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 The university of windsor, Windsor, ON


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AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, WINDSOR, ON


BIOGRAPHY


CV Can be downloaded here

Marcus was born in St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) in 1990 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 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. 

​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. 

News Articles:

John Charles Polanyi Prizes 
(Ontario Universities)
https://ontariosuniversities.ca/impact/award-winners/john-charles-polanyi-prizes-2020

Ontario Celebrates Research Excellence with Polanyi Prizes (Govt. of Ontario)
https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/59655/ontario-celebrates-research-excellence-with-polanyi-prizes-1

Clean Energy Work Earns Recognition for Science Researcher (UW Daily News)
https://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2020-12-15/cleaner-energy-work-earns-recognition-science-researcher

Windsor prof Wins Early-Career Research Award (Windsor Star)
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/uwindsor-prof-wins-early-career-research-award

​Faculty of Science Fund Gives Boost to New Researchers
http://cms.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2020-10-21/faculty-science-fund-gives-boost-new-researchers

Weekend talks on Inorganic Chemistry Attracting Global Audience (UW Daily News)
https://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2020-04-15/weekend-talks-inorganic-chemistry-attracting-global-audience

APPOINTMENT
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​The University of Windsor, Windsor, ON (CAN)          
Assistant Professor (July 1, 2019 - Present)

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education
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​The California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (USA)
                        
NSERC Banting & Resnick Postdoctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science, 2017-2019
Advisor: Prof. Jonas C. Peters
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​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
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​The University of Oxford, Oxford, England (UK)
                                               
NSERC Michael Smith Visiting Scholar (MSFSS), 2014

Advisor: Prof. Andrew S. Weller
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Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL (CAN)                             
B.Sc. (Hons.), 2008-2012
Advisor: Prof. Francesca M. Kerton
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Selected awards & Honours
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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  
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