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2019 Award Winners
Congratulations to the four winners of the 2019 CNC-IUPAC Travel Awards:
Prof. Dajana Vuckovic, Concordia University (47th IUPAC World Congress in Paris, France. July 7-12, 2019)
Dr. Dajana Vuckovic obtained her PhD in 2010 from the University of Waterloo with her thesis focusing on the development of in vivo solid-phase microextraction for metabolomics under the supervision of Prof. Janusz Pawliszyn. As NSERC Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Andrew Emili at the University of Toronto, she developed new analytical workflows in chemical and quantitative proteomics. In December 2012, Dajana joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University where she is currently an Associate Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Clinical Metabolomics, Biomarkers and Preventative Health. Her research group develops new analytical methods and devices to improve metabolite coverage, data quality and the detection of low abundance and unstable metabolites, with the over-reaching goal of discovering and validating biomarkers for personalized medicine. With the support of CNC/IUPAC travel award, Dajana will attend 47th IUPAC World Congress in Paris, France from 7-12 July, 2019.
Prof. David Herbert, University of Manitoba (47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress in Paris, France. July 7-12, 2019)
David Herbert is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Manitoba. He received his MSc (University of Toronto) and PhD (University of Bristol) under the supervision of Prof. Ian Manners, and subsequently completed postdoctoral training at Texas A&M University with Prof. Oleg V. Ozerov and the California Institute of Technology with Prof. Theodor Agapie, where he held a Camille & Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Fellowship. Dave joined the University of Manitoba in 2013, where he and his research group are trying to answer questions in sustainable chemistry, materials and energy science using the tools of inorganic synthesis, coordination chemistry and catalysis. With the support of a CNC-IUPAC Travel Award, he will attend the 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress to present on his group’s work building sustainable transition-metal based dyes with exceptionally long excited state lifetimes this upcoming July in Paris, France.
Prof. Stephen G. Newman, University of Ottawa (20th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis in Heidelberg, Germany. July 21-25, 2019)
Dr. Stephen Newman completed a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Dalhousie University prior to undertaking his Ph.D. research at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Prof. Mark Lautens. After carrying out an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Prof. Klavs Jensen, Steve joined the Centre for Catalysis Research & Innovation and the Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Ottawa as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair. Since starting his independent career in 2014, Dr. Newman and his team have been discovering new chemical reactions and designing improved processes for the efficient synthesis of organic molecules. With the support of the CNC/IUPAC travel award, Dr. Newman will travel to Heidelberg, Germany to attend the 20th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS).
Prof. Rylan Lundgren, University of Alberta (20th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis in Heidelberg, Germany. July 21-25, 2019)
Rylan Lundgren received a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Manitoba in 2006 and conducted doctoral research under the guidance of Mark Stradiotto at Dalhousie University. After an NSERC-supported postdoc with Greg Fu at MIT and later Caltech, Rylan joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta in 2013. His research group is interested in the development and understanding of metal-mediated coupling processes in organic synthesis. With the support of the CNC/IUPAC travel award, Rylan will attend the International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis in Heidelberg, Germany.
