{"id":21287,"date":"2026-02-05T12:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/article\/new-dr-yu-ru-liu-to-receive-the-2026-krieger-nelson-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:10:37","slug":"new-dr-yu-ru-liu-to-receive-the-2026-krieger-nelson-prize","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/article\/new-dr-yu-ru-liu-to-receive-the-2026-krieger-nelson-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Dr. Yu-Ru Liu to receive the 2026 Krieger-Nelson Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Yu-Ru Liu (University of Waterloo) has been named the recipient of the 2026 Krieger-Nelson Prize. The prize is awarded annually in recognition of outstanding research contributions by a mathematician who identifies as a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the media release:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cms.math.ca\/news-item\/dr-yu-ru-liu-to-receive-the-2026-krieger-nelson-prize\/\">https:\/\/cms.math.ca\/news-item\/dr-yu-ru-liu-to-receive-the-2026-krieger-nelson-prize\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/liu-photo-general-996x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21289\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/liu-photo-general-996x1024.jpeg 996w, https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/liu-photo-general-292x300.jpeg 292w, https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/liu-photo-general-768x790.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/liu-photo-general-1494x1536.jpeg 1494w, https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/liu-photo-general-1991x2048.jpeg 1991w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"template":"","section":[487],"keyword":[],"class_list":["post-21287","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","section-feature"],"toolset-meta":{"author-4-info":{"author-4-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-4-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-3-info":{"author-3-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-3-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-2-info":{"author-2-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-2-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-info":{"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"unknown":{"downloadable-pdf":{"type":"file","raw":"","attachment_id":null},"article-toc-weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":"1"},"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/21287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/21287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21292,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/21287\/revisions\/21292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=21287"},{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=21287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}