Prof. Farnaz Heidar-Zadeh Brief CV

Academic Positions

  1. [01/2020-present]Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Canada
  2. [01/2025-present]Bruce Mitchell Research Chair at Carbon to Metal Coating Institute (C2MCI), Queen's University, Canada
  3. [03/2025-06/2025]Visiting Professor, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
  4. [08/2019-08/2021]Visiting Scholar, Department of Biophysics (host: Prof. Teresa Head-Gordon) and Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry (host: Prof. Martin Head-Gordon), University of California, Berkeley, USA
  5. [04/2019-12/2019]Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Molecular Modelling, Ghent University, Belgium
  6. [01/2018-03/2019]Marie Skolodowska-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics and Material Sciencess Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Education

  1. Joint PhD in Theoretical Chemistry (McMaster University, Canada) and Physics (Ghent University, Belgium)
  2. Master of Science (MSc) in Physical Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
  3. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Awards, Distinctions, and Scholarships

  1. [2024]Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), United States
  2. [2024]James Talman Award, United States
  3. [2024]Prizes for Excellence in Research, Queen’s University, Canada
  4. [2021]John Charles Polanyi Prize in Chemistry, Ontario, Canada
  5. [2021]CAS Future Leader 2019, merican Chemical Society, United States
  6. [2018]Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellow, (scored 97.5/100), European Commission
  7. [2018]Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) Postdoctoral Fellowship (ranked #1 in Belgium), Belgium
  8. [2017]Governor General’s Graduate Academic Medal, McMaster University, Canada
  9. [2017]Best Poster Award in Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, 100th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
  10. [2015]Doctorate Scholarship, Ghent University, Belgium
  11. [2013]Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements, NSERC, Canada
  12. [2013]Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (ranked 2nd Canada wide), NSERC, Canada
  13. [2013]Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship, Doctorate Program (CGS-D), NSERC, Canada
  14. [2012]Best Poster Award, Swiss Chemical Society, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  15. [2012]Russell Bell Travel Award, Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Canada
  16. [2012]Best Oral Presentation at Graduate Colloquium, Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Canada
  17. [2012]Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Doctorate, Ontario, Canada
  18. [2011]Best Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Canada
  19. [2011]Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Masters, Ontario, Canada