With these awards, Drs. Rowe and Smol add to their long lists of accomplishments, including as Officers of the Order of Canada, members of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society (London), and recipients of the Killam Prize. In 2004, Smol became the youngest Herzberg Gold Medalist, while in 2022, Rowe was the inaugural winner of the Strickland Prize. Together, the careers of Drs. Rowe and Smol represent a remarkable eight decades of research. Their work advances knowledge, fuels innovation, and plays a pivotal role in shaping future generations of STEM researchers.

Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal: Global impact 

Dr. Rowe is an internationally renowned expert in geoenvironmental engineering including landfill design and contaminant migration. He is credited with pioneering approaches that have transformed understanding of how different components, like leachate collection layers, geomembranes, and clay liners, work together to prevent ground and surface water contamination. Notably, Dr. Rowe is also responsible for creating the only scientifically based technique for predicting the lifetime of landfill liner systems. He has advised on over 180 projects worldwide and shaped regulatory standards in Canada, Australia, South Africa, and beyond.

The Herzberg Medal includes a grant of up to $1 million over five years, supporting university research initiatives or funding scholarships and research chairs in Dr. Rowe카지노 게임 컬렉션�s name.

Dr. Rowe will join an esteemed group of past recipients, including Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Nobel Laureate (2015) Dr. Art McDonald who won the Herzberg Medal in 2003, and artificial intelligence experts Yoshua Bengio (2023) and Geoffrey Hinton (2010), who was recently awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. 

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Donna Strickland Prize: Societal impact

Dr. Smol's work at the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory (PEARL) has led to the development of many approaches for evaluating long-term ecological changes and climate change. Using lake sediment cores 카지노 게임 컬렉션� long tubes of mud collected from lake bottoms, sliced into thin layers, and dated 카지노 게임 컬렉션� he pioneered novel methods for reconstructing historical characteristics of lake ecosystems to better understand how they will respond to future changes and address many water quality issues. Dr. Smol is considered the top researcher in his field and has played a key role in shaping evidence-based environmental conservation policies 카지노 게임 컬렉션� including key contributions to the acid rain debates in the late-1980s, and more recently on environmental issues for lakes surrounding Alberta카지노 게임 컬렉션�s oil sands, as well as identifying the effects of climate change in the Arctic and elsewhere.

 Dr. Smol has received over 100 awards and honours for his work, many of which highlight his teaching, mentoring, and outreach contributions. The Donna Strickland Prize comes with a grant of $250,000 over three years, enabling further research and knowledge mobilization.

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카지노 게임 컬렉션�The NSERC awards recognize the dedication and excellence of Drs. Rowe and Smol and the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s research community,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Nancy Ross, Vice-Principal (Research). 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We are proud to support their work, which inspires a better, more sustainable future for all, and congratulate them on these incredible honours!카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Dr. Rowe and Dr. Smol were recognized at a ceremony in Ottawa. For more information on the prizes, visit the website.