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Education and Employment:

2025 - present: Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

• 2023 – 2025: Vice President, Faculty Association of UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

2017 – 2025: Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

2011 – 2017: Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. 

2010 – 2011: Post-Doctoral Fellow: Biorefining Conversions Network, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) under the supervision of Dr. F.G. West.

2008­ – 2010: NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow: Colorado State University (Colorado, USA) under the supervision of Dr. John L. Wood. 

2006 – 2007: JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow: Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) under the supervision of Dr. M. Hirama.

2001 –  2006: Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry) University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) under the supervision of Dr. F.G. West.

1994 – 2000: B.Sc. (Chemistry, Co-Op Program) University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada).

Honours and Awards:

Keith Fagnou Award of the Canadian Chemical Society, 2021

Outstanding Performance Award, Faculty of Science, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, 2018

Province of Ontario Early Researcher Award, 2016

CNC-IUPAC Travel Award, 2016 (For attending ICOS21 in Bombay, India)

Outstanding Performance Award, Faculty of Science, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, 2015

Chem Club Periodic Table of Teaching Excellence Award 2014

NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2008­–2010

JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2006–2007

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Graduate Scholarship, 2004

NSERC PGS D2, 2004–2006

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Graduate Studentship, 2002–2007

Coop Employment:

January - August 2001: Merck-Frosst, Montreal, QC.

May 1999  - April 2000: Kao Corporation, Tochigi, Japan.

January - August 1998: Raylo Chemical, Edmonton, AB.

May - August 1997: Suncor Energy, Fort McMurray, AB.

January - April 1996: Cominco LTD, Vancouver, BC.