Congratulations Scott Prosser

Scott Prosser has been awarded a UTM Research Excellence Award. Scott has had a relevant and sustained impact through contributions to his field of study, is able to stimulate and challenge the research ability of students, to communicate research results effectively, and to maintain a mastery of his subject area.

Congratulations Ludovico Cademartiri

Dr. Ludovico Cademartiri is one of three UoT recipients of the Governor General's Gold Medal. The Gold Medal is awarded to the student who achieves the highest academic standing at the graduate level. This award has since become one of the most prestigious that a student in a Canadian educational institution may receive.

Congratulations Andrei Yudin

Andrei Yudin has been awarded an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement. This program provides substantial and timely resources to a small group of outstanding researchers who have a well-established research program, and who show strong potential to become international leaders in their respective area of research.

Congratulations Stu Whittington

Stu Whittington is the recipient of a 2007-08 University of Toronto Students' Union/Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Teaching Award for teaching excellence for the course CHM 326, "Introductory Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy”. It should be noted that this award is entirely student driven - nominated and selected!

Congratulations Alan Lough

The Awards Selection committee takes great pleasure in announcing that the Fifth Annual Chemistry Department Outstanding Staff Award winner for 2008 is Alan Lough.

The competition this year had many detailed and persuasive nominations. The effort that many of you take in making these nominations is clearly evident and the selection committee extends its deep appreciation. Chemistry is blessed with an outstanding group of staff, who provide strong support to our teaching and research missions.

Congratulations Mitchell Winnik, Jeff Haley & Yuanqin Liu

Mitchell Winnik, Jeff Haley and Yuanqin Liu have received the 2007 Roon Award First Place. This award is administered by the Federation of Societies for Coating Technologies in the US and is given for the top publication in the coatings field. Mitch shares this award with his postdoc Jeff Haley, student Yuanqin Liu, and collaborator Dr. Willie Lau at Rohm and Haas.

Congratulations Drew Woolley

Drew Woolley is the winner of the CSC 2008 Bernard Belleau Award. This award recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of medicinal chemistry through research involving biochemical or organic chemical mechanisms by a scientist residing in Canada.

Congratulations Molly Shoichet

Molly Shoichet is the recipient of a Killam Research Fellowship, Canada's most distinguished research award. These prizes are given in recognition of a distinguished career and exceptional contributions in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering and interdisciplinary studies.

Congratulations John Polanyi

The Department of Chemistry is very pleased to announce that John Polanyi has been awarded the 2007 Herzberg Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. This is the premier science prize awarded in Canada to an individual who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to Canadian research in the natural sciences and engineering.

Congratulations Zhihong Nie

Zhihong Nie, from the Kumacheva group, is one of two winners of this year's MSED/LANXESS Graduate Thesis award.

Congratulations Ludovico Cademartiri & Greg Welch

Greg Welch, one of Doug Stephan's PDF students (Windsor) and Ludovico Cademartiri, of the Ozin group, have each been awarded 2008 ACS Young Investigator Awards given by the Division of Inorganic Chemistry. Ludovico is also the recipient of the CSC Division of Inorganic Chemistry Prize for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry.