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Congratulations to Dr. Miguel A. Romero who is a recipient of the 2022-23 Alumni Builder Award!

Created in 2017 as part of the 100th year of alumni UBC, the Alumni Builder Awards recognize a cross-section of alumni representing both campuses who have significantly contributed to the university and enriched the lives of others, and in doing so, have supported alumni UBC’s vision of a global alumni community for an exceptional UBC and a better world. Read...

Mia Stankovic, a PhD candidate from Berlinguette Group at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Chemistry and the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (Blusson QMI), is among the three winners of the 2022 Tyler Lewis Green Research Foundation grant for her research on the decarbonization of chemical manufacturing using a membrane reactor.

Mia said the project aims to create a hydrogen economy without using hydrogen gas to develop products that can be readily...

Congratulations to graduate student Julie McNutt for receiving the 2022 Faculty of Science Excellence in Service Award!

These awards recognize faculty, staff and students who have demonstrated outstanding achievements beyond their regular work and whose dedication and service have widely impacted in advancing the goals of UBC Science. More info>

The awards will be presented at the next Faculty of Science meeting in...

At our November Alumni Reunion, we announced the winners to our two alumni awards. Congratulations to Dr. Alison Ewart, who is awarded the Alumni Award of Distinction, and Dr. Julian West, who has been awarded the Young Alumnus Award!

Alumni Award of Distinction | Dr. Alison Ewart, PhD '07

This award recognizes an alumnus whose accomplishments are of such excellence that they provide inspiration and leadership to students and other alumni....

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Burke for being awarded the 2022 Killam Mentoring Award!

Dr. Burke has been awarded for providing constant opportunities to hone essential skills in areas such as critical thinking, public speaking, and grant writing.  Dr. Burke tailors her mentoring approach, by adapting graduate student’s projects, and her mentoring, to each student’s evolving needs and career aspirations.  As co-creator of the Quantum Electronic Science & Technology Program, she has...

Assistant professor Tao Huan has received the MANA Early Career Award for his work in the development of analytical and bioinformatics tools for improving data acquisition and analysis of LC-MS-based metabolomics.

The MANA Early Career Award is a competitive award for the most accomplished Early Career Members whose work has exhibited exceptional novelty or has pushed the boundaries of metabolomics, or whose early career efforts, after obtaining a PhD, MD, or MD-PhD, have resulted in...

UBC Chemistry Prof Allan Bertram and Bertram group PhD student Nealan Gerrebos explain how wildfire smoke may warm the Earth for longer than previously thought. They explain their latest research here>

Professor Stephen Withers has been awarded the 2022 Haworth Memorial Lectureship from the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) Carbohydrate Group.

This award was founded in 1969 in commemoration of Sir Norman Haworth (president of the Chemical Society 1944-46) and it is awarded for sustained, internationally recognised contributions to carbohydrate chemistry. This award is given in recognition of Prof. Withers contributions to the elucidation of carbohydrate active enzyme...

Jaclyn Stewart (Prof. of Teaching), Russ Algar (Assoc. Professor), and UBC's Undergraduate Chemistry Society, have won awards at this year's Chemical Institute of Canada, Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.

Jaclyn Stewart has received the CIC Award for Chemistry Education. This award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to post secondary education in Canada in the field of chemistry or chemical engineering.

Russ Algar has received the W...