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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, U. British Columbia
• 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, from the research groups of Profs. A. Eisenberg, M. Damha, I. Butler, Y. Tzantrizos

Contributions at the Department of Chemistry, McGill University:

Chair, Awards Committee (2007-present)
Member, Planning and Priorities Committtee (2007-present)
Member, Search Committees for Senior Organic Faculty position and Bio-nano 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
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

           
Organization of Conferences and Lecture Series:

• Symposium Organizer, “Advanced Materials y Self-Assembly”, 2008 CSC Meeting, Edmonton, AB
• Symposium Organizer, “DNA Nanotechnology”, 2008 CIFAR Meeting, Vancouver, BC
• Session Chair, “Metal-Containing 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, Int. Conf. Res. Science Techn., Beirut, Lebanon, March 2005
• Session Chair, “Supramolecular Chemistry Symposium”, 224th ACSMeeting, Boston, MA, Aug. 2002
• Symposium Organizer, “Bioinorganic Chemistry” 84th CSC Conf. Montreal, May 2001
• President, McGill Chemical Society Lecture Series, 2000-2001