Faculty Awards

Prof. Miriam Diamond is a recipient of the 2025 Dorothy Shoichet Award

This fund provides teaching-release-time funds to pre-tenure/early tenured female professors in any of the physical or life sciences, computer sciences, statistical sciences or mathematics within the Faculty of Arts & Science.

Professor Miriam Diamond will focus this time to intensely pursue her experimental physics work on dark matter direct detection searches in the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment at SNOLAB. Along with this, Prof. Diamond will pursue an ambitious R&D program for next-generation dark matter detectors.

More information here: https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/news-and-events/news/physics-news/congratulations-to-prof-miriam-diamond-on-winning-a-2025-dorothy-shoichet-award/

Prof. Pekka Sinervo, C.M. is the recipient of the 2026 Vivek Goel Citizenship Award

The Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award recognizes a faculty member who has served the University of Toronto with distinction in multiple leadership capacities in diverse spheres over many years. The intended recipient of this award is an exemplary university citizen and a senior member of the faculty.

Prof. Sinervo has been recognized for his university-wide service at the departmental, divisional, and institutional level. Alongside a stellar career of research, teaching, and mentorship, he has served as a great citizen of the University providing distinguished service to the University at many levels and in many spheres. He has served with distinction as Chair of Canada’s largest Physics Department and as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science strengthened diversity in faculty recruitment and improved the experience of first-year entry undergraduate students.

More information here: https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/news-and-events/news/physics-news/httpswwwphysicsutorontocaadminpages5086/