News and events

Download our latest newsletter: Spring 2016 (pdf).

Alex Brolo will receive the 2017 Faculty of Science Award

Alex Brolo will receive the 2017 Faculty of Science Award for Teaching Excellence.

Scott McIndoe has been awarded the 2017 Craigdarroch Silver Medal

McIndoe has been awarded the 2017 Craigdarroch Silver Medal for Excellence in Research.

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Spring 2018

Unless specified, seminars will be held at 11:30 am in Elliott 167
 Links to speakers' web pages are provided where available

Thursday
March 29		 Scott Wolkenberg, Merck
Two approaches to reverse HIV latency: histone deacetylase and farnesyltransferase inhibition
Host: Fraser Hof
Thursday
April 5		 Janine Mauzeroll, McGill University
The Wonderful World of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM)
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
April 16

Ingo Krossing, University of Freiburg - Elliott 228
Stabilization of Reactive Cations by Large and Weakly Coordinating Anions
Host: Neil Burford
NOT CHEM 509
Date Speaker
Monday
January 8		 Thomas Hoye, University of Minnesota
The (ongoing) evolution of the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) reaction
Host: Andy Un
Monday
January 15		 Paul Ragogna, Western University
An examination of phosphinidene chalcogenide chemistry: Versatile low coordinate P(III) units 
Host: Neil Burford
Monday
January 22		 Michael Campbell, Lakehead University
Application of Solid Phase Synthesis to Radiochemistry and Other Tales of an Accidental Radiochemist
 Host: Peter Wan
Monday
January 29

CHEM 509 Discussion for Grad Students
(attendance mandatory)
Monday
February 5		 Shana Kelley, University of Toronto
Profiling Cells Inside and Out Using Nanostructured Materials
Host: Natia Frank
Thursday
February 15		 Graduate Student Research Day
Monday
February 19		 Tim Swager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dynamic Droplets
Host: Robin Hicks
Monday
February 26		 Mario Bieringer, University of Manitoba
Keeping Things Moving - From Bottleneck to Bottleneck! Oxide ion conductors for solid oxide fuel cell applications
Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Monday
March 5		 John Murphy, University of Strathclyde
Redox Processes with Organic Reagents
Host: Nicholas Richard
Monday
March 12		 Alex Adronov, McMaster University
Developing New Polymers for Selective Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes
 Host: Natia Frank
Monday
March 26		 Emily Weiss, Northwestern University
Photocatalysis of Fuel-forming Reactions Enhanced by Energy and Charge Funneling within Colloidal Assemblies
Host: Natia Frank