Personal Data
DEGREES
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Department of Chemistry, Sept. 1991-Oct. 1996.
M.Sc. in Chemistry
Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Sept. 1988-Sept. 1991.
B.Sc. in Honours Chemistry
Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ
Département de Chimie, Sept. 1985-May 1988.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
| 2006-2010 | Canada Research Chair in Surface and Interfacial Electrochemistry (renewed) |
| 2001-2006 | Canada Research Chair in Surface and Interfacial Electrochemistry (Physical Chemistry) |
| 2004 | Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Ontario |
| 2000 | York University’s Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award |
| 06.1999- 08.99 | Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (re-invitation, five months visit) |
| 09.1996-12.1997 | Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (full year) |
| 09.1995- 09.1996 | University of Ottawa excellence scholarship |
| 1995 | Student award of the Canadian local section of The Electrochemical Society Inc. |
Employment History and Research Experiences
| 07.2014- | Full Professor with Tenure, Department of Chemistry, York University. Toronto, ON |
| 07.2022-06.2023 | Interim Director of One WATER |
| 09.2020-08.2021 | Sabbatical leave |
| 08.2015-06.2018 | Associate Dean Research and Graduate Education, Faculty of Science, York University, Toronto, ON |
| 09.2014-06.2015 | Distinguished Visiting Professor, CIC NanoGUNE (nanotechnology research Institute funded by the European Union and the Spanish government) in Spain. Host: Alexander Bittner |
| 08.2014-06.2015 | Leadership Development Program for Associate Dean’s Schulich Executive training Centre, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, ON |
| 05.2013-08.2014 | Associate Dean Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Science, York University, Toronto, ON |
| 07.2004- 06.2014 | Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, ON |
| 08.1999- 06.2004 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, ON |
| 01.1998- 06.1999 | Research associate, molecular interfaces program, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, group leader: Dr. Danial D.M. Wayner. Structural and morphological analysis of the Si(111) surface modified with organic molecules using Scanning Probe Microscopies, infrared spectroscopy and electrochemical methods. |
| 01.1997- 12.1997 | Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation (AvH) at Prof. Rolf-Jürgen Behm’s research laboratory, Department of Surface Science and Catalysis, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. Microscopic study of thin Ni films electrodeposited on silver substrates using Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy |