Past Seminars and Events

2021/2022 Seminars and Events

Winter 2022

Tuesday, Jan. 25	Honours Presentations Lydia Zamlynny Grace Flynn Laura Pickett Sarah McEwen
Thursday, Jan. 27	Honours Presentations Katie Baxter Olivia Lynch Emily Sabean
Thursday, Mar. 9	Honours Presentation Ethan Gallant
Monday, Apr. 11	Honours Defences Grace Flynn: “Photochemistry of a Tert-Butyl Substituted Biaryl” Laura Pickett: “Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.) essential oil as a Potential Repellent and Acaracide Against Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)” Olivia Lynch: “An Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Acetone Keto-Enol Tautomerism with Acid Catalysts”
Tuesday, Apr. 12	Honours Defences Lydia Zamlynny: “Green Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles using Plant Extracts and Encapsulated Plant Essential Oil as Tick Management Tools” Katie Baxter: “Novel Synthesis of Cyclic Tertiary Enamides from 2-Acetylbenzoic Acid” Emily Sabean: “The Photogeneration and Cycloaddition Reactions of Tert-Butyl Substituted Quinone Methides”
Wednesday, Apr. 13	Honours Defences Ethan Gallant: “Functionalization of Carbon Dioxide Through the Use of Amino Phosphonates” Sarah McEwen: “Evaluation of Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the Determination of Ethanol in Alcoholic Beverages”

Fall 2021

Oct. 21	Seminar Erwan Bertin Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University "Exploring Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids as an Environmentally Friendly Route toward Electrocatalysts" followed by Pizza!
Nov. 4	Seminar Cherif Matta Department of Chemistry & Physics, Mount Saint Vincent University followed by Pizza!

2020/2021 Seminars and Events

Winter 2021

Jan. 21	Honours Presentations Nick Harvey Emma Sutherland Vincent Wang Joe Nazak
Apr. 1	Seminar Vlad Zamlynny Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Development of IR Spectroscopy for Surface Detection of Ultrathin Films"
Tues. Apr. 6	Honours Defences Emma Sutherland: "Preparation of Amino Phosphonates for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Functionalization" Nick Harvey: "Synthesis of Novel Napthopyrans via a Hetero Diels-Alder Reaction"
Thurs. Apr. 8	Honours Defences Vincent Wang: "Basil Essential Oils to Develop Novel Green Formulations for Managing Ticks (Ixodidae spp.)" Joe Nazak: "Synthesis and Optimization of Bulky Tetraarylstannane as Precursors for Diarylstannylenes for Hydrogen Activation"

Fall 2020

No Seminars due to COVID-19

2019/2020 Seminars and Events

Winter 2020

Jan. 9	Seminar Nicoletta Faraone Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Green Revolution: Plant Natural Products as Continuing Source of Novel Active Biochemicals"
Feb. 6	Seminar Smriti Srivastava Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Click Chemistry Route for Synthesis of Biologically Important Modified Nucleosides from Simple Sugars"
Feb. 27	Seminar John Roscoe Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "The Kinetics and Dynamics of Reactions of Halogen Atoms with Volatile Organic Compounds"
Tues. Mar. 3	Honours Defences Kameron Steeves-Vigneault: Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Catalysts in Bipolar Membrane Systems Kaela Fraser: Synthesis of Novel Heteropolycyclic Systems via Mannich Reaction
Thurs. Mar. 5	Honours Defences Daniel Whalen: Synthesis of Novel Naphthalene-Based 14-Aza-12-oxasteroid Analogues
Tues. Mar. 24	Honours Defences Alyson MacKay: title TBA Victoria Hopper: title TBA
Thurs. Mar. 26	Honours Defences Tyler Saunders: title TBA

