Curtis P. Berlinguette
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, STEWART BLUSSON QUANTUM MATTER INSTITUTE
CIFAR FELLOW
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY
Prof. Curtis P. Berlinguette leads a large, interdisciplinary team designing and building electrochemical reactors to power the planet. Dr. Berlinguette is a Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia, where he is a Professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, CIFAR Program Director, and Principal Investigator at the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (SBQMI). His academic group has advanced a range of clean energy applications including CO2 utilization, membrane reactors for decarbonizing the chemicals industry, and low-temperature fusion. His team has also pioneered the use of flexible automation and machine learning to build self-driving labs for materials. Dr. Berlinguette has been recognized with several awards, including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and an NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship.
University of British Columbia
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering | 2017-present
Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute
Principal Investigator | 2015-present
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Fellow | 2014-present
University of British Columbia
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering | 2013-2017
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Visiting Scientist | 2013
Miru Smart Technologies Corp.
CEO & Co-Founder | 2011-present
University of Calgary
Associate Professor of Chemistry | 2011-2013
The Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment & Economy
Fellow | 2006-2013
Centre for Advanced Solar Materials, University of Calgary
Director | 2011-2013
Harvard University, USA
Postdoctoral Associate | 2004-2006
Texas A&M University, USA
PhD, Inorganic Chemistry | 2004
University of Alberta
BSc, Chemistry | 2000
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
2021
Distinguished University Scholar Award
2021
Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry
2020
CIFAR Co-Director (Bioinspired Solar Fuels)
2020-2025
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2018
RSC Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry
2016
NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship
2016
Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry
2016
CIFAR Fellowship
2014-present
Canada Research Chair in Solar Energy Conversion
2014-2019
Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40
2012
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
2011
Canadian National Committee for the IUPAC Travel Award
2011
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Energy Conversion
2008
Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award
2007