lakehead announces research awards, appointments, and honours
(march 7, 2008, thunder bay, ontario) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 is pleased to announce a number of research honours, presented during the university's research and innovation week 2008. the awards include four research chairs, distinguished researchers, high output publication excellence (hope), and contribution to research.
"our researcher's capabilities and achievements add to the university's capacity as a research-intensive institution, and contribute to building a knowledge-based economy in thunder bay and northwestern ontario," says dr. rui wang, vice-president of research at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 president dr. fred gilbert also acknowledges the ongoing achievements of lakehead's researchers, and the important role their works play in moving the university's research growth forward. "our research developments and successes not only generate interest and awareness around the globe, but also add to 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's reputation as a growing world-class research institution."research chairs appointed
four chairs have been awarded - two within the discipline of social sciences and humanities, and two within the discipline of natural sciences and engineering. these are:dr. lori chambers, department of women's studies
dr. todd dufresne, department of philosophy
dr. steve kinrade, department of chemistry
dr. baoqiang liao, department of chemical engineering
the next 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 research chairs call for proposals will take place in the fall of 2009 to allocate an additional two chairs. this is a pilot program that will be evaluated once all six chairs have been awarded.
distinguished researcher 2006/2007
2006 recipient
dr. ron harpelle, department of history
2007 recipient
dr. todd dufresne, department of philosophy
2007 high output publication excellence (hope) award
peter holt hindle, graduate student, chemistrycontribution to research award 2006/2007
2006 recipients
dr. han chen, faculty of forestry and the forest environment
dr. mary lou kelly, school of social work
dr. sharon dale stone, department of sociology
2007 recipients
dr. lori chambers, department of women's studies
dr. alexander serenko, faculty of business administration
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media:for additional information, or to arrange interviews with drs. gilbert or wang, or any of the recipients mentioned above,
please contact heather scott, communications officer, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
, 807-343-8177,commun@lakeheadu.ca;
or eleanor abaya, director of communications, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
,
807-343-8372, eabaya@lakeheadu.ca.
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