CAP Medal and Award Winners
The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and its medal partners are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 CAP medals.
The 2023 medalists have been invited to give a plenary lecture as part of the 2023 CAP Conference program, and to receive their medals at the Medalists' Recognition Dinner in Fredericton, NB on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. 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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Robert Myers , Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics ,
in recognition of his ground-breaking research in quantum field theory and quantum gravity, and his central role in the founding of the Perimeter Institute.
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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 .
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Robert Brandenberger , McGill University ,
in recognition of to recognize his coupling of ground-breaking developments in theoretical cosmology with recent dramatic advances in observational astronomy of the early universe.
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Eric Hessels , York University ,
in recognition of for his world leadership in advancing the state of the art for high precision atomic physics measurements, and their significance as tests of fundamental physics.
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Douglas Bonn , University of British Columbia ,
in recognition of for his accomplishments in quantum materials that have advanced our understanding of high-temperature superconductors.
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Jean-Michel Poutissou , TRIUMF ,
in recognition of for his lifelong contributions to the field of experimental particle physics. Jean-Michel’s decades-long research career includes pioneering work on precision measurements of rare decays and their implications for the Standard Model, ground-breaking work on the use of off-axis neutrino beams for studying neutrino oscillations. Moreover, having served as TRIUMF’s Associate/Science Director for 21 years, he’s dedicated decades of outstanding leadership and stewardship in transforming TRIUMF into a world-class multidisciplinary research laboratory.
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Mark Sutton , McGill University ,
in recognition of for pioneering the development of coherent and time-resolved X-ray scattering techniques for the study of materials, and his resulting contributions to our understanding of materials and phase transitions.
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Gilles Fontaine , Université de Montréal ,
in recognition of for his pioneering, world-renowned work in theoretical and observational studies of white dwarf stars and the late stages of stellar evolution, including major contributions to the equation of state for white dwarfs and investigations of pulsating compact stars, as well as the discovery of a new class of subdwarf pulsators. His leadership has built what is arguably the preeminent group in the world in this field.
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John F. Martin , University of Toronto / IPP ,
in recognition of for his contributions to experimental particle physics and his leadership role in the international physics community.
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André-Marie Tremblay , Université de Sherbrooke ,
in recognition of for his pioneering work in the theory of Quantum Materials.
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David John Lockwood , National Research Council ,
in recognition of for his distinguished and sustained contributions to the elucidation of the optical properties of solids, low-dimensional semiconductor systems, and in particular light-emission from silicon, as well as his contributions to the advancement of physics in Canada and worldwide.
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Gordon W. Semenoff , University of British Columbia ,
in recognition of for his seminal contributions to quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
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See L. Chin , Université Laval ,
in recognition of for his outstanding contributions to ultrafast intense laser science.
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J. Richard Bond , Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics ,
in recognition of for his broad and fundamental contributions to cosmology and astrophysics, and his leadership which has contributed greatly to Canada's well-recognized efforts in these areas. He has developed the study of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background into a powerful tool for the understanding of the structure and history of our universe.
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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.
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Louis Taillefer , Universite de Sherbrooke ,
in recognition of for his strong leadership in condensed matter research, resulting in the discovery of multi-component superconductivity, the first observed violation of the Wiedemann-Franz universal ratio of charge and heat conductivities, and an experimental breakthrough in high-temperature superconductors, where quantum oscillations were discovered.
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