Fall 2019

Oct. 3	Seminar James Stout BioVectra "Introduction to a Refreshingly Adaptable CDMO"
Oct. 24	Seminar Peng Zhang Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "X-ray spectroscopy of metal nanostructures toward energy-related and biomedical applications" and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Nov. 13	Seminar Travis Fridgen Department of Chemistry, Memorial University "The Physical Chemistry of Ionic Nucleic Acid Base Complexes Using Ion Trapping Mass Spectrometry" and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Nov. 28	Seminar David Zechel Department of Chemistry, Queen's University "Genomics Driven Discovery of New Enzyme Reactions and Molecules" and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Dec. 5	Honours Presentations Kameron Steeves-Vigneault Alyson MacKay Tyler Saunders Victoria Hopper

2018/2019 Seminars and Events

Winter 2019

Jan. 10	Sean Barry Department of Chemistry, Carleton University Seminar Title: Organometallic Gold Compounds for Atomic Layer Deposition: How Do They Compare?
Jan. 17	John Sorensen Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba Seminar Title: Linking Genes to Molecules in Lichen Fungi: Challenges with Heterologous Expression
Tues. Feb. 26	Honours Defences Zach Visser: Gene Expression Profiles of Potential 6-(4-Hydroxypiperidino) naphthalen-2-ol-based Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators in Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) Jun Luo: Green Synthesis of Novel Naphthalene-based 14-Aza-12-oxasteroid Analogues
Thurs. Feb. 28	Honours Defences Alex Hebert: An Investigation of the Excited State Dynamics of Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanoclusters and a Method for Evaluating the Monodispersity of Metal Nanaocluster Solutions Jenna McNutt: Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Reactions in Polyaryl Bisphenols
Mar. 14	Michael Freund Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University Seminar Title: Conjugated Polymer Composites for Biologically Inspired Sensing and Energy Storage/Conversion Systems
Mar. 21	Ashley Parsons Department of Chemistry, Acadia University Seminar Title: TA Training Program
Mar. 28	Arshad Siddiqui Paraza Pharma, Inc. Seminar Title:

Fall 2018

Sept. 6 Elliott Hall Lounge	Honours Poster Presentations Alex Hebert: Investigation of Raman-Active Vibrational Modes in Gold Nanoclusters Jenna McNutt: Excited State Proton Transfer Reactions in Polyaryl Bisphenols Jenny Hogenbom: Use of 31P NMR Spectroscopy Characterization and Analysis of Phytic Acid Jun Luo: Green Synthesis of Novel Heterosteroids fro 2-Aminonaphthalenes Zach Visser: Gene Expression Profile Effects of Dimethyl Sulfoxide Treatment on Banded Killifish
Sept. 20	Stephen Newman Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa seminar title: Making Molecules with Modern Methods and Machinery: New Strategies for Catalysis and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Sept. 27	Mark Stradiotto Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University seminar title: Move Over Palladium: Developing PAd-DalPhos/Nickel-Catalysed C-N Cross-Couplings and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Oct. 18	Danielle Tokarz Tour Speaker of Science Atlantic and the Maritime Section of the Chemical Institute of Canada Department of Chemistry, St. Mary's University seminar title: Advances in Nonlinear Optical Microscopy

2017/2018 Seminars and Events

Winter 2018

Feb. 8	Jason Clyburne Department of Chemistry, St. Mary's University Seminar Title: Small and fragile: Complexes of Lewis acidic main group molecules such as CO₂,CS₂, and SO₂
Feb. 15	Doug Vaughan Lab Services Manager, BioVectra Seminar Title: There and Back Again: A Chemist's Tale Followed by Pizza with the Speaker!
Mar. 1	Honours Defence Presentation Madison Timmons: Degradation and Proliferation of Alpha and Beta Acids in Hops
Mar. 15	Amy Rand Department of Chemistry, Carleton University Seminar Title: Identifying small molecules as bioactive drivers of health and disease and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Apr. 5	Arshad Siddiqui Paraza Pharma, Inc. Seminar Title: Discovery of Novel Kinesin Spindle Protein (KSP) Inhibitors

