Research Area: Genomics & Bioinformatics; Computational Biology Awards and Scholarships 2011-2013 Richard Tomlinson Science award (50,000) 2012 CACS/AIC Outstanding Young Computer Scientist Researcher Prize 2008 Leo Yaffe teaching award (Faculty of Science) 2007 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 2007-2009 2006 Chris Overton award from the International Society of Computational Biology. 2003 FQRNT Strategic Researcher 2002 William Chan Memorial Award for best doctoral thesis, University of Washington, 2002. 2001 Best student paper award, RECOMB 2001, for "Algorithms for Phylogenetic Footprinting". 1997-2001 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Scholarship for Masters and Ph.D. studies. 2001-2002 Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l'aide à la recherche du Québec scholarship for Ph.D. studies.