Gregory Welch

Professor of Chemistry, University of Calgary

Dr. Gregory Welch is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Calgary. He is currently a UofC Research Excellence Chair and has held two Canada Research Chairs prior. He is a native Calgarian and completed his BSc in Chemistry at the UofC, graduating in 2003. He started at the UofC as an assistant professor in July 2015 and has since built and operates a laboratory to fabrication research program centered in the area of Printed Electronics, Clean Energy, and Advanced Materials. His program spans from new materials design and synthesis all the way to large area device prototyping for market demonstration. Key innovations include printed indoor photovoltaics that convert LED light into electricity for IoT sensors, large area roll coated flexible LEDs for specialty lighting applications, a range of printed sensors for light, health, and food applications, and advanced coatings for textiles and the energy sector. He and his team have published over 180 scientific papers and have 15 patents pending/issued. Most important is the over 100HQP trained to date in his lab, thus providing an opportunity for research to diverse group of young scientists.