Chemistry

Preuss is one of the thirteen U of G faculty members recently named as a Research Leadership Chair (RLC), a 3-year position that recognizes mid- to late-career researchers who have made significant contributions to their field. Read more Here

Video by Saksham Sharma

 

Prof. L. Chen has just published her very first UofG Chemistry Research Article in ACS Omega, in collaboration with Prof. Tam as the Senior Corresponidng Author.

Congratulations to PhD Student Austin Pounder (Tam Group) who is the lead author of this study.

Read more at:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.0c05499.

An informational presentation by Dr. Adrian Schwan for prospective students interested in pursuing a degree in chemistry at the University of Guelph.

Congratulations to Professor Chen for being awarded the Electrochemical Society (ECS) Canada Section R.C. Jacobsen Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the functioning of the ECS Canada Section and his passion for the advancement of electrochemistry in Canada.

Congratulations to Prof. Aicheng Chen on being named as Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM) in recognition of his significant contributions to the Advancement of Materials to Global Excellence.

Prof. Kathryn Preuss is one of four U of G researchers to receive the NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement.

Read more here.

Congratulations to Sharon Chen for receiving the Richard J. Kokes Travel Award for the 26th North American Catalysis Society Meeting in Chicago, USA. This is a very competitive award with over 360 excellent applications submitted for ~100 awards granted. The Richard J. Kokes Travel Award program of North American Catalysis Society (NACS) aims to encourage undergraduate and graduate students to attend and participate in its biennial conference. It provides funding to cover the student conference registration fee and provide accommodation. The Richard J. Kokes Travel Award is sponsored by the NACS with support from government agencies such as National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Department of Energy (US-DOE).

Congratulations to Professor Mario Monteiro for being recognized as one of the Royal Bank of Canada's Top 25 Canadian Immigrants for making a positive impact on the community since arriving in Canada.

Prof. Rui Huang’s research exploring the structural features and the mechanism of a supramolecular protein complex has been published in Angew Chem Int Ed. Please check out the CEPS featured article here and the publication here.

Prof. Kathryn Preuss has agreed to serve as the Chemistry Chair effective March 1, 2021!

The inaugural Rowntree Memorial Scholarship was bestowed to its first recipient this week. 

 

At a virtual awards ceremony on March 22, the Department of Chemistry bestowed the inaugural scholarship to fifth-year undergraduate chemistry student Mirna Ghattas.

We're pleased to announce that Peter & Karin Tremaine have founded the "Tremaine Visiting Speaker Fund for Women in Science".  The fund will permit the University of Guelph to bring women in scientific leadership roles to campus to speak and participate in research or outreach activities once per year for five years, rotated annually among the Departments of Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics, and the School of Computer Science.

 

More details are available in the University press release:

 

Archive photos of past departmental events.