Tsun-Kong (TK) Sham, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished University Professor of Western University, Chair of Soochow University-Western University Centre for Synchrotron Radiation Research (SWC), has been recently awarded the 2023 Montréal Medal/Médaille de Montréal.

Dr. Sham is at the forefront of the interplay of materials functionality and synchrotron spectroscopy. He served as a member of the Board of Canadian Light Source (CLS) (2000-2006) and has provided leadership for the R&D of beamlines at CLS. He is a long-standing member of the International X-ray Absorption Society and served as its Chair (2003-2006). In 2012, he helped found the Soochow-Western Centre for Synchrotron Radiation Research and served as the Chair. He is the Chair of the Ontario Synchrotron Consortium, currently working with Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation toward a next generation synchrotron for Canada.

The Montréal Medal/Médaille de Montréal is presented as a mark of distinction and honour to a resident of Canada who has shown significant leadership in or has made an outstanding contribution to the profession of chemistry or chemical engineering in Canada.

Editor: Lingli Guo