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Prof. Mark Stradiotto received his BSc (Hons.) in Applied Chemistry (1995) and PhD in Organometallic Chemistry (1999) from McMaster University, the latter under the supervision of Profs. Michael A. Brook and Michael J. McGlinchey. After conducting research as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley with Prof. T. Don Tilley (1999-2001), Mark moved to the Department of Chemistry at Â鶹´«Ã½ where he now holds the rank of Professor with tenure. Mark has/currently serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Organometallics and Catalysis Science and Technology, has been named a Synlett/Synthesis Promising Young Professor Journal Awardee, and was awarded the Canadian Society for Chemistry 2012 Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry; subsequently in 2021 he was awarded the Rio Tinto Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry for oustanding contributions to inorganic chemistry in Canada. In July 2013, Mark was named the Â鶹´«Ã½ Alexander McLeod Professor of Chemistry, and in 2017 he was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). In 2018 Mark was the recipient of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Faculty of Science Award for Teaching, and in 2020 he was named a Â鶹´«Ã½ Arthur B. McDonald Research Chair (CRC Tier-I equivalent; 2020-2027).
In 2023, Mark's innovations in catalyst design with applications in sustainable pharmaceutical synthesis were recognized in the form of the Government of Canada-Rideau Hall Foundation Canadian Governor General’s Innovation Award (typically 1-2 academic scientists recognized annually from across Canada).Â
Link to the GGIA award:Â
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Contact
Department of Chemistry
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6245 Castine Way (for shipping)
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
mark.stradiotto@dal.ca
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