THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE and THE FIRST YEAR AND COMMON SCIENCE OFFICE

WELCOME YOU TO THE

2 0 1 2 A NNUA L S C IEN C E A W A RD S

P RES ENTA TION C ER E MON Y

IN RECOGNITION OF THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS IN THE RYERSON

SCIENCE PROGRAMS

BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE,

MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS and MEDICAL PHYSICS

Friday, November 9, 2012

WELCOME ADDRESS

Dr. Darrick Heyd, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programme & Student Affairs

PROVOST REMARKS

Dr. John Isbister, Interim Provost and Vice President Academic

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Imogen Coe, Dean of Science

TOPIC

Journeys and Destinations

CLOSING REMARKS

Dr. Darrick Heyd, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programme & Student Affairs

IN APPRECIATION

Ryerson University, the First Year and Common Science Office, and the departments of Chemistry and

Biology, Mathematics, and Physics, are greatly indebted to firms, associations, individuals, and faculty

for their contributions to the bursaries, scholarships and other awards received by our students.

AWARDS PRESENTATION

BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS AND MEDICAL PHYSICS

PAUL AND ANNA MARIA BONATO MATHEMATICS SCHOLARSHIP

Presented to a student currently enrolled as a full-time student in their 4th year of study with the Department of

Mathematics; achieved the highest CGPA at the end of their 3rd year; maintained a clear academic record; have

taken all Mathematics courses up to their 4th year as outlined in the Ryerson undergraduate calendar

Fionn McInerney – Mathematics

HOWARD KERR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Presented to a student currently enrolled as a full-time student in their 3rd year of study with the Department

of Mathematics; achieved the highest CGPA at the end of their 2nd year; maintained a clear academic record;

have taken all Mathematics courses up to their 3 rd year as outline din the Ryerson undergraduate calendar

Samantha Mercanti and Kristian Ott – Mathematics

MATHEMATICS FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP

Presented to a student currently enrolled as a full-time student in their 2nd year of study with the Department of

Mathematics; achieved the highest CGPA at the end of their 1st year; maintained a clear academic record; have

taken all Mathematics courses up to their 2nd year as outlined in the Ryerson undergraduate calendar

Christopher Heggerud – Mathematics

THE FRED N. HAINSWORTH AWARD FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS

For academic excellence in the 4th year of the Medical Physics Program. Awarded to a student with a CGPA in the

A- range who is committed to pursuing graduate studies

Scott MacKenzie – Medical Physics

KELA MEDICAL INC. SCHOLARSHIP

Awarded to the student who achieved the highest standing in either the 3rd or 4th year of the Ryerson Medical

Physics Program

Abdulkarim Muhaseen – Medical Physics

FRANK G. ROUGHTON AWARD

For highest academic achievement in the 2nd year Analytical Chemistry course

Shaheen Yacoub – Chemistry

SARWAN SAHOTA AWARD

For high academic achievement in the 1st year of a Science Program

Jasjit Singh – Chemistry

Tanveer Singh – Biology

EUGENE WERTYPOROCH MEMORIAL PRIZE

For highest academic achievement in Organic Chemistry

Khrystyna Herasymchuk – Chemistry

DR. ROBERT A. GUERRIERE SCHOLARSHIP For achieving the highest standing in the 4th year thesis and registering in a post-graduate program

Kelsey Law – Biology

THE CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY FACULTY* AWARDS

The Chemistry and Biology Faculty Awards are supported by donations from faculty members in the Department

of Chemistry and Biology. The Faculty Awards for Chemistry and Biology recognize academic excellence while the

Chemistry and Biology Faculty Award for Research recognizes both academic and research excellence

Award for Academic Excellence: Tamara Al-Faouri – Chemistry

Laura Olejnik – Biology

Chemistry and Biology Research Award:

Patryk Skowron – Biology

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY EXCELLENCE AWARD

To the 3rd year student in Chemistry or Biology with the highest CGPA and having taken all the science

courses up to their year as outlined in the Ryerson Undergraduate Calendar

Christopher Lombardi – Chemistry

STALIN BOCTOR UNDERGRADUATE AWARD FOR THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE

To a 4th year student enrolled in the Faculty of Science who has demonstrated academic excellence in their

3rd year of study in any Science program

Aras Reisiardekani – Biology

DEAN’S HONOUR LIST

FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN THE 2011-2012 ACADEMIC YEAR

SCIENCE PROGRAMS

1ST YEAR

BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY MEDICAL PHYSICS Rami Alkhoury Paul Jeffrey Tanya Bittles Prabhpreet Bassi Calvin Morier Lior Dubnitzky James Burns Jasjit Singh Kiron Gonidis Daniel Coskun Andrew Harris Bryan Hsu Victory Madu Amaar Iftikhar CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE Dennis McLeod Mark Illes Leslie Bone Mithunan Modchalingam Priyanka John Tahireh Shams Julia Pearse Zohreh Kianfard Amirpasha Emami Samuel Peter Darragh McNicholas Nandan Pinto Shima Mohsen Pour Tallal Nasir MATHEMATICS Laura Olejnik Christopher Chow Dean Simonsky Christopher Heggerud Tanveer Singh Zhi Liang Sujeev Sithamparanathan Sophia Park Justin Prajza Dayasthasan Sinnathurai

