Eugenia Kumacheva#
| Membership Number: | 7460 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CANADA |
| Homepage(s): | https://sites.chem.utoronto.ca/chemistry/staff/EK/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5942-3890 |
| Publication Link: | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MjUSeUIz3GZ3ElZi4Bcbg1q5QMTxtx4A/view?usp=sharing |
Present and Previous Positions
- 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
Fields of Scholarship
- 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
Honours and Awards
- 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



