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It is with great pleasure that the Department of Chemistry announces and congratulates our four outstanding first-year chemistry lab TAs for their exceptional performance throughout the Winter 2025 academic semester. Each month the First-Year Lab Team recognize either a CHEM*1040 or CHEM*1050 lab TA that has demonstrated exceptional performance, embodies core values that enhanced the student lab experience, and/or some other notable achievement related to their lab teaching duties. Haven Camillo, Paige Kanters, Michael Capperauld, and Jamie Dawson have gone above and beyond in their

A powerful new instrument is now operational in the Chemistry X-Lab Facility in the Department of Chemistry. The Rigaku Synergy-S Single Crystal Diffractometer is a state-of-the-art instrument that brings unprecedented speed and precision to molecular characterization. The installation was spearheaded by Dr. Lara Watanabe, the X-Lab Facility Manager.

Michael Saley successfully defended his PhD entitled: Synthesis and Electrochemical Reduction of Selected Organosulfur Compounds.

The Department of Chemistry celebrated its 42^nd Annual Mixer and Awards Night on March 20, 2025. The event was hosted by the Chemistry and Biochemistry Club with William Berecz and Logan Fagu as the Masters of Ceremonies.

Nicole Dcosta successfully defended their thesis entitled, "Structural characterization of the interaction between UBA domain of p47 and ubiquitin using NMR spectroscopy."

On February 6, 2025, Adam Riddell, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Guelph, presented at the Canadian Organic Invitational Virtual Seminar (CORGI-Virtual Seminar).

The CORGI-Virtual Seminar is a community-building effort hosted by the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC). Speakers are invited to present their research to a national audience of organic chemistry researchers from industry, academia, and alternative career paths.

On Tuesday, February 11th, 2025, the Department of Chemistry hosted a Global Women's Breakfast. Members of the department gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of our female staff with relaxed, informal discussions and coffee and pastries.

Michael Lapolla successfully defended his thesis on: Biophysical Modulation and Chemical Synergies in Microbial Reponses to Microwave Fields and Oxidative Stress.

Karley Zimmer successfully defended her thesis entitled: Site-Specific FRET Detection of Fluorescent Small Molecule Targets Using DNA Aptamers

Eric Nicol successfully defended his PhD entitled: Computational Investigation of Cope-Type Eliminations of Beta-Borylated Sulfoxides and Amine Oxides.