The successful candidate will lead a world-class, creative, collaborative research program focused on the design, synthesis, study, and applications of catalysts and technologies that enable sustainable chemical transformations. They will bridge and enhance synergies between catalysis, inorganic chemistry, chemical biology, and materials science, and are encouraged to integrate experimental, computational, and artificial intelligence approaches to catalyst design. The chairholder will collaborate with the ca. 40-member Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI) and contribute to research advances at the forefront of catalysis.
Their program will align with uOttawa's Strategic Areas of Research, tackling challenges and opportunities facing the world in the 21st century, including the circular economy and waste valorization. These aspects are expected to enrich their undergraduate and graduate teaching in inorganic and organometallic chemistry and catalysis.
The successful candidate will have access to outstanding laboratory and office space, and state-of-the-art experimental facilities. The University’s infrastructure, supported by recent Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grants, is ideally suited for advanced catalysis research. New CRC nominees are also eligible for additional CFI support to acquire essential equipment.
Located on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe-Algonquin people, in the heart of the nation`s capital and in close proximity to multiple national agencies, the University of Ottawa is one of Canada's top ten research-intensive universities. It is recognized as the first and largest bilingual university in North America and offers strong connections to organizational, government and policy interest holders.
Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable once, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. For each Tier 1 Chair, the institution receives $200,000 annually for seven years. Nominees for Tier 1 Chair positions must be full professors or associate professors who are expected to be promoted to the full professor level within one or two years of the nomination. Alternatively, if they come from outside the academic sector, nominees must possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed at these levels. New CRC nominees are also eligible for infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help acquire state-of-the-art equipment essential to their work.