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Seminar archive

Spring 2024

Date Speaker

Monday
January 15

Frank Leibfarth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Modern Approaches to Functional and Sustainable Thermoplastics
Host: Jeremy Wulff

Monday
January 22

Mike Jackson, Redlen Technologies
Photon Counting Detectors for Next-Generation Computed Tomography Medical Imaging
Host: Makhsud Saidaminov

Monday
January 29

Helen Tran, University of Toronto
Macromolecular Bioelectronics
Host: Vishal Yeddu

Monday
February 5

Donald Weaver, University of Toronto and Krembil Research Institute
Alzheimer’s is an Autoimmune Disease: A Chemist’s Perspective
Host: Irina Paci

Monday
February 12

Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner, Ruhr University Bochum
From Reactive Species to Rocket-Fast Catalysis
Host: Scott McIndoe

Friday
February 23

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
February 26

Jaclyn Stewart, University of British Columbia
A data-driven approach to equitable course outcomes in Chemistry
Host: Violeta Iosub

Monday
March 4

LC Campeau, Merck
Changing the World, One Reaction at a Time
Host: Dave Leitch

Monday
March 11

Frank Glorius, University of Münster
On discovery and sensitivity in (photo)catalysis
Host: Dave Leitch

Monday
March 18

Donna Blackmond, Scripps Research Institute
Models for the Origin of Biological Homochirality
Host: Scott McIndoe
2023 – 2024 Dow Lecture

Wednesday
March 27

Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto
The tale of plastic pollution - the state of the science and how it informs policy
Host: Sean Farley
2023 - 2024 Lansdowne Lecture

Thursday
March 28

Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto
The transport and effects of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems
Host: Sean Farley
2023 - 2024 Lansdowne Lecture

Thursday
April 4

Lingzi Sang, University of Alberta
Thioantimonate Electrolytes for All-solid-state Sodium Batteries – the Evolving Structure, Interface and Electrochemical Performance
Host: Chuck Lucy

Fall 2023

Date Speaker

Monday
September 11

Carlos Escobedo, Queen’s University
On-demand assembled metallic nanostructures for the detection of hazardous chemicals and biological analytes
Host: Alejandro Forigua

Monday
September 25

Sharon Neufeldt, Montana State University
Controlling Selectivity in Cross-Couplings of Dihalo(hetero)arenes
Host: Dave Leitch
2023 – 2024 Merck Lecturer

Thursday
October 5

Lars Yunker, Telescope Innovations
Adventures in Lab Automation
Host: Scott McIndoe

Thursday
October 12

Jean-Philip Lumb, McGill University
Studying Biosynthetic Aerobic Oxidations under Redox Nuetral Conditions: Recent Lessons from Lignan and Melanin Biosynthesis
Host: Dave Leitch

Monday
October 16

Dave Leitch, 番茄社区
Chemical Cartography in Organic Chemistry: Mapping Chemical Structure and Reaction Space with High-Throughput Multivariate Experimentation
Host: Kushal Dhake

Monday
October 23

Jennifer Chen, York University
Nanocrystals for plasmonic-based sensing and hot electron-enhanced photocatalysis
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
October 30

Alannah Hallas, University of British Columbia
Understanding the Role of Entropy in High Entropy Oxides
Host: Makhsud Saidaminov
2023 - 2024 Xerox Lecturer

Monday
November 6

Loren Kaake, Simon Fraser University
Organic Electro-Ionic Materials and Devices
Host: Dennis Hore

Tuesday
November 14

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
November 20

Peter Willis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
The Search for Chemical Signs of Life Beyond Earth
Host: Peter Loock

Thursday
November 30

Mona Minkara, Northeastern University
Computational Insights into Surfactant Protein Dynamics: Binding Mechanisms, Mutations, and Environmental Impact
Host: Ayesha Nadeem

Monday
December 4

Lisa Rosenberg, 番茄社区
Bringing catalysis to the p-block: a mechanism-driven approach
Host: Nick Dyck

Spring 2023

Date Speaker

Monday
January 9

Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Base Metals in Photoredox Oxidation Reactions
Host: Dave Leitch

Monday
January 16

Morris Bullock, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Stalking and Capturing Elusive Monomeric Copper Hydrides
Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
January 23

Virtual seminar

Christine Luscombe, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Synergistic catalysis towards the development of efficient pathways to synthesize semiconducting polymers
Host: Marcus Vespa
2022 – 2023 Xerox Lecturer

Monday
January 30

Virtual seminar

Cameron Jones, Monash University
Magnesium (I) Compounds: Humble Reagents with Noble Intentions in Synthesis and Small Molecule Activations
Host: Neil Burford

Monday
February 6

Irina Paci, 番茄社区
Computational modelling of chemical reactions at surfaces
Host: Archita Adluri

Wednesday
February 22

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
February 27

Johanna Blacquiere, Western University
Harnessing Ligand Dynamics for Productive Catalysis
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Thursday
March 2

Georgii Nikonov, Brock University
Ge(O) compound with ambiphilic reactivity
Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
March 6

Christine Le, York University
Synthetic Strategies Leveraging Fluoride-Enabled Reactivity
Host: Peter Wan
2022 – 2023 Merck Lecture

Monday
March 20

Tracy Lohr, Shell
Shell’s Ethylene Oxide Story: History, Delplots, and the Future
Host: Dave Leitch

Monday
March 27

Virtual seminar

Xuanhe Zhao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Soft Materials Innovation for Health and Sustainability
Host: Liting Bi

Monday
April 3

Virtual seminar

Melissa Gish, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Illuminating the Photophysics of Oxygen Atom Transfer in Rare Earth Metal-Organic Complexes
Host: Matthew Wiebe

Thursday
April 6

Deryn Fogg, Centre for Catalysis Research & Innovation and Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa and Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen
Frontiers in Olefin Metathesis: Toward Realization of a Nobel Promise
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Fall 2022

Date Speaker

Monday
September 12

Virtual seminar

Erica Kiemele-Giss, UCLA Emergency Medicine
Laying a Foundation
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Monday
September 26

Karen Waldron, University of Montreal
Crosslinked proteolytic enzymes for microscale proteomics applications
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
October 3

Joanne Stewart, Hope College
IONiC investigates the inorganic chemistry classroom: What do inorganic chemists teach and what are students learning?
Host: Dave Berg

Thursday
October 13

Oleksandr Voznyy, University of Toronto, Scarborough
Applications of machine learning for studying phase stability in energy materials
Host: Makhsud Saidaminov
2022 – 2023 Dow Lecture

Monday
October 17

Juewen Liu, University of Waterloo
DNA adsorption on gold nanoparticles, graphene oxide and metal oxides
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
October 24

Rhonda Stoddard & Suma Thomas, SGS AXYS Analytical
SGS AXYS Analytical Services Ltd. -  Global Leaders in POPs & CEC Analysis & Method Development
Host: Scott McIndoe

Thursday
November 3

Lee Wilson, University of Saskatchewan
Properties and Applications of Modified Biopolymer Adsorbents
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Thursday
November 10

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
November 14

Erik Krogh, Vancouver Island University
Direct Mass Spectrometry for In-situ Chemical Analysis and Environmental Forensics
Host: Peter Wan

Monday
November 21

Virtual seminar

Rasmus Bro, University of Copenhagen
What can data science do for you?
Host: Emma Abbey

Monday
November 28

Trushar Patel, University of Lethbridge
Identification and Characterisation of Viral G-quadruplexes
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Monday
December 5

Anitha Thomas, Precision NanoSystems
Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) based Non-Viral Delivery towards Next Gen Genomic Medicines
Host: Anup Khokhar

Spring 2022

Date Speaker

Monday
February 7

Alex Brolo, 番茄社区
Single particle, single molecule and single photon spectroscopy using metallic nanostructures
Host: Bruno Guilherme da Fonseca

Monday
February 14

Virtual seminar

Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University
More than one million miles and possibly a century of life
Host: David Harrington

Wednesday
February 23

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
February 28

Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University
Diving deep on the periodic table to find a treatment for cancer
Host: Cornelia Bohne

