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Babak Tavana successfully defended their PhD entitled: Electrochemical sensing of pharmaceutical compounds in biological matrices based on Molecular Imprinted Polymers.

Okoroike Ozoemena successfully defended their PhD entitled: Nanomaterial-based electrochemical immunosensors for the detection cardiovascular disease biomarkers. Congrats!

Aidan England successfully defended their PhD entitled: Hydrodeoxygenation of Xylitol Pentaacetate to Value-Added Products by a Tandem Catalyst System. Congrats!

Gabriele Wehrle successfully defended their MSc. entitled: 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. Congrats!

Joshua van der Zalm successfully defended their PhD entitled: In Situ Spectroscopy Coupled with Photoelectrocatalysis for Advanced Material Research. Congrats!

Emmanuel Boateng successfully defended their PhD entitled: Functionalization and Electrochemical Study of Graphene-Based Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Storage. Congrats!

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.