Fred Beamish Award

The 2010 winner is:

André Simpson
University of Toronto at Scarborough

André Simpson obtained his PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK then moved to the US completing two postdoctoral fellowships, first at Mississippi State University and then at Ohio State University. Simpson is now an associate professor at the University of Toronto. He is best known for his research developing nuclear magnetic resonance based methods to study the structure and interactions in complex environmental mixtures. His research has helped understand how and why different carbon pools respond to climate change and unravel the complexities of contaminant fate and toxicity in the environment. Simpson has published more than 60 refereed articles since his first journal publication in 2000 and contributed to 12 book chapters. In 2004, he co-founded the Environmental NMR Center at the University of Toronto, a first of its kind in Canada. In 2008 was ranked in the “Ten to Watch for 2008” by the Toronto Star. Later in the same year he awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry/Society for Environmental and Toxicology and Chemistry – Environmental Science Award, a global award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field.

Previous winners of the CSC Fred Beamish Award  

Nomination Form: submit your nomination package as a PDF

Terms of Reference

This award recognizes an individual who demonstrates innovation in research in the field of analytical chemistry, where the research is anticipated to have significant potential for practical applications.

Deadline: July 2 of every year

Sponsor: Eli Lilly

Award: A framed scroll, a $1,000 cash prize and travel expenses to attend the conference, if required

Eligibility: The award is open to new faculty members at a Canadian university. The nominee must be a recent graduate within six years of appointment.

The recipient will be required to present an award lecture at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition as well as at the Eli Lilly facilities (expenses paid by Eli Lilly).

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.