CAP Medal and Award Winners
The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and its medal partners are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 CAP medals.
The 2024 medalists have been invited to give a plenary lecture as part of the 2024 CAP Conference program, and to receive their medals at the Medalists' Recognition Dinner in London, ON on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Please refer to the
Congress-at-a-glance for the schedule of plenary lectures by the CAP medal winners. If any of the medalists are unable to attend the conference, their medal will be presented at another mutually agreed upon time or sent to them separately after the conference.
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Marcel Franz , UBC ,
in recognition of his work on topological, superconducting and low-dimensional materials as well as the theoretical advances in the physics of Majorana fermions under strong interactions.
"I had the privilege to meet Prof. Brockhouse as a young postdoc at McMaster, just after he received his Nobel prize in 1994, and still remember what a momentous event for the Canadian physics community that was! It is a true honour to be able to join the distinguished ranks of previous CAP Brockhouse medalists, one that I owe in the large part to my talented students and postdocs." view the press release
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Hae-Young Kee , University of Toronto ,
in recognition of her theoretical work in a variety of strongly correlated electron systems, particularly those in which spin-orbit coupling is important. Her work has emphasized identifying appropriate model Hamiltonians that have led to new insights and predictions. Her work on α-RuCl3 and novel phases arising from spin-orbit coupling in iridates has been particularly impactful.
"I am deeply honoured to receive the 2023 CAP Brockhouse medal, a remarkable recognition from the Canadian physics community. I am extremely grateful for the invaluable contributions of my talented students, postdoctoral fellows, collaborators, and colleagues, as well as the unwavering support of my friends and family." view the press release
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Federico Rosei , INRS-EMT ,
in recognition of his experimental work on tailoring the properties of a wide array of nanomaterials to find applications in photovoltaics, biocompatibility and self-assembling systems.
"Receiving this award is a huge and unexpected honour. I am most grateful to collaborators, mentors, nominators and references and in particular to my group members who work hard towards our common goals. I look at my trainees with pride and inspiration." view the press release
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Roger Melko , University of Waterloo / Perimeter Institute ,
in recognition of to recognize his work on the theoretical understanding of many-body quantum systems through large-scale computer simulations. The theoretical tools developed by Dr. Melko’s group provide a new perspective on understanding of quantum condensed matter and have proven highly influential in areas such as quantum information, field theory, cold atomic matter, and artificial intelligence.
"It's an incredible honour for me to receive this recognition from the Canadian physics community. I am grateful for the support of my many wonderful colleagues and collaborators, particularly the brilliant students and postdocs whose many contributions are acknowledged by this award." view the press release
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Alexandre Blais , Université de Sherbrooke ,
in recognition of for his pioneering contributions to, and continued leadership in, the field of quantum information science. His theoretical research has greatly influenced the forefront experiments in this field.
"I am honoured and thankful for receiving the 2020 Brockhouse Medal and am I thrilled to be a part of the Canadian physics community. This award would not have been possible without the many talented students, postdocs and collaborators with which I had the privilege of working with over the years." view the press release
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Graeme Luke , McMaster University ,
in recognition of for his contributions in the field of superconductor research using muon-spin techniques, and his leading role in developing these techniques at TRIUMF, a signature of Canada's research excellence.
"I am honoured to be the 2019 Brockhouse Medal recipient. I consider myself extremely fortunate to be a member of the Canadian physics community and to have the opportunity to work with wonderful colleagues, collaborators and students. I am very grateful for the support provided by McMaster University’s Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research and TRIUMF’s Centre for Molecular and Materials Research where much of my research is performed." view the press release
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Andrea Damascelli , University of British Columbia ,
in recognition of for his important contributions and leadership in the investigation of quantum solids and surfaces, in particular for what concerns strongly-correlated systems, through the design and development of unique angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) instruments.
"I am honoured to be the 2018 Brockhouse Medal recipient. It is a privilege to be part of the vibrant Canadian physics community and I am truly grateful for the opportunities I have been given. This recognition is a testimony to the talented students, postdocs, staff, colleagues and collaborators I have worked with. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to them all." view the press release
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Yong Baek Kim , University of Toronto ,
in recognition of for his leading work on the effects of large spin-orbit coupling on exotic ground states in geometrically frustrated and highly correlated quantum materials.
