Congratulations to our 2023/24 Major External and Government-Funded Award Recipients

Congratulations to our 2023/24 Major External and Government-Funded Award Recipients

In celebration of our 2023-2024 major award winners, we are pleased to share their accomplishments. We hope you enjoy learning more about our incredible students and their research.

April 02, 2024
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FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

  • Dexter is a Mechatronic Systems Engineering master student. Three research keywords: Spinal cord injury, Biomechatronics, Human-Computer Interaction (NSERC CGSM, BC Graduate Scholarship, Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship, Graduate Fellowship)

Additional Award Recipients

Kaiser Foundation Grad Scholarship (ENSC)
  • Mehryar Abbasi Boroujeni
Michael Stevenson Grad Scholarship
  • Callum Chhokar
NSERC CGSD
  • Halley Goldberg
  • Anderson De Andrade
NSERC CGSM
  • Yi Chen
  • Dexter Zamora
NSERC Doctoral Awards
  • Callum Chhokar
Vanier CGS
  • Matheus Holzbach

FACULTY OF ARTS + SOCIAL SCIENCES 

  • Alie is a Urban Studies master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Housing, low-income, community. (BC Graduate Scholarship)

  • August Skrudland is a Criminology master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a recipient of the SSHRC CGSM Award.

  • Caitlin is a doctoral student in SFU’s Clinical Psychology researching mental health interventions for adults with persisting post-concussion symptoms. (SSHRC cgs-d; Kruger Products Bicultural entrance fellowship, BC graduate scholarship, and Dean's graduate fellowship)

  • Caitlin is a Criminology doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Terrorism, extremism, violence

  • Camryn is a Experimental Psychology and Law master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Face matching, Identification, Surveillance (SSHRC CGSM, Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship, Graduate Fellowship)

  • Dana Graham Lai is a English doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) Doctoral award (2023) and SSHRC-funded M.A. (CGSM) in Interdisciplinary Humanities at Trinity Western University (2022).

  • Fiza is a Experimental Psychology and Law master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of her research are false memory; interviewing techniques; children's memory.

  • Jayme is a History master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are early modern England; visual culture; manuscripts (William & Ruth Baldwin Graduate Scholarship, Graduate Fellowship)

  • Jourdan is a Clinical Forensic Psychology doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are school violence, school safety, school threat assessment

  • Kelley is a Criminology doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Evolution of ideologically-motivated criminal behavior

  • Kristina is a Psychology master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Friendships, Prosociality, Happiness (SSHRC CGSM)

  • Laura is a Clinical Psychology Master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are emotion regulation; reflective functioning; parent-adolescent relationships 

  • Lena is a Political Science master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Community-engaged; critical; intersectional (SSHRC CGSM)

  • Madison is a Clinical-Forensic Psychology doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Threats, assessment, and violence.

  • Mariana is a Sociology and Anthropology doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Shocks, social ties, and exclusion

  • Matheus is a Economics doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Political Economy, Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics. (Graduate Dean Entrance Scholarship, Terry Heaps Outstanding Assistant Award, Lang Wong Memorial Scholarship, Peter Kennedy Memorial graduate Fellowship)

  • Morgaine is an Anthropology master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Multispecies studies, Experimental documentary, Affect theory (SSHRC CGSM, Departmental Graduate Fellowship, FASS Travel Award, GSS Professional Development Grant)

  • Nadja is a Psychology - Cognitive & Neural Sciences doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are perception, network dynamics, transcranial magnetic stimulation (NSERC CGS & Doctoral Awards)

  • Natalie is a Community Planner and a SFU Master of Urban Studies student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Sustainable Neighbourhood Design, Natural Hazards, Emergency Management (SSHRC CGSM)

  • Nathaniel is a Developmental Psychology Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Mindfulness, Mindful Parenting, Well-being across the lifespan. (CIHR CGSD)

  • Nikita Mitra is a Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a recipient of the Grace Woodsworth MacInnis Graduate Award. (Grace Woodsworth MacInnis Grad Award)

  • Noah is a Criminology master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Groups, crime, theory (SSHRC CGSM, BC Graduate Scholarship)

  • Sarah is an Sociology master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research: neoliberalism; affect theory; living with crisis (SSHRC CGSM)

  • Tanaya is a International Studies master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Race relations, domestic work, Kenya. (Simons Foundation Canada Graduate Fellowship in International Studies)

  • Timothé is a Public Policy master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He studies MPP program which trains future policy analysts and policy makers to develop consequential policies in a whole range of domains.

