A University of Guelph post-doctoral researcher has received a prestigious international honour.

Adam Ford, Department of Integrative Biology, was named a runner-up for the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.

The annual award recognizes promising early-career scientists in groundbreaking life sciences research.

It’s sponsored by Science for Life Laboratory, a collaboration among four Swedish universities and the journal Science, which is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ford received his $10,000 award early this month in Stockholm, where he attended a luncheon with Nobel Prize laureates.

He was among three runners-up for the grand prize, awarded to Pennsylvania State University medical student Allison Cleary.

Prize applicants submitted a 1,000-word essay about their research and its potential contributions.

A wildlife ecologist, Ford studies how predator-prey interactions are shaped by human-modified landscapes. His essay on relationships among people, animals and plants in an East African savannah will be published in Science online.

At U of G, Ford is a Liber Ero Post-doctoral Fellow in Conservation Science and works with Prof. John Fryxell, chair of Integrative Biology.

“This is a remarkable accomplishment and a fitting testament to the innovative way in which Adam continues to blend cutting-edge work in wildlife ecology with practical conservation implications,” Fryxell said.

Ford completed undergraduate studies at the University of Victoria, and graduate degrees at Carleton University and the University of British Columbia.