CHEMISTRY PROGRAM

2ND YEAR 3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR Aleksa Miladinovic Tamara Al-Faouri Elisa Carrera Xuan Nghiem Christopher Lombardi Khrystyna Herasymchuk Vassilios Kanellis Devin Machin

CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE PROGRAM

3RD YEAR Robert Earl

MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS PROGRAM

2ND YEAR 3RD YEAR Shahana Abutalib Farid Gassoumov Dexter Barrows Fionn McInerney Samantha Mercanti James Milos Kristian Ott

MEDICAL PHYSICS PROGRAM

2ND YEAR 3RD YEAR 4TH YEAR Ravneet Batth Jidney Cifuentes Gaitan Farah Hussein Szymon Kowal Michael Dobson Avery Raess Jason Miclat Feng Li Edna Sacay Abdulkarim Muhaseen Scott MacKenzie Yan Wang Ermias Woldemichael Darren Yohan

BIOLOGY PROGRAM

2ND YEAR

Aju-Sue Francis Philip Garwood Ghazaleh Goldar Victoria Hipolito Chi Le Julia Mariglia Dmitry Mikhlin Marin Milotic Rohan Pandey Eun-Jee Park Yong Ro Ivan Sanaev Anna Sorensen Jonas Stefani Christina Wattson Cheryl Wong Amjad Yahia

3RD YEAR

Muna Ali Janet Arijanto Vafa Baghaei Amreei Andrew Botres Lucas Bramberger Nakita Buenbrazo Sarah Carabetta Padmani Chiranji Natasha Di Genova Anna Farman Aliya Ishak Marie Jajou Sanaa Javed Gurjeet Judge Morgan Jursevskis Umair Munawar Jason Pereira Keerthanan Rajaratnam Chloe Rapp Aras Reisiardekani Ahmad Sidiqi Patryk Skowron Harsimran Toor Alexandra Waskow Michael Winkler

4TH YEAR

Mohammad Ansari Graham Blakelock Amanda Buschau Christopher Choy Andrew Dabbikeh Ralph Delos Santos Alicia Falls Camilo Garay Soheilali Karmali Ahmad Khlaf Anthony Lamanna Kelsey Law Dmitry Lomovtsev Leila Malek Allyssa Mohammed Duy Nguyen Carmen Pereira Jessica Pertili Antonietta Pietrangelo Yoon Ra Farah Refai Ali Remtulla Hyesin Rho Frozan Safi Tahmoores Sakha-Pour Leanna Sheriff Jessica Stoeckli Kazhall Talebpour Laura Taylor Roberto Veloso Brian Yeung

RYERSON UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS

FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLLENCE IN BEST 6 ONTARIO GRADE 12 U/M COURSES WITH AVERAGES OVER 80%

BIOLOGY Kirthana Arunthavanathan Mojgan Hamidi Kiarash Pirasghari Syeda Asif Alison Hardy Mauricio Portillo Sylvia Babiarz Tsering Keyzom Mobina Sabounchi Alicia Boccia Aiman Khan Abdel-Rahman Sabriye Anastasiya Boutko Matthew Lal Thershan Satkunarajah Mariam Chamilova Susan Mehdi Ryan Shilliday Youn Cho Pinaz Mehta Muhebullah Sirajuddin Junxian Chu Jose Meza Alexander Somerville Simon Chue Arianne Milot-Ledoux Brett Spiers Amirsaeed Dadgarian Shoushtari Abubaker Mohamed Behnaz Taherizadeh Chu Deng Harpreet Natt Sepideh Tavana-Ahmadian Neda Ejbari John Ning Marie-Louise Tonea Gina Ferreira Soulmaz Nourizadeh Shakana Vigneshwaran Leily Figueroa Robles Anna Ondrich Lauren Vilela Briana Filiberti Jeraldyne Pallarca Maryan Warsame Zafirah Zarook CHEMISTRY Yasmin Awadeh Alexander Ciupa Emily Mallett Dimi Baldomar Eugene Han Patricia Naggitta Andre Castillo Maheen Humayun Yuliya Petrunkina Kathleen Christie Avinash Jurakhan Courtney Soares MEDICAL PHYSICS Sara Ali Tea Deckovska Tamas Marosan Baraq Balanovsky Brianna Garside Keith Martin Brandon Bretschneider Hiu Lai Jimmy Ng Kirsten Cardinell Kenneth Lor Hazra Sokoli CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE Stefanie Orr Ksenia Sibileva Onyenye Utomi MATHEMATICS Jason Feng Shalini Gallen Ahmad Tasabehji Alexander Wierzbicki UNDECLARED Bahar Ameri Jacqueline Ha Jelena Madzarevic Parwaiz Amery Baylee Joy Julianna Primiani Matthew Beckford Brent King Andro Sadek

*CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY FACULTY DONOR RECOGNITION

Emily Agard

Costin Antonescu

Vadim Bostan

Robert Botelho

Chris Evans

Jeffrey Fillingham

Debora Foster

Dan Foucher

Noel George

Kimberley Gilbride

Robert Gossage

Darrick Heyd

Martina Hausner

Anne Johnson

Bryan Koivisto

Andrew Laursen

Lynda McCarthy

Andrew McWilliams

David Naranjit

Derick Rousseau

Russell Viirre

Gideon Wolfaart

Stephen Wylie

and anonymous donors