Research Profile: Andrew Top, Computing Science January 31, 2013
Congratulations to Andrew Top for receiving the 2012-13 WAGS Innovation in Technology Award for his Master's Thesis.

Research Profile: Stephen Melczer, Mathematics December 08, 2012
Stephen Melczer, Mathematics, just started his Master's degree in Mathematics in September 2012, but has already done two research internships in France.

Research Profile: Ehsan Jozaghi, Criminology November 27, 2012
Criminology PhD student Ehsan Jozaghi was born in Tehran, Iran, and his family moved to Canada in 2000.

Research Profile: Mike Peabody, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry November 26, 2012
Mike Peabody, a PhD student in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, is no stranger to hard work.

Research profile: Xiaolan Wang, School of Interactive Arts and Technology November 14, 2012
Xiaolan Wang has come a long way from her hometown of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China.

Research profile: Cong Zhang, School of Computing Science November 14, 2012
Cong Zhang was raised in the city of Zhengzhou in Henan province, China — home of the famous Shaolin Temple.

Postdoc Profile: William (Ben) Mortenson November 07, 2012
Congratulations to Ben Mortenson, SFU's first Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Thomas Claydon, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology October 12, 2012
Dr. Tom Claydon became an SFU faculty member in 2007 and immediately set about leaving his mark on his department.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Margaret Linley, English October 12, 2012
As graduate program chair, Dr. Margaret Linley spearheaded changes in SFU's Department of English which have led to a department which is a university leader and model in its support of graduate students and their goals and needs.

Faculty Profile: Dr. David Baillie, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry October 12, 2012
Dr. David Baillie came to Simon Fraser University in 1974 and since that time, has supervised 20 master's and 20 PhD students to completion.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Richard Gruneau, Communication October 12, 2012
Dr. Rick Gruneau's goal, when he accepts a graduate student, is to turn that student into a colleague.

Staff Profile: Mary Ann Pope, Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies October 12, 2012
In 1966, SFU was founded, in an era of great cultural foment and revolution.

Research profile: Michelle Fan, School of Interactive Arts and Technology September 24, 2012
Min (Michelle) Fan is a PhD candidate in SFU's School of Interactive Arts and Technology. She earned her Bachelor and Master degrees in Digital Media Arts from the Communication University of China.

Research Profile: Thomas Rodengen, Resource and Environmental Management August 09, 2012
Thomas (Tommy) Rodengen is a PhD candidate in SFU's School of Resource and Environmental Management.

Research Profile: Daniella Sieukaran, Psychology August 08, 2012
For Daniella Sieukaran, a clinical psychology MA student in SFU’s Department of Psychology, it all began with Hollywood.

In Memoriam: Nehdia Sameen, Psychology June 19, 2012
Nehdia Sameen embodied the sort of balance between head and heart that is critical in any person of excellence.

Stefanie Rezansoff Receives MPH and Dean's Convocation Medal June 15, 2012
Ms. Stefanie Rezansoff's thesis research involved collaboration with the BC Ministry of Health and the BC Ministry of Justice in order to examine the population-level relationships between mental illness, substance abuse and criminal recidivism.

Dr. Ghizlane Laghzaoui Receives Dean's Convocation Medal June 15, 2012
Dr. Ghizlane Laghzaoui is the first student to complete her thesis in our French Ed.D program at SFU and her defense attracted a lot of academic and media attention.

Daniela Elza Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 15, 2012
Dr. Daniela Elza's dissertation addressed not only the long standing epistemological split between the philosophic and poetic but attempts to heal that very split.

Imran Munir Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 15, 2012
Dr. Imran Munir has had extensive work experience in media and journalism since 1986.

Ajit Khosla Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 15, 2012
A pioneer in the field, Dr. Ajit Khosla has developed novel micropatternable multifunctional nanocomposite materials for nano and micro systems applications.

Fereydoun Hormozdiari Receives Governor General's Gold Medal June 15, 2012
Dr. Fereydoun Hormozdiari's research focused on the discovery of structural variation in human genomes, using high throughput sequencing technologies.

Jonathon Heidt Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 14, 2012
Originally from the US, Dr. Jonathon Heidt moved to Vancouver to pursue his Master's and PhD in Criminology.

Kaitlyn McLachlan Receives PhD and Governor General's Gold Medal June 14, 2012
Dr. Kaitlyn McLachlan's dissertation focused on the risks and needs of adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) involved in the justice system.

Erin Keating Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 14, 2012
Dr. Erin Keating's thesis is a theoretically informed study of two popular late-Restoration genres — pathetic tragedy and secret history.