  • Ty is an Anthropology master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Diaspora; Indigenous-Asian relationalities; settlerhood (Indigenous Grad Entrance Scholarship (IGES))

  • Tyler is a Criminology master student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords: Crime radiation; crime at bars; place management. (SSHRC CGSM)

Additional Award Recipients

BC Graduate Scholarship (BCGS)
  • Caitlin Hyslop-Margison
  • Jake McDonald
  • Amanda Harrop
  • Morgan Reedy
  • Alie Lynch
CIHR CGSD
  • Nathan Johnson
CIHR CGSM
  • Laura Daari
  • Miranda Chang
  • Raymond Ho
David & Mary Macaree Graduate Fellowship
  • Julianna Wagar
Dean's Graduate Fellowship
  • Jourdan Jackson
Edward M.W. Gibson Fellowship
  • Lucy Kervin
Flight 752 Memorial Graduate Scholarship
  • Aso Javaheri
Grace Woodsworth MacInnis Grad Award
  • Nikita Mitra
Graduate Dean's Entrance (GDES)
  • Kelley Massingale
  • Jake McDonald
  • Aso Javaheri
  • Han Zhang
  • Elodie Jacquet
  • Jesse Scott
  • Mariana Pinzon-Caicedo
  • Mary Berger
Indigenous Grad Entrance (IGES)
  • Ty Bryant
  • Miriam Berndt
Kruger Products Entrance Award
  • Timothé Matte-Bergeron
NSERC CGSD
  • Nadja Jankovic
Peter Kennedy Memorial Grad Fellowship
  • Matheus Thompson Bandeira
Shiva & Elizabeth Nanda Scholarship ECON
  • Mahsa Ghahremani
Shiva and Elizabeth Nanda GF ECON
  • Huiqian Song
Simons Foundation GF in Intern. Studies
  • Tanaya Parmar
SSHRC CGSD
  • Dana Graham Lai
  • Kate Moffatt
  • Caitlin Courchesne
  • Madison Edge Almond
SSHRC CGSM
  • August Skrudland
  • Noah Norton
  • Tyler Mierzwa
  • Alannah McPherson
  • Cassie Pacholski
  • Rebekah Stuive
  • Zandria Sarrazin
  • Maya Schwartz
  • Kharol Cuenca
  • Abigail Cunningham
  • Sophia Good
  • Martina Joe
  • Lena Price
  • Supreet Malhi
  • Camryn Yuen
  • Fiza Hasan
  • Kristina Castaneto
  • Cassia McIntyre
  • Jesse Scott
  • Makda Habtegergesa
  • Morgaine Lee
  • Sarah Law
  • Kiara Scott
  • Natalie Chiang
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Hana Ryu
  • Ryan Sandrin
  • Carter McPherson
  • Marisa Mylett
SSHRC Vanier
  • Troy Boucher
University of Central Asia Scholarship
  • Shams Sharif
William & Ruth Baldwin Grad Scholarship (HIST)
  • Jayme Martin

BEEDIE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 

  • Anjana is a MBA student in the Beedie School of Business, Three research keywords: Intensive, Experiential & Network (John Ellis Grad Entrance Scholarship Business award, Don & Pat Hudson Scholarship)

  • Anto is a MBA - FT student in the Beedie School of Business, a recipient of the John Ellis Graduate Entrance Scholarship and the SFU Beedie Graduate Entrance Scholarship.