Thursday
March 10

Virtual seminar

Alan Aspuru-Guzik, University of Toronto
The Materials for Tomorrow, Today
Host: Brett Henderson & Sofia Donnecke

Monday
March 14

Stephen McNeil, UBC Okanagan
Concepts, Content, Context: Assessing a Strategic Redesign of a First-year Chemistry Curriculum
Host: Violeta Iosub

Monday
March 28

Sabine Kuss, University of Manitoba
Quantitative Bioelectrochemistry – Innovative Approaches to Investigate Drug Resistance and Cancer Development
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Wednesday
April 4

Cory Widdifield, University of Regina
NMR Crystallography: Structure Refinements, Verifications and Determinations
Host: Jeremy Wulff

Thursday
April 7

Maryam Ebrahimi, Lakehead University
Rational design and characterization of molecular-based low-dimensional nanomaterials on surfaces
Host: Alex Brolo

Fall 2021

Date Speaker

Monday
September 20

Dave Barnett, Atlantic Cancer Research Institute 
An online μLC-MS/MS method for optimization of enzymatic protein digestion and the development of a FAIMS based strategy for monitoring triglyceride oxidative degradation
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
September 27

Jeremy Wulff, 番茄社区
Teaching and Research Opportunities at UVic
Host: Liting Bi

Monday
October 4

Darren Brayton, Eagle Pharmaceuticals
Making Medicine … A Pharmaceutical Career as a UVic Chemist
Host: Peter Wan

Monday
October 14

Virtual seminar

Guy Bertrand, University of California, San Diego
Carbenes as Powerful Transition-Metal Surrogates
Host: Ian Manners

Monday
October 18

Lars Konermann, Western University
Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics Studied by Mass Spectrometry
Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
October 25

Virtual seminar

Sijbren Otto, University of Groningen
The Synthesis of Life: a Grand Challenge in Systems Chemistry
Host: Shixing Lei
2021-2022 Xerox Lecturer

Monday
November 8

Saurabh Chitnis, Dalhousie University
A geometric approach to p-block catalysts and materials
Host: Neil Burford

Wednesday
November 10

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
November 22

Myrle Ballard, University of Manitoba
Navigating the ecosystem with Anishinaabe Mowin and three-eyed seeing
Host: Chem EDI committee

Monday
November 29

Zachary Hudson, University of British Columbia
Luminescent Polymer Nanoparticles for Diagnostics and Imaging
Host: Nick Dyck
2021-2022 Dow Lecturer

Spring 2021

Date Speaker

Monday
January 11

Virtual seminar

Vy Dong, University of California, Irvine  
Choose Your Own Adventure in Metal Hydride Catalysis 
Host: Jon Sader
2020-2021 Merck Lecturer

Monday
January 18

Virtual seminar


Dennis Hore, University of Victoria 
Molecular structure at surfaces 
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
February 1

Virtual seminar

David Sinton, University of Toronto 
Electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to renewable fuels and chemicals  
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
February 8

Virtual seminar

David Harrington, 番茄社区
Electrooxidation and Dissolution of Pt
Host: Dennis Hore

Wednesday
February 17

Virtual event

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
February 22

Virtual seminar

Lisa Willis, University of Alberta
Developing new biochemical tools to study cancer biology
Host: Fraser Hof

Monday
March 1

Virtual seminar

Eric Derrah, Dycar Pharmaceuticals
... And Now I Work in Cannabis
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Monday
March 8

Virtual seminar

Alison Narayan, University of Michigan
Biocatalysis and complex molecule synthesis
Host: Jeremy Wulff

Monday
March 15

Virtual seminar

Alison Flynn, University of Ottawa
Studies on student learning in an organic chemistry curriculum designed to deepen understanding of reactivity and chemistry principles
Host: Violeta Iosub

Monday
March 22

Virtual seminar

Jean-Francois Morin, Université Laval
Bottom-Up Synthesis of Well-Defined Graphene Nanoribbons and Nanographenes: From Unprecendented Molecules to Electronic Materials
Host: Makhsud Saidaminov

Monday
March 29

Virtual seminar

Russ Algar, UBC
The Right Tool for the Job: Optimum Fluorescent Materials and Bioconjugates for Smartphone-based Bioanalysis
Host: Alivia Wang

Thursday
April 8

Virtual seminar


Yunjie Xu, University of Alberta
Molecular spectroscopy of chirality recognition/transfer/amplification: fundamental and practical advances
Host: Dave Leitch

Fall 2020

Date Speaker

Monday
September 14

Virtual seminar


Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Skin-inspired organic electronics
Host: Liting Bi

Monday
September 21

Virtual seminar


Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto
New Strategies for the Synthesis and Functionalization of Cyclopropanols and Nitriles
Host: Jeremy Wulff

Monday
September 28

Virtual seminar

Erin Johnson, Dalhousie University
Dispersion Interactions in DFT and Application to Molecular Crystal-Structure Prediction
Host: Irina Paci
2020-2021 Xerox Lecturer

Monday
October 5

Virtual seminar

Stacey Wetmore, University of Lethbridge
The Chemistry of Modified Nucleic Acids: A Computational Approach
Host: Irina Paci

Monday
October 19

Virtual seminar

Prashant Kamat, University of Notre Dame
Revealing the Mystery of Halide Ion Mobility in Metal Halide Perovskites
Host: Matt Moffitt

Monday
October 26

Virtual seminar

Zohrab Ahmadi, Econotech Services
From Oil Sands to Pulp, Paper and Biomass: Chemistry the Common Thread
Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
November 2

Virtual seminar

Fred Menard, UBC Okanagan
Chemical tools to study synaptic plasticity
Host: Jeremy Wulff

Monday
November 10

Virtual event

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
November 16

Virtual seminar

Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois
Polymeric Materials for Lifecycle Control
Host: Tong Li

Monday
November 23

Virtual seminar

Gilbert Walker, University of Toronto
Chemical Imaging at Nanoscale
Host: Dennis Hore

Monday
November 30

Virtual seminar

Rachel O'Reilly, University of Birmingham
Redesigning the world of polymers
Host: Ian Manners
2020-2021 Dow Lecturer

Spring 2020

Date Speaker
Thursday
January 9

Fraser Hof, 番茄社区  
Bio-supramolecular chemistry: recognition, assembly, disassembly, and sensing in warm salty water  
Host: Alok Shaurya

Monday
January 13

Frederic Menard, UBC Okanagan - Cancelled

Monday
January 20

Rebekka Klausen, Johns Hopkins University  
Functional Polymers from the Main Group 
Host: Ian Manners
2020 Xerox Lecturer

Monday
January 27

Helen Mitchell, Merck  
Resource Sharing Approaches to Accelerate Drug Discovery at Merck
Host: Jeremy Wulff

Monday
February 3

Susanne Riegel, Nanalysis Scientific  
Commercialization of Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy: Method Development and Validation
Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
February 10

Steen Schougaard, Université du Québec à Montréal
Lithium-ion batteries - can we predict (long term) performance?
Host: David Harrington

Tuesday
February 18

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
February 24

Cornelia Bohne, 番茄社区
Supramolecular Dynamics: Understanding Complexity using Cucurbit[n]uril Host-Guest Systems
Host: Sree Talluri

Monday
March 2

Jennifer Heemstra, Emory University  
Interrogating enzymatic reactions using nucleic acid molecular recognition and assembly  
Host: Cornelia Bohne

Monday
March 9

Graham Dobereiner, Temple University  
Additive and Counterion Effects in Organotransition Metal Chemistry
Host: Dave Leitch

Monday
March 16

Stacey Wetmore, University of Lethbridge - Cancelled

Monday
March 23
Sabine Kuss, University of Manitoba - Cancelled
Monday
March 30
Vy Dong, University of California, Irvine - Cancelled

Fall 2019

Date Speaker
Monday
September 9

Ruth Signorell, ETH Zurich
Spectroscopy of submicron-sized aerosol droplets
Host: Katherine Elvira

