Alfred Bader Award

The 2010 winner is:

Tomáš Hudlicky, MCIC
Brock University

Tomáš Hudlický was born in 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he received his elementary and middle school education. In 1968, he emigrated to the U.S. with his parents and sister. Accepted as a probational student at Virginia Tech, he received his BS in chemistry in 1973, and went on to pursue graduate studies at Rice University under the direction of Ernest Wenkert in the field of indole alkaloid total synthesis, earning his PhD in 1977. He then spent a year at the University of Geneva working under the late Wolfgang Oppolzer on the synthesis of isocomene.

In 1978, he joined the faculty at the Illinois Institute of Technology as an assistant professor, and began the first phase of his research career in the field of general methods of synthesis for triquinane terpenes and other natural products containing five-membered rings by [4+1] cyclopentene, pyrroline, and dihydrofuran annulation methodologies. He returned to his alma mater, Virginia Tech, in 1982, and rose to the rank of professor in 1988. The next phase of his research involved the investigation of cis-cyclohexadienediols in enantioselective synthesis. In 1995, he moved to University of Florida in Gainesville. In 2003, Hudlický accepted an offer from Brock University where he currently holds a position as Canada Research Chair professor of chemistry.

He is the author of over 200 publications, 50 reviews, and 20 patents. In 2007 he and his wife, Josie Reed published a book “The Way of Synthesis” (VCH). His current research interests include the development of enantioselective synthetic methods, bacterial dioxygenase-mediated degradation of aromatics, design and synthesis of fluorinated inhalation anesthetic agents, synthesis of morphine and amaryllidaceae alkaloids and their medicinally useful derivatives, and design of unnatural oligo-saccharide conjugates with new molecular properties. His hobbies include skiing, hockey, martial arts, and music.

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Terms of Reference

This award is presented as a mark of distinction and recognition for excellence in research in organic chemistry by a scientist who is currently working in Canada.

Deadline: July 2 of every year

Sponsor: Alfred Bader, HFCIC

Award: A framed scroll, $3,000 cash and up to $500 for travel to present the lecture, if required.

Eligibility: The scientist shall not have reached the age of 60 years by January 1 of the year in which the nomination becomes effective. The recipient will be required to present an award lecture at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. Membership in the Institute is not a prerequisite for this award.

All nominations will remain in force for three years. Nominators are responsible for keeping the record of the nominee up to date and complete.

The award shall be presented annually unless the Committee considers that no suitable candidate has been nominated.