  • Bryce is a MBA student in the Beedie School of Business, Three research keywords: Manufacturing. Education. Enablement. (BMO John Ellis Graduate Scholarship in Indigenous Business and Leadership Annual Award)

  • Candice is a MBA student in the Beedie School of Business. Three keywords of research: Innovative, Indigenous Resilience. (BMO John Ellis Graduate Scholarship in Indigenous Business and Leadership Annual Award)

  • Farhat is a MSc in Finance student in the Beedie School of Business, Three research keywords: Corporate Finance, Financial Analysis, Risk Management (Beedie Graduate Entrance Scholarship)

  • Kalaya is a MBA student in the Beedie School of Business, Three research keywords: Holistic, Empowering, Frustrating (CN Graduate Award)

  • Larissa is a IBL EMBA student in the Beedie School of Business. Three keywords of research: Sustainability, Community (& Culture), Strategy (CN Graduate Award in Indigenous Business and Leadership)

  • Man Kit Yau is a MBA student in the Beedie School of Business

  • Mohammad is a MSc in Finance student in the Beedie School of Business. Three keywords of research: Financial Analysis, Fund Management, Risk Mitigation (Scotiabank Graduate Award in Business)

  • Sean is a EMBA student in the Beedie School of Business , a recipient of the SFU Beedie Graduate Entrance Scholarship.

Additional Award Recipients

Beedie Family Grad Scholarship
  • Anto Amboson
  • Naren Bhandary
  • Sushma Carvalho
  • Miguel Masias Fernandez
  • Joseph Mensah
  • Parm Randhawa
  • Rupinder Singh
  • Haider Talat
  • Akanksha Verma
  • Nick Wright
BMO John Ellis Graduate Scholarship
  • Candice George
CN Graduate Award
  • Andrea Baedak
  • Kalaya Point
  • Larissa Burnouf
  • Maribeth Pokiak
  • Tarah Samuels
  • Jen Turner
HSBC Grad Award in BUSiness
  • Khondker Faraz Shafiq
John Ellis Grad Entrance Schol Business
  • Anjana Rajbanshi
  • Bryce Donnelly
  • Sam Yau
  • Taraneh Abtahi
  • Anto Amboson
  • Arianne Ballena
  • Chris Bates
  • Ran Bi
  • Joseph Mensah
  • Miguel Sanchez
  • Nick Wright
Scotiabank Grad Award in Business
  • Monjur Elahi
  • Fattah Haeri
SFU-Beedie Graduate Entrance Scholarship
  • Farhat Rafi
  • Sean Hannon
TCG International Grad Schol in Business
  • Jarrett Davis

FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION, ART + TECHNOLOGY 

  • Dongwook is a School of Communication doctoral student in the School of Interactive Art & Technology and his research looks at media and cultural studies with a focus on the everyday life practices of people. (COGECO Grad School in Communication award, Graduate Travel and Research Award)

  • Edward is a Contemporary Arts-dance major doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Three keywords of research are Indigenous-Contemporary, Knowledge, Art (Norwegian College of Dance Scholarship, Dean's Graduate Fellowship, GPS Graduate Fellowship, Special Graduate Fellowship, DPS Graduate Fellowship, Steel Memorial Graduate Scholarships)

  • Gabriel is a Interactive Arts & Technology major doctoral student in the Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology. Three keywords of research are Popular culture, Brazil, Decolonial Studies. (SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships)

  • Hannah is a Interactive Arts & Technology major doctoral student in the Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology. Three keywords of research are critical data literacies; communication co-design; data visualization (SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships)

  • Hoornaz is a Communication doctoral student in the Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology. Three keywords of research are Transnational Feminism, Middle East, Transgressive Bodies

  • Tara is a MFA in Contemporary Arts student in the School of Contemporary Arts. Three keywords: Dance, comedy, feminism. (Colin McPhee Grad School in Fine Arts award, SSHRC-CGSM)

