Paul Brumer - A Brief Biography

Dr. Brumer joined University of Toronto in 1975 after completing his BSc at Brooklyn College and his PhD at Harvard University and was appointed a University Professor in 1995. Dr. Brumer has been at the forefront of two major areas in chemical physics: using nonlinear mechanics to understand molecular dynamics, and controlling chemical reactions with lasers.

Dr. Brumer's work has been recognized in numerous ways. He has been an A.P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Chemical Institute of Canada and the American Physical Society. He has received two Canada Council Killam Research Fellowships and is one of the youngest recipients of the CIC Palladium Medal, the highest award of the Chemical Institute of Canada. He was the recipient of the prestigious 2000 Killam Memorial Prize in Physical Sciences and is currently both a Distinguished University Professor and the Roel Buck Chair in Chemical Physics at the University of Toronto.