Awards and Research

Congratulations to faculty members in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry who have received awards and held prestigious positions.

 

Year
Professor
Award
2025
2022 
Paul Hayes
Director of Subject Divisions, Canadian Society for Chemistry
2025
2019 
Paul Hayes
Tier 1 Board of Governors Research Chair in Organometallic Chemistry
2023
Stacey Wetmore
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair – Computational Chemistry
2023
Trushar Patel
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair – RNA and Protein Biophysics
2023
Paul Hayes
Specially Appointed Professor (Hokkaido University)
2023
2017
Stacey Wetmore
Tier 1 Board of Governors Research Chair in Origins and Explorations 
2023
Stacey Wetmore
CFI – John R. Evans Leaders Fund
2023
Michael Gerken
American Chemical Society Fellow
2023
Trushar Patel
Speaker Research Award
2023
2015 
Paul Hayes
Associate Editor of RSC Advances
2022
Laura Keffer-Wilkes
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Scholar Award
2022
Stacey Wetmore
Elected to the Board of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists
2021
Susan Findlay
Excellence in Teaching Award
2021
Stacey Wetmore
Ingrid Speaker Research Award
2021
Stacey Wetmore
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 
2021
Paul Hayes
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitational Fellowship (Long-term)
2019
Greg Patenaude
ULSU Teaching Excellence Award (only person to win it two times)
2019
Stacey Wetmore
Co-Editor in Chief, Canadian Journal of Chemistry
2018
Stacey Wetmore
Chemical Institute of Canada Fellowship
2017
2006
Stacey Wetmore
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Computational Chemistry
2016
Paul Hayes
Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry
2016
Stacey Wetmore
Australian Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (AATACC) International Fellow 
2013
Greg Patenaude
ULSU Teaching Excellence Award
2012
Roman Przybylski
American Oil Chemists' Society -
Timothy L. Mounts Award
2011
Roman Przybylski
Alberta Food for Health Award -
A Premier's Award
2010
Paul Hayes
Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations -
Distinguished Academic Early Career Award
2009
Paul Hayes
Alberta Innovates New Faculty Award