Research awards
Our department’s researchers have received national and international recognition for their contributions to mathematics and statistics. The selected awards and honours below recognize current and former faculty members, including emeritus and adjunct faculty.
Canada Research Chairs
Xuekui Zhang holds the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. Learn more about the program and UVic’s current Canada Research Chairs.
Selected awards and honours
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2025: Laura Cowen received the Bob Riffenburgh Award from the American Statistical Association.
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2025: Mark Lewis received the Akira Okubo Prize, jointly administered by the Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology.
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2025: Min Tsao received the Canadian Journal of Statistics Award.
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2022–23: David Goluskin received the Faculty of Science Award for Research Excellence.
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2022: Pauline van den Driessche received the Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra.
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2019: Pauline van den Driessche received the CAIMS–SCMAI Research Prize.
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2018: Francis Zwiers was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
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2017: William J. Reed was named a Fellow of the Resource Modeling Association.
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2015: Jane Ye received the Canadian Mathematical Society’s Krieger–Nelson Prize.
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2014–15: Boualem Khouider received the Faculty of Science Award for Research Excellence.
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2014: Peter Dukes received the Hall Medal from the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.
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2013: Pauline van den Driessche received the David H. Turpin Gold Medal for Career Achievement in Research.
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2013: Pauline van den Driessche was named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
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2012: Ian Putnam was named to the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.
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2007: Peter Dukes received the Kirkman Medal from the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.
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2007: Pauline van den Driessche received the Canadian Mathematical Society’s Krieger–Nelson Prize.