Aimy Bazylak receives 2024 Dorothy Killam Fellowship

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Professor Aimy Bazylak (photo by Jeremy Sale)

Aimy Bazylak, a professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, is among the recipients of a 2024 Dorothy Killam Fellowship.

Awarded by the National Research Council, Dorothy Killam Fellowships support scholars whose groundbreaking research stands to have a significant impact in their respective fields on a national or global scale. They are valued at $80,000 per year for a total of two years.

Bazylak and her research group are advancing clean energy technologies by developing new catalyst-coated membranes to overcome cost and durability challenges of fuel cells, water electrolyzers and CO2 electrolyzers.

“I am tremendously honoured to receive this fellowship,” says Bazylak, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Clean Energy. “The two years of dedicated time to focus on my research is an invaluable opportunity to move our work forward at a pace that would not otherwise be possible.” 

Christopher Yip, dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, said Bazylak’s research “opens doors to new collaborations, both nationally and globally, and will bring us closer to creating sustainable and thriving global communities.”

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Kimberly Tait receives Dorothy Killam Fellowship

lanthierj — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:36:54 +0000

Kimberly Tait receives Dorothy Killam Fellowship

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lanthierj Mon, 03/20/2023 - 15:36

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Kimberly Tait, an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts & Science’s department of Earth sciences, senior curator of mineralogy at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and Teck Chair of Minerology, has been selected for the Dorothy Killam Fellowship.

The two-year fellowship – previously the Killam Research Fellowships – is bestowed by the National Killam Program Office and the Killam Trusts to mid-career researchers of exceptional ability. It will be delivered through the ROM and will allow Tait to focus on her research by relieving her of teaching and administrative duties during that period.

In a position she describes as “the best of both worlds,” Tait works with students at the University of Toronto and, at the ROM, is responsible for the mineralogy, meteorite, gem and rock collections and oversees research on those collections.

Tait is working with an international team of experts from NASA and the European Space Agency in preparation for the return of rocks from Mars expected to arrive in the mid 2030s. She is also studying Martian meteorites, using novel techniques to understand how they are put together at the atomic level.

"I'm incredibly honoured to receive the 2023 Dorothy Killam Fellowship,” Tait says.

“I am in a unique position being employed by the Royal Ontario Museum, with an incredible collection to study and the public galleries to interact with the public, and then cross appointed at the University of Toronto in the department of Earth sciences where I get to teach and supervise students. I look forward to being able to delve further into a few projects with this fellowship.”

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