Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences / en Alana Ogata wins 2022 John Charles Polanyi Prize in chemistry /celebrates/alana-ogata-wins-2022-john-charles-polanyi-prize-chemistry <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Alana Ogata wins 2022 John Charles Polanyi Prize in chemistry</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-01-17T11:37:28-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 11:37" class="datetime">Tue, 01/17/2023 - 11:37</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-charles-polanyi-prize" hreflang="en">John Charles Polanyi Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemical-and-physical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Alana-Ogata-750.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Alana Ogata"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span style="vertical-align:baseline">University of Toronto Mississauga analytical chemist <strong>Alana Ogata </strong>is one of five recipients of the prestigious&nbsp;&nbsp;2022&nbsp;John Charles Polanyi Prize, which recognizes outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career.</span></p> <p><span style="vertical-align:baseline">An assistant professor in the department of chemical and physical sciences, Ogata is developing bioanalytical technologies that can help diagnose diseases sooner and lead&nbsp;to better treatment and outcomes. This includes investigating bioinspired nanomaterials – synthetic substances that can mimic the structure, properties or functions of living matter – for medical purposes&nbsp;and developing more effective diagnostics to detect biomarkers, such as proteins, in bodily fluids. </span></p> <p><span style="vertical-align:baseline">Bioinspired nanomaterials can enhance or replace biological reagents, including antibodies and enzymes, used in conventional liquid-biopsy methods, but there are currently significant limits to their implementation. Ogata investigates the formation-structure-function of synthetic crystals that mimic the function of particular enzymes and&nbsp;aims to&nbsp;develop new enzyme-mimic bioinspired nanomaterials to help advance liquid-biopsy technologies.</span></p> <p>The <a href="https://cou.ca/resources/awards/">Polanyi Prize</a> is awarded each year to as many as five researchers from an Ontario university in the early stages of their career. Given by the Ontario Council of Universities, it is named in honour of <strong><a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/john-polanyi">John Polanyi</a></strong>, a <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/complete-list-university-professors/">University Professor Emeritus</a> in the <a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/john-polanyi">department of chemistry</a> and recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize. This year, all five prizes were awarded to faculty from U of T.</p> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-chemist-aims-improve-diagnosis-disease-one-protein-molecule-time"><span style="vertical-align:baseline">Read more about Alana Ogata's work</span></a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTM</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:37:28 +0000 lanthierj 179159 at David Dunlop receives John Adam Fleming Medal for lifetime achievement in geophysics /celebrates/david-dunlop-receives-john-adam-fleming-medal-lifetime-achievement-geophysics <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">David Dunlop receives John Adam Fleming Medal for lifetime achievement in geophysics</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-09-24T10:13:45-04:00" title="Friday, September 24, 2021 - 10:13" class="datetime">Fri, 09/24/2021 - 10:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-toronto-mississauga" hreflang="en">University of Toronto Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-adam-fleming-medal" hreflang="en">John Adam Fleming Medal</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemical-and-physical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/David_Dunlop-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="David Dunlop"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto Mississauga Professor Emeritus <b>David Dunlop</b> has won <a href="https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Union-Medals/John-Adam-Fleming-Medal">the John Adam Fleming Medal </a>for outstanding contributions to fundamental Earth and space science from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).</p> <p>Awarded for “original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics and related sciences,” the Fleming Medal recognizes Dunlop’s lifetime achievement in the field of geophysics.</p> <p>“David has been a dedicated and invaluable member of our community for many years,” says <b>Lindsay Schoenbohm</b>, chair of οMississauga’s department of chemical and physical sciences. “It is wonderful now to see this highest-level recognition for his scholarly achievements.”</p> <p>Dunlop's best-known research has been in the fundamental magnetic properties of rocks and minerals and in Precambrian paleomagnetism and plate tectonics. During a 36-year career at οMississauga and the St. George campus, Dunlop has taught and mentored countless students and early career professionals who have gone on to careers in geological and physical sciences.&nbsp;He has been the sole author of 63 papers and has co-authored more than 150 papers in scholarly journals and books. With his wife, <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/cps/people/ozden-ozdemir"><b>Özden Özdemir</b></a>, also a physics professor, he co-wrote what would become known as “the bible” in their field, <i>Rock Magnetism: Fundamentals and Frontiers</i></p> <p>&nbsp;“It’s a wonderful life we’ve had,” says Dunlop, who continues to publish research.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-physics-professor-david-dunlop-wins-top-award-contributions-science">Read the οMississauga story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTM</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:13:45 +0000 lanthierj 170489 at