Fallona Family Interdisciplinary Science Award & Lecture
You are invited to attend the Fallona Family Interdisciplinary Science Award & Lecture!
Join Western Science for our annual celebration of interdisciplinary research – a morning of networking, student presentations and an important keynote address.
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2026
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: TBA
Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan
2026 Fallona Interdisciplinary Science Prize winner
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan's research bridges physics and biology to study how living systems work across scales, from viruses to developing embryos. She develops computational and theoretical models to understand how physical forces guide the way cells organize, move, and build tissues, and how these processes go wrong in disease.
Student Presentations
Three Western Science students will have the opportunity to share their interdisciplinary research project. The best presenter will receive a prize of $750 to support their academic studies. Prizes will also be presented to the runners-up.
This opportunity is open to Undergraduate and Graduate students who are currently enrolled in a science program at Western University. Interested students are invited to submit a 60-second video summarizing their research using lay language to science@uwo.ca by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11. The Dean’s office will reach out to those selected as presenters by November 25. You must be available the first two weeks of December to participate. Please note, students that have been a top three finalist in previous years are not eligible to apply.
This special event is a result of the generous support and vision of Western Science alumni Mary Catherine Fallona (BSc’61, MSc’65) and James Fallona (BSc’58, MSc’62).
