R. Tom Baker

R. Tom Baker Professor of Chemistry and Director, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, Canada

Webpage: http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rbaker/index.html Education: B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry (1975) from UBC, Canada and Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (1980) from UCLA (with M. Frederick Hawthorne). Professional Career: 1980-1981 Postdoctoral Fellow with Philip Skell at Penn State University; 1981-1996 Research chemist at DuPont CR&D, Delaware, USA; 1996-2008 Staff scientist and Program Manager, Los Alamos National laboratory, New Mexico, USA; 2008-present Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Catalysis Science for Energy Applications, CCRI Director and Chemistry professor at uOttawa, Canada; 2012 invited professor at ENS Lyon, France. Publications: More than 100 peer-reviewed publications and 18 US patents. Awards and Honors: 2009 Appointed Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011 Canadian Institute of Chemistry's Green Chemistry and Engineering award and 2013 Kalev Pugi award from the Canadian chapter of the Society of Chemical Industry. Research Interests: Mild catalyzed routes for biomass conversion including tandem catalysis schemes; greener synthesis of small molecule hydrofluorocarbons and fluoropolymers using organometallic catalysis; catalysts for selective hydrogen release from chemical hydrides; new classes of 'tunable' heterogeneous catalysts.