Eugenia Kumacheva
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Eugenia Kumacheva is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Toronto.
Early life and education
Eugenia Kumacheva was born in Odessa, Soviet Union. She graduated from the Technical University in Leningrad and earned a doctorate from the Russian Academy of Science.
Career and research
Later she joined the Weizmann Institute of Science on a scholarship from the Minerva Foundation. She joined the University of Toronto in 1996.[1] She is the Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials.[2]
Her research focuses on the fundamental and applied science of soft matter, such as polymers, colloids, gels and liquid crystals.
Honours and awards
She was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2008 "for the design and development of new materials with many applications including targeted drug delivery for cancer treatments and materials for high density optical data storage".[3][4][5] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016.[6]
References
- ↑ "Professor Eugenia Kumacheva". University of Toronto. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "Canada Research Chairs Eugenia Kumacheva". chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "2009 Edition Of The L'Oréal-Unesco For Women In Science Awards". L'Oréal Paris. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "What Toronto's top minds are reading this summer". Megan Ogilvie. Toronto Star. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "New insights into 'switchable water' have implications for water purification and desalination". Lisa Zyga. phys.org. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "Eugenia Kumacheva Biography". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 May 2016.