Professor named a fellow of prestigious Royal Society

Thursday, April 30, 2020

A cross-appointed professor of chemical engineering at the University of Waterloo has been named a fellow of the Royal Society, the world’s oldest independent scientific academy.

Linda Nazar was recognized for her research on electrochemical energy storage with topics that span Li-ion batteries and ‘beyond Li-ion,’ and solid state ionics.

Nazar, a chemistry professor, Canada Research Chair in Solid State Energy Materials, and member of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, was named to the society along with Waterloo physics professor and Nobel Prize winner Donna Strickland.

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