chair /chemistry/taxonomy/term/99/all en Dima Perepichka becomes Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Chemistry /chemistry/channels/news/dima-perepichka-becomes-sir-william-c-macdonald-chair-chemistry-266555 <p>The Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Chemistry was established in 1901 and is one of the oldest Named Chairs at the University.</p> <p>Dima has a significant international reputation that was recently validated in the Full Professor promotion process, and are one of the world’s most creative “designers” and makers of novel materials.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:39:33 +0000 audrey.moores@mcgill.ca 1001 at /chemistry Message from the Chair /chemistry/department <p>I invite you to explore our Website. To begin, you will learn about the long and impressive history of Chemistry at ϲ. Building on the first ϲ PhD. in Chemistry, awarded to Annie MacLeod in 1910, nearly 1,500 PhD's have been earned in the Department. Many benchmarks in Chemistry have ϲ origins including Soddy's research on the transmutation of the elements, Belleau's discovery of the antiviral 3TC, and Ogilvie's co-development of the first 'gene machine'.</p> Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:58:26 +0000 audrey.moores@mcgill.ca 4 at /chemistry