Killam Prize; Faculty of Arts &amp; Science / en Barbara Sherwood Lollar awarded Killam Prize in Natural Sciences /celebrates/barbara-sherwood-lollar-awarded-killam-prize-natural-sciences <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Barbara Sherwood Lollar awarded Killam Prize in Natural Sciences</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-05-26T10:13:39-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 10:13" class="datetime">Tue, 05/26/2020 - 10:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize-faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Killam Prize; Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-earth-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Earth Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/0W7A0231.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Perry King)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Geochemist <strong>Barbara Sherwood Lollar</strong> has received this year's&nbsp;Killam Prize in Natural Sciences <a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2020/05/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-reveals-the-2020-killam-program-winners">from the Canada Council for the Arts</a>.</p> <p>“It is an extraordinary honour to share this with many U of T colleagues,” says Sherwood Lollar, “both this year and in past years. My team and I are extremely grateful.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Canada Council for the Arts’ commitment to scholarship through the Killam Prizes and Fellowships is a timely reminder of the vital role that fact-based research plays in serving society — both as a source of fundamental understanding and as a driver for fact-based decision making.”</p> <p>Sherwood Lollar, <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">a University Professor </a>in the department of Earth sciences in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, was recognized for<a href="https://bsherwoodlollar.weebly.com/research-interests.html"> her pioneering work </a>in energy sources, water and microbial life deep beneath the Earth’s surface — including <a href="/news/ancient-hydrogen-rich-waters-discovered-deep-underground-locations-around-world">the discovery of billion-year-old groundwater </a>within the Canadian Precambrian Shield. Her work is important to geologists, geochemists and astrobiologists studying the possibility of life beyond our planet. She also studies the remediation of near-surface groundwater that contains organic contaminants such as petroleum hydrocarbons.</p> <p>Sherwood Lollar’s many honours include&nbsp;Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Canada,&nbsp;Companion of the Order of Canada,&nbsp;the C.C. Patterson Award,&nbsp;the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award, <a href="/news/renowned-u-t-geoscientist-presented-geological-association-canada-s-highest-honour">the Logan Medal</a> and<a href="/news/u-t-s-barbara-sherwood-lollar-wins-herzberg-gold-medal-canada-s-science-and-engineering-council"> the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">A&amp;S</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 26 May 2020 14:13:39 +0000 lanthierj 164708 at