Doug
Stephan
Phone: 416-946-3294 Cell: 647-339-3568 Email: dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca Education
Professional Positions University of Toronto University Professor 2018-present Professor 2008-2018 University of Windsor University Professor 2002-2007 Department Head 2003-2006 Professor 1992-2002 Associate Professor 1985-1992 Assistant Professor 1982-1985 |
Doug Stephan, born in Hamilton ON, graduated with his BSc at McMaster (1976) and PhD at UWO (1980). After a NATO PDF at Harvard, he began his independent career at the University of Windsor (1982). He was promoted to Associate Professor (1985), full Professor(1992) and named a NSERC Industrial Research Chair (2001), University Professor (2002) and Canada Research Chair (2005). In 2008 he moved to the University of Toronto as a Professor and Canada Research Chair, In 2018, he was appointed University Professor. In 2020, he established an additional satellite laboratory at Ningbo University as a Zhedong Scholar Chair Professor. He was an Associated Editor for Chemical Society Reviews for 6 years, the Chair of the editorial board and is now Chair of the editorial board of Chemical Communications A world-leading
researcher in inorganic chemistry/catalysis, he is best known as the founder of
the field of “frustrated Lewis pair” (FLP) chemistry. He has received a number
of National and International awards, including Humboldt and Killam
Fellowships. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (London), a Corresponding
Member of North-Rhein-Westfaelia Academy of the Sciences and Arts (Germany) and
was a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at King Abdulaziz University, and an
Einstein Visiting Fellow at TU Berlin. More recently, he was the recipient of
the 2019 J. C. Polanyi Award from NSERC of Canada, a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship
the 2021 Killam Prize in Science and the 2022 F.A Cotton Award from the
American Chemical Society. In 2023, he wqs named the John C. Polanyi Chair in
Chemistry at the University of Toronto. 2022 F.A. Cotton Award in Synthetic inorganic chemistry (ACS, USA).
2021 Centenary Prize (RSC, UK) 2020-2023 Zhendong Scholar Chair Professor, Ningbo University 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship 2014-2019 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (top 1% of all scientists) 2016-2019 Einstein Visiting Fellow, TU Berlin. 2015 Distinguished Adjunct Professor, King Abulaziz University 2014 Applied Catalysis Award (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) 2014 Corresponding Member of North-Rhein- Westfaelia Academy of the Sciences and Arts (Germany) 2013 Honorary Member of the Israeli Chemical Society 2013 Fellow of The Royal Society (London) 2012 Ludwig Mond Award (RSC, UK) 2011 Humboldt Foundation Research Award Re-invitation (Forschungpreis) 2010 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (U K) 2006 International Research Guest Professor, WW-Universitaet Muenster 2004 Ciapetta Lectureship Award (North American Catalysis Society) 2002-2003 Humboldt Foundation Research Award (Forschungpreis) 1995 DAAD Visiting Scientist, Muenster, Germany (declined) 1995 NSERC/DFG Visiting Scientist, WW-Universitaet Muenster. |
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National Awards 2023 John C. Polanyi Chair in Chemistry (Endowed Chair).
2021 Killam Prize in Natural Science 2019 E.W.R. Steacie Award (Chemical Institute of Canada) 2019 J. C. Polanyi Award (NSERC of Canada) 2014 CIC Medal (Chemical Institute of Canada) 2013 Henry Marshall Tory
Medal (Royal Society of Canada)
2009-2011 Killam Research Fellowship 2005 LeSueur Memorial Award (Society for Chemical Industry) 2005 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 2003 Synergy Award (with NOVA Chemicals from NSERC of Canada) 2003 Senior Award for Scholarship & Research (University of Windsor) 2001 Alcan Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry) |
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