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Recent Student Awards:

1.  Faisal Aldaye.  (a) Udho Parsini Diwan Prize for best paper published by a graduate student in the Chemistry Department in 2006 (b) Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division Prize for Best Graduate Ph.D. Work, 2007 (Canadian Society for Chemistry, across Canada) (c) Trends in Nanotechnology Conference  travel award to present research, Spain, Sept. 2007, (d) Pall Dissertation Award, 2006; (e) CSC Conference Travel Award, 2006; (f) Sterry Hunt Teaching Award,2006; (g) Alexander McFee award for excellence in research, 2004-5 and 2005-6;  (h) Robert Zamboni award for excellence in research, 2005 and 2006

2.  Hassan Bazzi. (a) Ph. D. Degree with Dean’s Honor List, 2003, (b) Ambridge Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Physical Sciences at McGill, 2004, (c) Winkler Award for Best Chemistry Ph.D. thesis, McGill, 2004, (d) ADESAQ Prize for best doctoral dissertation in natural sciences and engineering in Quebec, 2004, (e) NSERC Postdoctoral Industrial Research Fellowship, 2003-2004, (f) MSED Prize for Best Graduate Ph.D. Work, 2003, (g) Robert Zamboni Prize for Excellence in Research, McGill University, 2002

3.   Jean Bouffard: (a) Pfizer Summer Research Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Honors research, “DNA-Mimetic Polymers”, 2002, (b) Anachemia Prize for Best Honors Thesis Research, McGill University, 2002

4.   Jake Dalphond: (a) MDS Pharma Prize for Best Organic poster, Graduate Research Conference, Concordia University, 2001; (b) Best in Show Poster Award, Inorganic Discussion Weekend, University of Waterloo, 2001

5.  Tanit Haddad –CSACS summer research fellowship, 2006

6.    Yoshihiro Ishihara, (a) NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship (PGSA), 2005-2007

7.    Lucas Lecours – Merck summer research fellowship

8.    Peggy Lo: CIHR Chemical Biology Ph.D. Scholarship, 2007-2008

9.  Kim Metera: (a) McConnell graduate Ph.D. fellowship 2006-2007 (b) NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship 2002-2005,  (c) CSC Prize for Best PosterPresentation, 87th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, May 2004, London, Ontario; (d) CSC Materials Division Award for Best Poster Presentation, 88th Canadian Chemistry Conference, May 2006, Halifax, NS

10.       Debbie Mitra: (a) CIHR Chemical Biology Scholarship,2002-2003, (b) First Prize for Best Graduate Talk, 2001 Symposium Annuel de Chimie Inorganique au Quebec (SACIQ), Sherbrooke, Quebec

11.       Alison Palmer - CIHR Chemical Biology Scholarship, 2004-2005

12.       Michel Paradis - M. Sc. Degree with Dean’s Honor List, McGill University, 2000

13. Claire Rannoux:  CSACS fellowship (exchange student) Feb. June 2007

14.  Mohamed Slim - CIHR Chemical Biology Scholarship, 2003-2004

14. Alexander Wong – CSACS summer research fellowship
NSERC Summer Research Awards: Sylvie Asselin, Ghislaine Bailey, Emily Rochette, Philippe Violette, Vincent Lemieux, Hisham Khalil, Jean Bouffard, Francois Godin, Yoshi Ishihara