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Michel Gravel
Dr. Michel Gravel obtained his B.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) at the
Université de Sherbrooke and his Ph.D. at the University of Alberta under
the supervision of
Prof. Dennis G. Hall. During his graduate work, he developed a new
polymeric support for the immobilization and further reactions of boronic acids.
He also developed a novel asymmetric Lewis acid-catalyzed allylboration reaction. He then
joined the group of Prof. Viresh H. Rawal
at The University of Chicago for a postdoctoral fellowship. In Chicago, he worked on hydrogen bond-catalyzed
aldol reactions and on the total synthesis of the indole alkaloid aspidophytine. He joined the Department of Chemistry at
the University of Saskatchewan in August 2006 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 2011, then to full professor in 2018.
Awards & Distinctions
- Promotion to Professor (2018)
- Chemistry Students' Society Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award (2016)
- NSERC Scholarships and Fellowships Selection Committee for Chemistry (2013-2016)
- Invited Professor (Université de Sherbrooke, 2012-2013)
- Chemistry Students' Society Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award (2011)
- Promotion to Associate Professor (2011)
- College of Arts & Science Teaching Excellence Award (2011)
- NSERC Discovery Grant (2010-2015)
- CNC-IUPAC Travel Award (2010)
- Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2009)
- Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund (2008)
- NSERC Discovery Grant (2007-2010)
- NSERC Research Tools & Instruments Grant (2007)
- NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Chicago (2004-2006)
- Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, University of Alberta (2003)
- NSERC PGS B, University of Alberta (2000-2002)
- R. U. Lemieux Poster Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry (2000)
- NSERC PGS A, University of Alberta (1998-2000)
- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta (1998-2003)
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