Eugenia Kumacheva#

• 2013 - present University Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Primary appointment: Department of Chemistry
  • Cross-appointments: Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied
  • Chemistry, Department of Materials Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME)
• 2020 - 2025 Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
• 2006 - 2020 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials (Tier 1)
• 2011 Visiting Professor, Department of Polymer Science, University of Bayreuth, Germany
• 2010 Visiting Professor, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 2005 - 2013 Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
• 2005 Visiting Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasburg, France
• 2001 - 2005 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
• 2003 Visiting Scholar, Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• 2002 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Harvard University, U.S.A.
• 2002 - 2006 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials (Tier 2)
• 1996 - 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
• 1995 - 1996 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
• 1993 - 1994 Research Associate, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• 1991 - 1993 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

• Microfluidics in chemistry and biology
• Applications of machine learning in chemistry, materials science and biology
• Colloid and interface science
• Polymer materials science
• Fundamental and applied research in the field of soft matter

• 2025 E.W.R. Steacie Award, The Chemical Institute of Canada
• 2024 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry
• 2023 Henry Marshall Tory Medal, Royal Society of Canada
• 2022 D.B. Robinson Distinguished Lectureship, University of Alberta, Canada
• 2021 Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 2020 Appointment as an Officer to the Order of Canada
• 2019 De Gennes Prize (Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K.)
• 2019 3M Lectureship
• 2017 Canada Institute of Chemistry (CIC) Medal
• 2017 Schmidt Lecturship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• 2016 Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS) (British National Academy of Science)
• 2013 University Professor (awarded to <2% of the Faculty at the University of Toronto)
• 2012 Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
• 2011 Distinguished Lecturship, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
• 2010 Killam Fellowship, Canada Council of Arts and Science
• 2009 L'Oreal-UNESCO Prize “For Women in Science” (given to 5 laureates in the world)
• 2007 Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada (Canadian National Academy of Science)
• 2007 The 2007 E. Gordon Young Lecturership (Chemical Institute of Canada)
• 2006 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials (Tier 1)
• 2005 Chemical Institute of Canada Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award
• 2004 Clara Benson Award, Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs
• 2002 Schlumberger Fellowship, U.K.
• 2001 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials (Tier 2)
• 1999 International Chorafas Foundation Award in Physics and Engineering

Curriculum Vitae

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