Fall 2017

Oct. 26	Mita Dasog Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University seminar title: Solar Astroturf: Structured Semiconductors for Solar Fuels and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Nov. 2	Kevin Stamplecoskie Department of Chemistry, Queen's University seminar title: Atomically Precise Metal Clusters and Their Use in Light Harvesting and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Nov. 9	Alexandre Drouin Department of Chemistry, Bishop's University seminar title: Developing New Stereoselective Pericyclic Reactions through Organocatalysis

2016/2017 Seminars and Events

Winter 2017

Jan. 26	Robert Boudreau Biomedica Diagnostics, Windsor, NS "For Whom the Bell Tolls: One Story of Biochemical Science in Nova Scotia"
Mar. 2	Frank Schweizer Departments of Chemistry and Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba "The War Between Humans and Microbes"
Mar. 7 11:30 am	Honours Defence Presentations Luke Coxhead: A synthetic and computational investigation into the reactivity of silylenes towards small molecule activation and heavy element multiple bonds Lee Brannen: Towards a method for the partial extraction of metals in soils
Mar. 9 11:30 am	Honours Defence Presentations Soleil Chahine: The synthesis of N,C-bound phosphenium cations and reactivity studies with hydrogen, ammonia and carbon dioxide Michelle Johnson: The synthesis of novel stannylenes and testing their reactivity towards forming heavy element multiple bonds
Mar. 23	David Langelaan Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University "Using Structural Biology and Biophysics to Study Protein Assembly"

Fall 2016

Sept. 15 Elliott Hall Lobby	Honours Poster Presentations Lee Brannen: Towards a Method for the Partial Extraction of Soils Soleil Chahine: N,C-Bound Phosphenium Cations for Activation of Small Molecules Luke Coxhead: A Synthetic and Computational Investigation of Silylene Reactivity for Small Molecule Activation and Heavy Element Multiple Bond Synthesis Michelle Johnson: The Synthesis of Novel Stannylenes and Testing their Reactivity Towards Forming Heavy Element Multiple Bonds
Sept. 22	Michael Heinekey Department of Chemistry, University of Washington "Dihydrogen Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in Catalysis"
Sept. 29	Cathleen Crudden Department of Chemistry, Queen's University "From Molecules to Materials: Asymmetric Catalysis and the Preparation of Carbon-based Monolayers on Gold" and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!
Oct. 20	Erin Johnson Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Dispersion Interactions in Density-Functional Theory" and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza!

2015/2016 Seminars and Events

Winter 2016

Feb. 25	Matthew Lukeman Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "The Sky is Falling! Or is it? Separating Fact from Fiction in Our Chemical World"
Mar. 1 11:30 am	Honours Defence Presentations Leah Bennett: Synthesis and Characterization of Ruthenium and Osmium Coordination Complexes as Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy Julia McCain: Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclometalated Ruthenium(II) Complexes for Applications in Photoactivated Cancer Therapy
Mar. 3 11:30 am	Honours Defence Presentations Evan Carr-Kinnear: An Investigation of Bisphenol A and Phthalates in Tea Ryan Greenham: The Removal Efficiencies of Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Top Pharmaceuticals
Mar. 8 11:30 am	Honours Defence Presentation Michelle Pryde: Synthesis of Donor-Acceptor-Donor Chromophores for Potential Application in Organic Electronic Devices Mitch Pinto: A Photophysical and Photochemical Investigation of Cyclometalated Ru(II) Compounds for Use as Novel Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy

Fall 2015

Sept. 3 Elliott Hall Lobby	Honours Poster Presentations
Sept. 24	Alex Speed Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University Olefin Cross Metathesis as an Enabling Tool in Total Synthesis
Oct. 22	Glen Briand Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mount Allison University Exploring the Use of Indium(III) Dithiolates as Green Lewis Acid Catalysts
Oct. 29	Toby Zeng Department of Chemistry, Carleton University Computational Chemistry Studies in Organic Photovoltaics, Astrochemistry, and Materials Science

