Education

Ph.D.: University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1984

Hon. B.Sc.: Dalhousie University, Canada, 1979

Awards and Distinctions

2015-2018: CNPq Expert Visiting Researcher, Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa – Paraná – Brazil

2014, 2005, 2003: Visiting Professor, School of Chemistry, Monash University Melbourne, Australia

2008, 2002: Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Department of General Education, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan

2006: High-Level Scientific Exchange (Government of France), Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS, Toulouse, France

1994-1995: Research Scholar (University of Kaiserslautern), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

1986-1987: Post-doctoral fellowship (Free University of Berlin), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

1984-1986: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Guelph, Canada

1979‑1983: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Western Ontario, Canada

1979: University Medal in Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Canada

1978: Belle Crowe Scholarship in Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Canada

1978: The Chemical Institute of Canada Silver Medal, Dalhousie University, Canada