Monday
September 23

Mita Dasog, Dalhousie University
Synthesis and Application of Plasmonic Metal Nitride Nanostructures
Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
September 30

Patrick Kolsch, Spectra-Physics Lasers
Ultrafast Lasers and their Applications in Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Host: Dennis Hore

Monday
October 7

Paul Walton, University of York
Spectroscopic characterisation of a long-lived copper(II)-tyrosyl in lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases
Host: Lisa Rosenberg
2019 Dow Lecturer

Monday
October 21

Francesco Paesani, University of California, San Diego
Modeling Hydration, One Molecule at a Time: Towards Realistic Computer Simulations Through Many-Body Models and Data-Driven Algorithms
Host: Dennis Hore

Tuesday October 22 Lansdowne Lecture: Bridging the Gap with Reality: Molecular-Level Computer Simulations for Water Harvesting and Purification Technologies

Monday
October 28

Sarah Styler, University of Alberta
Photochemistry and optical properties of tomorrow's urban particulate matter: implications for air quality, health, and climate
Host: Fraser Hof

Thursday
November 7

Franz Geiger, Northwestern University
Energy Conversion via Metal Nanolayers
Host: Dennis Hore

Tuesday
November 12

Graduate Student Research Day

Monday
November 18

Dan Lehnherr, Merck
Discoveries and Mechanistic Investigations of Photochemical and Electrochemical Reactions
Host: Dave Leitch

Monday
November 25

Rebecca Jockusch, University of Toronto
New Tools and Techniques to Unravel Molecular Puzzles
Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
December 2

Lars Konermann, Western University - Cancelled

Spring 2019

Date Speaker
Monday
January 7

, University of Minnesota 2019 DOW Lecturer  
Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions: Harnessing the TiII/TiIV Redox Couple for New Transformations  
Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
January 14

, University of Saskatchewan  
Attenuated Total Reflectance Surface Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy  
Host: Dennis Hore

Thursday
January 24

, MIT  
Geometric Deformation in the Design of Organophosphorus Catalysts 
Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Thursday
January 31

, University of Toronto 
Complexities of delivering nanoparticles into solid tumors 
Host: Bruno Guilherme da Fonseca

Monday
February 4

, Laval University 
Microfluidic bioanalytical systems for spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of new "living" biomaterials 
Host: Dennis Hore

Thursday
February 14

Gregory Adam,  
Pharmacology at Merck and case studies in lead identification: PCSK9 and proteases 
Host: Fraser Hof

Wednesday
February 20

Graduate Student Research Day
BWC B150 and lobby

Monday
February 25

, University of Toronto 
Bridging the gap between molecules and nanoparticles 
Host: Matt Moffitt

Monday
March 4

, Technical University of Dresden  
Phosphorus Chemistry 2.0 
Host: Neil Burford
NOT CHEM 509

Thursday
March 7

, University of Saskatchewan 
Synergistic Use of EXAFS Spectroscopy and DFT Computations to Optimize the Design and Evaluation of Radiometal Chelators 
Host: Matt Moffitt

Wednesday
March 13
7:30 p.m.

, Texas A&M University  Lansdowne Lecture
Functional Polymer Materials Designed for Advanced Applications and Sustainability
Host:  Robin Hicks

Thursday
March 14

, Texas A&M University
The Development of Synthetic Methodologies for the Transformation of Regiochemically- and Stereochemically-diverse Natural Products into Functional Polymer Systems
Host:  Alex Brolo

Monday
March 18

, MIT
Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Catalysis and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks
Host: Robin Hicks
Monday
March 25

, McMaster University
Micro- and nanostructured materials: from stretchable gold to “green materials” for tissue engineering
Host:  Dennis Hore

Fall 2018

Date Speaker
Monday
September 10

, Western University - Molecular and Macromolecular Materials Derived from Boron Difluoride Formazanates  Host: Robin Hicks

Monday
September 17

, University of Lethbridge  The Chemistry of SF4 and the Structure of Protonated Carbonyl Compounds Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Monday
September 24

Jen Pape,   SGS AXYS: Ensuring Excellence in Specialty Environmental Analysis  Host: Scott McIndoe

Thursday
September 17

Sam Dagorne,   Combining N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) with oxophilic and earth-abundant metal centers: coordination chemistry, small moleculese activation and use in catalysis  Host: Lisa Rosenberg  NOT 509

Monday
October 1

Kristen Burford,   Medicinal Chemistry at Xenon: A Selective Sodium 1.6 Channel Blocker Approach for the Potential Treatment of Epilepsy  Host: Jeremy Wulff

Thursday
October 4

, Basel University  From Photoinduced Multi-Electron Transfer to New Photoactive Metal Complexes  Host: Robin Hicks  NOT 509

Thursday
October 18

, Yale University  Nitrogen Binding and Fixation using Iron Complexes  Host: Robin Hicks

Monday
October 22

, Ohio State University  2018 Merck Lecturer  Targeting Cancer with Transition Metal Complexes: From Basic Science Toward Therapy  Host: Natia Frank

Monday
October 29

, University of Toronto  2018 Xerox Lecturer  Advances in Polymer Semiconductors and Energy Storage Devices  Host: Robin Hicks

Monday
November 5

, McGill University  DNA Nanostructures for Cellular Delivery of Therapeutics  Host: Fraser Hof

Thursday
November 8

, University of Utah  Functional nanoporous materials from "hairy" nanoparticle building blocks  Host: Matt Moffitt  NOT 509

Tuesday
November 13

Graduate Student Research Day

Friday
November 16

, University of Montreal  Synthesis of Heterocyclic Turn Mimics for Allosteric Receptor Modulation in Biomedical Applications  Host: Jeremy Wulff  NOT 509

Thursday
November 29

, UBC Okanagan  How do radical enzymes control their highly-reactive intermediates?  Host: Jeremy Wulff  NOT 509

Monday
November 26

Chris Gill, Vancouver Island University  Advances and Applications of Direct Mass Spectrometry  Host: Scott McIndoe

Monday
December 3

, 番茄社区  Building and Designing in the World's Finest Workshop

Spring 2018

Thursday March 29 Scott WolkenbergTwo approaches to reverse HIV latency: histone deacetylase and farnesyltransferase inhibition Host: Fraser Hof
Thursday April 5 , McGill University The Wonderful World of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) Host: Alex Brolo

Monday
April 16

, University of Freiburg - Elliott 228 Stabilization of Reactive Cations by Large and Weakly Coordinating Anions Host: Neil Burford NOT CHEM 509

Date Speaker
Monday January 8 , University of Minnesota The (ongoing) evolution of the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) reaction Host: Andy Un
Monday January 15 , Western University An examination of phosphinidene chalcogenide chemistry: Versatile low coordinate P(III) units  Host: Neil Burford
Monday January 22 , Lakehead University Application of Solid Phase Synthesis to Radiochemistry and Other Tales of an Accidental Radiochemist Host: Peter Wan
Monday January 29

CHEM 509 Discussion for Grad Students (attendance mandatory)

Monday February 5 , University of Toronto Profiling Cells Inside and Out Using Nanostructured Materials Host: Natia Frank
Thursday February 15 Graduate Student Research Day
Monday February 19 , Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dynamic Droplets Host: Robin Hicks
Monday February 26 , University of Manitoba Keeping Things Moving - From Bottleneck to Bottleneck! Oxide ion conductors for solid oxide fuel cell applications Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Monday March 5 , University of Strathclyde Redox Processes with Organic Reagents Host: Nicholas Richard
Monday March 12 , McMaster University Developing New Polymers for Selective Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes Host: Natia Frank
Monday March 26 , Northwestern University Photocatalysis of Fuel-forming Reactions Enhanced by Energy and Charge Funneling within Colloidal Assemblies Host: Natia Frank

