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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).

Awards Night 2024

On Thursday, March 21^st, 2024, the Department of Chemistry hosted the 41^st Annual Chemistry Undergraduate Awards Night. Over 120 attendees including award recipients, presenters, donors, and guests came together at the University Club to celebrate the achievements of these students. The night was hosted by the Chemistry Club Executives: Noah King and Makayla Carter who did an excellent job of organizing the night and ensuring everything ran smoothly.

Congratulations Ruzhen Xu on completing your seminar on "Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene-Based Nanomaterial for Hydrogen Storage."

Congratulation Baylie Kalnitsky on completing your seminar on "Probing the interaction between p97 ATPase and p47 cofactor through ATPase activity modulation."

Congratulations James Galvao on completing your seminar on "Diamagnetic Bridging Ligands for the study of Lanthanide-Lanthanide Magnetic Coupling in Coordination Polymers."

Congratulations Brendan Laframboise on completing your seminar on "Density Functional Theory Investigation of Ammonia Oxidation on Iridium, Rhodium, and their Alloy Surfaces."

Congratulation Jamie Dawson on completing your seminar on "Design of a Glycoconjugate Vaccine Against Steptococcus equi."