Additional Award Recipients

Asper Grad Fellowship (CMNS)
  • Hoornaz Keshavarzian
COGECO Grad Schol in Communication
  • Dongwook Song
Colin McPhee Grad Schol in Fine Arts
  • Tara Friedenberg
SFU Alumni Assoc. Grad Entrance Scholarship
  • Sayed Baqir Hussaini
SSHRC CGSD
  • David Biddle
SSHRC CGSM
  • Roman Dubrule
  • Kevin Jesuino
  • Taryn Walker
  • Sam Barnett
  • Sadhbh Kenny
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Gabriel Juliano
  • Hannah Carpendale
SSHRC Vanier
  • Brett Gaylor
Steel Memorial Graduate Scholarship
  • Edward Sembatya

FACULTY OF EDUCATION 

  • Helen is a Counselling Psychology master student in the Faculty of Education. Three keywords of her research: immigrants, disordered eating, culture (CIHR CGSM)

Additional Award Recipients

CIHR CGSM
  • Helen Liu
  • Naureen Sikder
Indigenous Grad Entrance (IGES)
  • Ashley Edwards
SSHRC CGSD
  • Jason Ji
SSHRC CGSM
  • Alan Bigelow
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Anna Lin
  • Sabrina Ngo

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT

  • Brynna is Geography doctoral student in the Environment. Three keywords to describe her research: Relations. Rights. Responsibilities.

  • Heather is Resource and Environmental Management master student in the Environment. Three keywords of research: Food systems planning, Short food supply chains, Values-based supply chains (SSHRC CGSM)

  • Holly is Archaeology master student in the Environment. Three keywords of research: Archaeology, Interdisciplinarity, Cognitive Science of Religion

  • Lan is Geography master student in the Environment. Three keywords of research: Urban growth modelling, AI-based MCE models, GIS (ESRI Higher Education scholarship, NSERC Master)

  • Luca is Archaeology master student in the Environment. Three keywords to describe his research: Ancient DNA, human osteology, bioarchaeology

  • Rachel is Department of Geography doctoral in the Environment. Three keywords of research: carbon cycle, carbon dioxide removal, earth system modelling (NSERC Vanier)

  • Tara is Geography master student in the Environment. Three keywords of research: Evictions, rental property relations, real estate. (SSHRC-CGSM, B.C. Graduate Scholarship)

  • Terri is a Department of Geography doctoral student in the Faculty of Environment. Three keywords of research: Regulating homeless encampments (SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships).

  • Tyler Cole is Human Geography master student in the Environment and a recipient of the 2023 CIHR CGS-M award.

  • Wendy Fleming is Resource & Environmental Management master student in the Environment. Three keywords of research: Physiology, Energetics, Habitat (NSERC CGSM grant, SFU Graduate Fellowship)

Additional Award Recipients

BC Graduate Scholarship (BCGS)
  • Cathy Tran
  • Tara Jankovic
  • Isaac Gazendam
CIHR CGSM
  • Tyler Cole
Graduate Dean's Entrance (GDES)
  • Brynna Kagawa-Visentin
NSERC CGSM
  • Lan Qing Zhao
  • Wendy Fleming
  • Camryn Good
NSERC Vanier
  • Rachel Chimuka
Simons Fnd Doctoral Entrance Fellowship
  • Cathy Tran
SSHRC CGSD
  • Naomi Robert
SSHRC CGSM
  • Holly O'Neil
  • Luca Del Giacco
  • Katie Dierks
  • Damon Tarrant
  • Tintin Yang
  • Heather Kee
  • Owen Wilson
  • Wesley Chenne
  • Michèle Grenier
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Terri Evans
  • Sarah Ozog
SSHRC Vanier
  • Stella Harden

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

  • Aayush is a master student of health sciences and a recipient of the SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s Program and Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) Graduate Fellowship. Three keywords of research: Public Health, Socio-spatial mapping, Community engagement

  • Brandi is a doctoral student of health sciences and a recipient of the CIHR Canada Graduate ScholarshipThree keywords of research: Community-directed, youth wellness, respectful

  • Judy is a doctoral student of health sciences and a recipient of the Graduate Dean's Entrance Scholarship, SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and Elizabeth Henry Scholarship

  • Sarah is a doctoral student of health sciences and a recipient of the CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship and the Mowafaghian awards. Three keywords of research: Equity-focused, community-orientated, values-based