Fall 2017

   
Date Speaker
Thursday September 7 Equity and Human Rights Presentation and Discussion for Grad Students (attendance mandatory) Location:  Elliott 226
Monday September 11 CHEM 509 Introduction for Grad Students (attendance mandatory) Location:  Elliott 062
Thursday September 14 , University of Toronto Noncovalent and Reversible Covalent Interactions: Fundamental Studies and New Applications Host: Fraser Hof
Monday September 18 , University of Regina Modelling Solvated Systems Host: Irina Paci
Monday September 25 Allan HendryModular Robotics for Laboratory Automation Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday October 2 , University of Washington Transition metal catalysts for energy technologies: Pathways to catalyst design Host: David Harrington
Thursday October 12 Emma GunsNatural Ligands: Ginseng and Vitamin D Working Together to Prevent and Treat Prostate Cancer Host: Jeremy Wulff
Monday October 16 , University of Notre Dame The Oxidation State and its Discontents Host: Robin Hicks
Thursday November 2 John Walmsley, Scientist amongst Engineers: A Career in Product Development Host: Dennis Hore
Monday November 6 , UBC From Molecules to Materials - Sustainable Approaches for Amine Synthesis Featuring Early Transition Metal Catalysis Host: Robin Hicks
November 14 Graduate Student Research Day 
Monday November 20 , Memorial University Enviroanalysis using Smart Polymers: Skipping Chromatography and the Complexities of Molecular Imprinting Host: Chris Gill
Thursday November 23 Sandy Briggs - NOT CHEM 509 Two Expeditions in One: Hiking and Rafting in the Northwest Territories; Skiing in Nunavut (Boothia Penninsula)
Monday November 27 , University of New Brunswick Synthesis, Cyclizations and Switches: Controlling Regiochemistry and Molecular Motion in ∏-Extended Heterocycles Host: Fraser Hof

Spring 2017

   
Date Speaker
Mon. Jan. 16 , University of Calgary Strongly Electron-Accepting, Phosphorus-bridged Viologens - From Synthesis to Applications Host: Neil Burford
Mon. Jan. 23 , Queen's University Metal catalysts, clusters and surfaces: From the synthesis of chiral bio-molecules to carbon-based self assembled monolayers. Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Jan. 30 , Portland State University Exploring Divergent Reactivity of Diaryliodonium Salts for Metal-Free Arylation Reactions Host: Scott McIndoe
Fri. Feb. 3 , Northeastern University Engineering Function in Supramolecular Nanomaterials Host: Tom Fyles Location:  CLE D134
Mon. Feb. 6 , Georgia Tech Title TBC Host: Scott McIndoe
Thur. Feb. 16 Graduate Student Research Day Details to be confirmed in January
Mon. Feb. 20 Ariel Louwrier, Biotech Startups - Life, Risk and Everything Host: Fraser Hof
Mon. Feb. 27 , Princeton University Catalysis with Earth Abundant Metals Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Mar. 6 , Columbia University Thiophene Rust in Single-Molecule Electronics and Singlet Fission Host: Cornelia Bohne
Thurs. Mar. 16 , Université Laval Green Chemistry for Green Energy Host: Matt Moffitt
Mon. Mar. 20 , University of California, Davis Interactions of Olefins, Alkynes and Related Molecules with Heavier Main Group Hydrides and Multiple Bonded Species Host: Paul Gray

Mon. Mar. 27

, University of Alberta Copper-Mediated Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions of Carbon Nucleophiles Host: Neil Burford
Mon. Apr. 3 , Saint Mary's University Adventures in Plasmonics: Sensing to Sustainability Host: Alex Brolo
Thurs. Apr. 6 Charles Stone, The Rise and Shutterings of Ballard Power Systems - A Business Odyssey Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Fri. Apr. 21 , Memorial University  [n]Cyclophanes as Stepping Stones on the Way to Aromatic Belts and Warped Nanographenophanes Host: Tom Fyles Location:  MAC D110
Wed. June 7 Adam Bergren and Andrew Myles, From Fundamental Science to Rock and Roll: The Heisenberg Molecular Overdrive Host: Fraser Hof Location:  ELL 226
Mon. June 19 , University of Heidelberg Novel phosphaphenalene derivatives: en route towards a new generation of multifunctional organophosphorus materials  Host: Neil Burford Location:  ELL 226

Fall 2016

   
Date Speaker
Thur. Sep. 8

, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Initiating and Controlling Radical Chemistry in Coenzyme B12-dependent Mutases Host: Neil Burford

Mon. Sep. 12 Graduate student Chem 509 introduction
Thur. Sep. 15 , University of British Columbia Solar Chemistry at the Interface Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Sep. 19 , Université Laval Exploration and Some Discoveries in Organofluorine Chemistry Host: Jeremy Wulff
Thur. Sep. 22 , Universität Bayreuth Catalysts for a more sustainable chemistry Host: Neil Burford
Mon. Oct. 3 , University of Kentucky Developing a research platform for the discovery of cytotoxic metal complexes Host: Genevieve Boice
Thur. Oct. 13 , University of California, Los Angeles Control of Chemical Reactivity and Rotational Dynamics: Applications in the Construction of Molecular Machines Host: Peter Wan
Mon. Oct. 17 , University of Calgary From tuning aggregation to amplifying singlet oxygen: a photochemist approach Host: Alex Brolo
Mon. Oct. 24 , Stony Brook University How cell behaviors are encoded in the physical chemistry of the proteome Host: Fraser Hof

Thurs. Oct. 27

Preston Chase, Development and Commercial Application of Novel Catalyst and Green Solvent Technologies Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Oct. 31 David Rabuka, Translating technology from the bench top to the clinic, the story of Redwood Bioscience Host: Tom Fyles
Mon. Nov. 7 , University of Manchester From Molecular Magnets to Catalytic Transformations of Main Group Substrates Host: Neil Burford
Wed. Nov. 9 Graduate Student Research Day 
Mon. Nov. 14 , University of Western Ontario Controlling end-to-end depolymerization: new polymer backbones, mechanisms and applications Host: Matt Moffitt
Mon. Nov. 21 , McGill University Visualising Chemistry at the Single Molecule Level Host: Cornelia Bohne
Mon. Nov. 28 , McGill University Mapping protein dynamics and interactions in podosomes in living cells with image correlation spectroscopy Host: Natia Frank
Mon. Dec. 5 , Université de Montréal Controlable transmembrane transport processes and their biological applications  Host: Cornelia Bohne

Spring 2016

   
Date Speaker
Thur.
Jan. 7
Robert Gomez, Inception Sciences Canada
Evolution of a Next Generation, Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor for the Treatment of HIV
Thur.
Jan. 14
, Université de Montréal & National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Tailor-cut polymer colloids and interfaces: from design to applications
Mon.
Jan. 18
, University of Saskatchewan
Hitting an antibacterial target where it hurts – design, synthesis, and enzymology
Mon.
Jan. 25
, Stanford University
Vibrational Stark Spectroscopy Connects Electrostatics to Catalytic Rates at Enzyme Active Sites
Mon.
Feb. 1
cancelled
Tues.
Feb 9
Graduate Student Research Day
Mon.
Feb. 15
Robert Froese,  Mechanistic Aspects of the Hydroformylation of Olefins
Thur.
Feb. 18
, Montana State University
Tales of the tetrapyrrole: making, breaking, and using heme
Mon.
Feb. 22
, North Carolina State University
Photochemical Upconversion: Molecules, Materials, and New Frontiers
Mon.
Feb. 29
, Northwestern University
Metal-Organic Frameworks for Energy Applications
Thur.
Mar. 3
, University of Lethbridge
Stable and Persistent Group 15 Element  R3E+• Radical Cations: Electrochemistry and EPR Spectroscopy
Mon.
Mar. 7
, McMaster University
Chemical Separations for Metabolomics: New Advances in Biomarker Discovery for Population Health
Mon.
Mar. 14
, Boston University
Plasmonic Coupling in Sensing and Imaging: Fundamentals and Selected Case Studies
Mon.
Mar. 21
, Penn State University
Metallomembranes: Exploring the Interactions of Copper Ions with Lipid Membranes
Thur.
Mar. 31
, Johns Hopkins University
Investigating how molecules come to life using advanced single molecule fluorescence techniques
Mon.
Apr. 4
, University of Edinburgh
2B or not 2B, and other mix-ups

