Shawn K. Collins was born in 1974 and raised in Val d'Or, Québec. He obtained a B.Sc. (Honours) degree from Concordia University in 1996 while working with Professor Ozzie S. Tee. He completed his doctoral dissertation in 2001 on the synthesis, preparation and application of acetylenic cyclophanes with Professor Alex G. Fallis at the University of Ottawa. After a NSERC postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Larry E. Overman (University of California, Irvine) pursuing the total synthesis of polycyclic guanidinium alkaloids, he joined the faculty at the Université de Montréal in September 2003 as an Assistant Professor. Since June 2009, he has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. Professor Collins' research group is interested in the development of new stereoselective methods for the formation of molecules possessing helical, planar or axial forms of chirality.AWARDS AND HONORS
2008 CNC-IUPAC Travel Award
2008 Ichikizaki Fund for Young Chemists
2007 Ichikizaki Fund for Young Chemists
2006 Synthesis/Synlett Journal Award
2006 Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award
2006 Ichikizaki Fund for Young Chemists
2005 Ichikizaki Fund for Young Chemists
2004 Ichikizaki Fund for Young Chemists
2002-2003 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
2000-2001 NSERC Doctoral Scholarship (PGS B)
1999-2000 Boehringer Ingelheim Graduate Research Scholarship
1999 University of Ottawa Excellence Scholarship
1997-1999 NSERC Masters' Scholarship (PGS A)
1997 Society for Chemical Industry Merit Award (Canadian Section)
1993-1996 Canada Scholars in Science and Engineering
