Tao (Toby) Zeng
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
York University
Office: 208 Chemistry Building
Phone Extension: 33673
Education, Research, and Work Experience
| Title | Period | Institute, Research Focus, and Supervisors |
| Adjunct Professor | 2022-present | Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo |
| Associate Professor | 2022-present | Department of Chemistry, York University |
| Assistant Professor | 2019-2022 | Department of Chemistry, York University |
| Adjunct Research Professor | 2019- present | Department of Chemistry, Carleton University |
| Assistant Professor | 2015-2019 | Department of Chemistry, Carleton University |
| Postdoc | 2013-2015 | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University Theoretical investigations in organic photovoltaics and radical chemistry Professor Nandini Ananth and Professor Roald Hoffmann |
| Postdoc | 2011-2013 | Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo Theoretical investigations in molecular spectroscopy and microscopic superfluidity Professor Pierre-Nicholas Roy |
| PhD | 2005-2011 | Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Relativistic model core potentials development and theoretical study of spin-orbit coupling effects in chemistry Professor Mariusz Klobukowski |
| MSc | 2002-2005 | Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Theoretical study of CO adsorption on catalysts in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis Professor Haijun Jiao |
| BSc | 1998-2002 | Department of Chemistry, Jinan University Undergraduate research: development of heteopolyacid catalyst for ester synthesis under the supervision of Professor Yuanming Zhang |
Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards
| Tom Ziegler Award | 2024 |
| NSERC Discovery Grant | 2016-present |
| Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2013-2015 |
| John Charles Polanyi Prize | 2012 |
| MRI-Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2011-2013 |
| NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2011-2013 |
| Governor General of Canada’s Gold Medal | 2011 |
| Ralph Steinhauer Award of Distinction | 2010 |
| Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize | 2009 |
| Honorary Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship | 2007 |
| Alberta Ingenuity Student Scholarship | 2006-2010 |
| Excellent Master Graduate Student of Shanxi Province | 2005 |
| Excellent Student Award of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2003 |
| Excellent Graduate of Jinan University | 2002 |
