Davit Zargarian                                                                                                                                  return to home page

University degrees & post doctoral studies:

  • B. Sc. (Specialization in Chemistry), University of Toronto
    1981-85

  • M. Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry), University of Waterloo
    1985-87 (with Todd B. Marder)

  • Ph. D. (Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis), University of Ottawa
    1987-92 (with Howard Alper)

  • Post doctoral work in catalysis, Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla, CA
    1991-92 (with K. B. Sharpless)

  • Post doctoral work in organometallic chemistry, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA 1992-93 (with T. D. Tilley)

Career at  the Université de Montréal:

  • Assistant Prof., September 1993- May 1999

  • Associate Prof., June 1999-May 2004

  • Full Prof., June 2004-present
Sabbatical leaves
  • "visiting scientist" at the Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa
    (A. J. Carty's group, 2000-2001)
  • invited professor at:
    • Massachussettes Institute of Technology (C. C. Cummins's group, 2000)
    • University of Ottawa (Lecturer, 2001)
    • California Institute of Technology (J. E. Bercaw's group, 2001)
    • University of Rochester (W. D. Jones' group, 2008)