Congratulations to UBC Chemistry Assistant Professor, Dr.Eva Nichols, for being one of five new Canada Research Chairs appointed at UBC Science.
Dr. Nichols’ group’s research centres around the development and understanding of catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of oxidized carbon into valuable products. Her research group works to improve catalyst activity and selectivity using lessons from biology by applying general design principles from CO2-fixing enzymes to synthetic molecular and materials-based systems. A key goal is to gain a deeper understanding of how the catalyst’s local environment governs reaction outcome.
The Canada Research Chairs Program enables Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of excellence in research and research training. Chairholders improve our depth of knowledge and quality of life, strengthen Canada's international competitiveness, and help train the next generation of highly skilled people through student supervision, teaching and the coordination of other researchers' work.
Read the announcement here.