Dr. Shimizu has been a professor with the University of Calgary’s department of chemistry since 1998. Prior to his time at the University of Calgary, he was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at the University of Birmingham and a Research Associate at the Steacie Institute of the National Research Council.
He is a recipient of numerous awards such as the Strem/Canadian Society for Chemistry Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry and Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award. Dr. Shimizu has given more than 90 invited, keynote and plenary talks nationally and internationally and has authored over 100 publications.