Join João B. P. Soares, Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, for a 360˚ look into the publishing world of scholarly and technical papers.
Abstract
Learn how to integrate manuscript preparation into your daily routine, how to efficiently prepare a clear and well-organized manuscript, how to avoid common pitfalls and bad habits of scientific writing, how the review process works and how to expedite your manuscript’s review (and acceptance).
Dr. Soares will also talk about future trends and developments in scientific publishing.
The workshop will conclude with an open discussion session.
Biographical Sketch
João Soares is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. He holds a Campus Alberta Innovates Program (CAIP) Chair in Interfacial Polymer Engineering for Oil Sands Processing and a Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Advanced Polymer Reaction Engineering. Before joining the University of Alberta in 2013, he was a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo for 18 years.
Professor Soares is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and Professional Engineer in the Provinces of Ontario and Alberta.
He has been the Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering for more than 10 years. He is also the Publications Director of the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering and a member of the Executive Advisory Board of Wiley-VCH Macromolecular Journals.
His awards include:
1) Premier’s Research Award, 2000
2) Union Carbide Corporation Innovation Recognition Award, 2000
3) Dow Chemical Innovation Recognition Award, 2001
4) CSChE Syncrude Canada Innovation Award, 2001
5) Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo, 2012
6) University Research Chair, University of Waterloo, 2012
7) Top 150 Alumni, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University, 2017
Professor Soares' main research interest is in the area of polymerization reaction engineering (PRE) and polymer microstructural characterization. He spent most of his early career applying PRE principles to ethylene, propylene and -olefin polymerizations with coordination catalyst. Since joining the University of Alberta, his research interests widened to include water-soluble polymers used in the oil sands industry. More recently, his group is also developing polymer membranes for hot water treatment, polymer herders/solidifiers to remediate oil spills in fresh and salt water, and polymer adsorbents for water treatment.