Nathan Shami successfully defended his thesis on the "Analysis and Mitigation of Carbon Deposition in the Steam Reforming of Ethanol for Hydrogen Production on an Unsupported Ni Catalyst."
Breanna Clarke successfully defended her thesis on "The Study of Zinc Oxide Nanostructure Growth Under Various Conditions Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy."
Matthew Smith successfully defended his thesis on the "Computational and Experimental Probing of the Alkylation of Sulfenate Anions."
Prof. William Tam was the recipient of the CEPS Excellence in Undergraduate Supervision Award at the CEPS Annual College Awards for 2024.
Prof. Aicheng Chen was the recipient of the CEPS Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award at the CEPS Annual College Awards for 2024.
Abida Suboor successfully defended her thesis on the "Development and Optimization of a Feasible Drying Formulation for Phage-Carrier Biopesticide against Fire Blight."
Candice Robillard successfully defended her thesis on "The "Easter Egg Project": Macrocyclic Inclusion Complex of Qubits."
Brenden Fay successfully defended his thesis on the "Towards the Synthesis of Sulfur-Containing Curuminoids."
It is with great pleasure that the Department of Chemistry announces and congratulates our four outstanding first-year chemistry lab TAs for their exceptional performance throughout the Winter 2024 academic semester. Megan Black, Ruzhen Xu, Matthew Sing and James Robinson have gone above and beyond in their roles, demonstrating a strong commitment to supporting student learning and academic success.
Avery Wesener placed top at this year's Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (Western University).