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CIC Environment Division Awards

2022 Awards

​Congratulations to all award winners at the 105th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition - Diversity and Innovation in Chemistry! 

CCCE-2022 Environment Division Student Presentation Awards

Oral Presentations, Best Overall, Grad Students
First prize: Teresa Kumblathon, U Alberta ($250)
 Second prize: Stephanie Schneider, U Toronto ($150)
 Third prize- tie: Cassandra Johannessen, Trent U ($100) & Cameron Littlejohn, Western U ($100)
 
Oral Presentations, Best Overall, Undergrad Students
 First Prize: Isabelle Lao, U British Columbia ($100)  
(note that she was the only undergrad entry but ranked in the top 3rd of ALL oral presentations)
 
Poster Presentations, Best Overall, Grad Students
 First prize: Nealan Gerrebos, U British Columbia ($250)
Second prize: Colin Unruh, U Calgary ($150)
 Third prize: Paul Heine, U British Columbia ($100)
 
 Poster Presentations, Best Overall, Undergrad Students
 First prize: Amanda Gomez, U Calgary ($100)
 (very few entries in this category - hence no other prices awarded)
 
 Best Presentation in each symposium (unless Best Overall) -  $100 each
 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 (scored 5th best overall, and 2nd best in his symposium)
 Microplastics: Zara Aghai, Memorial University Newfoundland

 
Thank you to all the judges who helped make the student competition possible!
Congratulations to the winners of the prestigious 2022 EN Division Research & Development Dima Award (Greg Evans) and Early Career Research Award (Cora Young)! Congratulations to the winners of the Canadian Society for Chemistry Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Hind Al-Abadleh) and Ricardo Aroca Award (Parisa Ariya). 
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2021 Awards

​Congratulations to the winners of the prestigious 2021 EN Division Research & Development Dima and Early Career Research Awards!
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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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