We are pleased to announce that Alana Ogata has been awarded the 2022 John Charles Polanyi Prize in Chemistry.

In honour of John Polanyi, a University Professor Emeritus in the department of chemistry and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize, the Ontario Council of Universities grants this prestigious award to five outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career each year. This year, all five prizes were awarded to faculty from U of T.

Congratulations Alana!

Sarah Bickers from the Kanelis Lab receives the David H. Farrar Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry.

The David H. Farrar Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry is awarded to graduate student(s) in the Department of Chemistry who have distinguished themselves both academically and for their leadership and contribution to the life of the University through student governance, community service or volunteer work.

Name: Karishma Kailass

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: H.B.Sc., University of Toronto Mississauga

Name of the Lab at CPS: Beharry Lab

Selected Awards: NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral, NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's, Huguette Cohen Award

Selected Research Contributions: 

We are proud to share that Johnathan Sorrentino, PhD in Earth Science candidate from the Laflamme Lab, is the first runner-up in the UTM Three Minute Thesis Competition.

This annual competition allows Canadian graduate students to display their research to audiences and disciplines within the University and the broader public.

Congratulations Johnathan!

The Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences hosted its annual Awards Ceremony on Friday November 18, 2022. This year, 28 undergraduate students and 10 graduate students received awards. To see the full list of awards, please see a copy of the event program. Photos taken at the event can also be viewed.

Congratulations to ALL the Awardees!

Name: Natasha Leclerc

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: H.B.A., University of Toronto

Name of the Lab at CPS: Climate Geology Research Group in the Halfar Lab

Selected Awards: Centre for Global Climate Science Award; NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral

Selected Research Contributions:

We are extremely proud to share that the UTM Teaching Excellence Awards Selection Committee has selected our Chair, Professor Lindsay Schoenbohm as the recipient of the 2022 UTM E.A. Robinson Teaching Excellence Award for Senior Faculty, from a competitive pool of cross-disciplinary nominations. Congratulations Lindsay, on this extraordinary achievement! Special thanks to Paul Piunno and Marc Laflamme for working on this nomination.

Professor Claudiu Gradinaru was selected as a co-recipient of the 2022 Desmond Morton Research Excellence Award. This award acknowledges exceptional achievement in research and academic activity. We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Claudiu on this well-deserved accomplishment. Special thanks to Josh Milstein for putting forward this nomination.

Exciting to see MBiotech featured in a business education article today in the Globe and Mail.See full atricle link below.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/business-education/degree-allows-scientists-to-experiment-with-business/article29367627/

Professor Moore's PhD student Marc De Benedetti has been accepted into a prestigious summer school on  "Modeling of the Arctic Climate System” that is to be held at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The IARC is one of the leading centers for Arctic Climate Research and Marc was selected as one of the 20 participants in this school out of 60 applicants.