Dennis Salahub

Biography

Dennis Salahub is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Calgary.  He is also affiliated with the Centre for Molecular Simulation, the Institute for Quantum Information Science and with Quantum Alberta.  He is Vice-President (Research and International) Emeritus following a 5-year term from 2002-2007. Prior to joining the University of Calgary, Dr. Salahub served as the Director General of the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa from 1999 -2002.  From 1976-1999, he was a Professor of Chemistry at the Université de Montréal, holding a McConnell Chair from 1990. A native of Alberta, Dr Salahub’s interests are in the field of theoretical and computational chemistry, especially in the theory and applications of Density Functional Theory.  His most recent work involves a multiscale approach to bio-and nanocatalytical reactions in complex environments. He has published over 335 research papers and four edited books and has delivered more than 500 invited lectures nationally and internationally. His publications have been cited over 20 000 times and his h-index is 68. The deMon software that originated in his laboratory is used by hundreds of researchers around the world. In 1998 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2006 he was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Awards

• 1983 CNC-IUPAC Award (Canadian National Committee - International  Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry).
• 1987 Noranda Lecture Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry)
• 1987 Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada
• 1988 The Fraser Birss Memorial Lectures - University of Alberta
• 1990 Killam Research Fellowship (Canada Council) Bourse de recherche Killam (Conseil du Canada)
• 1991 The University Lecture in Chemistry - University of Ottawa
• 1997 The Musulin Lectures - Southern Illinois University
• 1998 Fellow Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science Membre, Société Royale du Canada, Académie des Sciences
• 1999 Distinguished Lecture in Computational Chemistry – Indiana University
• 2001 William Palke Memorial Lecture, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 2006 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 2007 Special issue of the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation in honour of my 60th birthday
• 2011 University of Calgary, Killam Research Leader Award
• 2011 Honorary Professor, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
• 2012 J. C. Polanyi Award, The Canadian Society for Chemistry
• 2013 Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry in my honour
• 2013 Honorary Professor, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
• 2015-2018 Distinguished Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, No. 100, Lian Hua Street, High-Tech Development Zone, Zhengzhou, 450001, P.R.China
• 2018 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Calgary