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Mary Anne White
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Mary Anne White (born December 28, 1953) is a Canadian materials scientist who is the Harry Shirreff (Emerita) Professor of Chemical Research at Dalhousie University. Her research considers novel solar thermal materials and their application in renewable energy devices. She is the author of a textbook titled Physical Properties of Materials. She was appointed an Officer to the Order of Canada in 2016.

Early life and education

White was born in London, Ontario.[1] As a child, she was encouraged to complete science experiments.[2] She attended the University of Western Ontario for undergraduate studies in chemistry. Returning in 2011 to deliver the convocation address, White explained, “By the end of the first week at Western, I knew that I had found my place in life… I had met ‘my people’ and being back at Western always brings back that excitement,”.[3] She was a research student at McMaster University, where she worked under the supervision of James A. Morrison.[4] She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford and the University of Waterloo.

Research and career

White began her academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo. In 1983 joined Dalhousie University, where she served as both Professor of Chemistry and Physics and Director of the Institute for Research in Materials.[5] [6] White developed novel thermal energy storage materials, specialising in areas such as materials that serve as efficient thermoelectrics and thermochromics, with low thermal expansion and the ability of phase-change materials to store heat.[7] In 2010, White founded the Dalhousie Research in Energy, Advanced Materials and Sustainability (DREAMS) program. She was made Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research Emerita in 2016.[8]

White appeared on the CBC Radio show Maritime Noon, answering listener science questions.

Awards and honours

Selected publications

Articles

Personal life

White is married to Robert L. White, a biological chemist at Dalhousie University, with whom she has two children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: science.ca : Mary Anne White. 2021-01-17. www.science.ca.
  2. Web site: Watton. Isla. 2019-05-29. My House Is Now A Lab: Meet Mary Anne White. 2021-01-17. SoapboxScience. en-US.
  3. Web site: 2011-06-13. Western News - White asks grads to 'share knowledge'. 2021-01-17. Western News. en-CA.
  4. Web site: 2019 Morrison Lecture - Sustainable Approaches to Advanced Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering. 2021-01-17. www.eng.mcmaster.ca.
  5. Web site: Biography. 2021-01-17. mawhite.chem.dal.ca.
  6. Web site: Mary Anne White - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile. 2021-01-17. www.routledge.com.
  7. Web site: Research. 2021-01-17. mawhite.chem.dal.ca.
  8. Web site: WHITE, Mary Anne. 2021-01-17. Office of the President. en.
  9. Web site: Calcon - Award History. 2021-01-17. calorimetry-conference.org.
  10. Web site: CIC Fellows. Chemical Institute of Canada.
  11. White, Mary Anne. 2011-02-05.
  12. Web site: Previous Recipients. 2021-01-19. Discovery Centre. en.
  13. Web site: Past Award Winners The Royal Society of Canada. 2021-01-17. rsc-src.ca.
  14. Web site: Prof Mary Anne White Engineering at Alberta. 2021-01-17. www.ualberta.ca.
  15. Web site: Mary Anne White The Royal Society of Canada. 2021-01-17. rsc-src.ca.
  16. Web site: Chemistry's Mary Anne White named to the Order of Canada. 2021-01-17. Dalhousie University.
  17. News: Order of Canada honours 2 Nova Scotian scholars CBC News. en-US. CBC. 2021-01-17.
  18. Web site: Chemistry's Mary Anne White and Social Work's Fred Wien named to the Order of Canada. 2021-01-17. Dalhousie News.
  19. Web site: Canadian Light Source T.K. Sham Award in Materials Chemistry. 2021-01-17. The Chemical Institute of Canada. en-CA.

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