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2022 CAP Medal and Award Winners

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and its medal partners are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 CAP medals. A series of virtual plenary medal talks to honour the 2022 medal recipients will be organized for the latter half of January. Once the dates have been finalized, the detailed talk schedule will be posted on the CAP's website and a NewsFlash will be released. The medals will be forwarded to all recipients with the congratulations of the community.
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The 2022 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is awarded to

David London, Université de Montréal, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the theory of elementary particles, including trailblazing contributions to the analysis of B meson decays and CP violation in the Standard Model of particle physics.


"It is a great honour to receive the 2022 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. But I must also acknowledge the enormous contributions of my many collaborators, postdocs and students over the years: you also deserve a share of this award. Thank you."

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The 2022 CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics is awarded to

Hoi-Kwong Lo, University of Toronto, in recognition of his outstanding impact on the field of Quantum communication in terms of practical implementations, laying the groundwork for commercial products for the Quantum internet. Dr Lo is a researcher of truly international caliber, with large impact at the forefront of quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution (QKD) physics.


"I feel very honoured and delighted to be awarded the 2022 CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics. It is a recognition that the quantum internet is coming and quantum cryptography is now changing the world with its practical applications."

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The 2022 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal is awarded to

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."

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The 2022 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics is awarded to

James Charbonneau, University of British Columbia, in recognition of his teaching excellence and educational leadership at the University of British Columbia, including contributions to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and development of open-source educational software.


"This is absolutely spectacular news. I don’t think I can put into words how much this means to me. Thank you. It is the result of a lot of hard work and it is an honour to be recognized for it."

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The 2022 CAP Herzberg Medal is awarded to

Daryl Haggard, McGill University, in recognition of her leadership role in the development of multimessenger astronomy, and the ground-breaking discovery of the electromagnetic signal accompanying gravitational waves from colliding neutron stars.


"I am honoured to receive the 2022 CAP Herzberg Medal. Combining photons and gravitational waves offers new insights into the secrets of black holes and neutron stars - I am thrilled to join in these exciting discoveries. Thank you to my nominators and reference writers, to everyone at McGill, and always to my wonderful family."

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The 2022 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Charles Gale, McGill University, in recognition of his profound contributions as a world leader in high-energy nuclear science, and in the physics of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions of high temperature and density .


"I am honoured to receive the CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics, and I thank my mentors, students, postdocs, collaborators and colleagues. From all of them I have learned a lot. I express my deep gratitude to all members of my family for their unwavering support."

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The 2022 CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal for Contributions to Subatomic Physics is awarded to

Asimina Arvanitaki, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, in recognition of her innovative contributions to a number of areas of fundamental physics and in particular for identifying experiments that could test the underlying physics.


"I am extremely humbled to have received this award. It’s always special to be recognized by your scientific peers, and I would like to thank both the Canadian Association of Physicists and TRIUMF from the bottom of my heart."

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