Eugenia Kumacheva

Eugenia Eduardovna Kumacheva In 2011, she published a book on the Microfluidic Reactors for Polymer Particles co-authored with . She is Canadian Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials (Tier 1). She is Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC).

Education and early life Eugenia Kumacheva was born in Odesa, Soviet Union. After earning her undergraduate degree (cum laude) from the Technical University in St. Petersburg, she worked in industry for several years before beginning her Ph.D. research. In 1986, she was awarded her Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry of polymers in the Institute of Physical Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences. before beginning her postdoctoral fellowship supported by Minerva Foundation with Professor Jacob Klein at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. and various other chemical environments to either support the life of a stem cell, affect necrotic heart tissue as well as deter the metastasis of cancer cells. Kumacheva has made strong contributions in the area of self-assembly of nanoparticles and microparticles. Her research interests include nature-derived nanopartocles, e.g., cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibers ).

Honors and awards Eugenia Kumacheva's awards and honors include: 1992: Minerva Foundation Fellowship (Germany) 1994: Imperial College London Visiting Fellowship (UK) 1999: Premier Research Excellence Award (Canada) 2000: International Chorafas Foundation Award 2002: Recipient of Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials/Tier 2 2003: Schlumberger Scholarship University of Oxford 2004: Clara Benson Award (CIC Award) 2005: Macromolecular Science and Engineer Award, Chemical Institute of Canada 2006: Recipient of Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials/ Tier 1 2007: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) 2017: E. Gordon Young Lectureship, The Chemical Institute of Canada 2008: L'Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Prize (Laureate for North America ) 2009: Japan-Canada WISET lectureship, Royal Society of Canada 2010: Killam Research Fellowship, Canada Council for the Arts 2011: Distinguished Lecturer, The University of Western Ontario, Canada. 2011: Connaught Innovation Award, Connaught Foundation. 2012: Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany). 2012: Inventor of the Year, University of Toronto 2013: University Professor (distinction given to <2% of faculty at the University of Toronto 2016: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) the British National Academy of Science 2017: Schmidt Lectureship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 2017: Chemical Institute of Canada Medal 2019: 3M Lectureship 2019: De Gennes Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K 2020: Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Ontario 2020: Elected as an Officer of the Order of Canada 2021: Recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship 2022: D.B. Robinson Distinguished Lectureship, University of Alberta, Canada 2023: Henry Marshall Tory Medal (Royal Society of Canada) 2023: ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry (USA)