In addition to various funding programs, CPS offers below awards - many thanks to our donors Dr. Huguette Cohen and Professor Emeritus Fraser Code and Mrs. Jennifer Code.
Huguette J. Cohen Award
This award was established in 2011 after Dr. Cohen’s passing. She had a PhD in Pharmacy and worked for many years with the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with a focus on molecular aspects of animals and pathogens. She did not use lab space at UTM but worked closely with Prof. Ulli Krull to discuss biosensor directions. She was also active in developing agriculture grants and publishing journal articles and book chapters. The Huguette J. Cohen award is awarded annually to graduate students with an “A” average in the field of analytical/biology/biochemistry and organic chemistry. Preference is given to registered students at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
Recipients:
- 2025 - Raneem Akel, Elyse Hudson, Jared King & Max Reed
- 2024 - Yong Bu, Daniel Lysak, Justin Van Houten & Matthew Zambri
- 2023 - Alina Trofimova, Ramon Arora, Geordi Frere & Diaa Abdallah
- 2022 - John Monteith, Alexis Gabbey, Elyse Digby & Justin Van Houten
- 2021 - Bijan Mirabi, Nabanita Nawar & Sarah Bickers
- 2020 - Aaron Cabral, Karishma Kailass, Karan Malhotra & Olasunkanmi Olaoye
- 2019 - Bijan Mirabi, Pimyupa Manaswiyoungkul & JoAnn Chen
- 2018 - Gary Tin, Hyung Seok Yoon & Caroline Pao
- 2017 - Diego Diaz & Soha Ahmadi
- 2016 - Aizhou Wang & Diego Diaz
- 2015 - Samer Doughan, Daniel Ball, Christine Le, Graeme Howe.
- 2014 - Diana Kraskouskaya, Anna Cumaraswamy
- 2013 - Miriam Avadisiam, Omair Noor, Anthony Tavares
- 2012 - Uvaraj Uddayasankar
Fraser Code PhD Thesis Award
The Fraser Code PhD Thesis Award was established in 2017 by Professor Emeritus Fraser Code and Mrs. Jennifer Code to be awarded to a PhD Candidate within Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences who displays excellence in research as demonstrated in the PhD thesis and oral defense.
Recipients:
- 2025 - Mauricio Barcelos Haag
- 2024 - Eugene Klyshko & Sarah Bickers
- 2023 - Karishma Kailass
- 2022 - Katie Maloney & Yasir Raouf
- 2021 - Daniel Dick & Dennis Fernandes
- 2020 - Daniel Felipe Nino
- 2019 - Gregory-Neal Gomes
- 2018 - Yuchong Li
- 2017 - Samer Doughan
CPS Best Paper Award
This award was established by the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences in 2016 to recognize graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who produce high-quality research papers and publishing in the top-tier publications.
Recipients:
- 2025 - Maryam Ali
- 2024 - B Kell
- 2023 - Mehdi Alizadeh & Wayne Law
- 2022 - No awards given
- 2021 - Sarah Bickers & Katie Maloney
- 2020 - Gregory-Neal Gomes & Mitchell McMillan
- 2019 - Elvin de Araujo & Erin Seagren
- 2018 - Libin Ye & Renjie Zhou
- 2017 - Ichiro Inamoto & Phoebe Chan
CPS First Paper Highlight
The Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences (CPS) wishes to recognize and celebrate graduate student's major research accomplishments by highlighting their publication around the department. All current graduate students who publish their first lead authored paper while working in a CPS lab under the supervision of CPS faculty member(s) are encourage to participate.