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Information About Rob Batey

Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories
Davenport Research Wing
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
80 St.George Street, Toronto, ON
Canada M5S 3H6

Phone: (416) 978 - 5059
Lab Phone: (416) 978 - 3287
Fax: (416) 978 - 5059
Office Rooms: LM364 & LM365
Lab Rooms: LM370 & LM371
E-mail: rbatey@chem.utoronto.ca

Academic Positions & Education:

  • Professor, University of Toronto (2007-present)
  • Molecular Design and Information Technology Centre Executive Committee (2001-present)
  • Associate Professor, University of Toronto (1999-2007)
  • Assistant Professor, University of Toronto (1994-1999)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Pharmacia & Upjohn (USA) with Prof. Jeffrey D. Winkler and Dr. Robert Kelly (1993-94)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (USA) with Prof. Jeffrey D. Winkler (1992-93)
  • Ph.D., Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UK) with Prof. William B. Motherwell (1988-1991)
  • B.A., Oxford University (UK) incl. Thesis Project with Prof. George Fleet (1984-1988)

Honors and Awards:

  • Premier's Research Excellence Award (2000)
  • Bio-Mega/Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry (1998)
  • Canadian Society of Chemistry - Astra Pharma Award (1997)
  • Canadian Society of Chemistry - Ichikizaki Travel Awards (1996-98)

Professional Societies:

  • Canadian Society of Chemistry - Organic Chemistry Division
  • American Chemical Society - Organic & Medicinal Chemistry Divisions
  • International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry

Organization of Symposia/Conferences:

  • 84th Canadian Society of Chemistry Conference & Exhibition
  • Montreal, Quebec, "Heterocycles" Symposium, 2001: Organizer and Chair
  • 82nd Canadian Society of Chemistry Conference & Exhibition
  • Toronto, Ontario, "Heterocycles" Symposium, 1999: Organizer and Chair
  • 1st Canadian Combinatorial Chemistry Symposium
  • Toronto, Ontario, 1995: Primary Organizer and Chair
  • 5th Ontario-Quebec Minisymposium in Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Toronto, Ontario, 1994: Co-organizer

Undergraduate Teaching:

  • "Introductory Chemistry" (CHM151H, 2001)
  • "Introductory Organic Chemistry" (CHM240Y, 1999, 2001)
  • "Applications of Spectroscopy to Organic Structure Determination" (CHM441F, 1998)
  • "Principles of Organic Synthesis" (CHM346S, 1997-1999)
  • "Synthetic Organic Chemistry" (CHM440S, 1995-1998)
  • "Intermediate Organic Chemistry" (CHM349S, 1995)

Graduate Teaching:

  • "Advanced Topics in Synthetic Organic Chemistry" (CHM1060H, 1999, 2001)
  • "Modern Organic Synthesis" (CHM1040S, 1995, 1997)