B. Mario Pinto
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Dr. B. Mario Pinto is a Canadian chemical biologist, academic and the former President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).[1][2] Prior to his appointment at NSERC, Pinto served as a chemistry professor and as the Vice-President of Research at Simon Fraser University. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Chemical Institute of Canada and the American Chemical Society.
He resigned as president of NSERC on September 21, 2018.[3]
He was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) of Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, on October 3, 2019, to commence in February 2020.
Education[]
Pinto received his undergraduate degree and doctorate from Queen's University in Ontario. He completed his post-doctoral work at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in France and the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa. Pinto has published over 225 papers.[4]
Awards and honours[]
- Horace S. Isbell Award from the American Chemical Society in 1992
- CSC Bernard Belleau Award in 2002
- Elected to the Academy of Sciences of the Royal Society of Canada in 2003
- R.U. Lemieux Award in 2012
- Alfred Bader Award in 2013
- Montreal Medal in 2014 awarded for his "outstanding contribution to the profession of chemistry or chemical engineering in Canada."
References[]
- ^ "Dr. B. Mario Pinto Appointed President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada". News.gc.ca. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Dr. B. Mario Pinto Appointed President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada". Yahoo Finance. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ @KirstyDuncanMP (10 September 2018). "As Minister responsible for NSERC, I have accepted B. Mario Pinto's resignation from the position of President of NSERC, effective September 21, 2018. I thank Mario for his commitment to the Council over the past 4 years and wish him continued success in his future endeavours" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20131003051921/http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/message/Pinto.html. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
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