Aaron Goings receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 13, 2012
Dr. Aaron Going's thesis is an important work that critically examines many of the assumptions made about community, ethnicity, politics, and violence in the Pacific Northwest and makes significant, original claims on each of these topics.

Michael Steger Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 13, 2012
During his time at Simon Fraser University, Dr. Michael Steger worked on novel research in the field of semiconductor spectroscopy and quantum computing.

Dr. Jefferson Chan Receives Dean's Convocation Medal June 13, 2012
The central theme of Dr. Chan's research is the study of the mechanism of enzymes known as sialidases and the resulting sialic acid. Using a specially equipped nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, Chan and his supervisor sped up the scientific search for molecules that disrupt the chemical workings of an enzyme that helps flu viruses to spread.

Jesse Proudfoot Receives PhD and Dean's Convocation Medal June 13, 2012
Dr. Jesse Proudfoot's groundbreaking ethnographic research focused on drug-addicted panhandlers in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver.

Karen Robson Receives MBA and Dean's Convocation Medal June 12, 2012
Throughout her MBA, Ms. Robson maintained status on the MBA Honour Roll and graduated with an impressive 4.08 CPGA.

Brian Booth Receives SFU's First IODE Award May 28, 2012
Brian Booth, an SFU Computing Science PhD student, is the first SFU recipient of one of Canada’s oldest national awards—the IODE War Memorial Doctoral Scholarship.

Research Profile: Carolyn Duckham, Resource and Environmental Management May 03, 2012
Carolyn Duckham studies the impact of climate change on the marine environment.

Research Profile: Christian Frech, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry May 02, 2012
Christian Frech's research has the potential to save millions of lives.

Research Profile: Isabel Taake, Psychology May 01, 2012
Congratulations to Isabel Taake, a PhD student in the Department of Psychology, who has just received a grant of $105,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Research Profile: Jeffrey Ovens, Chemistry May 01, 2012
As an undergraduate, Jeffrey Ovens couldn't decide between physics or chemistry, so he did the only logical thing and chose both.

Research Profile: Benjamin Woo, Communication March 27, 2012
Benjamin Woo, a PhD student in the School of Communication, is writing his dissertation on nerd culture.

Research Profile: Pradeep Reddy, Engineering March 14, 2012
Pradeep Reddy came to Vancouver from India, via Copenhagen, and along the way, came up with a novel method for early detection of Alzheimer's Disease.

Research Profile: Karen Tanenbaum, Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) February 03, 2012
Karen Tanenbaum took a long and winding road through academia.

Research Profile: Pouya Bastani, Mathematics January 30, 2012
Pouya Bastani is a local success story.

Research Profile: Brent Loken, Resource and Environmental Management January 20, 2012
Congratulations to Brent Loken, who was recently awarded both the Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship and Vanier Canada Graduate PhD Scholarship to pursue his research in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.

Research Profile: Ekaterina Petropavlova, Resource and Environmental Management January 18, 2012
Ekaterina Petropavlova was born in Russia and as she grew up, she observed how increasingly-frequent summer droughts impacted the socio-economic life of the region.

Research Profile: Bal Kang, Chemistry January 13, 2012
Congratulations to Bal Kang, a chemistry PhD student who has just received a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, worth more than $270,000 (US), to do post-doctoral research in Oxford after he graduates this June.

Research Profile: Laura Dewar, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology January 12, 2012
Laura Dewar has been a coroner for 20 years in BC's South Caribou region, and is also currently working on her PhD in the Molecular Cardiac Physiology Laboratory at SFU.

Research Profile: Didier Savard, Chemistry January 06, 2012
During the first year of his PhD research at SFU, Didier Savard blew up a few things.

Research Profile: Huai Bao Dhawa, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies January 05, 2012
Huai Bao Dhawa has lived, studied and worked in China, Canada and the USA.

Research Profile: Heidi Scherr, Biology December 12, 2011
Heidi Scherr's master's research was on water bird ecology, and after she received her Master's degree from Trent University, she found that she needed a broader challenge.

Research Profile: Jay Vidyarthi, SIAT December 06, 2011
We all know that technology has increased efficiency and productivity, but it can seem like those benefits have come at the cost of speeding events up so that we can't pause for contemplation in the midst of over-stimulation and endless wired distraction.

Alumni Profile: David Pereira, MUrb November 24, 2011
When David Pereira returned to SFU to embark on his Master’s Degree in Urban Studies, he knew he wanted to make a positive difference in his community.

