Principal Investigator

Screen Shot 2017-08-08 at 6.55.30 PMRatmir Derda

Associate Professor

Ratmir Derda received his B.Sci. in Physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 2001 and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008, under the supervision of Laura L. Kiessling. From 2008 to 2011, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University working under the supervision of George M. Whitesides at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Donald E. Ingber, at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

Notable Awards & Recognition

2019
Edmonton Top 40 under 40
2019
2019 Faculty of Science Research Award (from the University of Alberta) 
2018
 2018 Science Commercialization Fellowship  
2018
2018 Melanie O’Neill Young Investigator Award in Biological Chemistry from Canadian Society of Chemistry (CSC) 
2017
David Gin New Investigator Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry from American Chemical Society (ACS)
2017
Martha Cook Piper Research Prize from  University of Alberta
2016
Rising Star in Chemical Biology from International Chemical Biology Society
2014
Young Investigator Award from Boulder Peptide Society
2014
University of Alberta Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities
2011
Canadian Rising Star in Global Health award from Grand Challenges Canada
2010
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Award in Synthetic Biology
2009
Winner of the 50K DARPA seed funding for best proposal in InfoChemistry
2007
ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Science Research
1997
Gold Medal at the XXIX International Chemistry Olympiad
1994, ’95, ’96, ’97
1st Diplomas at the All-Ukrainian Chemistry Olympiad