Seminars and Events
Note - All seminars and workshops are at 11:00 am in 303 Elliott Hall, unless otherwise indicated.
Winter 2025
| Thursday, Jan. 16 |
Honours Presentations |
| Thursday, Feb. 13 |
Seminar (CANCELLED) Alexander Foo Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University "Understanding (and exploiting) Allergens at the Molecular Level" |
| Thursday, Mar. 6 |
Seminar Michael Quilliam National Research Council "What’s Your Poison? The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Solving and Preventing Poisoning Incidents" |
| Thursday, Mar. 13 |
Seminar Huck Grover Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland "Exploring Selective C-H Functionalization Strategies in Target Oriented Synthesis" |
| Thursday, Mar. 20 |
Honours Poster Presentations |
| Tuesday, Mar. 25 |
Honours Defences Miranda Cook "Quantitative Analysis of Nanoparticles by Single Particle-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (sp-ICP-MS)" Marcus Vaillancourt "Toward an Understanding of the Loose Bolt Effect in 2-Phenylphenol" |
| Thursday, Mar. 27 |
Honours Defences Tegan Reynolds "Carbon Dioxide Capture by Amines: Moving Beyond Sequestering" Emmanuel Tshimanga "Synthesis of Xanthene Derivatives from Salicylaldehydes, Phenols and Aryl-Boronic Acids" |
| Tuesday, Apr. 1 |
Honours Defences Juliana Abraham "Efforts Towards the Synthesis and Photochemistry of 4,6-Diisopropyl-2-phenylbenzene-1,3-diol" Bronwyn Naugler "Volatile Characterization from Different Hosts and the Impact on Electrophysiological and Behavioural Responses in Ixodes scapularis Ticks" |
Fall 2024
| Thursday, Sept. 26 | Seminar Alexander Baker Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University "Tricking Nature: Click Chemistry Hydrogels and Novel Amino Acids" |
| Tuesday, Oct. 1 | Seminar Hermes Chan MedMira "From Acadia to Innovation: My Journey in Chemistry and Beyond" |
| Tuesday, Oct. 8 | Seminar Danielle Tokarz Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University "Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy for Biomedical Science" |
| Thursday, Oct. 10 | Seminar Richard Lincoln Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany "Caging-group Free Photoactivatable Fluorophores for Live-cell and Multicolour Nanoscopy" |
| Thursday, Oct. 31 | Seminar Nicoletta Faraone Department of Chemistry, Acadia University title TBA |
| Thursday, Nov. 7 | Seminar James Anderson Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México title TBA |
| Thursday, Nov. 14 | Seminar Tyler Saunders Dalhousie University title TBA |
Winter 2024
| Thursday, Jan. 18 |
Honours Presentations |
| Thursday, Feb. 1 | Seminar Jason Clyburne Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University "Structural Inorganic Chemistry and Spectroscopy: Somethings Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue" |
| Thursday, Feb. 29 | Seminar Douglas Chaves Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil "Chemistry of Essential Oils and their Application in Veterinary Sciences" |
| Thursday, Mar. 14 | Seminar Geniece Hallett-Tapley Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University "Plasmonic Nanomaterials: An “Enlightening” Response to the Climate Emergency" |
| Tuesday, Mar. 26 | Honours Defences |
| Thursday, Mar. 28 | Honours Defences |
Fall 2023
| Thursday, Oct. 26 | Seminar Justin Shmordok and Mila Abaeva Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo "Iron-Imide Clusters and Bi- and Tri-metallic Catalysts" and Graduate Studies Recruitment with Pizza! |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | Seminar Clarissa Sit Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University "Cage fighting for microbes: using chemical ecology to accelerate drug discovery" |
Winter 2023
| Thursday, Jan. 19 | Honours Presentations Miranda Amiro Elyse Czapalay Julia Moncrief |
| Thursday, Feb. 16 | Resume Writing Workshop John Murimboh Department of Chemistry, Acadia University |
| Tuesday, Apr. 11 | Honours Defences Elyse Czapalay: “Efforts Toward the Synthesis of ESIPT-Active Anthracene Substituted Phenols” Miranda Amiro: “Effect of Catnip (Nepeta cataria L.) Essential Oil on the Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) Chemosensory System” Julia Moncrief: “Synthesis and Photochemistry of 2,6-Di(1-naphthyl)phenol” |
Fall 2022
| No Seminars |