EDUCATION:

B.S. Loras College, Iowa (Chemistry) 1967
M.Sc. Brock University (Inorganic Chemistry) 1971
Ph.D. McMaster University (Inorganic Chemistry) 1974 (defended 1973)

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)

American Chemical Society Fellow (ACSF)

Member: American Chemical Society (ACS) & Divisions of Fluorine Chemistry & Inorganic Chemistry
Canadian Institute of Chemistry (CIC),
Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC)

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (2002- )

 

HONOURS AND AWARDS:

1980-90 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, University Research Fellowship, McMaster University

1986 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Young Scientist Travel Award

1996 President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, McMaster University (honorable mention)

1997 President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, McMaster University

1998, 1999 Canada Council Killam Research Fellow

1998 Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry, American Chemical Society

1999 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

1999 Recipient of the Kazuo Nakamoto Distinguished Lectureship

2002 Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry, Canadian Society for Chemistry (for outstanding contributions to industrial or academic inorganic chemistry)

2002 Alcan Lecture Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry (for a distinguished contribution in the fields of inorganic chemistry or electrochemistry)

2003 E.W.R. Steacie, Canadian Society for Chemistry (for a distinguished contribution to chemistry)

2007 Brock University Alumni Association’s “Thirty from the Past Thirty Award” (recognizes alumni who have built upon their Brock experience and enjoyed further significant achievements through their contributions to Canada and beyond)

2010 Humboldt Forschungspreis (Senior Research Award), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (tenured at the Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg and the Freie Unversität, Berlin)

2011 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University (sponsored by the Kyoto University Foundation), February-March, 2011.

2011 Distinguished Alumni Award in the Sciences (recognizes McMaster graduates who have attained a high level of distinction and achievement through scholarship, research, teaching, creative contributions and through service to society).

2012 Lifetime Achievement Award in Fluorine Chemistry sponsored by SciFluor (Cambridge, MA) and awarded March 24, 2012 at the 243rd National ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2013 Elected a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (recognizes members of the American Chemical Society for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and the Society).

2014 Symposium honoring the lifetime achievements of Gary J. Schrobilgen entitled “Exploring the Frontiers of Fundamental and Applied Fluorine Chemistry, 248^th National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 10-14, 2014 (a 3.5 day symposium with 51 speakers from 14 countries).

2014 Distinguished Mathematics and Science Alumni Award, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario (recognizes Brock University graduates who have attained a high level of distinction and achievement through scholarship, research, teaching, creative contributions and through service to society).

RESEARCH FUNDING (past & present):

NSERC
PRF
U.S. Air Force
Canada Council (Killam Research Fellowship)