Research Profile: David Milam, SIAT November 22, 2011
When David Milam finished his master's degree at Harvard, he worked in the software and design industry for several years before deciding to begin his PhD in Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University.

Research Profile: Oliver Blake, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology November 15, 2011
Oliver Blake understands and explores the limits of the human body, on a professional and a personal level.

Faculty Profile: Dr. David Muraki, Mathematics November 14, 2011
Upon his arrival at SFU, David Muraki introduced two ideas to the applied mathematics grad program: a Friday-afternoon problem-solving group and graduate student poster sessions for his students’ final course projects.

Staff Profile: Christa Gruninger, English November 07, 2011
Christa Gruninger’s record of service at as the graduate secretary in the Department of English is full of enthusiastic comments from her students and her supervisors, who note her cheerful disposition and positive attitude.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Dara Culhane, Sociology and Anthropology November 04, 2011
Dara Culhane began her academic career with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at SFU in 1994, after serving as deputy director of the Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples from 1992–94.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Rina Zazkis, Education November 04, 2011
Dr. Rina Zazkis' graduate students in the Faculty of Education say that she's supportive, enthusiastic and innovative, and their multiple achievements are the products of her labours.

Research Profile: Mannan Wang, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology November 04, 2011
When Mannan Wang decided that he wanted to come to North America for his graduate degree, he decided that Friends would help him.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Bernard Roitberg, Biological Science November 03, 2011
Bernard Roitberg’s students rank their time in his research lab as among the best years of their lives.

Staff Profile: Marlene Nguyen, Biological Sciences November 03, 2011
Graduate program assistant Marlene Nguyen is described by her graduate students as “the glue that holds the grad community together.”

Alumni profile: Jeff Krahn, Engineering November 02, 2011
Jeff Krahn completed his MASc in engineering this year, and now he's making headlines around the world with his robotic gecko.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Kieran Egan, Education October 28, 2011
The graduate student who nominated Dr. Kieran Egan for the Excellence in Graduate Supervision award says, "he knew my capabilities better than I knew myself."

Faculty Profile: Dr. Stella Atkins, Computing Science October 28, 2011
When Stella Atkins taught her first graduate course, over half of the students asked her to be their supervisor.

The Family Who Convocates Together ... October 27, 2011
Having the support of your family is important in graduate school. Nobody knows that more than four amazing Aboriginal women who studied together and then were awarded their Master's degrees at our fall Convocation ceremonies.

Research Profile: Tyler Herrington October 27, 2011
Tyler Herrington's undergraduate co-op terms took him to the Selwyn Mountains of the Yukon, where he was involved with a project exploring for lead and zinc deposits, and to former DEW Line radar stations in the Arctic, where he was involved with the reclamation effort, testing soil, and water for the presence of contaminants.

Research Profile: Alana Cook, Psychology October 19, 2011
SFU's graduate students are involved in a wide range of research into how the world works, not how we think it works — and sometimes, the two are incongruent.

Alumni Profile: Bin Jiang, Computer Science October 10, 2011
You could say that Dr. Bin Jiang's career is based on uncertainty.

Alumni Profile: Bin Zhou, Computer Science October 07, 2011
For most of us, being a search expert means being able to find things easily on the internet. For recent graduate Dr. Bin Zhou, the term has far deeper and broader meanings.

In Memoriam: Andrew Wade, SIAT October 03, 2011
Andrew Wade's fellow students and friends remember him as passionate, energetic and brimming with positive energy.

Alumni Profile: Robin Oppenheimer, SIAT September 21, 2011
Recent SFU alumna Robin Oppenheimer has been working in the field of media arts field since 1980.

Research profile: Brinda Prasad, Chemistry September 15, 2011
Brinda Prasad's work in SFU's Department of Chemistry has taken her around the world.

Research profile: Bixia Wang, Chemistry September 08, 2011
Bixia Wang's journey to graduate school is filled with firsts. She's the first from her family — and her village — to graduate from university.

Research Profile: Deyar Asmaro, Psychology August 04, 2011
Congratulations to Deyar Asmaro, who received a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship this summer from Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his upcoming PhD research: Out of sight, out of mind: Do electrophysiological markers elicited by nicotine-related visual cues predict relapse in a sample of adult smokers?

Artist Profile: Barbara Lindenberg August 02, 2011
Barbara Lindenberg will be presenting her final MFA dance project for the School for the Contemporary Arts on August 22, 2011, 8 pm, at the WISE Hall in Vancouver.

