Chemistry

Congratulations to Prof. Aicheng Chen on being named as Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM).

IAAM is a non-profit international scientific organization with 6000+ scientists from 70+ countries. The Fellow of IAAM is recognized as a prestigious title that is conferred only upon deserving researchers who have made significant contributions to the world of materials science, engineering and technology.

Professor Chen delivered his IAAM Fellow Lecture entitled “Development of nanostructured catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide” in the Advanced Materials Lecture Series on August 7, 2020.

Congratulations to Aidan England, M.Sc. student in the Department of Chemistry for placing 3rd in the 3MT Community Choice Award for his presentation "Fashion Forward: A Process for Plant-Based Fabric". 

 

Click here to view Aidan's presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xh6Q9j2kFk&feature=youtu.be

 

For more information on the University of Guelph 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, please visit: https://www.uoguelph.ca/graduatestudies/3mt

Congratulations to the Preuss Group for the latest publication, entitled: “Slow magnetization dynamics in a six-coordinate Fe(II)-radical complex", authored by Carolyn A. Michalowicz, Michelle B. Mills, Ellen Song, Dmitriy V. Soldatov, Paul D. Boyle, Mathieu Rouzieres, Rodolph Clerac, and Kathryn E. Preuss, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 4514-4519. DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00558g This manuscript has been selected as a “HOT” article by Dalton Transactions (Royal Society of Chemistry) and is now part of the curated quarterly HOT article collection.  “A ‘HOT’ article contains research, which has been highlighted by reviewers as being interesting and significant research for the inorganic chemistry community.”

Congratulations to Harrison Young, an undergraduate student in the Preuss lab who has been selected to give a presentation at the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE) in Quebec City this June as part of the "Canada in 2067: The Future Starts Now" special symposium.  The symposium highlights outstanding undergraduate work froma ll areas of chemistry research, and only 20 students from across Canada were selected to present.

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 Michelle Mills on being selected as the recipient of the Class of OAC'60 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

 

Full time graduate students are nominated by undergraduate, graduate and faculty members for teaching duties completed in the previous calendar year and only one highly qualified applicant will receive it.

Congratulations to Jennifer Crha, M.Sc. student in the Department of Chemistry for winning the 3MT Community Choice Award for her presentation "Vaccines at Guelph". 

 

For more information on the University of Guelph 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, please visit: https://www.uoguelph.ca/graduatestudies/3mt

 

Congratulations to Farroq Raouf for winning 2nd place for his oral presentation in Inorganic and Materials at the 47th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), held on March 30, 2019.  The SOUSCC provides undergraduate chemsitry, biochemistry and related area research students with the opportunity to present their research to their peers and university faculty in addition to both government and industry representatives 

 

This year the event was hosted by the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

 

Congratulations to Jennifer Chra, MSc Student in the Department of Chemistry who will move forward to the University of Guelph 3MT® Final Competition for her presentation titled Vaccines at Guelph.

 

Special mention to PhD students: Shuai Chen and Michal Moore for participating in the competition as well! Great job!

 

The University of Guelph 3MT Final competition will be held on April 3rd at 1:00 pm in the University Centre, Room 442.  Please show your support for Jennifer Crha

 

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.

Recognized as one of nine 'Outstanding Reviewers' by the Canadian Journal of Chemistry!

Acid mine drainage: electrochemical approaches to prevention, and remediation of acidity and toxic metals

We are pleased to announce our upcoming seminar series, to be held via MicroSoft Teams at 3:00 pm

All are welcome to attend!

Please share the seminar announcement with any who may wish to attend,

just a Teams ID / email address is required to be added to the meeting, please send to gwc@uoguelph.ca

 

Student Award Recognitions: 
Waterloo students after 7 October seminar 
Guelph students after 21 October seminar

 

30 September - Aicheng Chen (G) - GWC2 AGM Annual Seminar Speaker:
Design and Electrochemical Study of Nanomaterials for Green Chemistry and Sensing Applications

 

7 October - Janusz Pawliszyn (W)
Think Big but Design Small, a Path to Modern Green Analytical Chemistry

 

21 October - Leanne Chen (G)
Ab Initio Computational Modelling of Electrochemical Reactions

 

11 November - Marcel Nooijen (W)
Theory, Beautiful Theory

 

18 November - Derek O’Flaherty (G)
Nucleic Acid Systems in Biotechnology, Title TBA

 

Archive photos of past departmental events.