Yunjie Xu, Robert Campbell, Glen Loppnow, Dennis Hall, and Michael Serpe at the CSC Awards in June in Halifax.
The University of Alberta Department of Chemistry is staying true to its reputation for award excellence, adding an astonishing five new accolades for faculty members earlier this month in Halifax at the annual Canadian Society for Chemistry conference.
"We are delighted with the recognition the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) and its parent organization, the Chemical Institute of Canada, has shown to five members of our department through these prestigious awards," says Jed Harrison, chair of the Department of Chemistry. "Our professors were acknowledged for outstanding performance in teaching, for research contributions in organic chemistry and in biochemistry, and for excellence as a young investigator. We are especially pleased that what has become the most competitive award of the CSC, for outstanding research contributions by a female faculty member, went to Yunjie Xu. It is vanishingly rare for a single department to make such a showing in these awards, across such a large range of areas."
Congratulations to this year's award winners:
- Robert Campbell:
Teva Canada Limited Biological and Medicinal Chemistry (BMC) Lectureship Award presented to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of biological or medicinal chemistry while working in Canada. - Dennis Hall:
Alfred Bader Award, presented as a mark of distinction and recognition for excellence in research in organic chemistry by a scientist who is currently working in Canada. - Glen Loppnow:
CIC Award for Chemistry Education, presented as a mark of recognition to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in Canada to education at the post-secondary level in the field of chemistry or chemical engineering. - Michael Serpe:
Fred Beamish Award, presented to an individual who demonstrations innovation in research in the field of analytical chemistry, where the research is anticipated to have significant potential for practical applications. - Yunjie Xu:
Clara Benson Award, presented to recognize a woman who has made a distinguished contribution to chemistry while working in Canada.