Past Events

Join us on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 PM for the next Chemistry & Toxicology Alumni Speaker Series featuring Amanda Pellegrino (TOX ’16). Amanda will share how she turned her education into a successful career and what it's like working as a Senior Risk Assessor at Blumetric Environmental.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Brendan Carson on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @ 1:00 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room). MSc Thesis Title: Deuterium Isotope Effects of Acids and Bases Near Ambient Conditions by ITC.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Matteo Pavlovic on Tuesday October 6, 2026 @ 1:00 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  MSc Thesis Title: A Benzoimidazole Push Pull Chromophore for Protein Induced Fluorescence Enhancement Studies of Aptamer – Protein Interactions.

Professor Ian Tonks from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, is visiting us on Tuesday, September 29, 2026. He will give a seminar entitled “Strategies in Sustainable Catalysis: Making and Breaking N-N Bonds with Titanium and Synthesizing Polyesters from Carbon Dioxide” at 1:30 PM in MACN 101 (The Link Room). 

Join us on September 25 at 4:00 p.m. for the next Chemistry & Toxicology Alumni Speaker Series featuring Klaudine Estepa (Biological & Pharmaceutical Chemistry ’19). Klaudine will share how she turned her education into a successful career and what it's like working as a Quality Specialist at Kenvue.

Professor Ingo Krossing from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Germany) is visiting us on Thursday, September 24, 2026. He will give a seminar entitled “Fluorinated Anions for Electrolytes and Interphases – A thrive through the Li and Post-Li Battery World” at 1:30 PM in MACN 101 (The Link Room). 

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Jason Yap on Friday September 18th @ 1:30 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  MSc Thesis Title: Enthalpies of Ionization of Aqueous Alkanolamines and Hydroxylamines for Thermochemical Models of Nuclear Reactor Secondary Coolant Chemistry.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of PhD. CHEM Scott Sammons on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @ 1:30 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  PhD Thesis Title: A Potential Emergence of Amino-Modified Xenonucleic Acids on Prebiotic Earth.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of PhD. CHEM Samantha Binkley on Wednesday September 2, 2026 @ 1:30 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  PhD Thesis Title: Thermochemical Properties of Model Amines under Hydrothermal Conditions from Densimetry and Fixed-Cell Scanning Nanocalorimetry Measurements.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Paige Kanters on Monday August 31 @ 1 pm EDT IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  MSc Thesis Title: Investigating Cooperativity in the Translocation Mechanism of an AAA+ Protein, VAT.