CSM Knowles Postdoctoral Research Prize
Deadline: See CSM Annual Conference Abstract Submission Deadline
About the Award
This award recognizes excellence in scientific research and communication from CSM postdoctoral research fellows.
One award valued at $500 will be presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists for best oral presentation in the Postdoctoral Research Symposium.
Value of the Award: $500 + Framed Certificate
Number of Awards: 1
Frequency of the Award: Annual – Determined at the CSM Annual Conference Post Doctoral Symposium
Eligibility: Post-Doctoral Fellow with a CSM membership
Application Contact: Mrs. Wafaa Antonious, CSM Secretariat
Terms of Reference: Download Here
About Professor Roger Knowles
Professor Roger Knowles, Professor Emeritus, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Macdonald College, McGill University. Roger Knowles was an internationally recognized leader in nitrogen and carbon cycling in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. His contributions to advancing our knowledge of denitrification, nitrification, nonsymbiotic nitrogen fixation and methane cycling is documented in over 160 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Roger’s lab provided training to over 50 graduate students and 20 postdoctoral fellows. Roger was a past president of the Association des Microbiologistes du Quebec and the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. He served on several committees as a member of the American Society for Microbiology and Soil Science Society of America. Roger was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1987, awarded a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1986 and was a member of the Society of Sigma Xi.
Past Award Winners
Congratulations to all of our past award winners for the Knowles Postdoctoral Research Prize!
- 2024: Steven Kelly, University of Guelph
- 2023: Bradley Laflamme, University of Toronto
- 2022 Fabrice Jean-Pierre, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
- 2021: Yanqi Li, University of Manitoba
- 2020: Not awarded
- 2019: Fiona Jane Whelan, University of Nottingham
- 2018: Steve Hersch, University of Calgary
- 2017: Dr. Alexander Hynes, Université Laval