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The Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award is presented to an individual who, while residing in Canada, has made a distinguished contribution to macromolecular science or engineering.

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The 2025 winner of the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award is:

Amar Kumar Mohanty, MCIC
University of Guelph

Amar Mohanty is a Professor, a Distinguished Research Excellence Chair in Sustainable Materials & the Director of the Bioproducts Discovery & Development Centre at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Mohanty is the Editor-in-Chief in Sustainable Composites @ Composites Part C (ELSEVIER). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) and the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). He is one of the most cited researchers worldwide (Google Citations 62, 252 & h-index 116 – December 12, 2024). He has received numerous awards including the prestigious Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for his significant scientific contributions to the resolution of environmental problems from the Royal Society of Canada, JL White Innovation Award from the International Polymer Processing Society (PPS), the Andrew Chase Forest Products Division Award from the AIChE, Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC, Biju Patnaik Award of Scientific Excellence, Odisha, India and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS). His research encompasses sustainable composites, circular economy, environmental sustainability, waste plastic valorization, plastic recycling, biodegradable plastics, biocarbon based biocomposites and AI-assisted sustainable materials all targeted in reducing the greenhouse gas emission.

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Past Winners

2024

Uttandaraman Sundararaj, FCIC

University of Calgary
Society: CIC
2023

Elizabeth Gillies , MCIC

The University of Western Ontario
Society: CIC
2022

Michael F. Cunningham, FCIC

Queen's University
Society: CIC
2021

Jean Duhamel, MCIC

University of Waterloo
Society: CIC
2020

Dwight S. Seferos

University of Toronto
Society: CIC
2019

Christopher Barrett

McGill University
Society: CIC
2018

Alex Adronov

McMaster University
Society: CIC
2017

Michael A. Brook

McMaster University
Society: CIC
2016

Harald D. H. Stöver

McMaster University
Society: CIC
2015

Julian X. X. Zhu

Université de Montréal
Society: CIC
2014

Derek G. Gray, FCIC

McGill University
Society: CIC
2013

Yue Zhao

Université de Sherbrooke
Society: CIC