Student Awards

CEPS PhD Graduate Receives CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

Chong Gan, who recently completed her PhD in statistics at the University of Guelph and has been awarded the prestigious CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2025–2027. Currently a Sessional Lecturer in Guelph’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Chong will advance her research on novel copula-based statistical models for survival and count data with applications in health research.

2025 Hallett Memorial Scholarship - Mahdi Lavasani

Mahdi Lavasani, recipient of the 2025 Hallett Memorial Scholarship, is a PhD student researching the molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease. His work focuses on how the neuronal protein alpha-synuclein interacts with cellular membranes and the autophagy protein LC3B, revealing how these interactions may contribute to protein aggregation and impaired autophagy in neurodegeneration.

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U of G Students Shine at GDSC Hacks 2025 AI Hackathon

From May 2 to 4, 2025 the University of Guelph hosted GDSC Hacks 2025: Build with AI, a student-led hackathon that brought together aspiring developers, designers, and innovators to tackle real-world problems using artificial intelligence. Organized by the Google Developer Student Club (GDSC) at U of G, the event welcomed participants from across Ontario for a weekend of collaboration, creativity and cutting-edge tech.

U of G Chemistry Students Win Prizes at the 53rd SOUSCC Conference

On Saturday, March 29th, the 53rd annual Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC) took place at the University of Guelph, hosted by the Department of Chemistry. This conference gives universities the opportunity to showcase the research conducted by their undergraduate students. Congratulations to our U of G chemistry students who won prizes for their research presentations!

Prize Winners

Spandana Chereddy, Adya Dash, and Jagandeep Saraya

2025 CEPS 3MT College Heat Recap

CEPS held its 3MT College Heat on March 25, with Adya Dash winning first place, Jagandeep Saraya second, and Spandana Chereddy third.

Three CEPS Students Awarded Co-op Student of the Year for 2024

Muhammad Talha Sadaqat is the recipient of the 2024 Ian Pavlinic Memorial Award for Innovation Co-op Student of the Year in Computing. This award recognizes a co-op student in the School of Computer Science who has demonstrated innovation and collaboration, and made a positive impact during their work term. Sadaqat, a fifth-year Bachelor of Computing, Computer Science co-op student was nominated by his supervisor at Deloitte, for his exceptional 8-month work term with the Tax Gi3 Team. Sadaqat worked on the scientific research and development reports, which played a crucial role in securing

Two Physics Students Receive Awards at CCUW*iP for Oral Presentations

Two University of Guelph physics students, Michaela Hishon and Emma Greenall, attended CAP’s Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women & Gender Minorities in Physics (CCUW*iP) held at University of Calgary from January 31st to February 2, 2025. Emma Greenall, a 4th year nanoscience student, got an honourable mention for her oral presentation and Michaela Hishon, a 4th year Biological and Medical physics student, won first place for her oral presentation.

Congratulations to Michaela and Emma!

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