Sponsored by the CIC Analytical Chemistry Division
The Fred Beamish Award is presented to an individual who demonstrates innovation in research in the field of analytical chemistry, where the research is anticipated to have significant potential for practical applications.
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The 2025 winner of the Fred Beamish Award is:
Tao Huan, MCIC
The University of British Columbia
Dr. Tao Huan is an Associate Professor in Chemistry and the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Metabolomics and Exposomics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is affiliated with UBC Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and The Metabolomics Innovation Centre, Canada’s nationally-funded metabolomics research and service network. Dr. Huan earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry with Professor Liang Li from University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) in 2015 and completed postdoctoral training with Professor Gary Siuzdak at Scripps Research (La Jolla, CA) in 2018. At UBC, Dr. Huan’s research focuses on advancing mass spectrometry-based metabolomics through the synergistic development of analytical chemistry and bioinformatics and its applications in biological and environmental studies. Over the course of his independent research, Dr. Huan’s lab has pioneered a suite of innovative methods for metabolomics, encompassing sample preparation, mass spectrometry data acquisition, processing, and interpretation. Dr. Huan has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, cited more than 5500 times (h-index: 35). He is the recipient of the 2024 Rising Stars in Measurement Science by American Chemical Society, the 2023 Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award, and the 2022 Metabolomics Society of North America Early Career Rising Star Award, among others.