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Portrait of Barbara Sherwood Lollar

(Photo by Perry King)

Barbara Sherwood Lollar wins Herzberg Gold Medal

The 91³Ô¹Ï’s Barbara Sherwood Lollar has received the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal – the country’s top prize for science and engineering research – for her work on water and the life it supports.

Ain the department of Earth sciences, Sherwood Lollar was recognized for decades-long research into the geochemistry of fluids deep in the Earth’s crust, drinking water remediation and astrobiology. Her work seeks to understand the potential nature of life beyond Earth.

This is the second consecutive year that a 91³Ô¹Ï researcher has been recognized with the Herzberg. 

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