Emily McCullough, PhD Candidate in the Department of Physics & Astronomy, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Northern Science Training Program Malcolm Ramsay Memorial Award from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. McCullough wins Ramsay Memorial Award
McCullough's graduate supervisor, Dr. Bob Sica nominated her for the award noting that her perserverence, productivity and resourcefulness were key aspects for her recognition. McCullough did her field work at the internationally known PEARL research station in Eureka, Nunavut which had recently suspended operations due to the government eliminating most federal support for ozone research. McCullough is the primary researcher for Lidar measurements of mixed-phase clouds in the Arctic winter atmosphere where she had installed, calibrated, and operated the depolarization channel of the lidar, and written the computer programs required to analyze the data. In the nomination application Sica wrote,"Her resourcefullness in the North was evident first time she went up to get the CRL polorotator system working. The “rotating” part of the system failed. Rather then pack it in and come home Emily devised a way to recalibrated the system and allow fixed position polarization measurements to be made. These important measurements during one of the ACE Arctic Campaigns will be an important part of her PhD thesis." McCullough is also heavily involved in the outreach activities ranging from visiting communities in Nunavut to CPSX outreach and the Exploring the Stars program at Western. She has also published 5 papers, 1 technical note and given more than 25 poster and oral presentations as an author or coauthor.
The Malcolm Ramsay Memorial Award is valued at $1000 and only one award is made nationally.
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