Past Events

Mentorship seminar: “Why success is more likely when you’re willing to fail.”

Research Seminar: “A chemical biology toolbox for probing A-to-I RNA editing.”

Thesis Title Photoreactivity of Crystalline Unsaturated Compounds: Reaction Pathways and Kinetics   Examination Committee Chair: Dr. Aziz Houmam Advisor: Dr. Dmitriy Soldatov Advisory Member: Dr. Holger Kleinke (U of Waterloo) Graduate Faculty Member: Dr. Adrian Schwan External Examiner: Dr. Olivier Lebel (Royal Military College of Canada)

A seminar will be presented by Allison Ming Entitled “Exploring the  use of Poly-T-DNA as an efficient and cost effective biosensing platform  for the detection of Mercury ions in aqueous Solution “ in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree in the Department of Chemistry  Date: Tuesday September 5, 2023 Time: 10:00 am Location: In Person in MACN 101 (Main Link Room)

The M.Sc. Thesis Defence of Darren Chow THESIS TITLE: "Mechanical Exfoliation of Expanded Graphite and Functionalization with Palladium Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Storage" will take place on Monday September 11, 2023 At 2:00 pm In-Person in MACN 101 (Main Link Room) Examination Committee:

A seminar will be presented by Ciaran Henry Entitled "The Study of Protomers" in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree in the Department of Chemistry           Date: Thursday August 24th, 2023 Time:11:00 am Location: In Person in MACN 101 (Main Link Room)   Advisory Committee:  Dr. Wojciech Gabryelski (Advisor), Dr. Richard Manderville Chair: Dr. Mario Monteiro

The M.Sc. Thesis Defence of  David Smith Date: Monday August 21, 2023 Time: 12:30 pm Location: In Person in MACN 101 THESIS TITLE: “Room Temperature Pulsed Laser Deposition and Annealing of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thin Films for Use In Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”.  

A seminar will be presented by Nicole Dcosta entitled “Characterization of Functional Allostery in Mitochondrial AAA protease YME1L.” in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree in the Department of Chemistry  Date: Friday August 4, 2023 Time: 11:00 am Location: In Person in MACN 101 (Main Link Room) Available for Waterloo Students via MS Teams

A seminar will be presented by Hannah Oreskovic entitled “Understanding the transformations of solid materials in deep geological repositories.” in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree in the Department of Chemistry  Date: Thursday August 3, 2023 Time: 2:00 pm Location: In Person in MACN 101 (Main Link Room) Available for Waterloo Students via MS Teams  

A seminar will be presented by Baylie Kalnitsky entitled “Characterization of p97 ATPase Activity and Cofactor Binding.” in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree in the Department of Chemistry  Date: Wednesday August 2, 2023 Time: 1:00 pm Location: In Person in MACN 101 (Main Link Room) Available for Waterloo Students via MS Teams