Manar Shoshani (he/him)

Manar is a second-generation Chaldean-Canadian who was born and raised in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Manar attended the University of Windsor and completed his undergraduate and graduate degree under the supervision and training of Prof. Samuel A. Johnson. There, Manar conducted his research on the stoichiometric and catalytic reactivity of novel and electron-rich multimetallic Ni complexes. Following his doctoral studies, Manar accepted a NSERC PDF fellowship and attended the California Institute of Technology working in the laboratory of Prof. Theodor Agapie. There he worked on several projects ranging from the identification of ligand scaffolds to support novel multimetallic complexes, to the design of catalysts for the copolymerization of polar and non-polar olefins. In 2021, Manar started at UTRGV as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and then moved to the University of Kansas in 2024. The Shoshani group are poised to uncover modern solutions in sustainability through the design and synthesis of catalysts equipped to convert raw materials (CO2, O2, hydrocarbons) to value added products.  

Select Honors and Awards:

2024 Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardee 
2021 UT Faculty STARs Awardee; 
2019 Governor General Gold Medal
2018 NSERC PDF 
2016 Oral Presentation Award: Inorganic Discussion Weekend
2015 NSERC CGS-D 
2014 NSERC PGS-D 
2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship 
2013 Dennis Tuck Alumni Award; University of Windsor