Sponsored by the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC)
The CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award is presented to recognize outstanding achievement and potential in research by a graduate student whose PhD dissertation in chemistry was formally accepted by a Canadian university in the 12–month period preceding the nomination deadline.
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The 2024 winner of the CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award is:
Dominic Lauzon
Université de Montréal
Dr. Dominic Lauzon is from La Plaine (Terrebonne), Québec, Canada, where he completed his B.Sc. at the Université de Montréal in 2016. There he had the opportunity to conduct undergraduate research in polymer chemistry with Prof. Christian Pellerin and lipid chemistry with Prof. Michel Lafleur. In 2023, he completed his Ph.D. at the Université de Montréal in the group of Prof. Alexis Vallée-Bélisle working on the thermodynamic and kinetic design rules of self-assembled DNA-based nanosystems for drug delivery and biosensing applications. He also utilized these nanosystems to create DNA-based mimics shedding light on the evolutive advantages of biological assemblies at the basis of chemical communication. He is currently a Research Assistant in the same university where he is managing projects on DNA-based biosensors, drug delivery systems, and molecular probes. He is also leading the DNA synthesis R&D platform of the Laboratory of Biosensors & Nanomachines (UdeM), in partnership with Anasens, a young startup building the next generation of point-of-care diagnostic. In addition to research, he is also a lecturer at the Université de Montréal, teaching undergraduate courses in chemistry.