Fall 2015

   
Date Speaker
Thur.
Sep. 10
Mengxiu Zheng, 番茄社区
Does microfluidic mixing produce vesicles from natural and synthetic lipids?
Mon.
Sep. 14
, The Unviersity of Tokyo
Stimuli-Responsive Soft Matters towards Artificial Intelligence
Mon.
Sep. 21
, University of California, Berkeley
Division of Labor Among the Subunits of a Highly Coordinated Ring ATPase
Mon.
Sep. 28
, University of Toronto
Re-Imagining Imaging: Doing More With Less
Mon.
Oct. 5
, University of Alberta Discovery of Functional Ligands from Genetically-Encoded Libraries of Peptide Derivatives
Thur.
Oct. 15
, UBC Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time
Mon.
Oct. 19
, Duke University Covalent Mechanochemistry for New Reactions, Self-healing Materials, and Soft Devices
Thur.
Oct. 22
Wei Li, 番茄社区
Two supramolecular methods for detecting a cancer metabolite
Mon.
Oct. 26
, University of Würzburg
Transfer, Metathesis and Catenation: Reactivity Patterns Emerging from Borylenecomplexes
Thur.
Nov. 5
, University of Washington
Catalysis, Mechanistic Understanding and Collaboration as Tools to Sustainable Production of Chemicals and Fuels
Tue.
Nov. 10
Graduate Student Research Day
-
Mon.
Nov. 16
Mathieu Lessard-Viger, University of California San Diego
Exploiting Nanomaterial Disassembly for Biomedical Applications
Thur.
Nov. 19
Katherine Elvira, ETH Zürich
Exploring the boundaries: hard science in simple structures
Mon.
Nov. 23
, Notre Dame University
Secondary Metal-Ligand Interactions: C-H Activation and Metal-Carbon Multiple Bonding in Palladium Carbene Complexes

Tue.
Nov. 24

Jane Stockmann, Université Paris Diderot
Interfacial Electrochemistry
Mon.
Nov. 30
, University of Toronto
Digital Microfluidics for Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine
Thur.
Dec. 3
Drew Marquardt, University of Graz
Stress-Free Asymmetric Lipid Vesicles for Sub-nanometer Structural Investigation
Mon.
Dec. 7
, Dalhousie University
Adventures with pyrroles: one, two, three!

 Spring 2015

Date Speaker
Thur.
Jan. 8
Paul Covert, 番茄社区
Gaining geochemical perspective through nonlinear optical methods
Mon.
Jan. 12
, The Scripps Research Institute
Understanding Disease using Mass Spectrometry
Mon.
Jan. 19
, University of Wisconsin, Madison
New Methods for Efficient Study of Catalytic Reactions
Thur.
Jan. 22
Abby Xu, 番茄社区
Block copolymer micellization on microfluidic reactors
Mon.
Jan. 26
, University of Oregon
Calming the Seas but not the Science: Molecular Assembly at Oil-Water Interfaces
Mon.
Feb. 2
, University of Manitoba Manipulating Conjugated Polymer Structure and Chemistry: Creating Active Materials for Applications in Electronics, Sensing and Energy Storage/Conversion
Thur.
Feb. 5
Stephanie Bonvicini, 番茄社区
Lanthanide-Based Nanoparticles for Use in Various Applications
Mon.
Feb. 16
Robin Theron, 番茄社区
Investigating Homogenous Catalysis by realtime Mass Spectrometry-Infrared Spectroscopy
Thur.
Feb. 19
Chakri Simhadri,番茄社区
Antagonists and photoaffinity probes of epigenetic reader protein CBX7
Mon.
Feb. 23
, University of Tokyo
Development of new catalytic reactions toward utilization of renewable resources
Thur.
Feb. 26
Brian Coleman, 番茄社区
Block Co-Polymer Mimetic Self-Assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticles
Mon.
Mar. 2
, Lakehead University
Hyperpolarized Gas MRI and HP Xenon Biosensor MRI for the Study of Physiological and Molecular Function
Thur.
Mar. 5
Mehraveh Seyedalikhani, 番茄社区
Characterization of binding of a small guest molecule with a biocompatible gel system
Mon.
Mar. 9
, Harvard University
Radical frontiers in catalysis
Thur.
Mar. 12
Kyle Duncan, 番茄社区
Development and application of condensed phase membrane introduction mass spectrometry
Mon.
Mar. 16
, University of California Irvine
Nanotextured Surfaces and On-Chip Biosynthesis: Smart Materials and Smart Chemistries for Advanced Optical Biosensors and Biomimetic Devices
Thur.
Mar. 19
Suma Thomas, 番茄社区
Dynamics of complexation for small guest molecules with cucurbiturils and octa acid capsules
Mon.
Mar. 23
, Purdue University
Natural Product-inspired Molecular Design Targeting HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease
Thur.
Mar. 26
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
,
Anderson's Process Solutions Looking Ahead from Academia to Pharma
Mon.
Mar. 30
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
,
Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp. A career in fuel cell research

Thur.
Apr. 9

, University of Tokyo
A RaPID way to discover pseudo-natural products and peptides for therapeutic applications

Mon.
Apr. 13

Mike Meanwell, 番茄社区
Synthetic lipids for drug delivery applications

Thur.
Apr. 16

Genevieve Boice, 番茄社区
When Chemistry Gives You Lemons, Remember They Go Well with Vodka:  Thioindigo Diimines and Related Compounds.

Mon.
Apr. 20

Corey Sanz, 番茄社区
A Radical Perspective on Palladium: Ligand-Centered Redox Chemistry

Thurs.
May 21

, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
My Role in Elucidating the Catalytic Reaction that led to a Nobel Prize in 2005

Fall 2014

   
Date Speaker
Mon.
Sept. 8
, University of Washington
Probing and Pulling: From Polymer Solar Cells to Photoswitchable DNA Nanoparticles
Mon.
Sept. 15
, University of Minnesota
Sustainable block polymers: sophisticated materials from natural feedstocks
Thur.
Sept. 25
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
,
Bridging the gap from grad school to industry: what I've learned along the way
Mon.
Sept. 29
, University of California Berkeley
Confinement and Catalysis in Chiral, Self-Assembled, Nanoscale Flasks
Mon.
Oct. 6
, Imperial College
Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as inspired by their Probable Biogenesis
Thur.
Oct. 16
, McGill University
Cleaner and Greener Synthesis of Molecules and Materials Inspired by Concepts of Mechanochemistry & Biogeochemistry
Mon.
Oct. 20
, University of Calgary
Cyclodextrin-based polyvalent systems for studying biological interactions
Thur.
Oct. 23
Paria Parvizi, 番茄社区
Structure-based prediction of gene transfection by pyridinium lipids
Mon.
Oct. 27
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
,
Challenges in Pharmaceutical Research: The Development of Liver-Targeted Molecules for the Treatment of Diabetes
Thur.
Oct. 30
Drew Bennett, University of Waterloo
Thermodynamics of saturated to unsaturated phospholipid exchange in membranes with cholesterol
Mon.
Nov. 3
Vladimir Michaelis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High Field Dynamic Nuclear Polarization: Design, Innovation and Chemical Applications
Thur.
Nov. 6
Jake Pushie, University of Saskatchewan
Illuminating Health Research using Chemical Insight
Thur.
Nov. 13
Keith Pardee, Harvard University
Paper-based Synthetic Gene Networks
Mon.
Nov. 17
, Caltech
Synthetic Cluster Models of Biological and Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolving Catalysts
Thur.
Nov. 20
, Stanford University
Toward the Ideal Synthesis and Transformative Therapies for Aids, Alzheimer’s and Cancer
Mon.
Nov. 24
Aman Bains, 番茄社区
Microfluidic Self-assembly of Biodegradable Block Copolymers for Drug Delivery
Thur.
Nov. 27
Jieming Cao, 番茄社区
Lead-based core-shell-shell quantum dots: synthesis and characterization
Mon.
Dec. 1
Nick Davy, 番茄社区/Vancouver Island University
Mobile Mass Spectrometer Development for Real-Time Quantification of Atmospheric VOCs
Thur.
Dec. 4
, University of Toronto
Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: New Avenues in Synthesis and Metal-free Catalysis

