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Dr. Nelaine Mora-Diez

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

 

Ph.D. Chemistry

Dalhousie University, Department of Chemistry, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (1997-2001).

Supervisor: Prof. Russell J. Boyd

Thesis: “Computational Studies on Topics of Environmental Interest: From Kinetics to Excited States”

 

B.Sc. Chemistry (First-Class Honors)

University of Havana, Faculty of Chemistry, Havana City, Cuba (1991-1996).

A five-year degree (Licenciatura) with a research thesis in the last year.

Supervisor: Prof. Luis A. Montero Cabrera

Thesis: Computational Modeling of Solvent Effects on the Excited States of Organic Molecules

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia (since 2014).

 

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia (2010-2014).

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia (2003-2010).

 

Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia (2006-2015).

 

NSERC Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (2002-2003).

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1997-2001).

 

Research Assistant and Instructor, Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Havana City, Cuba (1996-1997).

 

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Havana City, Cuba (1992-1996).

 

RESEARCH VISITS

Universidad de Extremadura (UNEX), Facultad de Química, Badajoz, Spain (2013, 2014, 2016-2019, 2022, 2023).

 

Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques, Nancy, France (2022).

 

Université de Nantes, Laboratory CEISAM, Nantes, France (2021).

 

Universitat de les Illes Balears, Facultad de Química, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2018, 2019).

 

Dalhousie University, Department of Chemistry, Halifax (2014).

 

Euskal Herriko Univertsitatea, Facultad de Química, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain (2010, 2011). 

 

Università della Svizzera Italiana, Institute of Computational Science, Lugano, Switzerland (2010).

 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Química-Física Aplicada, Madrid, Spain (2006-2009). 

 

Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain (2002).

 

Euskal Herriko Univertsitatea, Facultad de Química,  Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain (2000).

 

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM-Iztapalapa), Departamento de Química, Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico (2000).

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RESEARCH FUNDING

EXTERNAL

 

NSERC Discovery Grants:

2022-2027, 5 years

2017-2022, 5 years

2009-2014 (extended to 2016), 5 years

2007-2009, 2 years

2004-2007, 3 years

 

NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant (2007).

 

NSERC USRA (Undergraduate student Research Award) funding (currently $7,500 used as salary for an undergraduate student): winter 2005 (1), winter 2006 (1), summer 2006 (1), winter 2008 (1), summer 2008 (1), summer 2012 (1), winter 2014 (1), summer 2014 (2), summer 2021 (2), summer 2022 (1).

 

ELAP (Emerging Leaders of the Americas Program) funding for a visiting graduate student from Latin America and the Caribbean ($7,200; Jan-Apr 2016).

 

INTERNAL

 

TRU RTRF (Research Training Recognition Fund; faculty holding multi-year Tri-Council grants are eligible to apply; $7,900 used for a three-credit course release): winter 2017, fall 2017, winter 2020, fall 2021, winter 2023, winter 2024.

 

TRU UREAP (Undergraduate Research Experience Award Program) funding (currently $6,000 used as salary for an undergraduate student with an additional funding of $1,000 to attend a conference): summer 2004 (2), fall/winter 2006 (1), winter 2010 (1), summer 2012 (1), summer 2013 (1), summer 2019 (1), summer 2022 (2).

 

TRU Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship ($3,000 used as salary for an undergraduate student): winter 2017 (1), fall/winter 2022 (2)).

 

TRUSU funding for an undergraduate student ($1,000) to attend a conference: summer 2022 (2 + 2), summer 2023 (2 + 2).

 

TRU Travel Grants: $1,466 (2005), $2,200 (2006); funding discontinued after 2006.

 

TRU Scholarly Activity Grant ($2,500, 2004); funding discontinued after 2006.

 

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RECOGNITIONS

 

Awardee of the Mourou/Strickland Mobility Program (France–Canada, 2020): it funded part of my research visit to the Université de Nantes in 2021.

 

Anderson Award for Excellence in Chemical Research and Education (Memorial University, Department of Chemistry) (2019)

 

Visiting Professorship, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2019).

 

Sabbatical Fellowship, Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque), Spain (2010-2011).

 

Excellence in Scholarship Award, Thompson Rivers University Scholarly Merit, 2009.

