Brief biography

 

Professor Chan received his BSc degree in chemistry from the University of British Columbia in 2006 and his PhD from Simon Fraser University (Prof. Andrew Bennet) in 2011. For his graduate research, he received the Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Doctoral Research Award for the top Canadian thesis in the areas of organic and bioorganic chemistry. From 2011-2014 he was a Human Frontiers Science Program Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley (Prof. Christopher Chang). In the fall of 2014 he joined the faculty at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

 

Awards

 

2021   Helen Corley Petit Scholar

2020   Teachers Ranked as Excellent

2019   Beckman Fellow Award

2018   Thieme Chemistry Journal Award

2018   Center for Advanced Study Fellowship

2018   NSF CAREER Award

2018   Research Corporation Scialog Fellow

2017   Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship

2013   Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Doctoral Research Award

2012   Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal

2012   Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellowship

2010   Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Award

2010   Bruker Prize in Chemical Spectroscopy

2009   Varian Canada Inc. Award

2008   Barbara Ferrier Chemistry Research Award 

2006   Creo Achievement Award in Chemistry

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