Spring 2014

Date Speaker
Mon.
Jan. 13
, UC Berkeley
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Hydrocarbon Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Thur.
Jan. 16
, University of Alberta
Structures & Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptides from Bacillus and Related Species
Mon.
Jan. 20
, Rice University
In Search of Concurrence between Biological and Synthetic Single Molecule Structure/Function
Thur.
Jan. 23
Rhonda Stoddard, 番茄社区
Mechanistic comparisons in catalysis using PSI-ESI-MS, NMR and PowerSim
Mon.
Jan. 27
Milton Wang, 番茄社区
Surface plasmon enhanced energy conversion
Thur.
Feb. 6
Gavin Mitchell, 番茄社区
Stabilizing Lipids
Thur.
Feb. 13
, LB Foster Friction Management
Wheel / Rail Interaction and Friction Control: Technology Development for the Global Railway Industry
Mon.
Feb. 17
, University of Washington
Elucidating the Signatures of Electromagnetic Hot Spots and Fano Interferences in EELS and CL via Multiscale Electrodynamics Simulations

Thur.
Feb. 27

Saurabh Chitnis, 番茄社区
Novel coordination chemistry of Antimony Cations
Mon.
Mar. 3
, Ohio State University
Ions, lipids, and water at the air-aqueous interface: Organization and electric fields
Thur.
Mar. 6
, University of Saskatchewan
Understanding nuclear materials using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Wed.
Mar. 12

Lansdowne Speaker Public Lecture
, Harvard University
Science as a Vehicle for Improving Quality of Life:  Examples from Catalysis

Thur.
Mar. 13

Lansdowne Speaker
, Harvard University
Surface Science and Catalysis for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis:  The Power of Fundamental Understanding
Mon.
Mar. 17
Tom Pinter, 番茄社区
Tetrazoles are potent ion recognition elements on a wide variety of structural scaffolds
Thur.
Mar. 20
, University of Ottawa
Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Molecules from Alkenes Using Metal-Free Approaches
Mon.
Mar. 24
, Stanford University
Advances in Our Understanding of Cu-Dioxygen Species in Biological Systems: Synthetic Complexes with Stoichiometric and Catalytic Activity

Thur.
Apr. 3

Mike Brant, 番茄社区
Development of Bicyclic Neuraminidase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Influenza
Thur.
Apr. 10
Peter Lee, 番茄社区
Borane-mediated Post-polymerization Modification of Poly(phenylsilane)
Thur.
Apr. 17
Emma Nicholls-Allison, 番茄社区
To "Nindigo" and Beyond: The Synthesis and Characterization of New Organic Dyes

Mon.

Apr. 28

, University of Saskatchewan

Turning Lead Into Gold: Perovskite Solar Cells

Fri. May 30

ELL 162

, York University

TBA

Fall 2013

Date Speaker
Thur.
Sept. 5
, University of Bonn
Phosphinidenoid complexes: opening new avenues for P1 building blocks
Mon.
Sept. 9
, University of Toronto
Forced orthogonality in chemical synthesis
Mon.
Sept. 16
, Stanford University
Desorption Electrospray Mass Spectrometry
Mon.
Sept. 23
, Yeshiva University
Imaging glycans in living organisms
Thur.
Sept. 26
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, Nova Chemicals
TBA
Mon.
Sept. 30
, University of California Merced
Applications of reaction progress analysis: Mechanistic insight from continuous in situ measurements
Mon.
Oct. 7
, University of Montpellier
Computational studies and chemical complexity: The example of olefin metathesis catalysis with the Schrock alkylidene complexes
Thur.
Oct. 10
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, Imperial Oil
Research and Technology in an Industrial Petroleum Laboratory
Thur.
Oct. 17
, University of Alberta
New MS Tools for the Discovery and Characterization of Protein-Ligand Interactions
Mon.
Oct. 21
, University of Manitoba
NMR Studies of Nuclear Waste Materials: Cutting Through Compositional and Morphological Complexity
Thur.
Oct. 24
Kevin Daze, 番茄社区
Chemical tools that probe protein-protein interactions important in epigenetic pathways
Mon.
Oct. 28
, Western University
Positively Fun: The Chemistry of Germanium Cations and Multiple Bonds
Mon.
Nov. 4
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, DVS Sciences
Cytometry and Atomic Mass Spectrometry Converge in Single Cell Deep Profiling of the Human Immune System
Thur.
Nov. 7
, Riken Japan
Seeing the unseen with ultrashort optical pulses
Wed.
Nov. 13
, Harvard University
Soft robotics
Thur.
Nov. 14
, Lakehead University
Electrocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry Based on Functional Nanomaterials
Mon.
Nov. 18
, University of Goettingen
Metal Centers Acting in Concert: Biomimetic Metallosites, Bioinspired Catalysts, and Beyond
Thur.
Nov. 21
Graham Garnett, 番茄社区
Self-association phenomena of sulfonato calix[4]arenes
Thur.
Nov. 28
Sara Tabet, 番茄社区
Supramolecular hosts that bind methylated lysines: new assays and structure-function relationships
Mon.
Dec. 2
Ye Zong, 番茄社区
Voltage-dependent ion channels
Thur.
Dec. 5
, Queen's University
First-Principles Simulations of Tribological Processes
Mon.
Dec. 9
Paul Vu, 番茄社区
Dissipative Assembly of an Ion Transport System
Thur.
Dec. 12
Jingwei Luo, 番茄社区
Mechanism investigations of organometallic catalytic reactions by ESI-MS
Mon.
Dec. 16
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, Stantec
(un)Sustainable remediation
   

Fall 2012

Date Speaker
Mon.
Sept. 10
, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
Force and Function: Probing and Controlling the Interactions of Individual Bio-Molecules
Thur.
Sept. 20
, University of Saskatchewan
Designing Nanoparticles for Catalysis
Mon.
Sept. 24
, University of Rochester
Solar energy conversion and the light driven generation of hydrogen from water: New developments, strategies and results
Mon.
Oct. 1
, University of Sherbrooke
Illuminating Iridium : From Visual Displays to Solar Cells
Thur.
Oct. 11
, University of Ottawa
Which MOF Is Best? New Computational Tools to Screen Metal Organic Framework Materials for Clean Energy Applications
Mon.
Oct. 15
, University of Chicago cancelled
Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Surmounting the Challenge of Bridging the Scales
Mon.
Oct. 22
, University of California Los Angeles
Designing, Measuring, and Controlling Molecular and Supramolecular Devices
Mon.
Oct. 29
, Brock University
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of morphine and Amaryllidaceae alkaloids and other natural products
Thur.
Nov. 1
, University of Windsor
Building Dynamics into Metal-Organic Framework Materials
Mon.
Nov. 5
, Dalhousie University
Catalyst Design as a Route to More Sustainable Chemical Synthesis
Thur.
Nov. 8
Sandra Roy, 番茄社区
Water and peptide structure at hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces
Thur.
Nov. 15
, University of Texas at Austin
Search for a Naturally Selected Diels-Alderase
Mon.
Nov. 19
, University of Montreal
Stereoselective Amination Reactions
Mon.
Dec. 3
, University of British Columbia
For Richer Pore: Porous Molecules and Materials Through Supramolecular Chemistry
Thur.
Dec. 6
Tatiana Popa, 番茄社区
Theoretical studies of chiral self-assembly

Mon. Dec. 10

Wright A104

Cooper Johnston, 番茄社区
Verdazyl Radicals, Metals, and their Electrochemistry

Thur. Dec. 13

Wright A104

Cameron Newhook, 番茄社区
Development and application of membrane introduction mass spectrometry as an in-situ reaction monitoring platform for the chlorination of model compounds, humic substances, and natural waters.
   