 

Research fellowship granted by the Secretaría de Estado de Universidades e Investigación of the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC) of Spain (2008-09).

 

NSERC Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratories (2002-2003).

 

Chemical Computing Group's Excellence Award granted by the Computers in Chemistry (COMP) Division of the American Chemical Society (2001).

 

Dalhousie University Graduate Fellowship (1997-2001).

 

Best graduating student of the University of Havana and the Faculty of Chemistry (1996).

 

Gold Award of the University of Havana (1996).

 

Member of the Cuban team of the 23rd International Chemistry Olympiad in Łodz, Poland (1991). See related article in Chem. & Eng. News (July 2012).

 

Gold Medal in the National Chemistry Competition, Cuba (1991).

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LANGUAGES 

English, French and Spanish.

  

INVITED TALKS 

Université de Québec à Montréal, Département de chimie, Montréal, June 2023.

 

Universitat de Girona, Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Girona, Spain, June 2023.

 

Universidad Autónoma “Benito Juarez” de Oaxaca, Facultad de Ciencias Química, Oaxaca, México, February 2023.

 

Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques, Nancy, France, May 2022.

 

York University, Department of Chemistry, Toronto, Ontario, February 2022.

 

Université de Nantes, Laboratory CEISAM (Chemistry and interdisciplinary: synthesis, analysis, modeling), Nantes, France, December 2021.

 

Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Waterloo, November 2021.

 

The University of British Columbia-Okanagan Campus, Department of Chemistry, Kelowna, February 2021.

 

Carleton University, Department of Chemistry, Ottawa, Ontario, June 2020.

University of Windsor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Windsor, Ontario, August 2019

Anderson Award Lecture Series, Memorial University, Department of Chemistry, St. John’s, Newfoundland, August 2019 (two presentations).

Université de Nantes, Laboratory CEISAM (Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modeling), Nantes, France, June 2019.

Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), Departamento de Química, Guadalajara, México, December 2018.

Universidad de La Habana, Facultad de Química, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, December 2016.

 

Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Facultad de Química, Mérida, México, December 2016.

 

University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Department of Chemistry, Kelowna, November 2016.

 

University of Copenhagen, Department of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2016.

 

Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology (INSTEC), Havana City, Cuba, May 2015.

 

Dalhousie University, Department of Chemistry, Halifax, June 2014.

 

University of Jordan, Department of Chemistry, Amman, Jordan, April 2014.

 

Tel Aviv University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 2014.

 

University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Department of Chemistry, Kelowna, September 2011.

 

University of Guelph, Department of Chemistry, Guelph, June 2011.

 

Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Faculty of Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry Group, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, December 2010.

 

Universidad de Extremadura, Department of Organic Chemistry, Badajoz, Spain, October 2010.

 

Università di Lugano (USI), Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (ETH Zurich), Lugano, Switzerland, June 2010.

 

University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, U.K., April 2009.

 

Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, London, U.K., April 2009.

 

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Institute of Mathematics and Fundamental Physics (IMAFF), Madrid, Spain, March 2009.

 

Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Department of Chemistry, Marrakesh, Morocco, December 2008.

 

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Department of Physical Chemistry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, December 2008.

 

Université de Genève, Department of Physical Chemistry, Geneva, Switzerland, November 2008.

 

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, September 2007.

 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department of Applied Physical Chemistry, Madrid, Spain, May 2007.

 

Universidad de Burgos, Department of Physical Chemistry, Burgos, Spain, May 2007.

 

University of Toronto (St. George and Scarborough campuses), Department of Chemistry, Toronto, March 2007.

 

Università di Pisa, Department of Chemistry, Pisa, Italy, June 2006.

 

Università di Siena, Department of Chemistry, Siena, Italy, June 2006.

 

Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Physical Chemistry, Barcelona, Spain, June 2006.

 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Department of Applied Physical Chemistry, Madrid, Spain, June 2006.

 

University of Alberta, Department of Chemistry, Edmonton, May 2006.

 

University of Victoria, Department of Chemistry, Victoria, April 2006.

 

University of Sasktachewan, Department of Chemistry, Saskatoon, May 2005.

 

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, February 2005.

 

Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, April 2003.

 

Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, August 2001.

 

Department of Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry Group, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico, June 2000.

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