Five researchers receive Killam Awards

This year’s recipients of the Killam Prizes have been announced, recognizing career achievements in the sciences and humanities. Each researcher receives a $100,000 award.

* Dr Paul Corkum is program leader in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science at the National Research Council. Corkum is internationally recognized for his research with lasers and laser pulses to study and control matter and research into how laser pulses interact with atoms and molecules. A 33-year veteran of the NRC, this is Corkum’s second major award this year, having received the Arthur Schaw-low Prize in laser science from the American Physical Society.

* Dr Brett Finlay is professor of biochemistry and microbiology at the Univ of British Columbia. Finlay’s research of bacteria such as Salmonella and pathogenic E.coli have produced many results including a cattle vaccine that destroys a particular strain of E. coli bacterium. In 2000, he led an international consortium to fast-track development of a SARS vaccine, vaulting Canada into a global leader in this area of research.

* Dr Roderick Guthrie is director of McGill Univ’s Metals Processing Centre and a professor of metallurgy. Guthrie’s research focuses on the mathematical and physical modeling of fluid flows involved in iron making, steel making and casting. He has 11 inventions and has spent 20 summers as a full-time consultant to the steel and aluminum industries.

* Dr Jean-Marie Dufour is an economist at the Univ of Montreal specializing in econometrics. His research focuses on developing more reliable tests in structural and dynamic models of econometric methodology and empirical work in areas such as taxation and investment, export financing , financial asset pricing and policy analysis in developing countries.

* Dr Susan Sherwin is an acclaimed researcher of feminist bioethics and a professor of philosophy, gender and women’s studies at Dalhousie Univ. Sherwin’s research focuses on the relationship between gender and ethics in medicine and health care.

The Killam Awards are administered by the Canada Council for the Arts and drawn from the Killam Fund.

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