Graham Murphy

Education and Employment:

2025 - present: Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Waterloo.

• 2023 – 2025: Vice President, Faculty Association of UWaterloo.

2017 – 2025: Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Waterloo.

2011 – 2017: Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Waterloo. 

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 Waterloo, 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 Waterloo, 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.