/26 academic year. More than 4,761 scholarships and fellowships have been awarded for research training, including 232 master's students, and 165 doctoral students and 3 postdoctoral fellows from 亚洲天堂. The programs include:

鈥淭hese researchers aren鈥檛 just imagining the future鈥攖hey鈥檙e building it. Their work covers topics such as pandemic readiness and cutting-edge technology, and it reflects the Government of Canada鈥檚 commitment to driving innovation, strengthening the economy and tackling the challenges that matter most to Canadians. With this support, we鈥檙e empowering the talent that will shape a more resilient, inclusive and globally competitive Canada.鈥
鈥 The Honourable M茅lanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

Doctoral student recipients are listed below, along with their program.

Congratulations to all of the recipients!

Vanier recipients

Name Faculty Research area
Nikolay Alabi Faculty of Medicine Cancer
Anam Bashir Faculty of Applied Science School Of Community And Regional Planning
Sarah Craven Okanagan Campus Exercise And Health Science
Kelsey Doyle Okanagan Campus Interdisciplinary Studies
Connor Durfy Faculty of Science Chemistry
Graeme Francolini Faculty of Applied Science Materials Engineering
Gabrielle Ibasco Faculty of Arts Psychology
Zeba Khan Faculty of Medicine Obstetrics And Gynecology
Gopal Khanal Faculty of Science Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Warren Meyers Faculty of Medicine Cellular And Physiological Sciences
Daniela Miranda Faculty of Arts Anthropology
Yuveshen Mooroogen Faculty of Science Mathematics
Sean O'Rourke Faculty of Forestry Forestry
Tyler Paetkau Faculty of Medicine School Of Population And Public Health
Amardeep Sekhon Faculty of Medicine MD/Phd Program - Nervous system focus
Kyle Shaughnessy Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Interdisciplinary Studies
Joachim Stassart Faculty of Forestry Forest Resources Management
Adam Sunavsky Faculty of Medicine MD/Phd Program - Mental Health focus

SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship recipients

Name Program Faculty
Kerry Marshall Nursing Applied Science
Anuki Amarakoon Psychology Arts
Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon History Arts
Julia DaSilva English Arts
Daniel Hackborn Library, Archival and Information Studies Arts
Ruoning Li Psychology Arts
Katherine Lund English Arts
Sarah Elizabeth Revilla Sanchez French, Hispanic and Italian Studies Arts
Zandria Sarrazin English Arts
Jenna Yuzwa Philosophy Arts
Shabana Ali Kinesology Education
Kay Anderson Kinesology Education
Kathryn Anderson Kinesology Education
Adrienne Leslie Argent Curriculum & Pedagogy Education
Emily Booker Educational Studies Education
Tayler Colton Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education Education
Stephen Evans Educational Studies Education
Jonathan Feitosa Ferreira Language & Literacy Education Education
Alayna Finley Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education Education
Yue Guo Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education Education
Firth McEachern Language & Literacy Education Education
Anisa Nasseri Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education Education
Patrick Robertson Curriculum & Pedagogy Education
Regan Thompson Kinesology Education
Jiin Yoo Educational Studies Education
Dane Pederson Forestry Forestry
Ashleigh Janis Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Rob Velzeboer Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Jessie Gomberg Law Law

NSERC Postgraduate听Doctoral scholarship recipients

name program faculty
Daniel Barker-Rothschild Chemical & Biological Engineering Applied Science
Samuel Nelson Brown Chemical & Biological Engineering Applied Science
Sheri Chowdhury Electrical & Computer Engineering Applied Science
Phillip Kirwin Electrical & Computer Engineering Applied Science
Thusitha Wijewardhana Rathnayake Civil Engineering Applied Science
Sol Leader-Cole Geography Arts
Aidan Comeau Kinesology Education
Vanessa Jones Forestry Forestry
Samadee Kaluarachchi Forestry Forestry
Lukas Olson Forestry Forestry
Tristin Bouwman ISLF Land and Food Systems
Jonathan Jay Martiniuk FOOD Land and Food Systems
Alyssa Jeanne Robinson SOIL Land and Food Systems
Margarita Kapustina Neuroscience Medicine
Jerome Plumier Neuroscience Medicine
Dan Everton Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences
Caleigh Charlebois Zoology Science
Leah Fulton Microbiology & Immunology Science
Alireza Ghaseminejad Tafreshi Zoology Science
Asad Hasan Zoology Science
Katherine Herperger Physics and Astronomy Science
Jacqueline Higgins Chemistry Science
Nicole Jung IOF Science
Christina Eunjin Kong Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Science
Joshua Nathan Kraan Physics and Astronomy Science
Anne Lalande Microbiology & Immunology Science
Bailan Lu Botany Science
Duncan Macnaughton Zoology Science
Sydney Mikulin Chemistry Science
Peter Moen Physics and Astronomy Science
Yi Nian Niu Computer Science Science
Danny Ofek Math Science
Parham Pishrobat Statistics Science
Kasey Stirling IOF Science
Edward Sun Botany Science
Taylor Swift-Lapointe Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Science
Gucharan Uppal Chemistry Science
Bryn Wiley Zoology Science

Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CGS-D) recipients

Name Program Faculty Funding agency
Sarah Ferencz Political Science Arts SSHRC CGSD
Simone Goldberg Psychology Arts SSHRC CGSD
Seonwoo Hong Psychology Arts SSHRC CGSD
Lydia Laflamme Political Science Arts SSHRC CGSD
Georgia Landgraf Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies Arts SSHRC CGSD
Jamie Leung English Language and Literatures Arts SSHRC CGSD
Emily Liang Music Arts SSHRC CGSD
Nicole Nohr Dawydiuk Sociology Arts SSHRC CGSD
Charlotte Stewardson-Gregory Psychology Arts SSHRC CGSD
Avontay Williams Philosophy Arts SSHRC CGSD
Makayla Freeman Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education Education SSHRC CGSD
Astou Thiam Rehabilitation Sciences Medicine SSHRC CGSD
Aleah Wong IOF Science SSHRC CGSD
Molly Zhang Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)听 Science SSHRC CGSD
Vala Vakilian Electrical & Computer Engineering Applied Science NSERC CGSD
Omran Safi Psychology Arts NSERC CGSD
Annika Szarka Kinesiology Education NSERC CGSD
Kathleen Donaleshen Forestry Forestry NSERC CGSD
Gabe Schepens Forestry Forestry NSERC CGSD
Jordan Seider Forestry Forestry NSERC CGSD
Daniel Stewart Forestry Forestry NSERC CGSD
Michael Bilek PLNT Land and Food Systems NSERC CGSD
Dai Shi FOOD Land and Food Systems NSERC CGSD
Regan Campbell Neuroscience Medicine NSERC CGSD
Al Rohet Hossain Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Medicine NSERC CGSD
Nisha Johal Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Medicine NSERC CGSD
Dane Sands Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Medicine NSERC CGSD
Noah Brittain Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences NSERC CGSD
Yu Qi Cai Chemistry Science NSERC CGSD
Jenna Chisholm Physics and Astronomy Science NSERC CGSD
Vincent Fetterley Botany Science NSERC CGSD
Finola Fogarty Zoology Science NSERC CGSD
Zoe Golay Chemistry Science NSERC CGSD
Lucas Kuhn Physics and Astronomy Science NSERC CGSD
Maude Larivi猫re Physics and Astronomy Science NSERC CGSD
Alan Milligan Computer Science Science NSERC CGSD
Matthew Niedoba Computer Science Science NSERC CGSD
Emily Trudeau Botany Science NSERC CGSD
Ailsa Sirois Nursing Applied Science CIHR CGSD
Ilena Yim Dentistry Dentistry CIHR CGSD
Hannah Crepeault Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies CIHR CGSD
Saranee Fernando Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies CIHR CGSD
Kat Gallant Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies CIHR CGSD
Erica McAdam Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies CIHR CGSD
Yu-Chi (Serena) Chuang Oncology Medicine CIHR CGSD
Avneet Dhillon Rehabilitation Sciences Medicine CIHR CGSD
Maria Elishaev Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Medicine CIHR CGSD
Simran Gill Women+Children (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) Medicine CIHR CGSD
Janna Griffioen Rehabilitation Sciences Medicine CIHR CGSD
Katherine Hunker Women+Children (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) Medicine CIHR CGSD
Marie Johns Medical Genetics Medicine CIHR CGSD
Sunu Kim Medical Genetics Medicine CIHR CGSD
Michael Lane Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Medicine CIHR CGSD
Dongkyu Lee Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Medicine CIHR CGSD
Laurie Lee-Glover Cell & Developmental Biology Medicine CIHR CGSD
Monica Luo MD/PHD Medicine CIHR CGSD
Victor Matias Barrios Experimental Medicine Medicine CIHR CGSD
Ryan McCallum Neuroscience Medicine CIHR CGSD
Warren Meyers Cell & Developmental Biology Medicine CIHR CGSD
Anjana Rajendran Neuroscience Medicine CIHR CGSD
Gillian Savage Oncology Medicine CIHR CGSD
William Stewart Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Medicine CIHR CGSD
Harjeev Sudan Neuroscience Medicine CIHR CGSD
Peiyuan Zhu Experimental Medicine Medicine CIHR CGSD
Vanessa Chan Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences CIHR CGSD
Vicki Cheng Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences CIHR CGSD
Blair MacDonald Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences CIHR CGSD
Tiffany Price Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmaceutical Sciences CIHR CGSD
Jake Felker Microbiology & Immunology Science CIHR CGSD
Austin Guild Microbiology & Immunology Science CIHR CGSD
Behnam Maneshgar Bioinformatics Science CIHR CGSD
Maria Stephenson GSAT Science CIHR CGSD

About Awards at G+PS

The Graduate Awards department at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) is responsible for administering merit-based (also known as competition-based) graduate awards at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia, as well as a limited number of non-merit-based awards such as the International Tuition Award, President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, and Graduate Student Travel and Research Dissemination Fund. Graduate Awards manages a number of award competitions each year and administers payment of both internally- and externally-funded awards.

For more information on applying for specific awards, visit our awards page.

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Wednesday, 09 July 2025