Awards

Congratulations to Professor Takamasa Momose for being a recipient of UBC's 2025 Distinguished University Scholars!  

The Distinguished University Scholar awards recognize exceptional members of faculty who have distinguished themselves as scholars in research and/or teaching and learning. The program runs every two years. The award is conferred by the President on the recommendation of an Adjudication Panel.

Congratulations to Dr. Allan Bertram for being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Fellows of the RSC are distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities, the sciences, as well as in public life. 

“The Royal Society of Canada is delighted to welcome into its ranks a talented group of inspiring researchers, artists, and creators...

Congratulations to this years Graduate Student Award Winners! Our winners are as follows:

F.J. Nicholson Scholarship – Tristan Ruigrok

Arthur S. Hawkes Scholarship in Chemistry – Jiahua Tan

Ed Shuter Scholarship – Rafael Gomez Diaz

Edward Piers Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry – Raksha Kandel

Brian and Jane James Graduate Scholarship in Catalysis Research – Joseph Chang...

Congratulations to Dr. Mark MacLachlan for receiving the 2026 Canadian Light Source T. K. Sham Award in Materials Chemistry. This award is presented to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to materials chemistry both in terms of research and mentoring while working in Canada.

Mark has made significant advances in the field of materials chemistry throughout his career, and especially over the past...

UBC Chemistry professor Dr. Zachary Hudson, has been awarded an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship for his work in developing advanced materials that are transforming how we diagnose disease, reduce electricity consumption and reduce plastic waste.

He is among six promising early-career academic researchers honoured with the prestigious fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada this...

Congratulations to the following graduate students who were selected as one of the top ten posters at the Graduate Student Imagine Day Poster Session.

• Shambhu Chandra
• Rama El-khawaldeh
• Naysilla Dayanara
• Joseph Chang
• Sofia Sirohey
• Juliette Froelich
• Evelande Gedeon
• Sepehr Nikkho
• Daelin Peel-Smith
• Amirhossein Rashidi

Mahsa Zarei, a PhD student in Professor Ed Grant's group, has been awarded the prestigious SAS Graduate Student Award, also known as the Barbara Stull Graduate Student Award. This award is given to up to two graduate students in recognition of outstanding research in the area of spectroscopy. 

Zarei has developed innovative...

Congratulations to PhD student Seiya Ota from the MacLachlan group for winning the Chemistry Excellent Poster Award at the 19th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry! Seiya's poster, "π-Extended ligands with dual-binding behavior: hindered rotation unlocks unexpected reactivity in cyclometalated Pt complexes", was one of only seven selected for the Excellent Poster Prize.

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The Department of Chemistry is proud to announce the following Graduate Student Summer Research Award Recipients!

Agnes and Gilbert Hooley Scholarship in Chemistry Congratulations to: William Chappell, Dmytro Voskoboinyk, Angelica Pym, Seiya Ota, Jessica Toigo, Yihao Wang, Brian Low, Elham TorabianHead’s Graduate Student Scholarship  Congratulations to: Paul Heine, Elsa Yuan, Albert Li, Kaeden Teindl, Jasemine HandjayaGraduate Student Summer...