Past Events

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of PhD. CHEM Adam Riddell on Thursday January 8, 2026 @ 2:00 pm EST IN-PERSON, in SCIE 1511.  PhD Thesis Title:  The Directing Influence of Proximal Boron Functionalities on Sulfenate Chemistry and The Sulfoxidation of Boron Containing Sulfides.  

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of PhD. CHEM Mukaila Ibrahim on Monday January 5, 2026 @ 5:00 pm EST IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  PhD Thesis Title: Molecular Magnets from Asymmetric Thiatriazinyl Radicals.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of PhD. CHEM Negar Sabouhanian on Monday January 5, 2026 @ 1:00 pm EST IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  PhD Thesis Title:  Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of Carbon Dioxide Reductions at Bismuth-based Bimetallic Nanostructured Catalysts.

A seminar will be presented by Henry Lim entitled "DFT Investigation of Ammonia Oxidation Reaction on Ceria."

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of PhD. CHEM Andrew Finlay on Thursday November 13, 2025 @ 2:30 pm EST IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room).  PhD Thesis Title: Expanding the theory and applications of carbon dioxide and other modifier gases in differential mobility spectrometry.

A seminar will be presented by Evan Zakaria entitled "Reduction-Mediated Cleavable Linker for Tandem Oligonucleotide Synthesis Applications."

A seminar will be presented by Haven Camillo entitled, "Hydrothermal Phosphorylation of Nucleosides."

Prof. Adam Damry from the University of Ottawa will present a seminar entitled "Proteins on the edge: Harnessing biochemistry at heterogeneous interfaces" on Thursday, September 25 at 9:30 AM in MACN. See attached for seminar abstract. Prof. Damry is visiting us as part of a recruitment visit and will have time to meet with undergraduates interested in pursuing a graduate degree in chemistry/biochemistry directly following his seminar, at 10:30 AM.  Coffee and timbits will be served.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Sebastian Montoya Pareja on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @ 3:00 pm EST IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room). MSc Thesis Title: Conversion of Peracetylated Sugars by Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions using a Tandem Catalysis System Comprised of Rare-Earth Metal Triflates and Hydrogenating Metal Catalysts.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Ruzhen Xu on Monday September 8, 2025 @ 9:30 am EST IN-PERSON, MACN 203 (Mini Link Room). MSc Thesis Title: Effects of Hydrogen Uptake and Release on Graphene Oxide-Based Nanomaterials.