Rio Tinto Alcan Award

The 2010 winner is:

Jeff Dahn
Dalhousie University

Jeff Dahn is recognized worldwide as a distinguished scientist in the field of advanced lithium batteries. He is one of the pioneering developers of the lithium-ion battery that is now used worldwide in laptop computers and cell-phones. He is the author of over 430 refereed journal papers and 54 inventions with patents issued or filed. Electrochemical Society Interface (Volume 18, spring 2009, page 36) shows that Dahn is the third most prolific author all-time in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society and has 3 of the top 20 most-cited papers in the Journal.

He obtained his BSc in physics from Dalhousie University (1978) and his PhD from The University of British Columbia in 1982. Dahn then worked at the National Research Council of Canada (1982–1985) and at Moli Energy Limited (1985–1990) before taking up a faculty position in the Physics Department at Simon Fraser University in 1990. He returned to Dalhousie University in 1996 as the NSERC/3M Canada Industrial Research Chair in Materials for Advanced Batteries. He was appointed a Canada Research Chair in 2003.

Dahn has receivednumerous national and international awards including: Herzberg Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists(awarded to a physicist under 40 years old for career achievement–1996); Battery Division Research Award (The Electrochemical Society–1996); NSERC University/Industry Synergy Award for collaborative efforts with 3M Canada (2003), and the Medal for Excellence in Teaching (2009) from the Canadian Assoc. of Physicists.

Previous winners of the CSC Rio Tinto Alcan Award  

Nomination Form: submit your nomination package as a PDF

Terms of Reference

This award is presented to a scientist who has made a distinguishing contribution to the fields of inorganic chemistry or electrochemistry while working in Canada.

Deadline: July 2 of every year

Sponsor: Rio Tinto Alcan

Award: A framed scroll, $2,000 cash and up to $1,000 for travel to present the lecture, if required

The recipient will be required to present an award lecture at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.

Membership in the Institute is not a prerequisite for this award.

All nominations will remain in force for three years. Nominators are responsible for keeping the record of the nominee up to date and complete.

The award shall be presented annually unless the Committee considers that no suitable candidate has been nominated.