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Lousie Dawe is a professor of chemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener Waterloo Canada. Her areas of researches are X-ray crystallography, coordination chemistry, molecular grids, and chemical education.

Early Life and Education
Dr. Dawe spent her early life in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. She completed her B.Sc. in chemistry at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She then completed an M.Sc. in chemistry at the University of Utah under the supervision of Professor Joel S. Miller. She the returned to Memorial University and completed a B.Ed. and taught chemistry at the College of the North Atlantic. She then completed her Ph.D. in chemistry at the Memorial University of Newfoundland under the supervision of Professor Laurie Thompson.

Journal Editorship
Professor Dawe serves in several journal editorial roles


 * Co-editor for Acta Crystallographica, Section B.
 * Acta Crystallographica, Section C.
 * Journal of Applied Crystallography, Teaching and Education co-editor for

Academic Career
She began a faculty appointment at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2009. In 2013, she relocated to Wilfrid Laurier University. She has received grants from the NSERC Discovery Grant Program.

Awards and Recognitions

 * 2024: Carleton University - Don Wiles Lecture
 * 2023: Faculty of Science (Established Career) Award for Teaching Excellence
 * 2016: Faculty of Science Award for Teaching Excellence
 * 2016: CFI-JELF for "Green Methods for the Preparation of New Materials" (with Ken Maly)
 * 2015-2017: NSERC Discovery Development Grant for "Highly porous architectures through designed rational self-assembly"
 * Fall 2014: Laurier Residence Academic Partner Award