About MWD

The drover group
The university of windsor, Windsor, ON

BIOGRAPHY

Marcus was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) and began his chemistry career at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), completing a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in 2012 with Prof. Francesca M. Kerton in main group coordination chemistry with an emphasis on ‘green polymer’ applications. In 2016, he was granted his doctorate in chemistry from the University of British Columbia (UBC) under the co-supervision of Profs. Laurel L. Schafer and Jennifer A. Love. At UBC, Marcus was an NSERC Vanier scholarship holder and studied organometallic chemistry related to N,O-chelated Group 9 transition metals, which included the development of new reactions aimed at the synthesis of phosphorus-containing agrochemicals. As a PhD student, Marcus was also a Michael-Smith visiting scholar at the University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Andrew S. Weller working on amine-borane chemistry. As a result of his thesis work, Marcus was awarded the 2016 Canadian Institute for Chemistry’s inorganic division award for graduate research (AGWIC). In 2017, he was co-chair of the Organometallics Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) in Salve Regina, RI, USA. In 2017, he began work as a joint Resnick Prize Fellow in Sustainability Science and NSERC Banting fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under the guidance of Prof. Jonas C. Peters. At Caltech, Marcus' efforts were devoted to the synthesis of new open-shell iron compounds for proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). On July 1, 2019 Marcus began his independent career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Windsor in Southern Ontario, Canada. In July 2023, Marcus will be moving to Western University in London, ON.

In 2020, Marcus was awarded a prestigious John C. Polanyi Prize in chemistry for his contributions as an early-career researcher in the province of Ontario. In 2021, he was awarded the University of Windsor's Outstanding Community Engagement, Knowledge Transfer, and Knowledge Mobilization Award (University Wide) as well as the Faculty of Science's Outreach and Engagement Award for his work with the Global Inorganic Discussion Weekdays symposium, amongst other endeavours. In 2023, Marcus will join the editorial advisory boards of the ACS journal, Organometallics as well as the Taylor and Francis journal, Journal of Coordination Chemistry.

Outside of lab, Marcus enjoys handling dogs - his family breeds and shows Golden Retrievers under the Goldiemay prefix and he currently owns a French Bulldog, named Merlot. In addition, he enjoys board games, bowling, good food, and travel/exploring new things.

APPOINTMENT

Western University, London, ON (CAN)
Assistant Professor (July 1, 2023 -)

The University of Windsor, Windsor, ON (CAN)
Assistant Professor (July 1, 2019 - June 30 2023)

education

The California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (USA)
NSERC Banting & Resnick Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science, 2017-2019
Advisor: Prof. Jonas C. Peters

The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC (CAN)
Ph.D., Chemistry (NSERC Vanier Scholar), 2012-2016
Advisors: Profs. Laurel L. Schafer and Jennifer A. Love
Thesis title: 1,3-N,O-Chelated complexes of rhodium and iridium: harnessing metal-ligand cooperativity for bond activation processes DOI: 10.14288/1.0340548

The University of Oxford, Oxford, England (UK)
NSERC Michael Smith Visiting Scholar (MSFSS), 2014
Advisor: Prof. Andrew S. Weller

Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL (CAN)
B.Sc. (Hons.), 2008-2012
Advisor: Prof. Francesca M. Kerton

Selected awards & Honours

2023 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2023-2026)
2023   Editorial Advisory Board, Organometallics (2023-2026)
2022 Youth Editorial Board, Chemical Synthesis (2022-2024)
2022 Wiley Journal, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry "EurJIC Talent"
2022 Taylor & Francis, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, Emerging Leader in Coordination Chemistry, 2022
2022 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Chemical Society Reviews, Emerging Investigator, 2022
2021 UWindsor Outstanding Community Engagement, Knowledge Transfer & Knowledge Mobilization Award
2021 UWindsor Faculty of Science Outreach and Engagement Award
2020 John C. Polanyi Prize in Chemistry
2020   Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Dalton Transactions, New Talents: Americas, 2020
2019 UWindsor Office of Human Rights, Equity & Accessibility (OHREA) Award (Team Award for Organizing LGBTQ+ Conf.)
2017    NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017    NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF)
2017    Resnick Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship in Sustainability Science
2016    CSC Award for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry (AGWIC)
2015    Dr. Arnold By Travel Fellowship
2014    UBC Graduate Student International Research Mobility Award
2013    NSERC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
2013    NSERC Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2013    NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D3)
2012    Gladys Estella Laird Research Fellowship
2012    UBC Four Year Fellowship (FYF)
2012    NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M)
2012    Sepracor Award
2012    The Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award
2012    University Medal for Academic Excellence in Chemistry
2012    Lou Visentin Award
2012    NSERC-USRA
2011    Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Silver Medal
2011    Dr. H.J. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
2011    NSERC-USRA
2011    Dr. Douglas L. Cooper Memorial Scholarship
2011    C.D. Howe Memorial Scholarship
2010    Jeanne F. Sanger Memorial Scholarship
2009    Robert Gillespie-Reid Memorial Scholarship
2008    Governor-General’s Bronze Medal for Academic Excellence

The drover group The university of windsor, Windsor, ON

BIOGRAPHY

APPOINTMENT​

education​

Selected awards & Honours​

The drover group
The university of windsor, Windsor, ON

APPOINTMENT

education

Selected awards & Honours