"I feel very honoured to be recognized by the 2017 Brockhouse Medal. This award certainly reflects the contributions of talented students, postdoctoral fellows, and collaborators from whom I have learned a great deal of physics. I am also very grateful to numerous colleagues for generously sharing their knowledge and resource." view the press release
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Carlos Silva , Université de Montréal ,
in recognition of for his original developments in transient optical spectroscopies which have brought deep insights into the understanding of electronic excitations in molecular semiconductors.
"It is a great honour to be recognized by the CAP Brockhouse Medal, and a great testament to the talented research team with whom I have the pleasure to work." view the press release
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John Page , University of Manitoba ,
in recognition of for significant and original contributions to the understanding of ultrasonic wave phenomena in complex media through the development and application of new experimental techniques to characterize the structure and dynamics of such materials, including the first demonstration of Anderson localization of classical waves by disorder in three dimensions.
"I feel very thrilled and honoured to be the recipient of the 2015 Brockhouse Medal. This recognition by the Canadian Condensed Matter and Material Physics community is a wonderful tribute that also reflects the contributions of my talented graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and collaborators with whom I have had the pleasure of working." view the press release
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Ian Affleck , University of British Columbia ,
in recognition of for his original and influential contributions to the theory of condensed matter systems, particularly in the application of conformal field theory techniques to the Kondo effects and quantum impurity problems and advances in the theory of quantum magnetism in low dimensions.
"I feel very honoured that our interdisciplinary research is being recognized by the Brockhouse Medal for advances in condensed matter and materials physics." view the press release
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James Forrest / Kari Dalnoki-Veress , University of Waterloo and McMaster University respectively ,
in recognition of for their outstanding collaborative work in the physics of macromolecules in thin films, as well as near surfaces as interfaces.
"We are deeply honoured to receive the 2013 Brockhouse Medal. Being recognized by the community for the work that we love is a true privilege. It is with great gratitude that we share this award not only together, but also with the extended research team from whom we have had the opportunity to learn." view the press release
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Douglas Bonn , University of British Columbia ,
in recognition of for his contributions to the field of high temperature superconductivity.
"This award is a welcome honour and one that I particularly treasure because I still have wonderful memories of my overlap with Bertram Brockhouse when I was a student at McMaster. He had an early influence on me through his teaching in a second year laboratory and my upbringing as an experimentalist occurred in the materials institute that now bears his name." view the press release
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Bruce D. Gaulin , McMaster University ,
in recognition of for his internationally recognized contributions to the field of collective phenomena in magnetic, superconducting and structural systems using X-ray and neutron scattering techniques.
"I'm very grateful to accept this honour, named after my former colleague and science hero, Bert Brockhouse. All of the work I'm involved in is highly collaborative, and I feel this award clearly reflects the talents of many wonderful students and colleagues." view the press release
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Gordon W. Semenoff , University of British Columbia ,
in recognition of for his seminal contributions to the theory of Graphene and its massless quasiparticles. Prof. Semenoff is an internationally recognized leader in this field with an outstanding publication record whose work has shown that (quoting Philip Stamp, Director of the Pacific Institute for Theoretical Physics) “the idea that a theorist could predict all the important features of a material that did not even exist,…, and have the insight to predict in exactly which kind of system experiments should look for – this seems almost to good to be true.”.
"I am delighted to receive this award for work which I did a long time ago and that I thought was very nice and it is absolutely gratifying that it is now recognized in this way. I am particularly tickled by the fact that the study of graphene is so multidisciplinary. It cuts across the boundaries between electronics technology, condensed matter physics, particle physics and mathematical physics and I hope it serves as an example of how progress can be made by taking a broad perspective." view the press release
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Michel Gingras , University of Waterloo ,
in recognition of for his seminal contributions to the statistical mechanics description of random disordered systems and geometrically frustrated magnetic systems. Dr. Gingras is an internationally recognized leader in this field with an outstanding publication record whose work has served (quoting Dr. Thomas Rosenbaum, J.T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago) “to point the community as a whole to a new perspective on how local disorder and frustration can be connected to a material’s macroscopic response”.
"I am most honoured to have been awarded the 2009 Brockhouse Medal and to be included into this group of celebrated condensed matter physicists. I take this opportunity to thank my students, post-docs and experimental colleagues for their many key contributions to the research projects that led to this award." view the press release
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Jess Brewer , University of British Columbia ,
in recognition of for his pioneering work to develop muon spin relaxation and related techniques, leading to the creation of an important new field in materials physics.
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