 |
 |
|
|
Biography: Mary Anne White Mary Anne White received her BSc in Honors Chemistry from the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) and her PhD in Chemistry from McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada). She held an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford University, and then was an NSERC University Research Fellow (Assistant Professor) at University of Waterloo. In 1983 she moved to Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where she was Professor of Chemistry and Physics until 2016. From 2002 to 2008, she was Director of the Institute for Research in Materials. She is now Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research (Emerita). Her research interests centre on thermal properties of materials, especially where dynamical disorder is involved. This includes thermal stability, phase transitions, thermal conductivity and thermal expansion, ranging from fundamental approaches to applications as diverse as thermal energy storage materials, thermoelectrics, and thermochromic materials. She is an author of more than 200 papers and also a textbook, "Physical Properties of Materials" (CRC Press, now in its 3rd edition). She has led research projects totaling more than $17 million. Mary Anne has been involved with many national and international scientific groups, including NSERC, the Canadian Society for Chemistry, Canada Foundation for Innovation, IUPAC and the International Council on Materials Education. One of Mary Anne's main "outside" interests is in bringing science to the general public. Honours/ Awards 2023 Membership in Sigma Xi (world's largest interdisciplinary scientific honour society) 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal "for Services to Education and Science" 2020 Canadian Society for Chemistry's Canadian Light Source T. K. Sham Award for Materials Chemistry 2019 James A. Morrison Lecturer, Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University 2018 D.K.C. MacDonald Memorial Lecture Award, Canadian Materials Science Conference 2017 Doctor of the University (honoris causa), University of Ottawa 2016 Honorary Member of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science 2016 Appointed as an Officer in the Order of Canada 2015 Selected as the Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research, Dalhousie University 2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 2012 ACS-CEI Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry 2011 J.R. Dacey Memorial Lecturer, Royal Military College of Canada 2011 Doctor of Science (honoris causa), University of Western Ontario 2010 Distinguished Research Professor (2010-2015) 2010 Dalhousie University Undergraduate Chemistry Society Teaching Award 2009 Dalhousie Innovation Award co-recipient for Concepts in Chemistry 2008 Doctor of Science (honoris causa), McMaster University 2007 McNeil Medal of the Royal Society of Canada for Public Awareness of Science 2005 Distinguished Research Professor (2005-2010) 2004 Atlantic Provinces Council on Sciences / Canpolar Science Communication Award 2003 Inducted in Nova Scotia Science Hall of Fame, Halifax, Canada 2002 The Union Carbide Chemical Education Award of the Chemical Institute of Canada 2002 Elected Fellow of IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) 2001 Inducted in McMaster University Alumni Gallery 1996-2004 Killam Research Professor in Materials Science 1996 Noranda Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry 1995 Elected Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada 1994 Sunner Memorial Award, Calorimetry Conference 1993 Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence (Dalhousie University) 1993 Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching (Dalhousie University) 1989 Canadian National Committee IUPAC Award 1981-91 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) University Research Fellowship 1979-81 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1975-79 NSERC 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarship 1975 The Alumni Gold Medal in Chemistry, University of Western Ontario 1975 The Chemical Society Industrial Merit Award 1974 Chemical Institute of Canada (Undergraduate) Silver Medal
|
||