2023 Spring Convocation Honorary Doctorate recipients announced

Meet the 2023 Spring Convocation Honorary Doctorate recipients for the Faculty of Science ceremonies!

Daniel Simberloff, Doctor of Science, honoris causa.
A.B. (Harvard College), Ph.D. (Harvard University) 

A pioneer and renowned scholar in ecology and conservation biology, Daniel Simberloff’s research has informed the design of nature reserves, the management of invasive species, and the risks of biological control. Studying the susceptibility of ecosystems to biological invasions years before the phenomenon became a thriving subdiscipline, Simberloff is a world leader in this research area.

His work helped motivate U.S. President Bill Clinton’s 1999 Executive Order that outlined a federal strategy to address the threat of invasive species and established an Invasive Species Advisory Committee, on which Dr. Simberloff served and which produced the first national invasive-species-management plan for the United States. Simberloff will receive his Honorary Doctorate and speak at the Convocation Ceremony "A", Monday, June 5, 10 a.m.

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Barbara J. Finlayson-Pitts, F.R.S.C., Doctor of Science, honoris causa.
BSc. (Trent University), Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside)

Ottawa-born Barbara Finlayson-Pitts is a renowned atmospheric chemist whose pioneering research has led to novel breakthroughs and insights into the most important aspects of atmospheric chemistry, and the causes and creation of air pollution.

Professor Finlayson-Pitts’s research group is dedicated to the study of atmospheric processes. She is focused on obtaining a molecular-level understanding of reactions that have the potential or are known to occur in the atmosphere and is particularly interested in interactions at the interface between air and water as well as air and particles, where gases meet liquids or solids. Finlayson-Pitts will receive her Honorary Doctorate and speak at the Convocation Ceremony "B", Monday, June 5, 3 p.m.