CV Summary

July 2013 – Present:
Full Professor, University of Ottawa
Fuel cell technology, surface science, catalysis.

July 2007 – June 2013:
Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
Fuel cell technology, surface science, catalysis.

July 2002 – June 2007:
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Fuel cell technology, surface science, catalysis.

Oct. 2000 – April 2002:
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Freund
Study of nanosize oxide-supported metal catalysts. Catalyst characterisation by STM
and XPS/UPS; subsequent study of simple reactions followed in-situ by IRAS.

Sept. 1999 – Sept. 2000:
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Prof. John C. Polanyi
Study of the “harpooning reaction” between HX (X = F, Cl) and Nan (n = 1, 2, 3…)
on single crystal surfaces by using Rydberg-atom TOF spectroscopy. Sodium
cluster characterisation by XPS/UPS, TPD.

Sept. 1995 – Aug. 1999:
Ph. D. Physical Chemistry, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Prof. John C. Polanyi
Laser induced photochemistry of small molecules adsorbed and aligned on single
crystal surfaces under UHV conditions.

May 1991 – May 1995:
B.Sc. Honours in Chemistry, Concordia University
Supervisor: Prof. Oswald S. Tee
Kinetic studies on the effects of cyclodextrins on organic reactions, using
stopped-flow spectrophotometry.