Past Events

Dr. Alexander R Lowe from the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland will give a seminar entitled “Pressure Scanning Calorimetry as a Valuable Tool to Investigate the Heat of Liquid Confinement into Mesoporous Materials” on May 29 at 1:30 PM in the Link Room (MACN 101).   

Prof. Neil Rees from the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham (UK) will give a seminar entitled “Investigating methods for platinum group metal thrifting” on May 29 at 10 AM in the Link Room (MACN 101).  

Join us to Celebrate Guelph Chemistry Excellence! Meet and mingle with fellow University of Guelph Chemistry alumni, faculty, and friends at this social and networking event in conjunction with the 2026 Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Conference.  In addition to connecting with peers, Guelph Chemistry will proudly be recognizing these THREE outstanding 2026 CIC + CSC award winners from our community:

Dr. Mitch Nasimento, Marsden Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the University of Auckland will give a seminar on May 13, 2026 at 2 pm in the Link Room (MACN 101). The title of his talk is "The Missing Link: the role of crosslinkers in polysulfide gold adsorption".

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Peter Kim on Thursday April 30, 2026 @ 10:00 am EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  MSc Thesis Title:  Characterization of an Aptamer Targeting the p47/p97 Interaction for Therapeutic Application.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Michael Capperauld on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @ 1:30 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  MSc Thesis Title: Towards the Synthesis of Novel Oligonucleotide Constructs Containing Bisphosphoramidate (N3′→P5′ and P3′→N5′) Linkages

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of PhD. CHEM Gabriel H. Slater-Eddy on Friday April 24, 2026 @ 1:00 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  PhD Thesis Title:  Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Sorbitol and its Derivatives to Value-Added Chemicals and Monomer Precursors.

The Celebration of Life will be held at the Arboretum Centre at the University of Guelph on April 11th from 1-4 p.m. We welcome anyone whose life was touched by Marcel — from the University of Guelph community to the many people he connected with personally and professionally outside of U of G. Please help to share the form to as we do not have a comprehensive list of retired staff.  

The Toxicology Student Association is hosting the 40th annual Toxicology Symposium on March 28th, 2026. This year’s topic is Natural and Synthetic Neurotoxins, and the event will consist of guest lectures and student presentations on this topic. The symposium allows upper year toxicology students to present their research and network with others. The symposium is being held in the Waasamowin atrium, in the SSC.

Prof. Christopher Kay from Saarland University (Germany) and University College London (UK) will present a seminar entitled "From electron spin resonance spectroscopy to microwave lasers: a dielectric and educational journey" on Tuesday, March 24 at 1:15 PM in SSC 1511. See attached for seminar abstract.