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2009 CAP Medal and Award Winners

Recipients have been invited to give a plenary lecture during the 2009 CAP Congress at the Université de Moncton in Moncton, New Brunswick, from June 7-10. Please refer to the Congress program for the schedule of plenary talks by CAP medal winners. The recipients will be honoured during the Congress banquet to be held on 2009 June 9th.
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The 2009 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is awarded to

Hong Guo, McGill University, in recognition of for his pioneering work on the ab initio theory of transport in nanoscale systems, including the theory of circuits in which current flows through molecules.


"I am extremely happy and honoured to be named the recipient of the 2009 CAP-CRM Prize. I wish to thank CAP and CRM for this generous recognition"

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The 2009 CAP Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics is awarded to

Andreas Mandelis, University of Toronto, in recognition of for his prolific work and seminal impact on the science and engineering of diffusion waves. He has pioneered the use of photoacoustic and photothermal techniques in thermal-diffusivity depth profilometry and cross-sectional slice tomography for sub-surface defect imaging in optically opaque materials. He has made outstanding contributions to both applied and industrial physics through continuous transfer/commercialization of the products of his fundamental and applied research to the industrial and health sectors.


"It is a great honor for me to be awarded the CAP Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics. As an Applied Physicist in an Engineering Faculty and Department, this Medal is testimony of how successful the Physics and Engineering communities can be when they interact, complement and greatly enrich each other."

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The 2009 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal is awarded to

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."

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The 2009 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics is awarded to

Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University, in recognition of for his exceptional dedication to superior undergraduate physics teaching, his ability to motivate students to study physics by bringing the concepts to life in his classes, and his mentorship of students engaging in research at all levels.


"I am surprised, flattered, thrilled and somewhat guilty (I have a 50% teaching load) to receive this award which speaks to the apparent success of demonstration-based lecturing to large classes."

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The 2009 CAP Herzberg Medal is awarded to

Guy Moore, McGill University, in recognition of for the broad impact of his contributions to theoretical particle physics, such as the bulk and collective behaviour of quantum chromodynamics under extreme conditions of temperature and density.


"I am thrilled and surprised to receive the CAP Herzberg medal. The medal means a lot to me; as a foreign national it makes me feel fully accepted by the Canadian physics community, and as a physicist it is wonderful to see such recognition for my work."

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The 2009 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Richard Peltier, University of Toronto, in recognition of for his seminal contributions to understanding the physics of the earth, including glacial isostatic adjustment, mantle convection, fluid dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans, and global climate variability.


""I'm both delighted and honored to be named the 2009 recipient of the CAP Medal for Achievement in Physics. I consider the award to equally acknowledge the efforts of the talented students and post doctoral fellows with whom I have been fortunate to work""

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