Tito Scajano, FCIC, was recognized in late November as being at the forefront of research, the reason for his win of the 2002 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. The University of Ottawa chemist's meticulous, three-decades-long probing of the interactions of light and molecules have led to major advances in free radicals and antioxidants, photo-activated pharmaceuticals, and sunscreens. The prize guarantees that Scaiano -- who with more than 500 journal articles to his name is Canada's most widely cited chemist -- will receive $250,000 over the next five years to supplement his existing research funding of $1 million from the Natural Sciences and …
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