2014/2015 Seminars and Events

Winter 2015

Feb. 26	Geniece Hallett-Tapley Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University "Au to Nb: The Tale of My Adventures in Catalysis"
Mar. 5	Honours Defence Presentations Jamie Gillis: Synthesis of Asymmetric Multiple Bonds Between Heavy Main Group Elements: Small Molecule Activation Alyssa Caissie: Probing Enantioselective Substrate Specificity for Macrocyclization by the 6-Deoxyerythronolide Thioesterase
Mar. 10	Honours Defence Presentations Nick McDonald: Photorelease of Carboxylic Acids from Vitamin B₆-Derived Photocages Alex Veinot: N,C-Bound Phosphenium Cations as Main Group Hydrogenation Catalysts
Mar. 12	Honours Defence Presentation Kira McLean: A New Approach to the Synthesis of Heavy Asymmetric Multiple Bonds
Mar. 19	Glen Briand Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mount Allison University "Exploring the Use of Indium(III) Dithiolates as Green Lewis Acid Catalysts"

Fall 2014

Sept. 4 Elliott Hall Lobby	Honours Poster Presentations Alyssa Caissie: Enantioselective Synthesis of DEBS TE Enzymatic Substrates Jamie Gillis: Synthesis of Asymmetric Multiple Bonds Between Heavy Main Group Elements : Small Molecule Activation Kira McLean: A New Approach to the Synthesis of Heavy Asymmetric Multiple Bonds
Sept. 11	David Jakeman Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Enzymes, carbohydrates and natural products"
Nov. 13	Alex Jurgens Slanmhor Pharmaceuticals "The Role of Chemists in the Pharmaceutical Industry"

2013/2014 Seminars and Events

Winter 2014

Jan. 23	Kai Ylijoki Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University "Cobalt-Mediated η⁵-Pentadienyl/Alkyne [5+2] Cycloaddition Reactions"
Feb. 13	Jason Pearson Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island "Computers in Chemistry: From Schrödinger to Social Networks"
Mar. 20	Sherri McFarland Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Design and Development of Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy"

Fall 2013

Sept. 5 11:30 am Elliott Hall Lobby	Honours Poster Presentations Jordan Gibson: "A Study Of New Osmium-Based Photosensitizers With Exotic Ancillary Ligands For Use As Photodynamic Therapy Agents" Jakob Nickerson: "Synthesis of Asymmetric Heavy Main Group Multiple Bonds With Phosphenium Cation Precursors and Group 14 Carbenoids" Mat Stephenson: "Photophysical Investigation of DNA-intercalating Coordination Complexes as Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy" Lynsay Thurber: "Development of an online partial extraction method for geochemical exploration" Stephen Wolfe: "On the Synthesis of m-Nitrophenylpropanoic Acid Photoremovable Protecting Groups"
Sept. 19	Laura Turculet Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Probing the Reactivity of Silyl Pincer Metal Complexes"
Sept. 25 7:00 pm 10 Huggins Science Hall	Huggins Science Seminar Daniel Nocera Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University "PERSONALIZED ENERGY FOR 1 (x 6 BILLION): A Solution to the Global Energy Challenge"
Sept. 26 9:30 am 320 Elliott Hall	Daniel Nocera Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University "The Chemistry of Renewable Energy"
Oct. 3	Kulbir Singh GMS Surface Tech, Inc. "Surfactants in Action: Needs and Roles"
Oct. 24	Vasantha Rupasinghe Department of Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University "Biological properties of fruit flavonoids and their long chain fatty acid acylated derivatives"
Oct. 31	Jennifer Chen Department of Chemistry, York University "Bioenabled plasmonic nanoparticles: From nano optical sensors to bulk colorimetric dipsticks"
Nov. 14	Aibing Xia Department of Chemistry/Physics, Mount Saint Vincent University "Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Nonsymmetrical Palladium and Nickel Pincer Complexes"