Spring 2013

Date Speaker
Thur.
Jan. 10
Morgan Millard, 番茄社区
Applications of Electroless deposition of gold nanoparticles onto Si
Mon.
Jan. 14
Jason Davy, 番茄社区
Synthesizing Didemnaketal A
Mon.
Jan. 21
, University of Minnesota
Measuring Immune Cell Response to Inflammatory Cytokines
Mon.
Jan. 28
, University of Pennsylvania
Muti-component nanocrystal self assembly as a route to mutifunctional materials and devices
Mon.
Feb. 4
, Indiana University Bloomington
Titanium Alkylidynes. C-H Bond Activation and Beyond

Thur.
Feb. 14

Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, Mitacs Vancouver Island
Connecting Industry with University Expertise
Mon.
Feb. 18
Christy LandesRice University
CANCELLED
Thur.
Feb. 21
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, NOVA Chemicals Corporation
High Performance Polyethylene Resins through Catalyst and Process Design
Mon.
Feb. 25
Kevin Allen, 番茄社区
Lanthanide binding ligands for use as MRI contrast agents

Thur.
Feb. 28

Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, Centre for Drug Research and Development
Transforming Discovery into Opportunity - CDRD Resources to Advance Academic Discoveries Toward Commercialization

Mon.
Mar. 4

, University of Manitoba
Biologically active natural products from Northern Manitoba lichen and other fungi
Thur.
Mar. 7
Chiara Valsecchi, 番茄社区
Development and Characterization of a Plasmonic Sensor for Leukemia Diagnosis
Mon.
Mar. 11
, University of Alberta
Chemical tools to probe the role of human neuraminidase enzymes in cell adhesion
Mon.
Mar. 18
, ETH Zurich
Designer enzymes
Thur.
Mar. 21
Graeme Nawn, 番茄社区
Nindigo: a new multifunctional ligand family
Mon.
Mar. 25
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, Xerox Research Centre of Canada
CANCELLED
Thur.
Mar. 28
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New approaches for measuring the brain’s chemistry a cell at a time
Thur.
Apr. 4
, University of California, Berkeley
Strategies and Tactics Inspired by Complex Alkaloids
Mon.
Apr. 8
Zohrab Ahmadi, 番茄社区
Mechanistic insight into homogeneous catalytic reactions by ESI-MS
Thur.
Apr. 11
Jonathan Strobl, 番茄社区
The Role of Supporting Electrolyte in the Electroxidation of Formic Acid on Au
Mon.
Apr. 15
Natasha O'Rourke, 番茄社区
Mechanistic Investigation of Orthogonal Transformations of Bis-Vinyl Ether Substrates
Thur.
Apr. 18
Chemistry Industrial Speaker
, Industrial Research Assistance Program, NRC
Chemistry - for careers and innovation
Mon.
Apr. 22
, Lakehead University
A Quantum Based Parameter for Describing the Inductive Effect

Fall 2011

Date Speaker
Thur
Sept 8
, Queens' University, Belfast
Sigmatropic Rearrangements to Build Molecular Complexity
Mon
Sept 12
, University of Regina
Two Recent Theoretical Chemistry Projects: Molten BiCl3 and Carbocations
Thurs
Sept 15
, University of Southern California
Toward a Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydride Manipulation
Mon
Sept 19
, Columbia University
Reaction Chemistry, Self-Assembly and Properties of Nano-structured Forms of Carbon
Mon
Sept 26

, University Health Network, Toronto
Advances in the Applications of Optical Sciences and Technologies to Biomedical and Clinical Medicine, with Focus on Cancer

Mon
Oct 3
, University of Muenster, Germany
Phosphorus Cations as Synthetic Targets - From Fundamentals to Application
Thur
Oct 6
, The University of Tokyo
The Structure and Function of Self-assembled Coordination Architectures: Lessons from Nature
Mon
Oct 17
Jothir Pichaandi, UVic student
Synthesis and Surface Modification of Luminescent Nanocrystals: Their Performance and Potential as Prospective Biolabels
Mon
Oct 24
, UBC Okanagan
Exploring Reversible Chromium-Alkyl Bond Homolysis with Well-Defined CpCr(Nacnac)(R) Complexes
Mon
Oct 31
Katherine Davies, UVic student
Iterative Synthesis of Oligo-Vinyl Ethers
Mon
Nov 7
Richard J. Saykally, UC Berkeley
cancelled
Thur
Nov 10
Joe Wang, UVic student
Flow-directed self-assembly of block copolymer micelles in microfluidic devices
Mon
Nov 14
, Univeristy of Ottawa
The Chemistry of Radical-Trapping Antioxidants: Are Phenols Really Best?
Tues Nov 15
10:30am
CLE  C115
, University of Toronto
Noncovalent and Reversible Covalent Interactions: Fundamental Studies and Applications in Catalysis
Mon
Nov 21
, Weizmann Institute, Israel
Design of Metal-catalyzed Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry
Mon
Nov 28
Sam Minaker, UVic student
cancelled
  Tues Dec 13
11am
COR B112
Benoît Moreau, Boehringer-Ingelheim
Asymmetric Snthesis of Cyclopropane Amino Acids (with application to the synthesis of corontine) and Discovery of New Iron-Catalyzed Reactions

 
   

Spring 2012

Date Speaker
Thurs
Jan 12
, SFU
The Role of Biomolecule Interactions in the Prodrug Behaviour of Ru(III) Anticancer Complexes
Mon
Jan 16
Gren Patey, UBC
rescheduled
Mon
Jan 23
Paul Weiss, UCLA
cancelled
Thurs
Feb 2
, Seastar Chemicals Inc.
TBA
Mon
Feb 6
, Symrise Singapore
Fragrances and Flavours - Chemistry Touching Your Senses
Thurs
Feb 9
Ting Yu, UVic student
Detection of EGFR Biomarkers for Lung Cancers using SPR Nanohole Arrays
Mon
Feb 13
Andrew Dambenieks, UVic student
Self-assembly in Ion Channel Design
Thurs
Feb 16
Sam Minaker, UVic student
Development of Tools for Reading the Histone Code
Mon
Feb 20
, University of Alberta
The Noncovalent Chemistry of Confinement: From DNA Recognition to Buried Interfaces
Thurs
Feb 23
, University of British Columbia
Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation: Insights from Computer Simulation
Mon
Feb 27
, Université de Montréal
Harnessing enzymes for biocatalysis, antibiotic discovery and understanding drug resistance
Thurs
Mar 1
Daniel Collins, UVic student
A versatile platform for the exploration of new electrodes and electronic materials
Wed Mar 7
7:30 pm
ELL 167
Lansdowne Public Seminar
, Cornell University
The Future of Small
Thurs
Mar 8
Lansdowne Chemistry Seminar
, Cornell University
Nanotubes and Graphene: Blurring the Boundaries of Hard and Soft Matter
Mon
Mar 12
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Complex Alkaloid Total Synthesis
Thurs
Mar 15
Caleb Bromba, UVic student
Synthetic Investigation of Pharmacore-Protein Interactions Leading to Potential Therapeutics
Mon
Mar 19
, UC Berkeley and LBNL
Attosecond Electron Dynamics in Atoms and Molecules
Thurs
Mar 22
Amanda Whiting, UVic student
Synthesis and study of protein structure mimics for binding biologically relevant cations
Mon
Mar 26
Abdel Hidalgo, UVic/TRU student
Theoretical Determination of Physico-Chemical Properties of Perfluorinated Compounds
Thurs
Mar 29
Krista Morrow, UVic student
[2+2]-Cycloadditions of Unsaturated Substrates at a Ruthenium-Phosphorus Pi-Bond
Mon
Apr 2
, University of Groningen
From Molecules to Dynamic Molecular Systems
Thurs
Apr 5
Julia Bobak, UVic student
Non-covalent chemical modification of graphene
Thurs
Apr 19
, University of Alberta and NINT
The self-assembly of block copolymer templates for nanolithography of inorganic materials
Mon
Apr 23
, Simon Fraser University
Influenza Neuraminidases—the 'N' in H5N1—Are Current Therapeutics Really Transition State Analogues
Mon May 14
3 pm
ELL 062
, Grant MacEwan University
Soluble Organic Compounds in the Tagish Lake Meteorite
   

