Biography

Arthur Mar


Professor

B.Sc., University of British Columbia, 1988.

M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1992.

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut des Matériaux de Nantes, 1993-94.

Office: E4-40 Chemistry Building

Tel: (780) 492-5592

Fax: (780) 492-8231

E-mail: arthur.mar.ualberta.ca

Awards

2018 Faculty of Science Students' Choice Honour Roll, University of Alberta

2016 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awards, Interdepartmental Science Students' Society, University of Alberta

2015 Faculty of Science Teaching Honour Roll, University of Alberta

2015 Students' Union Honour Roll, University of Alberta

2015 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Interdepartmental Science Students' Society, University of Alberta

2010 Kathleen W. Klawe Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Large Class Sizes, University of Alberta

2009 Undergraduate Teaching Award for Instructors of Service Courses from outside the Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta

2006 Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Alberta

2003 Faculty of Science Award for Excellent Teaching, University of Alberta

2003 Faculty of Science Research Award, University of Alberta

2002 Award for Teaching Excellence, Chemistry Students' Association, University of Alberta


Professional Activities and Memberships

2020 Vice-chair, Gordon Conference on Solid State Chemistry

2019 Distinguished Overseas Professor, Shanghai University of Engineering Science

2018 Co-chair, Materials Chemistry Division, 101st CSC Conference, Edmonton, AB

2017 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Beijing Normal University

2014 Co-organizer, Solid State Chemistry Symposium, 97th CSC Conference, Vancouver, BC

2009-present International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements

2008-present International Advisory Committee, Rare Earth Research Conference

2008 Co-organizer, Solid State Chemistry Symposium, 91st CSC Conference, Edmonton, AB

2006 Co-organizer, Solid State Chemistry Symposium, 89th CSC Conference, Halifax, NS

2004 Co-organizer, Frontiers in Solid State Chemistry Symposium, 87th CSC Conference, London, ON

2003-2008 Editorial Board, Chemistry of Materials

2002-present Co-Editor, Acta Crystallographica Section E

2002-present Editorial Board, Journal of Solid State Chemistry

1988-present American Chemical Society

1994-present American Crystallographic Association

1994-present Chemical Institute of Canada

1998-present Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering

1998-present Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation

2002 Co-organizer, "Ibersfest", Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

2000-2001 Co-organizer (with T. Whitcombe), Alberta/BC Inorganic Colloquium, University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC

2000-2001 Organizer, Solid State Chemistry Symposium, 84th CSC Conference, Montréal