2012/2013 Seminars and Events

Winter 2013

Jan. 12	Anil Kumar Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India "Design and Synthesis of Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease"
Jan. 19	Nelson O'Driscoll Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Acadia University "Mercury Rising: The Kejimkujik Story"
Feb. 14	Matthew Lukeman Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "One Ring to Rule Them All, and in the Darkness Bind Them"
Feb. 28	Honours Research Presentations Alex Chase: "Substituent Effects on the Reaction Rates of Photogenerated Quinone Methides: Applications in the Development of Novel Photolabile Protecting Groups" Keegan Ezekiel: "Development of a PM IRRAS Device for the Detection of Persistent Chemical Warfare Agents"
Mar. 5	Honours Research Presentations Emily Fraser: "Towards the Synthesis of Heavy Main Group Compounds with Asymmetric Double Bonds" Hillary Wheeler: "Development of an Atom Economical Method for Phosphenium Cation Synthesis"
Mar. 7	Kasiviswanadharaju (Kasi) Pericherla Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India "Synthesis and anticancer studies on quebecol and its derivatives"
Mar. 14	Kim Dunbar Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. "The Physical and Chemical Testing Requirements for the Manufacture of a Tire"

Fall 2012

Sept. 7 1:00pm Elliott Hall Lobby	Honours Poster Presentations Alex Chase: "Substituent Effects on the Reactivity of Photogenerated Quinone Methides (QMs)" Keegan Ezekiel: "Development of a PM IRRAS Device for the Detection of Persistent Chemical Warfare Agents" Emily Fraser: "Heavy Main Group Compounds with Asymmetric Double Bonds" Will Koncovy: "Carbon Dioxide Activation by Main Group Unimolecular Bi- and Tridentate Pincer Ligands"
Sept. 13	Mark Stradiotto Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Catalyst Design as a Route to More Sustainable Chemical Synthesis"
Sept. 20	Darren Derksen Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University "Natural Product Synthesis and New Strategies for Stereochemical Determination"
Sept. 27	Sara Eisler Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick "Isoindolinones: A New Class of Multi-Stable Molecular Switches and Conductive Oligomers"
Oct. 11	David Hoskin Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University "Anticancer Activities of Piperine, a Dietary Phytochemical"
Nov. 8	Christopher Barden DeNovaMed "Academic Drug Discovery"
Nov. 29	Honours Presentation Hillary Wheeler: ""

2011/2012 Seminars and Events

Winter 2012

Jan. 12	Don Weaver Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Design and Synthesis of Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease"
Jan. 19	Peter Tremaine Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph "Acid Ionization Constants, Electrostriction and Ionic Transport in D₂O at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures - How is heavy water solution chemistry different from light water"
Jan. 26	Bryan van der Ende Department of Physics, Acadia University "Near-Infrared Quantum Cutting for Photovoltaics"
Feb. 2	Marc Lamoureux Department of Chemistry, St. Mary's University "Chemical Speciation of Metal-Containing Particulate Matter Using XAFS: A Systematic Approach"
Feb. 9	Stephen Bearne Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University "Catalysis by Racemases"
Mar. 21 Special Day	John Sorensen Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba "Natural Products Chemistry: Biologically active molecules from lichen and other fungi"
Mar. 29	Brian J. MacLean Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University "Molecular Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion"

