Zac Hudson
Dr. Zachary M. Hudson is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Chemistry at the University of British Columbia. Zac completed his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemistry at Queen’s University, developing luminescent materials for organic electronics. During his Ph.D. he also held graduate fellowships at Jilin University (China) as well as Nagoya University (Japan). He then completed postdoctoral fellowships in polymer science at the University of Bristol (UK) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA). He currently leads a research program at UBC developing luminescent materials for optoelectronics, bioimaging, and photocatalysis.
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Appointments
The University of British Columbia Associate Professor |
2021 - Present |
NEXE Innovations Inc. Chief Scientific Officer |
2019 - 2021 |
NSERC Council Member |
2018 - 2021 |
The University of British Columbia Tier II Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Chemistry |
2015 - Present |
The University of British Columbia Assistant Professor |
2015 - 2021 |
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Craig Hawker |
2014 - 2015 |
University of Bristol, UK Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Ian Manners |
2012 - 2014 |
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Ph.D. in Chemistry with Prof. Suning Wang |
2008 - 2012 |
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Exchange Student |
2011 |
Jilin University, Changchun, China Exchange Student |
2009 |
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON B.Sc. in Chemistry |
2004 - 2008 |
Awards and Distinctions
Polymer International - IUPAC Award | 2022 |
Herman F. Mark Young Scholar Award | 2022 |
Journal of Materials Chemistry Emerging Investigator | 2022 |
Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator | 2022 |
Dow Lecturer, University of Victoria | 2021 |
ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award | 2020 |
Chemistry of Materials Up-and-Coming Investigator | 2020 |
CSC Emerging Materials Investigator | 2020 |
CNC-IUPAC Travel Award | 2019 |
Elings Prize Fellowship in Experimental Science | 2014 |
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2014 |
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2013 |
Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs Doctoral Award | 2013 |
Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal | 2012 |
CIC Award for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry | 2012 |
JSPS Graduate Fellowship | 2011 |
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-D3) | 2009 |
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M) | 2008 |
Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal | 2008 |
Department of Chemistry Medal | 2008 |
Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award | 2008 |
Canadian Society for Chemistry Medal | 2007 |
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards | 2006/07/08 |