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Education
BSc,
1979,
Honours
Chemistry
and
Biochemistry,
University
of
British
Columbia
PhD,
1983,
Synthetic
Organic
Chemistry,
Professor
Edward
Piers,
University
of
British
Columbia
Postdoctoral
Fellow,
1984-85,
Professor
K.
Barry
Sharpless,
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology,
Cambridge,
MA
Visiting professor, 1993, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Visiting professor, 2001-2002, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Research Interests
Synthetic organic chemistry. Development of new methods for stereoselective synthesis; Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions; New chiral ligands; Organometallic reagents; Insect pheromones.
Academic career (since first academic degree):
2006-present
Director, Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry
1996-present
Professor
of
Chemistry,
University
of
Waterloo,
Waterloo,
Canada
1990-1996
Associate
Professor
of
Chemistry,
University
of
Waterloo,
Waterloo,
Canada
1985-1990
Assistant
Professor
of
Chemistry,
University
of
Waterloo,
Waterloo,
Canada
1984-1985
NSERC/Killam
Postdoctoral
Fellow,
Professor
K.
Barry
Sharpless,
Department
of
Chemistry,
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology,
Cambridge,
MA,
USA
1979-1983
PhD
student,
Professor
Edward
Piers,
Department
of
Chemistry,
University
of
British
Columbia,
Vancouver,
BC,
Canada
Awards
NSERC University Research Fellow, 1985-1994