Research Profile: Michael Steger July 25, 2011
Michael Steger, a PhD student in Mike Thewalt’s Semiconductor Spectroscopy Lab in SFU’s Department of Physics, has had a great year using optical spectroscopy to study the fundamental properties of semiconductors.

Research Profile: Michel Trottier-McDonald July 08, 2011
Congratulations to Michel Trottier-McDonald, who has received an Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship (NSERC) for $105,000 to support his PhD program in high energy physics at SFU’s Department of Physics.

Profile: Rob McTavish June 14, 2011
Convocation brings many inspirational stories of growth and excellence despite early challenges.

Artist Profile: Doug Blackley, Contemporary Arts June 09, 2011
Congratulations to Doug Blackley, one of this year’s recipients of a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship for his work in SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA).

Research Profile: Jessica Selinger, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology June 08, 2011
Congratulations to Jessica C. Selinger, who has received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for $150,000 to support her PhD program in the Locomotion Lab, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology.

Matthew Macauley wins a top chemistry honour June 06, 2011
Congratulations to recent SFU graduate Matthew Macauley (PhD 2010), who has received the 2011 Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairpersons (CCUCC) Chemistry Doctoral Prize. This award is intended to recognize outstanding achievement and potential in research by a graduate student whose PhD thesis in chemistry was formally accepted by a Canadian university.

Research Profile: Abhishek Nanjundappa, Engineering May 30, 2011
Abhishek (Abhi) Nanjundappa is a PhD student at SFU’s Surrey campus, studying mechatronics systems engineering (MSE). He’s collaborating with industry partner Ballard Power Systems and his PhD research focuses on the development of new simulation tools for next generation PEM fuel cell systems. This line of research could potentially result in a major scientific breakthrough towards the development of cost-effective fuel cell systems with improved performance and durability.

Artist Profile: Casey Wei, Contemporary Arts May 27, 2011
Congratulations to Casey Wei, one of this year’s recipients of a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship for her work in SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts.

Grad Studies 40th Anniversary prize winner: Joshua Tanenbaum May 26, 2011
Joshua Tanenbaum is working on his PhD at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology in the next year, and is enthusiastic about his experience at Simon Fraser University:

Artist Profile: Steven Hubert, Contemporary Arts May 25, 2011
Congratulations to Steven Hubert (with daughter above), one of this year’s recipients of a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship for his work in SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts.

Research Profile: Alana Gerecke, English May 18, 2011
Congratulations to Alana Gerecke, who has just been awarded a Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship to support her doctoral research in the Department of English at Simon Fraser University. She has also received a 2009-10 Queen’s Fellowship and a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Research profile: Evgeniy Lebed May 10, 2011
Congratulations to Evgeniy Lebed, PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering. He’s just been awarded the Canadian Bureau for International Education, Embassy of France Scholarship to continue his research in computational anatomy for eight months in Paris, France. There, under the supervision of a world-leading expert in the field, he hopes to gain more insight into the physiological processes that help shape a healthy brain versus a diseased one.

Research Profile: Bonnie Schmidt May 09, 2011
Bonnie Schmidt is currently a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser and the recipient of both a SSHRC graduate scholarship for her master’s program and a SSHRC doctoral scholarship.

Research Profile: Rowan Trebilco, Biological Sciences April 29, 2011
Rowan Trebilco was awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate PhD Scholarship in 2009 to pursue his research at Simon Fraser University’s Department of Biology.

Student profile: Brian Milligan April 16, 2011
Congratulations to computing master’s student Brian Milligan, who just received a prize for best video (above) from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at the Human/Robot Interaction Conference held in Switzerland in March 2011.

Alumni profile: Andy Yinan Hu April 15, 2011
After Andy Yinan Hu finished his MA in Communication in 2006, he went on to do investigative journalism for China Daily.

Student Profile: Craig Vandermeer April 13, 2011
Craig Vandermeer, a Master’s student in International Studies, was recently interviewed by SFU’s co-op program about his fall 2010 co-op term in Uganda

Alumni profile: Laura Byspalko, MPub March 26, 2011
When Laura Byspalko graduated from SFU’s Master of Publishing Program, she moved to India and formed Idefix & Co.

Research Profile: Mark Snaterse, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology March 15, 2011
PhD student Mark Snaterse (left) was in the Vancouver Sun on February 11 for his co-invention of a cruise control system for runners.

Research Profile: Duncan Low, MUrb March 15, 2011
After many years working in the arts and cultural sector in the Canada and the UK, including a decade as the Executive Director of the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (Cultch), Duncan Low decided to return to school to complete his Master of Urban Studies at SFU. He also received a 2009/10 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC).

