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At our November Alumni Reunion, we announced the winners to our two alumni awards. Congratulations to Prof. Chris Gill, who is awarded the Alumni Award of Distinction, and Dr. Shuai Sherry Zhao, who has been awarded the Young Alumnus Award!

  
Alumni Award of Distinction | Prof. Chris Gill

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

Last week at our November 2021 Alumni Reunion, we announced this years Graduate Student Award winners- Congratulations to you all! Our winners are as follows:

Ed Shuter Scholarship - Kasra Asnaashari

Edward Piers Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry – Alla Pryyma

Brian and Jane James Graduate Scholarship in Catalysis Research – Shaoxuan Ren

Sandra Morris and Richard Tillyer Scholarship in Chemistry – Shipei Xing and Andrew Kukor

Michael and Mary Gerry...

Assistant Professor Tao Huan has been selected as one of 11 individuals for the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) 2021 Emerging Investigators.

“The goal of the Emerging Investigators is to showcase some of the exciting independent work that is being performed by early career researchers who have already demonstrated their potential to make important contributions to their respective areas of research and have the potential to become future leaders within the field.”

Dr. Takamasa Momose’s project, HAICU: Hydrogen Antihydrogen Infrastructure at Canadian Universities for Quantum Innovations in Antimatter Science, has received a $3.3Million contribution from the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF).

State-of-the-art infrastructure will be built because of this funding, which will use new quantum techniques to study the properties of antimatter and address questions about the Universe.

Dr. Momose’s research works to advance...

Dr. Zac Hudson, an assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Chemistry has been working with NEXE Innovations to develop sustainable coffee pods. These coffee pods are made up of two materials: an outer fibre jacket and a bioplastic inner capsule. The outer fibre jacket is made from bamboo and the bioplastic inner capsule is derived from wood and plants. Together, this coffee pod completely breaks down in as little as 35 days in industrial compost. To read the full...

Congratulations to the 8 Chemistry Professors that received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants to support long-term research goals! The 8 Chemistry Professors are: Jason Hein, Eva Nichols, Jolene Reid, Katherine Ryan, Laurel Schafer, Mark Thachuk, Michael Wolf, and Nadine Borduas-Dedekind.

They received a collective funding amount at $1,985,000. More information can be found...

Curtis Berlinguette has been named a Distinguished University Scholar by the university. The Distinguished University Scholar awards recognize exceptional members of faculty who have distinguished themselves as scholars in research and/or teaching and learning.  Congratulations Curtis!

Solutions to health care’s greatest challenges won’t come from one idea or person. They’ll come from a community of innovators and investors, using their time, talents and financial support to create change system-wide.

On May 6, the BMO Capital Markets Innovators’ Challenge will showcase the latest medical innovations that will transform health care.

This free virtual event features Vancouver’s all-star physicians and scientists —including UBC Chemistry's Dr. Dan Bizzotto and...

Researchers cool antimatter for the first time.

Researchers at the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration have cooled antimatter to near absolute zero for the first time, using a laser system developed by a team led by Dr. Takamasa Momose, a UBC professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics and Astronomy. This achievement,...