Long Citation
Professor Piers is recognized internationally for his outstanding contributions to organometallic chemistry. In his wide-ranging research Piers combines creative synthetic strategies with insightful mechanistic studies. He is able to apply his discoveries to interfaces with other sub-disciplines such as organic and polymer chemistry. He is known for his creative development of highly fluorinated boron-based Lewis acids for use as co-catalysts in olefin polymerization, for innovative contributions to early transition-metal chemistry, and for the discovery of highly active olefin metathesis catalysts. The pre-eminence and impact of his work have been recognized by numerous awards including the Rutherford Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, awards in both Inorganic and Organic Chemistry from the Canadian Society for Chemistry and the Canadian Catalysis Lecture Award.

Short Citation
Warren Piers is recognized internationally for his outstanding contributions to organometallic chemistry which combines creative synthetic strategies with insightful mechanistic studies. He is known for his creative development of highly fluorinated boron-based Lewis acids for use as co-catalysts in olefin polymerization, for innovative contributions to early transition-metal chemistry, and for the discovery of highly active olefin metathesis catalysts.