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CIC Environment Division Awards

2023 Awards

Congratulations to all award winners at the 106th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition - Chemistry at the Edge! 

Congratulations to the winners of the prestigious 2022 EN Division Research & Development Dima Award (Myrna Simpson) and Early Career Research Award (Tara Kahan)! 
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CCCE-2023 Environment Division Student Presentation Awards

List of Student Awardees by EN Symposia CSC2023

Biogeochemistry of metals and metalloids
Graduate Student Awards
Best Oral Presentation
Meghan Zee ($250)

Fate and Distribution of Aquatic Contaminants
Graduate Student Award
Best Poster presentation
Misha Zvekic ($250)

Atmospheric Organics
Graduate Student Awards
Best Oral Presentation
Amirashkan Askari ($250)
Carolyn Liu-Kang ($250)
Best Poster presentation
Nealan Gerrebos ($250)
Undergraduate Student Awards
Best Poster presentation
Kevin Eastbrook ($250)

Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry
Graduate Student Awards
Best Oral presentation
Kyle Fisher ($250)
Best Poster presentations
Liam Foyle ($125)
Kirsten Yeung ($125)
 
Integrating Green Chemistry into Teaching and Research
Undergraduate Student Awards
Best Oral presentation
Tejas Gill ($125)
Sarah Greidanus ($125)

Nuclear*
*$TBD based on symposia sponsorship from General Fusion
Graduate Student Awards
Best Oral presentations
Chris Copeman ($TBD)
Menush Badanage ($TBD)
Undergraduate Student Awards
Best Oral presentation
Rebecca Gerber ($TBD)

Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Graduate Student Awards
Meritorious Oral presentations
Joseph Monaghan ($200)
Chester Lau ($200)
Matthew Kowal ($200)
Morgan Griffith ($200)
Teresa Kumblathan ($200)
Meritorious Poster presentations
Matthew Davis ($125)
Rickey Lee ($125)
Eric Vanhauwaert ($125)
Undergraduate Student Awards
Best Oral presentation
Rebekah Aplin ($125)
Meritorious Poster presentations
Rio Bouwers ($125)
Dylan Long ($125)

Interfacial EnvironChemistry**
**$values may be topped up based on symposia sponsorship
Graduate Student Awards
1st place Oral presentation
Paul Bieber ($250)
2nd place Oral presentation
Sina Pourebrahimi ($150)
3rd place Oral presentation
Josee Maurais ($100)
1st place Poster presentation
Tyler Roy ($250)
 
Congratulations to all the students that participated and delivered fantastic presentations and posters! Thank you to the judges that made this possible and to Dr. Erik Krogh and Dr. Jay Cullen for fundraising for the awards!

2022 Awards

CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
Professor Greg Evans from University of Toronto

CIC Environment Division Early Career Research Award
Professor Cora Young from York University

CSC Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Professor Hind Al-Abadleh from Wilfred Laurier University

CSC Ricardo Aroca Award
Professor Parisa Ariya from University of Montreal 

CCCE-2022 Environment Division Student Presentation Awards

Oral Presentations, Best Overall, Grad Students
First prize: Teresa Kumblathon, U Alberta
 Second prize: Stephanie Schneider, U Toronto 
 Third prize- tie: Cassandra Johannessen, Trent U ($100) & Cameron Littlejohn, Western U 
 
Oral Presentations, Best Overall, Undergrad Students
 First Prize: Isabelle Lao, U British Columbia 
 
Poster Presentations, Best Overall, Grad Students
 First prize: Nealan Gerrebos, U British Columbia 
Second prize: Colin Unruh, U Calgary 
 Third prize: Paul Heine, U British Columbia 
 
 Poster Presentations, Best Overall, Undergrad Students
 First prize: Amanda Gomez, U Calgary 
 
 Best Presentation in each symposium (unless Best Overall) 
Toxic Metal(loids)s: Kevin Sule, U Calgary
 Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry: Holly Barrett, U Toronto
 Technology-critical elements: Mélodie Bonin, Laval U
 Air, Water, Fire and Earth: Giuseppe Crescenzo, U British Columbia
 Microplastics: Zara Aghai, Memorial University Newfoundland

2021 Awards

CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
 Professor Feiyue Wang from University of Manitoba

CIC Environment Division Early Career Research Award
Dr. Amila de Silva from Environment and Climate Change Canada

CCCE-2021 Environment Division Student Presentation Awards

Congratulations to all award winners at the recently completed IUPAC CCCE 2021 Conference - Solving Global Challenges with Chemistry. Thank you to all who participated. We are excited to present the following winners under five themes for the EN Division.
  
