Sponsored by the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC)

The CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award is presented to recognize outstanding achievement and potential in research by a graduate student whose PhD dissertation in chemistry was formally accepted by a Canadian university in the 12–month period preceding the nomination deadline.

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List of Past Winners

The 2024 winner of the CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award is:


Dominic Lauzon

Université de Montréal
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Dr. Dominic Lauzon is from La Plaine (Terrebonne), Québec, Canada, where he completed his B.Sc. at the Université de Montréal in 2016. There he had the opportunity to conduct undergraduate research in polymer chemistry with Prof. Christian Pellerin and lipid chemistry with Prof. Michel Lafleur. In 2023, he completed his Ph.D. at the Université de Montréal in the group of Prof. Alexis Vallée-Bélisle working on the thermodynamic and kinetic design rules of self-assembled DNA-based nanosystems for drug delivery and biosensing applications. He also utilized these nanosystems to create DNA-based mimics shedding light on the evolutive advantages of biological assemblies at the basis of chemical communication. He is currently a Research Assistant in the same university where he is managing projects on DNA-based biosensors, drug delivery systems, and molecular probes. He is also leading the DNA synthesis R&D platform of the Laboratory of Biosensors & Nanomachines (UdeM), in partnership with Anasens, a young startup building the next generation of point-of-care diagnostic. In addition to research, he is also a lecturer at the Université de Montréal, teaching undergraduate courses in chemistry.  

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Past Winners

2023

Nathan R. Paisley, MCIC

ETH Zürich
Society: CSC
2022

L. Reginald Mills, MCIC

Princeton University
Society: CSC
2021

Zheng Huang, MCIC

McGill University
Society: CSC
2020

Kathleen E. Prosser, MCIC

University of California
Society: CSC
2019

Soren K. Mellerup

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Society: CSC
For research carried out at Queen's University under advisor Suning Wang
2018

John Thompson

Gilead Sciences Inc.
Society: CSC
For research carried out at Simon Fraser University under advisor Daniel Leznoff, FCIC
2017

Cristina Mottillo

McGill University
Society: CSC
For research carried out at McGill University under advisor Tomislav Friščić
2016

Stephen Winter

Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität
Society: CSC
For research carried out at University of Waterloo under advisor Richard Oakley
2015

Mita Dasog

California Institute of Technology
Society: CSC
For research carried out at University of Alberta under advisor Jonathan Veinot.
2014

Gabriel Ménard

Harvard University
Society: CSC
For research carried out at University of Toronto under advisor Douglas Stephan.
2013

Zachary M. Hudson

University of Bristol
Society: CSC
For research carried out at Queen’s University under advisor Suning Wang