B. Mario Pinto

Dr. B. Mario Pinto is a Canadian chemical biologist, academic and the current President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).[1][2] Prior to his appointment at NSERC, Pinto served as a chemistry professor and as the Vice-President of Research at Simon Fraser University. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Chemical Institute of Canada and the American Chemical Society.

Education

Pinto received his undergraduate degree and doctorate from Queen's University in Ontario. He completed his post-doctoral work at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in France and the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa. Pinto has published over 225 papers.[3]

Awards and honours

- Horace S. Isbell Award from the American Chemical Society in 1992

- CSC Bernard Belleau Award in 2002

- Elected to the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003

- R.U. Lemieux Award in 2012

- Alfred Bader Award in 2013

- Montreal Medal in 2014 awarded for his "outstanding contribution to the profession of chemistry or chemical engineering in Canada."

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. B. Mario Pinto Appointed President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada". News.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dr. B. Mario Pinto Appointed President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada". Yahoo Finance. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20131003051921/http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/message/Pinto.html. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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