Piers Group Research

Warren E. Piers, FRSC, FCIC, FRSC(UK)

B. Sc. 1984: University of British Columbia Ph. D. 1988: University of British Columbia Killam/NSERC PDF:  1988-1990, CalTech Asst. Professor: 1990-1995, U. Guelph Assoc. Professor: 1995-2000, U. Calgary S. Robert Blair Professor:  2000-2013, U. Calgary Tier I CRC:  2013-present, U. Calgary Humboldt Research Fellow: 2015-2017, Tübingen Associate Editor, Dalton Transactions: 2014-present

Awards

2019 Killam Annual Professor (UCalgary) 2019                Royal Society of Chemistry Ludwig Mond Award 2018                Anton Burg Memorial Lecturer (U. Southern California) 2016                Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) 2016                Winner, ASTech Leadership in Alberta Science Award 2016                Dow Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley 2015-2017       Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (Tübingen) 2014                Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship 2014                International Organic Chemistry Foundation Yoshida Lectureship Award 2014                Catalysis Award (Chemical Institute of Canada) 2013-2020       Tier I Canada Research Chair 2012-2014       Killam Research Fellowship (Canada Council for the Arts) 2011                Inaugural Schlenk Lecture Award (University of Tübingen) 2009                Elected Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada (FCIC) 2006                Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (RSC) 2005                Alcan Lecture Award (CSC) 2004                U of C FGS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Supervision 2003                Merck Frosst Center for Therapeutic Research Award (CSC) 2002                Canadian Catalysis Lecture Award (Catalysis Division of the CIC) 2002                U of C Faculty of Science Award for Research Excellence 2001                Royal Society of Canada Rutherford Medal in Chemistry 2001-03           NSERC E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship 1997-98           Faculty of Science Research Fellowship 1996-2000       Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship 1996                Society of the Plastics Industry in Canada Canplast Award 1996                Ichikizaki Foundation Travel Award 1991                CNC/IUPAC Travel Award 1991                Province of Ontario John C. Polanyi Prize in Chemistry 1988-90           Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship 1988-90           NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1986-88           NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship 1984-86           NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship

Affiliations                                    

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC). Member of the CSC Inorganic Division. Member of the CSC Organic Division. Member of the American Chemical Society. Member of the ACS Inorganic Division. Member of the ACS Organic Division. Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) Member of the Alpine Club of Canada Member of the Grand Cru Society of Calgary