  • Tara is a doctoral student of health sciences and a recipient of the SSHRC scholarship. Three keywords of research: Indigenous research ethics/ethical processes; Indigenous health research; social theory

Additional Award Recipients

CIHR CGSD
  • Brandi Berry
  • Sarah Moreheart
  • Rhiannon Cameron
  • Alice Murage
  • Miguel Prieto Gaez
CIHR CGSM
  • Sarah Bradwell
  • Anmol Swaich
SSHRC CGSD
  • Tara Erb
SSHRC CGSM
  • Aayush Sharma
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Judy Wu

Faculty of Science

  • Aidan is a Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology master student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: training load, wearable technology, sport science (NSERC CGSM)

  • Alia is a Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology doctoral student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: Personalized medicine, inherited arrhythmia, genotype-phenotype correlation

  • Jess is a Biological Sciences doctoral student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: Placenta, sex, development (NSERC CGSM)

  • Lilianna is a Physics doctoral student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: dark-matter, particle-physics, phenomenology (Bert Henry Memorial Graduate Entrance Scholarship)

  • Mohammad Javad is a Biology doctoral student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: Environmental Toxicology, Aquatic Ecology, Pollution

  • Sara is a Physics master student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: hermodynamics, Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Molecular Machines

  • Shabnam is a Applied and Computational Mathematics Master student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: Infectious Disease Modelling, Statistical Modelling, Pandemic Preparedness (CIHR CGS-M)

  • Simona is a Chemistry master student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: Cancer, Nuclear, Interdisciplinary (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP), Canada Graduate Scholarship — Master's program (CGSM))

Additional Award Recipients

BC Graduate Scholarship (BCGS)
  • Ethan Fung
  • Katarina Preocanin
Bert Henry Entrance Scholarship
  • Lilianna Hariasz
CIHR CGSD
  • Rebekah Lee
  • Erin Williams
CIHR CGSM
  • Justin Wang
  • Shabnam Molan
  • Quinn Forzley
Dr. H.R. MacCarthy Grad Bursary
  • Mikhaela Ong
Graduate Dean's Entrance (GDES)
  • Seyed Mohammad Javad Abdolah Saberi
  • Giselle Dove
  • Sara Iranbakhsh
John and Lyn Webster Scholarship
  • Saif Nayani
Michael Stevenson Grad Scholarship
  • Alia Arslanova
NSERC CGSD
  • Emmanuel Hung
  • Celeste Kieran
  • Em Lim
  • Sam Meraj
  • Daniel Venn
NSERC CGSM
  • Jess Hercus
  • Triana Hohn
  • Sheena Parsons
  • Aidan Kits
  • Simona Mastroianni
  • Leanna Karn
  • Jorrin Lenton
  • Ben Ghertner
  • Shannon Jeffries
  • Juliana Lisik
  • Jordan Sawchuk
  • Callum Wareham
  • Quang Vuong
NSERC Doctoral Awards
  • Steven Kidd
NSERC Vanier
  • Normand Richard
Provost International Fellowship
  • Kijin Kim
Weston Family Scholarship
  • Amanda Arnold

Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies 

  • Eric is a Special Arrangements doctoral student in the Faculty of Science. Three research keywords: neuroplasticity, white matter, MRI (NSERC CGSM)

  • Ethan Schmidt is a Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies (History/Humanities) doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a recipient of the Graduate Dean's Entrance Scholarship and the Katevatis Graduate Scholarship in Hellenic Studies.

  • Makhfirat is a Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies doctoral student in the Faculty of Education and a recipient of the University of Central Asia (UCA) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) Scholarship. Three keywords of research: Success Strategies, Academic Achievement, Motivation

Additional Award Recipients

Katevatis Grad Schol in Hellenic Studies
  • Ethan Schmidt
NSERC CGSM
  • Eric Kirby
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
  • Amanda Bedard
SSHRC CGSM
  • Alyssa Zandvliet
University of Central Asia Scholarship
  • Makhfirat Olimshoeva