Atmosphere 
First Prize: Wisam Mohammed, Wilfred Laurier University
Second Prize: Xingyang Guo, University of Alberta
Third Prize: Ryan Schmedding, McGill University

 
Environmental Interface 
First Prize: Kardelen Kaya-Ozkiper, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Second Prize: Mina Mahdian, University of Toronto

 
Water Treatment 
First Prize: Sarah Begin, Trent University
Second Prize: Md Fahim Hossain, University of Calgary

 
Biogeochemistry 
First Prize: Zi Wang, Trent University
Second Prize: Blaire Coffey, Royal Military College of Canada

 
General and Emerging Topics 
First Prize: Megan Himmelman, Saint Mary's University
Second Prize: Xixi Li, 
Memorial University of Newfoundland
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2020 Awards

CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
 Professor Nathalie Tufkenkji from McGill University

CSC Ricardo Aroca Award
Professor Xing-Fang Li from University of Alberta

CIC Medal
 Professor Jonathan Abbatt from University of Toronto

2019 Awards

CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
 Professor Parisa Angeline Ariya from McGill University
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CSC-2019 Environment Division Student Presentation Awards

​Oral Presentation Category
Laurence Whitty-Léveillé, Université Laval (Best Platform, Radiochemistry Symp.)
Guillaume Blanchet, Université Laval, (Second Best Platform, Radiochemistry Symp.)

 Devon McGrath, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Best Graduate Platform)
 
 Poster Presentation Category
 Mélodie Bonin, Université Laval (Best poster, Radiochemistry Symp.)
 Alison Bain, McGill University (First Prize)
Jon Davidson, Vancouver Island University (Second Prize)

Undergraduate Poster Presentation Category  
Mirza Zainab, University of Toronto (First Prize)

2018 Awards

CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
Kevin Wilkinson from Université de Montréal
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2017 Awards

CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
Xing-Fang Li, FCIC from University of Alberta
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2016 Awards

CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
Dr. Allan Bertram, University of British Columbia
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CSC-2016 Environment Division Student Presentation Awards

 Oral Presentation Category
Jackie Ye, University of Toronto (Grand Prize)
Rob Di Lorenzo, Memorial University
Crystal Weagle, Dalhousie University
Nicole Combe, University of Toronto
Alyson Baergen, University of Toronto
Heidi Pickard, Memorial University
David Bowman, McMaster University
Joseph Bautista, Memorial University
Sarah Klapstein, Memorial University


Poster Presentation Category
John MacInnis, Memorial University (Grand Prize)
Uday Kurien, McGill University
Manpreet Takhar, University of Toronto
Eileen Burns, Dalhousie University


Undergraduate Poster Presentation Category
Kathryn Dawe, Memorial University (Grand Prize)
Sophia Schreckenbach, University of Manitoba

2015 Awards

CIC E.W.R. Steacie Award 
​Dr. William Cullen, University of British Columbia 
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​CIC Environment Division Research & Development DIMA Award
Dr. Frank Wania, University of Toronto
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CSC-2015 Environment Division Student Presentation Awards

Metals and Metalloids in the Environment
Qingqing Liu, University of Alberta
Avik Jim Ghoshdastidar, McGill University

Chemistry of the Northern/Arctic Environment
François Masse, Université de Sherbrooke
Ashley Elliott, University of Manitoba

Best Practices in Green Chemistry
Mingxin Liu, McGill University

Current Topics in Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Nadine Borduas, University of Toronto
Sahana Selladurai, Concordia University

Poster Presentations
Selvan Mohan, Carleton University
Matthew MacLennan, University of British Columbia 

For a complete list of recipients, check out the CIC award page.

Chemical Institute of Canada & Canadian Society for Chemistry - Last updated August, 2022

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