David E. Herbert (Principal Investigator)
2023 Elected Member - Class of 2023, Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists
2022 Strem Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry - Canadian Society for Chemistry / Chemical Institute of Canada
2019-2022 Faculty of Science Research Chair in Fundamental Science - Physical Sciences
2021 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 'Outstanding Reviewer' - Dalton Transactions
2020 University of Manitoba Merit Award for Research, Scholarly Work or Creative Activities
2020 University of Manitoba Annual Community Outreach Award
2020 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 'Outstanding Reviewer' - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
2017 Terry G. Falconer Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award - Natural Sciences
2017 Faculty of Science Early Career Researcher Award
2016 University of Manitoba Merit Award for Promoting Indigenous Achievement
Born and raised in North York, Ontario, Dave attended the University of King’s College/Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, where he worked with Prof. Neil Burford on the coordination chemistry of polyphosphorus cations (B.Sc. Hons., Chemistry, 2004) and was fortunate to study with the inimitable Prof. Dr. Peggy Heller at King's. He then started graduate school at the University of Toronto (M.Sc., 2006) under the tutelage of Prof. Ian Manners, moving with Ian to the University of Bristol where he completed his Ph.D. (2009), earning a Faculty of Science Commendation for his thesis on metal-containing rings and polymers. Upon graduation, Dave moved to central Texas to work with Prof. Oleg V. Ozerov at Texas A&M University on multi-nucleating pincer ligands and catalyst design, learning X-ray crystallography along the way. In 2011, Dave joined Prof. Theodor Agapie’s group at Caltech, where he divided his time between projects on bioinorganic model compounds and C-H functionalization. During his studies, Dave received several awards including the King’s Medal, NSERC CGS/PGS Fellowships, and was a Camille & Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Fellow at Caltech.
In July 2013, Dave began his independent career as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Manitoba and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019 and Full Professor in 2023. He was the inaugural Faculty of Science Research Chair in Fundamental Science, Physical Sciences (2019-2022) and currently runs a research group trying to address questions in sustainable chemistry, materials and energy science using the tools of inorganic synthesis, coordination chemistry and catalysis. For a CV and full list of publications and presentations, please get in touch: david.herbert(at)umanitoba.ca
Additional links:
Research Gate
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ORCID: 0000-0001-8190-2468
2023 Elected Member - Class of 2023, Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists
2022 Strem Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry - Canadian Society for Chemistry / Chemical Institute of Canada
2019-2022 Faculty of Science Research Chair in Fundamental Science - Physical Sciences
2021 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 'Outstanding Reviewer' - Dalton Transactions
2020 University of Manitoba Merit Award for Research, Scholarly Work or Creative Activities
2020 University of Manitoba Annual Community Outreach Award
2020 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 'Outstanding Reviewer' - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
2017 Terry G. Falconer Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award - Natural Sciences
2017 Faculty of Science Early Career Researcher Award
2016 University of Manitoba Merit Award for Promoting Indigenous Achievement
Born and raised in North York, Ontario, Dave attended the University of King’s College/Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, where he worked with Prof. Neil Burford on the coordination chemistry of polyphosphorus cations (B.Sc. Hons., Chemistry, 2004) and was fortunate to study with the inimitable Prof. Dr. Peggy Heller at King's. He then started graduate school at the University of Toronto (M.Sc., 2006) under the tutelage of Prof. Ian Manners, moving with Ian to the University of Bristol where he completed his Ph.D. (2009), earning a Faculty of Science Commendation for his thesis on metal-containing rings and polymers. Upon graduation, Dave moved to central Texas to work with Prof. Oleg V. Ozerov at Texas A&M University on multi-nucleating pincer ligands and catalyst design, learning X-ray crystallography along the way. In 2011, Dave joined Prof. Theodor Agapie’s group at Caltech, where he divided his time between projects on bioinorganic model compounds and C-H functionalization. During his studies, Dave received several awards including the King’s Medal, NSERC CGS/PGS Fellowships, and was a Camille & Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Fellow at Caltech.
In July 2013, Dave began his independent career as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of Manitoba and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019 and Full Professor in 2023. He was the inaugural Faculty of Science Research Chair in Fundamental Science, Physical Sciences (2019-2022) and currently runs a research group trying to address questions in sustainable chemistry, materials and energy science using the tools of inorganic synthesis, coordination chemistry and catalysis. For a CV and full list of publications and presentations, please get in touch: david.herbert(at)umanitoba.ca
Additional links:
Research Gate
Linked In
ORCID: 0000-0001-8190-2468