Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal
Regular Researcher

Shawn K. Collins was born in 1974 and raised in Val d’Or, Québec. He obtained a B.Sc. (Honours) degree from Concordia University in 1996 while working with Professor Ossie S. Tee. He completed his doctoral dissertation in 2001 on the synthesis, preparation and application of acetylenic cyclophanes with Professor Alex G. Fallis at the University of Ottawa. After an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Larry E. Overman (University of California, Irvine) pursuing the total synthesis of polycyclic guanidinium alkaloids, he joined the faculty at Université de Montréal in September 2003 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2009 and to Full Professor in 2015. In 2024, he was awarded both the Prix d’excellence en enseignement de la Faculté des arts et des sciences (Faculty of Arts and Science Teaching Excellence Award) for his initiatives in teaching and the 2024 R. U. Lemieux Award from the Canadian Society of Chemistry (CSC) for distinguished contributions in organic chemistry.

Key Words: molecular synthesis, catalysis, photochemistry, continuous flow

Address :
Department of Chemistry
Complexe des sciences B-3029
1375 Avenue Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux
Montréal (Québec) H2V 0B3

Contact : shawn.collins@umontreal.ca

Website : https://collinsudem.wixsite.com/shawn