Fall 2011

Sept. 9 Special Time & Place 1:00pm Elliott Hall Lobby	Honours Poster Presentations Paul Gray: "N,C-bound Phosphenium Cations: Synthesis and Reactivity with Small Molecules" Kimberly Hyson: "Synthesis and Reactivity of N,N-Bound Phosphenium Cations with Weakly Coordinating, Non-Reactive Anions" Richard Lincoln: "meso-Functionalized Bodipy Dyes: Effect of C2 and C6 Substitution on Electrophilicity, Photostability and Excited State Energy Levels" Hannah Nickerson: "Development of PM IRRAS for the Study of H₂O Soluble Surfactants on Metal Surfaces"
Sept. 15	Mark Obrovac Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Nanostructured Alloy Negative Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries"
Sept. 22 Special Time & Place 7:30pm HSH010	Joe Schwarcz Office for Science and Society, McGill University "Are Cows More Trustworthy Than Chemists?"
Sept. 28 Special Day	Laurel Schafer Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia "TBA"
Oct. 6	Frank van Veggel Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria "Ln³⁺ based nanoparticles and Pb²⁺ based quantum dots: synthesis, characterization, and applications"
Oct. 13 Special Time & Place 7:30pm KCIC Auditorium	Pierre Beaumier CanAlt Health Laboratories "Hair, a Mirror on Your Health"
Oct. 20	Galina Orlova Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University "Structure and Reaction Mechanisms: Theory and Experiment"
Oct. 27	Mark Gibson Dalhousie University "Annapolis Valley wood smoke source apportionment, home infiltration and assessment of electrostatic air cleaners at reducing indoor wood smoke related fine respirable particles"
Nov. 17	Clara Wren Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario "Radiation Assisted Aqueous Chemistry and Materials Performance: Application to colloid formation, biphasic separation and corrosion research"
Dec. 12 Special Time 2:00pm	Honours Oral Defence Kimberly Hyson: "N,N-Bound Phosphenium Cations: Synthesis and Reactivity with Carbon Dioxide and Oxidizing Reagents"

2010/2011 Seminars and Events

Winter 2011

Jan. 13	Peter Wentzell Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Musings on Chemometrics: Analytical Chemistry in Hyperspace"
Jan. 20	Colin Cameron Defence Research and Development Canada "TBA"
Feb. 3	Jim & Rosemary Jotcham Marbicon Inc. "GLP - Good Laboratory Practices - A Legal Requirement"
Feb. 10	Curtis Berlinguette Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary "Rational Design of Metal Complexes for Solar Energy Conversion Schemes"
Mar. 8	Honours Defences Kristo Curi: "Electrochemical Investigation: Adsorption of Surfactants at Metal Surfaces"
Mar. 9	Honours Defences Janet Ochola: "The Reactivity of Diarylgermylenes with Allyl Chloride" Ryan DeCoste: "Ru(II) Complexes of Imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline and Oxazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline for Bioinorganic Applications" 3906 Presentations Paul Gray: "N,C-Bound Phosphenium Cations: Synthesis of New Reagents for Small Molecule Activation" Michael Treloar: "TBA"
Mar. 10	Honours Defences Kathryn Cull: "Evaluation of biomarkers of arsenic exposure from well water in two rural Nova Scotian communities" Christie Hollingdale: "Development of an Analytical Method for the Analysis of Copper Isotope Ratios in Mineral Exploration" Michael Freund Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba "Manipulating Conjugated Polymer Structure and Chemistry: Creating Active Materials for Sensing and Electronic Applications"
Mar. 11	Honours Defences Kayleigh Brown: "Membrane Bioreactor Technology: A Novel Approach to the Treatment of Compost Leachate"
Mar. 17	Andrew Grant Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University "TBA"
Mar. 24	Ajay Naidu Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Copper catalyzed C(aryl)-Hetero Bond formation reactions through Ullmann Type Coupling and its Application"
Mar. 31	Jean Burnell Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Development of Cyclization Reactions for Organic Chemistry"

