2025 Killam Laureates
On Oct. 22, 2025, the University of Calgary gathered in person once again to celebrate the inspiring leadership of our faculty, post and pre-doctoral laureates.
The 2025 Killam Laureates and award winners include:
Killam Annual Professors
Dr. Cheryl Barnabe, Cumming School of Medicine
Dr. Jorn Davidsen, Faculty of Science
Dr. Susan Kutz, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Susanne Tough, Cumming School of Medicine
Dr. Nick Turner, Haskayne School of Business
Killam Emerging Research Leaders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research:
Dr. Pamela Roach, Cumming School of Medicine
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council:
Dr. Hadis Karimipour, Schulich School of Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council:
Dr. Jack Lucas, Faculty of Arts
Killam Research and Teaching Awards
Killam Research Excellence Award:
Dr. Peter Tieleman, Faculty of Science
Killam Graduate Supervision and Mentorship Award:
Dr. Suzette Mayr, Faculty of Arts
McCaig-Killam Teaching Award:
Dr. Fabiola Aparicio-Ting, Cumming School of Medicine
Killam Undergraduate Mentorship Award:
Houston Peschl, Haskayne School of Business
Killam Postdoctoral Laureates
Dr. Katarzyna Dudek, Cumming School of Medicine
Dr. Isabelle Poitras, Cumming School of Medicine
First Year Predoctoral Laureates
- Mohammed Adna, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Silvia Carboni, Anthropology
- Brendan Carswell, Biological Sciences
- Jay Patrick Cavanagh, Sociology
- Alexander Christopher Cuncannon, Nursing (Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize recipient)
- Selena Fu, Psychology
- Kazim Haider, Biomedical Engineering
- Jill Hunter Hoselton, Social Work
- Megan Edythe Kinzel, Immunology
- Queenie Kwan Wing Li, Clinical Psychology
- Fatemeh Morshedi Dehaghi, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
- Cara Nania, Educational Psychology
- Serhat Sevgen, Geoscience
- Jenna Ann Phillips Sim, Kinesiology
- Abbygale Grace Swadling, Physics & Astronomy
- Jasmine Sein Mun Veitch, Veterinary Medical Sciences
Second Year Predoctoral Laureates
- Milad Arabloo, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
- Elaine Jane Atay, Psychology
- Anees Bahji, Community Health Sciences
- Brendon Chisholm Brian Besler, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Melissa Marie Brasen Glass, History
- Bruna Nogueira, Educational Research
- Brooke Nicole Richtik, Chemistry
- Emma Alvina-May Stanley, Biomedical Engineering
- Amanda Jordao Zanco, Communication & Media Studies
- Jenney Zhu, Clinical Psychology
Killam Visiting Scholar
The Killam Visiting Scholar Award lets distinguished scholars make significant contributions to academic life at the University of Calgary through research, teaching, and their own projects during an extended stay.