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Faculty & staff

Office

The Department of Chemistry office is located in room 301 of the Elliott Building. The office is open Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm.

Contact

For general inquiries, please reach out to chem@uvic.ca or call the office at 250-721-7152. Fax documents to 250-721-7147.

Mailing address

Department of Chemistry
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria BC
V8W 2Y2
Canada

Courier address

Department of Chemistry
University of Victoria
Elliott Building Room 301
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria BC
V8P 5C2
Canada

Faculty

Dr. Alexandre Brolo

Professor, Department Chair Chemistry

Office: ELL 303 250-721-7167

Area(s) of expertise:
Surface spectroscopy, Raman, photovoltaics, bioanalytical, cancer research, single-molecule detection

Dr. Thomas Baker

Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry and Physics & Astronomy

Office: ELL 118 250-472-4615

Area(s) of expertise:
Quantum information, quantum computing, entanglement renormalization, quantum algorithms, quantum error-correction

Dr. David Berg

Associate Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 314

Area(s) of expertise:
F-elements, organometallic and coordination chemistry, synthesis, medical and catalytic applications

Dr. Cornelia Bohne

Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 246 250-721-7151

Area(s) of expertise:
Supramolecular dynamics, kinetics, host-guest, gels, photophysics, photochromism, asphaltene, soft materials

Dr. Heather Buckley

Associate Professor Civil Engineering

Office: ECS 418 250-472-5879

Area(s) of expertise:
Green chemistry, molecular sensors for water contaminants, safer prevention of fouling

Dr. Saurabh Chitnis

Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry

Office: ELL 238 250-472-4128

Area(s) of expertise:
Inorganic chemistry, polymers, materials, synthesis, catalysis; crystallography
Katherine Elvira

Dr. Katherine Elvira

Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry

Office: ELL 306

Area(s) of expertise:
Microfluidics, artificial cells, droplets and emulsions, drug discovery, drug delivery, nanoplastics

Dr. Ryland Giebelhaus

Assistant Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 313 250-472-5977

Area(s) of expertise:
Analytical chemistry, metabolomics, multidimensional chromatography, mass spectrometry, chemometrics and data science

Dr. Robin Hicks

Professor and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies Chemistry

Office: ELL 166 250-721-7062

Area(s) of expertise:
Coordination chemistry, redox-active ligands, stable radicals, functional dyes

Dr. Fraser Hof

Professor and Associate Vice President, Research Chemistry

Office: ELL 238 250-721-7193

Area(s) of expertise:
Medicinal chemistry, molecular recognition, synthesis, epigenetic therapies and chemical biology

Dr. Dennis Hore

Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 318 250-721-7168

Area(s) of expertise:
Nonlinear optics, vibrational spectroscopy of surfaces, community drug checking

Dr. Violeta Iosub

Associate Teaching Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 315 250-721-7192

Area(s) of expertise:
General, organic and bio-organic chemistry

Dr. Tasha Jarisz

Assistant Teaching Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 310 250-721-8976

Area(s) of expertise:
General, analytical, environmental chemistry, spectroscopy
Nelson Lam

Dr. Nelson Lam

Assistant Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 317

Area(s) of expertise:
Organic synthesis, selective catalysis, radicals, photoredox, total synthesis

Dr. David Leitch

Associate Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 308 250-472-4547

Area(s) of expertise:
Organic synthesis, catalysis, high-throughput experimentation, process chemistry, mechanism

Dr. Peter Loock

Professor, Dean of Science Chemistry

Office: ELL 316

Area(s) of expertise:
Spectroscopic instrument design, fiber optics, chemical sensors, cavity-enhanced optics, micro-optical resonators

Dr. Scott McIndoe

Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 307 250-721-7181

Area(s) of expertise:
Catalyst discovery and mechanisms, organometallic chemistry and mass spectrometry

Dr. Matthew Moffitt

Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 319 250-721-7162

Area(s) of expertise:
Self-assembly, polymer materials, nanoparticles, quantum dots, drug delivery and microfluidics

Dr. Irina Paci

Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 309 250-472-4946

Area(s) of expertise:
Self-assembly on solid surfaces, Monte Carlo and multi-scale methods, materials in external fields

Dr. Makhsud Saidaminov

Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry

Office: ELL 244

Area(s) of expertise:
Functional materials, solid-state chemistry, self-assembly, clean energy, perovskites, optoelectronics, solar cells, light emission, photon sensing

Dr. Jeremy Wulff

Professor Chemistry

Office: ELL 311 250-721-7179

Area(s) of expertise:
Organic synthesis, chemical biology, materials science

Dr. Maha Yusuf

Status: Joining in 2027

Assistant Professor Chemistry

Area(s) of expertise:
Electrochemistry; energy materials; in situ/operando X-ray and neutron imaging; electrochemical systems for energy storage and sustainable chemical production

Staff

Adjunct professors

Kyle Duncan

Dr. Kyle Duncan

Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry

Area(s) of expertise:
Bioanalytical chemistry, ambient ionization, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, custom instrumentation
Chris Gill

Dr. Chris Gill

Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry

Office: AERL, VIU 250-753-3252

Area(s) of expertise:
Environmental and analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry
Erik Krogh

Dr. Erik Krogh

Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry

Office: AERL, VIU 250-753-3245

Area(s) of expertise:
Environmental organic chemistry, photochemistry, water quality
heather wiebe

Dr. Heather Wiebe

Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry

Area(s) of expertise:
Computational chemistry, molecular dynamics methods, chemistry and physics under extreme conditions

Job postings

Interested in joining the department? Click below to see available positions within the department of chemistry.