[1] Prof. Thompson was awarded a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Marine Prediction and Environmental Statistics.
Chair holders are recognized leaders in their fields and are selected in order to advance the frontiers of knowledge, not only through research, but also by teaching and supervising students and coordinating the work of other researchers.
Prof. Thompson was also awarded the President’s Prize of the Canadian Oceanographic and Meteorological Society in 1990, and Reviewer of the Year by the same organization.
He has written over 50 scientific publications and sits on international committees including the Coastal Ocean Observations Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System.
Thompson was awarded the J.P. Tully Medal in Oceanography from the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society in 2016.