Past Events

We are excited to announce the 3rd Annual ECS Guelph Young Researcher Symposium, hosted by the Electrochemical Society (ECS) University of Guelph Student Chapter and the Electrochemical Technology Centre. The event will take place on August 7, 2025.   This year’s symposium will feature keynote lectures from the following distinguished speakers:

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM James Robinson on Wednesday August 6, 2025 @ 1:00 pm EST IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room). MSc Thesis Title: Nonenzymatic RNA copying using activated 3'-amino-2',3'-dideoxyribonucleotides in the presence of coacervates.

We are proceeding with the oral examination (defence) of MSc. CHEM Brendan Laframboise on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @ 1:30 pm EST IN-PERSON, MACN 101 (Main Link Room). MSc Thesis Title: Computational Design of Bimetallic Surfaces for Sustainable Electrocatalysis: Insights from Density Functional Theory.  

MSc Thesis Title: Computational Investigation of Doped β-Ni(OH)2 as a Catalyst for Ammonia Oxidation.

PhD Thesis Title: Electrochemical sensing of pharmaceutical compounds in biological matrices based on Molecular Imprinted Polymers.

Professor Olena Zenkina from Ontario Tech University will be giving a seminar on July 14th entitled “Terpyridine-based Hybrid Metal-Organic Electrochromic Materials”. Please join us in attending if you are available. 

PhD Thesis Title: Nanomaterial-based electrochemical immunosensors for the detection cardiovascular disease biomarkers.

PhD Thesis Title: Hydrodeoxygenation of Xylitol Pentaacetate to Value-Added Products by a Tandem Catalyst System. The Examination Committee is as follows:  Chair: Dr. Adrian Schwan  Advisor: Dr. Marcel Schlaf  Advisory Member: Dr. Jennifer Murphy [advisory member]  Grad Faculty Member: Dr. France Isabelle Auzanneau [Non-Advisory] External Examiner: Dr. Philip Jessop [Queen's University]

MSc Thesis Title: A Survey of Metal, Cyanometallate, and Polyamine Building Blocks in the Synthesis of Amine-Containing Cyanometallate Coordination Polymer Sorbents for Direct Air Capture of CO2.   The Examination Committee is as follows: Chair: TBD Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Murphy Advisory Member: Dr. Leanne Chen Grad Faculty Member (Non-Advisory): Dr. France-Isabelle Auzanneau

PhD Thesis Title: In Situ Spectroscopy Coupled with Photoelectrocatalysis for Advanced Material Research.   The Examination Committee is as follows: Chair: Dr. Jennifer Murphy  Advisor: Dr. Aicheng Chen  Advisory Member: Dr. Kam Tong Leung [U of Waterloo member]  Grad Faculty Member (Non-Advisory): Dr. Leanne Chen  External Examiner: Dr. Nianqiang Wu [University of Massachusetts Amherst]