About
Chairholder : Pr Leonard R. MacGillivray
Prof. Leonard R. MacGillivray is an international leader in Crystal Engineering and its application to problems of organic synthesis, materials science, and medicine.
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Prof. MacGillivray obtained a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Chemistry from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1994. He earned his PhD at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1998, where he held a 1967 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Fellowship. He then served as a Research Associate in the Functional Materials Program at the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa from 1998- 2000. In 2000, he joined the faculty at the University of Iowa (UI) and was promoted to Professor in 2010. He was also a Professor in the UI College of Pharmacy. In 2019, he was appointed a UI Collegiate Fellow and began as Departmental Executive Officer (DEO) or Chairperson.
In 2023, Prof. MacGillivray was the recipient of a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Crystal Engineering for Green Chemistry and Sustainable Materials which lead him to move to the Université de Sherbrooke where he now occupies a joint position at the faculty of science, the faculty of engineering and the faculty of health science and medicine.
Prof. MacGillivray is known internationally for his research in organic solid-state chemistry and crystal engineering. The research focuses on the development of a method to control the formation of covalent bonds in solids for applications in organic synthesis, materials science, and medicine, particularly as related to green chemistry and sustainable materials research. The method employs small-molecule templates and metal coordination complexes to direct covalent-bond-forming photochemical reactions in crystals.
Prof. MacGillivray is also internationally known for the development and advancement of organic semiconductor materials and pharmaceutical solids. Prof. MacGillivray has authored over 255 publications, holds 7 patents, given over 210 invited national and international seminars in over 22 countries, mentored 24 students to the PhD degree, and received continuous support from the National Science Foundation, as well as other funding agencies. Prof. MacGillivray has a h-index of 57 and ranks in the top 0.50% of all cited scientists worldwide.
Prof. MacGillivray has received national and international awards and distinctions for his research, many of which are listed below. Prof. MacGillivray is a leader in the research community as demonstrated by his editorial activities including his time as chair of the Editorial Board for the RSC journal CrystEngComm - a flagship journal in crystal engineering.
- 1994 - 1998
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA (Advisor: Jerry L. Atwood) - 1990 - 1994
B.Sc. (Hons.), Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 2024
Professor, joint appointment in the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science - 2019 - 2024
Department Chair (DEO), Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, USA - 2013 - 2024
Professor, Secondary Appointment, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Iowa, USA - 2010 - 2024
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, USA - 2005 - 2010
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, USA - 2000 - 2005
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, USA - 1999 - 2000
Adjunct Research Professor, Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute, Canada - 1998 - 2000
Research Associate, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences (SIMS), Ottawa, Canada
- 2023
Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Crystal Engineering for Green Chemistry and Sustainable Materials - 2021
2021 American Chemical Society Midwest Award - 2024
Collegiate Fellow, College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Iowa - 2019
Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, University of Iowa - 2015
Elected Fellow, American Chemical Society - 2014 - 2018
Chair (2018) and Co-Chair (2016) of Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Engineering - 2012
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science - 2012
Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong - 2011
Chemical Communications (RSC) Theme Issue on “Emerging Investigators” - 2010
American Association for the Advancement of Science Award (AAAS), Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa - 2010
Collegiate Scholar, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa - 2009
1st Garth Spencer Memorial Lecture, Clemson University - 2007
Visiting Professor, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France - 2007 - 2010
Faculty Scholar Award, University of Iowa - 2007
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (American Chemical Society) - 2006
Career Development Award, University of Iowa - 2005
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry - 2005 - 2007
Dean’s Scholar Award, University of Iowa - 2004
2004 Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award (American Crystallographic Association) - 2004
2004 Inter-American Photochemical Society Young Investigator Award - 2002 - 2007
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - 2002 - 2007
Research Corporation Research Innovation Award
- 2016
Co-Editor, IUCrJ (Chemistry and Crystal Engineering) (IUCr) - 2012 - 2014
Editor, “Metal-Organic Materials”, Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Wiley) - 2012
Advisory Board, Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Wiley) - 2011 - 2018
Associate Editor, Journal of Coordination Chemistry (Taylor & Francis) - 2011 - 2018
Chair, Editorial Board, CrystEngComm (Royal Society of Chemistry) - 2010
Editorial Board, Global Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography Area (Simplex) - 2008 - 2010
Book Editor, “Metal-Organic Frameworks: Design and Application” (Wiley) - 2008 - 2011
Editorial Board, CrystEngComm (Royal Society of Chemistry) - 2006
Editorial Board, Current Chemical Biology (Bentham Science Publishers) - 2005
Editorial Board, Main Group Chemistry (Taylor & Francis - 2004
Reviews Editor, Journal of Chemical Crystallography (Springer) - 2002 - 2011
Topics Editor, Crystal Growth and Design (American Chemical Society) - 2002 - 2007
International Advisory Editorial Board, CrystEngComm. (Royal Society of Chemistry)