Fall 2010

Sept. 16	Honours Presentations Kayleigh Brown: "MBR Technology: A Novel Approach for the Treatment of Compost Leachate" Leah Chiste: "Partial Digestion Geochemistry of Pediment over the Toki Cluster Porphyry Copper Deposits, Atacama Desert, Chile" Kathryn Cull: "Biomonitoring of Arsenic in Rural Nova Scotian Communities" Kristo Curi: "Electrochemical Investigation: The Adsorption of Surfactants on Gold & Copper" Ryan DeCoste: "New Ru(II) Complexes of Imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]Phenanthroline as DNA Photocleaving Agents for Bioinorganic Applications" Christie Hollingdale: "Development of an Analytical Method for the Analysis of Copper Isotope Ratios in Mineral Exploration" Amanda Isnor: "Partial Extraction of Soil Samples Across a Pb-Zn Deposit" Corbin Russell: "MBR Treatment of Phenoxy Acid Pesticides"
Sept. 23	James Frazee Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Sugar, From the Field to the Table, Some Personal Experiences"
Sept. 30	Peng Zhang Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Fundamental studies and biomedical applications of multi-component nano-structured materials"
Oct. 6 Special Day	François Lagugné-Labarthet Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario "Imaging and the Use of Meso- and Nanostructured Metallic Platforms"
Oct. 14	Ray Syvitski NRC - Institute for Marine Bioscience "Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Discovery to Implementation – Molecules to Humans"
Oct. 19 Special Day	John Roscoe Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Climate Change, Air Quality and Halogens"
Oct. 28	Karine LeBris Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University "The atmosphere under scrutiny: Detection of trace gases using infrared spectroscopy"
Nov. 4	Russell Boyd Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Theoretical Chemistry in Canada: A Personal Perspective"
Nov. 10 Special Day & Time 12:30 pm	Cathleen Crudden Department of Chemistry, Queen's University "Catalysis and Chirality in Molecules Materials and Sensors"
Nov. 18	Jaroslav Kralovec Ocean Nutrition Canada "The significance of omega-3 fatty acids in human health and the role of chemistry in this field"
Nov. 25 Special Time 3:20 pm	Alison Thompson Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Pyrroles, dipyrrins, prodigiosenes - one, two, three"

Summer 2010

Jul. 15	Mukund Jha Department of Biology, Nipissing University "Design, Synthesis and Kinetic Studies of Novel Chain-Breaking Antioxidants"
Aug. 6 Special Day 3:30 pm	Muralee Murugesu Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa "Lanthanide Nanomagnets for Molecular Electronics: Are We There Yet?"

2009/2010 Seminars and Events

Winter 2010

Feb. 11	Jim Ghoshdastidar M.Sc. Proposal - Tong Group "Membrane Bioreactor Treatment of Commonly Used Pesticides in Nova Scotia Wastewater"
Mar. 11	Ryan Sasaki ACD Labs "Pursuing an Alternate Career Path: Mixing NMR, Software, and Business"
Mar. 23 Special Day	Honours Research Presentations Alex Fage: "Two-Photon Excitation Photodynamic Therapy: Investigations of Verteporfin and Lemuteporfin with Multilamellar Vesicles and Human Cancer Cell Lines" Katie Thurber:"The Photochemistry of Diarylmethylammonium Salts: Heterolysis vs Homolysis"
Mar. 25	Michael Earle Environment Canada "Little particles, big impact: exploring the relationships between atmospheric aerosols, clouds, and climate change in the Arctic"
Apr. 1	Michael Lumsden Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Recent Devlopments in High Resolution NMR Methodology at NMR-3"
Apr. 8	End of Year Potluck 5:00 pm in the Acadia Chapel Basement Golden Test Tube Awards Everyone is Welcome

Fall 2009

Sept. 17	Roberto E. Armenta Ocean Nutrition Canada "Omega-3 fatty acids from microbes"
Sept. 24	Mary Anne White Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Thermal Properties of Composite Materials: From Teeth to Carbon Nanotubes"
Oct. 20 Special Day	Christopher M. Kozak Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland "A Return to the Iron Age: Doing 'Noble' Chemistry with Cheap Metals"
Nov. 5	APICS Tour Speaker - Travis Fridgen Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland "Structures and Reactions of Gaseous Ions and Ion-Molecule Complexes"
Nov. 10 Special Day	Arthur Mar Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta "Metals in Negative Transformation States"
Nov. 19	Amitabh Jha Department of Chemistry, Acadia University "Serendipity to Science"
Dec. 1 Special Day	Honours Research Presentations Alex Fage: "Two-Photon Excitation Photodynamic Therapy: Investigations with Chicken Embryos, Multilameller Vesicles, and Human Cancer Cell Lines" Katie Thurber: "Synthesis and Photochemistry of Quarternary Ammonium Salts: Efficient Carbocation Precursors?"