Eugenia Kumacheva
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Eugenia Eduardovna Kumacheva OC FRS FRSC[2] (Russian: Евгения Эдуардовна Кумачева; born 1955) is a University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Her research interests span across the fields of fundamental and applied polymers science, nanotechnology, microfluidics, and interface chemistry. She was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2008 "for the design and development of new materials with many applications including targeted drug delivery for cancer treatments and materials for high density optical data storage".[3][4][5][2][6] In 2011, she published a book on the Microfluidic Reactors for Polymer Particles[7] co-authored with Piotr Garstecki [Wikidata]. 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).
Eugenia Kumacheva | |
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Born | Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (BSc, MSc) Russian Academy of Sciences (PhD) |
Awards | L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award (2008) Canada Research Chair |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry Materials science Polymers Microfluidics Nanoscience[1] |
Institutions | University of Toronto Weizmann Institute of Science Moscow State University |
Website | www |