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Contributions at the Department of Chemistry, McGill University:

  • Chair, Awards Committee (2007-present)
  • Member, Planning and Priorities Committtee (2007-present)
  • Member, Search Committee for Senior Organic Faculty Position (2007)
  • Member, Chemistry Curriculum Committee, 1999-present
  • Undergraduate Advisor for Chemistry Majors (Class of 2005)
  • Member, Scholarships Committee, 2003-2004
  • President, McGill Chemical Society, 2000-2001
  • Assistant Coordinator, Faculty Search Committee for the NSERC University Faculty Award Position, 2000-2001
  • Member, Graduate Recruiting Committee, 2000-2001
  • Member, Safety Committee, 1999-2000
  • Member, Undergraduate Instruments Sub-Committee, 1999-2000

 

Contributions at McGill University:

  • Member, Academic Planning and Policy Committee,  2007-2010
  • Provost’s Delegate on the Senate Committee for Teaching and Learning, 2007-present
  • Senate Representative on the University Tenure Committee, Faculty of Medicine,  2007-present
  • Member, Selection Committee for Leo Yaffe Award, Faculty of Science,  2007-present
  • Member, McGill Association of University Teachers (MAUT) Executive Council (elected for a two-year term 2004-2006)
  • Member, Selection Committee, McGill Tomlinson Teaching and Learning Improvement Fund, 2003-2005
  • Member, Selection Committee, McGill Conference and Seminar Grants Committee, 2003-2005
  • Member, Selection Committee for the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2002-2005

           
External Contributions:

  • Member, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) College of Reviewers, Leaders Opportunities Fund (LOF), 2005-present
  • Member, Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) College of Reviewers, Special Research Opportunities Grant (SRO), 2004-present
  • Member, NSERC Selection Committee, Strategic Project Grants, New Directions, 2003-2004
  • Member, Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide à la Recherche (FCAR, now FQRNT) Evaluation Committee for Ph.D. Fellowships (Committee 03A- Chemistry), 2002-2003
  • Research Grant Referee for: NSERC, NSERC Strategic Grants Program, FQRNT Equipe program, CFI (Canada Foundation for Innovation), Petroleum Research Fund (USA), Research Corporation (USA), Alberta Medical Heritage Foundation
  • Journal Referee for: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Organic Letters, Nanoletters, Macromolecules, Chemistry, a European Journal, Bioconjugate Chemistry, Langmuir, Inorganic Chemistry, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics Chem. Phys., European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.
  • External Ph. D. Thesis Referee:  Carleton University, Universite de Sherbrooke, Universite de Montreal, University of Victoria
  • Thesis Examiner (external or internal): M.Sc. External Examiner: for five candidates, from the research groups of Profs. M. Damha, Kakkar and Barrett.  Member of Ph. D. Committees at McGill:  for 8 Ph. D. candidates

Organization of Conferences and Lecture Series:

  • Symposium Organizer, “Self-Assembled Organic Materials”, 2008 CSC Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Session Chair, “Metal-Containing and Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers and Materials” 234th ACS Meeting, Boston, MA, 2007
  • Session Chair, 88th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Saskatoon, May 2005
  • Member of the Organizing Committee, International Conference on Research Trends in Science and Technology, Beirut, Lebanon, March 2005
  • Session Chair, “Supramolecular Chemistry and Molecular Recognition Symposium”, 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug. 2002
  • Symposium Organizer, “Bioinorganic and Inorganic Medicinal Chemistry” at the 84th CSC Conference and Exhibition, May 2001, Montreal, Canada; (15 contributions and 4 invited lectures)
  • President, McGill Chemical Society Lecture Series, 2000-2001

Community Contributions:

  • Initiated an Outreach Program, which links chemistry undergraduates at McGill University with local high school students in the Montreal area through lectures and demonstrations in Polymer Chemistry.  The program is now in place, and will be delivered to Montreal high schools in collaboration with the “Société pour la promotion de la science et de la technologie”.
  • Mentoring: The Essential Process, invited lecture at the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Status of Women Conference, October 2002, Montreal.
    • Invited lecture in the course “Selected Topics in Biotechnology” (BIOT 505A) at McGill University, Nanotechnology, October 2003
    • Invited lecture in the course “Seminars in Supramolecular Chemistry” at Concordia University, Self-Assembly of DNA, October 2003
    • Invited lecture to Honors Science students at CEGEP John Abbott College, Nanoscience:  The Case for DNA, May 2003
    • Invited lecture at the McGill Chemical Biology Workshop on Fluorescence, Bioconjugation Methods, November 2006.