Research profile: Veronica Zammitto, SIAT February 07, 2011
Veronica Zammitto, a cognitive psychologist and SIAT PhD student, was profiled in the Surrey North Delta Leader this week for her work on video games.

Alumni Profile: Andre Isakov, MUrb January 27, 2011
Andre Isakov completed both his bachelor’s degree in political science and his master’s degree in urban studies at Simon Fraser University.

Research Profile: Stephanie Green January 26, 2011
SFU PhD student Stephanie Green appeared on the Dan Rather Reports show this week to discuss the invasion of lionfish into Western Atlantic and Caribbean waters.

Clint Landrock, Applied Sciences, in the news January 26, 2011
SFU Applied Sciences grad Clint Landrock has been making the news with an innovation that was developed in the course of his MASc research. His research has been profiled in many places, from a local news story in the Surrey Now to appearances on the Discovery Channel and CTV’s Canada AM show.

SFU contributes to quantum computing January 20, 2011
SFU physics professor Mike Thewalt and his lab are in the news this week for their contribution to the field of quantum computing, as published in Nature.

Alumni Profile: Louise Wallace, MPub January 18, 2011
Louise Wallace says, “My grand adventure likely began for me early on with my membership in the North Bay Public Library Book Club. In school, I was always involved in publishing: newspapers, yearbooks, even a little poetry.”

Project Profile: Nadia Chaney and Shaheen Nanji January 18, 2011
Education graduate student Nadia Chaney (right) and International Studies graduate student Shaheen Nanji are serving on the advisory group for the Engaging Diaspora in Development project, which will host its first dialogue at SFU’s Wosk Centre for Dialogue on January 19, 2011.

Research Profile: Juan Jose Alava January 14, 2011
Juan Jose Alava says that he was mentored into his profession by his late father, a veterinarian, microbiologist and environmental health researcher.

Creative Consumers or Hackers? January 06, 2011
SFU Business PhD candidate Colin Campbell, SFU business professors Leyland F. Pitt and Ian McCarthy, and Bentley University marketing professor Pierre R. Berthon received the best paper award on the Strategic Marketing track at the Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference held in New Zealand earlier this month.

Research Profile: Jennifer Jones December 22, 2010
Jennifer Jones’ archaeology research examines material culture from an early British Columbia psychiatric hospital or “insane asylum” as it was called at the time.

Research Profile: Derek Congram December 22, 2010
Derek Congram completed his PhD in archaeology at Simon Fraser University in 2010.

Owl Researcher makes the news December 17, 2010
Recent SFU grad student Sofi Hindmarch (Biology) was featured in a recent Tyee profile on barn owls in Surrey. She’s now working with SFU adjunct professor John Elliott, through SFU’s Centre for Wildlife Ecology, to assess the extent and impact of potential rodenticide harm to local barn owls.

Battle of the Brains in Egypt December 17, 2010
Congratulations to graduate students Andrew Henrey (Statistics and Actuarial Science) and Hua Huang (Computing Science) and undergraduate student Wesley May. They’ll be travelling to Egypt in February to compete in the finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), after winning the regional competition in November.

PhD Student creates junior award winners December 13, 2010
For the last three years, Jason Peterson, who’s a PhD candidate in behavioural ecology at SFU, has also been working with elementary school children in North Vancouver through the Let’s Talk Science program.

Canada’s Most Powerful Women December 09, 2010
Three SFU Business alumni were named in the 2010 Women’s Executive Network’s Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women, which lists the top achievers and leaders in our nation’s private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

Grad students in the news December 09, 2010
SFU political science PhD student Julie MacArthur had an opinion piece published by The Vancouver Sun ...

Alumni awards announcements December 08, 2010
Congratulations to the recipients of SFU’s 2010 Outstanding Alumni Awards! We’re pleased to highlight the two former SFU graduate students in the list of four exceptional alumni.

Forensic Linguistics Finds the Truth December 07, 2010
When Lorna Fadden received her PhD, she entered the specialized field of forensic linguistics. Her PhD research was on linguistic patterns in police interviews, and since then, she’s gone on to do more work in the legal system.

Alumni Watch December 06, 2010
We’re proud of our alumni accomplishments. SFU’s aq magazine recently highlighted alumni who are changing the world.

Graduate Student’s Mission to Change Student Culture November 05, 2010
Duncan Wlodarczak is on a mission. The urban studies master’s student wants to change grad student culture to reflect the sense of urgency that’s critical to building a sustainable future.