Congratulations to Nikola Surjanovic on being awarded the 2025-2026 Marshall Prize.
Nikola is in his final year at UBC and will be graduating with a PhD in Statistics under the supervision of Dr. Alexandre-Bouchard-Côté and Dr. Trevor Campbell. While completing his PhD, Nikola has taken on the role of Applied Scientist II (ML/AI) at Amazon, working on the supply chain optimization Technologies team.
Among his many achievements, Nikola was a core contributor and founding member of the Pigeons software project, which offers assistance with sampling and integration problems. He was also a co-chair and founding member of the Student Committee of the Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society. His academic excellence has been recognized through several distinctions, including the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (Master’s level) from NSERC and the Governor General’s Silver Medal.
The Marshall Prize honours Professor Albert Marshall for his seminal work in the theory of statistical reliability and for his contributions to the development of statistics at UBC. The prize is awarded to an outstanding M.Sc. or Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics who has demonstrated excellence in the discipline of statistics as demonstrated by strength in the development and application of statistical methodology.
To learn more about this award and Professor Marshall and previous recipients, please visit: https://www.stat.ubc.ca/marshall-prize