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