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Grant Allen

Professor

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
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BIO

Professor Allen was the Director of the Pulp and Paper Centre at the University of Toronto from 2001-2003, and, before that, Associate Director; from 2003-2007, he was the Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. He served as Vice-Dean, Undergraduate, of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering from 2007-2011 after which time he was appointed Department Chair, a position he served in till December 2021.

Between his masters and doctoral studies, Professor Allen worked with Esso Petroleum’s Process Control group and spent his research leave in 1994 with Weyerhaeuser Co. in Tacoma, WA, where he worked on the biofiltration of air pollutants from wood products emissions. In 2011 he spent his research leave with SCION, a Crown Research Institute in New Zealand working on biorefineries for producing renewable energy and chemicals.

Professor Allen is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Chemical Institute of Canada and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He served as president of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering in 2008-2009 and was Chair of the Chemical Institute of Canada in 2019-2020. In 2007 he was awarded Professor of the Year Award for Teaching large classes in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry and in 2022 he was awarded the Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award from the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. He joined the Faculty at U of T in 1987.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chair of department
    University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2011 - 1 Dec 2021
  • Professor and Vice-Dean
    University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2007 - 1 Jun 2011
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 1998 - present
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 1992 - 30 Jun 1998
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 1987 - 30 Jun 1992

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Visiting Researcher
    Weyerhaeuser (United States), Federal Way, United States1 Jan 1994 - 1 Jun 1994
  • Visiting Researcher
    Scion, Green Processing Team, Rotorua, New Zealand1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2011

DEGREES

  • Ph.D.
    University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
  • M.A.Sc.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • B.A.Sc.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Climate Positive Energy (CPE)