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
Professor, Department Chair Chemistry
Office: ELL 303 agbrolo@uvic.ca 250-721-7167
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Surface spectroscopy, Raman, photovoltaics, bioanalytical, cancer research, single-molecule detection
Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry and Physics & Astronomy
Office: ELL 118 bakerte@uvic.ca 250-472-4615
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Quantum information, quantum computing, entanglement renormalization, quantum algorithms, quantum error-correction
Associate Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 314 djberg@uvic.ca
- Area(s) of expertise:
- F-elements, organometallic and coordination chemistry, synthesis, medical and catalytic applications
Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 246 bohne@uvic.ca 250-721-7151
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Supramolecular dynamics, kinetics, host-guest, gels, photophysics, photochromism, asphaltene, soft materials
Associate Professor Civil Engineering
Office: ECS 418 hbuckley@uvic.ca 250-472-5879
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Green chemistry, molecular sensors for water contaminants, safer prevention of fouling
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry
Office: ELL 238 chitnis@uvic.ca 250-472-4128
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Inorganic chemistry, polymers, materials, synthesis, catalysis; crystallography
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry
Office: ELL 306 kelvira@uvic.ca
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Microfluidics, artificial cells, droplets and emulsions, drug discovery, drug delivery, nanoplastics
Assistant Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 313 rgiebelhaus@uvic.ca 250-472-5977
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Analytical chemistry, metabolomics, multidimensional chromatography, mass spectrometry, chemometrics and data science
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies Chemistry
Office: ELL 166 rhicks@uvic.ca 250-721-7062
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Coordination chemistry, redox-active ligands, stable radicals, functional dyes
Professor and Associate Vice President, Research Chemistry
Office: ELL 238 fhof@uvic.ca 250-721-7193
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Medicinal chemistry, molecular recognition, synthesis, epigenetic therapies and chemical biology
Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 318 dkhore@uvic.ca 250-721-7168
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Nonlinear optics, vibrational spectroscopy of surfaces, community drug checking
Associate Teaching Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 315 viosub@uvic.ca 250-721-7192
- Area(s) of expertise:
- General, organic and bio-organic chemistry
Assistant Teaching Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 310 tjarisz@uvic.ca 250-721-8976
- Area(s) of expertise:
- General, analytical, environmental chemistry, spectroscopy
Assistant Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 317 nelsonyslam@uvic.ca
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Organic synthesis, selective catalysis, radicals, photoredox, total synthesis
Associate Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 308 dcleitch@uvic.ca 250-472-4547
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Organic synthesis, catalysis, high-throughput experimentation, process chemistry, mechanism
Professor, Dean of Science Chemistry
Office: ELL 316 hploock@uvic.ca
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Spectroscopic instrument design, fiber optics, chemical sensors, cavity-enhanced optics, micro-optical resonators
Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 307 mcindoe@uvic.ca 250-721-7181
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Catalyst discovery and mechanisms, organometallic chemistry and mass spectrometry
Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 319 mmoffitt@uvic.ca 250-721-7162
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Self-assembly, polymer materials, nanoparticles, quantum dots, drug delivery and microfluidics
Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 309 ipaci@uvic.ca 250-472-4946
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Self-assembly on solid surfaces, Monte Carlo and multi-scale methods, materials in external fields
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Chemistry
Office: ELL 244 msaidaminov@uvic.ca
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Functional materials, solid-state chemistry, self-assembly, clean energy, perovskites, optoelectronics, solar cells, light emission, photon sensing
Professor Chemistry
Office: ELL 311 wulff@uvic.ca 250-721-7179
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Organic synthesis, chemical biology, materials science
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
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Scientific Glassblower Chemistry
Office: ELL 020 adamss@uvic.ca 250-721-7203
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Senior Staff Scientist, NMR Spectroscopy Chemistry
Office: PCH 092 cbarr@uvic.ca 250-721-7199
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Lab Supervisor and Senior Lab Instructor, Inorganic Chemistry
Office: ELL 334c berryde@uvic.ca 250-721-7170
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Assistant to the Chair Chemistry
Office: ELL 302 cboisvertcouture@uvic.ca 250-721-7150
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Scientific Technologist Chemistry
Office: ELL 232 markevans@uvic.ca 250-721-7115
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Senior Lab Instructor for CHEM 260 / Lab Assistant Chemistry
Office: ELL 334e fawkesk@uvic.ca 250-472-5212
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Senior Staff Scientist, Mass Spectrometry Chemistry
Office: ELL 066 orig@uvic.ca 250-721-7183
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Graduate Program Assistant Chemistry
Office: ELL 301 aussi7@uvic.ca 250-721-7156
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Senior Staff Scientist, Laser and Optical Instrumentation Chemistry
Office: ELL 305a stanislavkonorov@uvic.ca
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Administrative Assistant Chemistry
Office: ELL 301 hkurata@uvic.ca 250-721-7152
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Senior Lab Instructor, First Year Chemistry
Office: Elliott 229a mlsouza@uvic.ca 250-721-7194
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Administrative Officer Chemistry
Office: ELL 304 chemao@uvic.ca 250-721-7153
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Senior Lab Instructor, Organic Chemistry
Office: ELL 334a mbmills@uvic.ca 250-721-7172
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Status: On leave
Lab Assistant Chemistry
Office: ELL 334b ddillman@uvic.ca 250-472-5142
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Senior Lab Instructor, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Office: ELL 334d mehraveh@uvic.ca 250-721-7175
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Research Associate, Mass Spectrometry Facility Assistant Manager Chemistry
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Co-op Coordinator
Office: BWC A241 scicoop@uvic.ca 250-721-8649
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Communications, Events and Digital Marketing Coordinator Chemistry
Office: ELL 229b chemedia@uvic.ca
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Lab Assistant Chemistry
Office: ELL 334b evanwillis@uvic.ca 250-472-5142
Adjunct professors
Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Bioanalytical chemistry, ambient ionization, mass spectrometry, metabolomics, custom instrumentation
Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry
Office: AERL, VIU chris.gill@viu.ca 250-753-3252
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Environmental and analytical chemistry, mass spectrometry
Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry
Office: AERL, VIU erik.krogh@viu.ca 250-753-3245
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Environmental organic chemistry, photochemistry, water quality
Adjunct Professor Vancouver Island University, Chemistry
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Computational chemistry, molecular dynamics methods, chemistry and physics under extreme conditions
Job postings
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