Fall 2010

Date Speaker
Thurs
Sept 9
Christopher Rowan, UVic student
DFT interband optical properties of Ag/PVDF nanocomposites
Mon
Sept 13
, University of California, Berkeley
Building Selective Diatomic Gas Sensors: Nature’s Way
Mon
Sept 20
Jennifer Pape, UVic student
From Super-hydrated Ions to Emerging Contaminants
Mon
Sept 27
, University of Wisconsin-Madison
New Technologies for the Genome Age
Mon
Oct 4
Robert Sacci, UVic student
Electrooxidation of Carbon Monoxide and Formic acid on Palladium
Thur
Oct 7
, University of Minnesota 
Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Organic Electronic Materials
Mon
Oct 18
, Queen's University, ON
Development of metal ion-catalyzed alcoholysis as a rapid methodology for the destruction of organophosphorus chemical weapons, their simulants and pesticides.
Mon
Oct 25
, University of Washington
Unusual Photoluminescence Phenomena in Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Mon
Nov 1
, University of Oregon 
Developing the basic science and applications of boron(B)-nitrogen(N)-containing heterocycles
Mon
Nov 8
, Scripps 
Expansion of the Genetic Alphabet
Mon
Nov 15
, University of Toronto
Novel Nanostructures via BlockCopolymer Self Assembly
Mon
Nov 22
, Queen's University
Fizzy Liquids and Dispersible Powders: Unexpected Consequences of Simple CO2 Chemistry
 
   

Spring 2011

Date Speaker
Mon
Jan 10
, University of California, Santa Barbara
Oxo ligand functionalization in the uranyl ion
Thurs
Jan 13
, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Glassy Materials with Exceptional Stability
Mon
Jan 17
Shaun Hall, UVic student
Orientation of molecules at surfaces from nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy and molecular simulations
Mon
Jan 24

Joanne Moszynski, UVic student
The synthesis and characterization of diphenylacetylene containing ion channels

Mon
Feb 7
, University of Toronto
Chemically-Powered Synthetic Self-Propelled Nanomotors
Wed
Feb 9
ECS 125

, Simon Fraser University - Disinguished Alumni
A Good Drug is Hard To Find: A Perfect One is Even Harder - The Discovery of Singulair

Mon
Feb 14
Xiaoqiang Zhang, UVic student
Surface enhanced Raman scattering from bow tie and cross
bow tie apertures
Thurs
Feb 17
, Michigan State University
Zero-field Spin Polarization Effects on the Physical and Photophysical Properties of Molecules
Mon
Feb 21
, Northwestern University
All Things Pyramids: New Platforms for Imaging and Sensing
Mon
Feb 28
, University of Münster
Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal-free Hydrogen Activation and More
Mon
Mar 7
, University of Colorado
Polar molecules in the quantum regime
Mon
Mar 14
Keith Abel, UVic student
Colloidal lead chalcogenide quantum dots: efforts towards developing a single photon source
Thurs
Mar 17
Saman Harirchian Saei, UVic student
Surface-Directed Patterning of Polymer-Nanoparticle Assemblies on Microcontact-Printed Substrates
Mon
Mar 21
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phosphorus:  From the Element to Compounds Containing it
Thur
Mar 24
Benoît Moreau, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada)
Discovery of BI 201335: A Potent and Specific Inhibitor of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Protease with Proven Antiviral Effect in Humans
Mon
Mar 28
, Stanford University
Controlling Chemistry with Light and Force
Thurs
Mar 31
Krista Vikse, UVic student
ESI-MS as a Mechanistic Probe of Catalytic Organometallic Reactions
Mon
Apr 4
, University of Ottawa
New Directions in Catalysis by Gold (I) and Synthesis of Natural Products
Thurs
Apr 7
Noah Johnson, UVic student
TBA
Thurs
Apr 14
, University of Montreal
SPR and SERS Sensors Based on Hole Arrays
Mon
Apr 18
Cerize Santos, UVic student
Photochromism in Bile Salts
Thurs
Apr 21
Mark Zsombor, UVic student
An Investigation of the Effect of Structure on Magnetoconducting Properties of Stable Radicals
Thurs
Apr 28
Tim McCinnis, UVic student
TBA
Mon
May 2
Cindy Wang, UVic student
TBA
   

Fall 2009

Date Speaker
Thurs
Sept 10
, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia
Photoinitiated Domino Reactions of Adamantyl-phthalimides
Mon
Sept 14
, Université de Rennes, France
Discrete Complexes of Oxophilic Metals for Catalytic Polymerization Processes
Thurs
Sept 17
Niloufar Behin Aein, UVic student
Photochemical and Photophysical Studies of Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) in Biphenyl Compounds
Mon
Sept 21
, Universität Münster, Germany
Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry with Poly-NHC Ligands
Mon
Sept 28
, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
Photophysics of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes: Fundamental Studies and Biosensor Applications
Thurs Oct 8
4pm
SCI A104
, ETH Zürich
Straight Forward Routes to "Exotic" Phosphorus Compounds
Thurs
Oct 15
, University of Alberta
Spectroscopy of chiral molecules: from the gas phase to solution
Mon
Oct 19
, Rutgers University, NJ
Polymer Therapeutics: from PolymerDrugs to Polymeric Micelles
Mon
Oct 26
Tim Giesbrecht, UVic student
Determination of Aluminum in the Arctic Ocean and its use as a geochemical tracer
Mon
Nov 2
, Princeton University, NJ
Solid State Chemistry of the new Chalcogenide and Pnictide Superconductors
Mon
Nov 9
Travis Trudeau, UVic student
Molecular Simulation of Adsorption at Solid-Aqueous Interfaces
Thurs
Nov 12
, Montana State University, MT
New Cationic and Metal Mediated Cyclization Reactions for the Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Ring Systems
Mon
Nov 16
, University of Calgary
Structural Biology with a Mass Spectrometer
Thurs
Nov 19
Hao Tang, UVic student
Host-Guest Dynamics for Three Different Host Systems: beta-Cyclodextrin, Cucurbit[7]uril and an Octa Acid Capsule
Mon
Nov 23
, Université Paul Sabatier, France
Transition Metals and Lewis Acids: A Multi-facet Association
Mon
Nov 30
, University of California, Davis CA
Ultra-Sensitive Imaging of Cells and Cellular Organelles by Doubly-Resonant Four-Wave Mixing Microscopy
Mon
Dec 7
SCI A104
, University of California, Irvine CA
Bond-Activation Reactivity of Tantalum (V) Complexes with Redox-Active Ligands
Thurs
Dec 10
1 pm
ELL 167
 
Nick Oakley, UVic student
Synthesis and Properties of Triazinyl Radical Systems for Multifunctional Materials Applications
Mon
Dec 14
SCI A104
, University of Toronto
Feynman's space-time quantum mechanics in photosynthesis
   

Spring 2010

Date Speaker
Mon
Jan 4
Danielle Chisholm, UVic student
Charged ligands for direct ESI-MS analysis of catalytic reactions
Mon
Jan 11
cancelled
Olga Sarycheva
Thurs
Jan 14
, UCSF, CA
Mycobacterium tuberculosis hemoproteins and therapeutic approaches
Mon
Jan 18
, University of Saskatchewan
Discovery of New Reactions Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Thurs
Jan 21
Hui Ting Zhang, UVic student
Study of asphaltene aggregation by fluorescence technique
Mon
Jan 25
, UT Austin, TX
Dynamics of biomolecules at the single-molecule level: lessons from theory and computer simulations
Thurs
Jan 28
, University of Toronto
The Synthesis of Heterocycles via Ring Forming and Ring Cleaving Reactions
Mon
Feb 1
2:30pm
SCI A104
Jonathan Chui, UVic student
Structure-Activity Relationships of Cyclodextrin Ion Channels
Mon
Feb 15
Brynn Dooley, UVic student
The Incorporation of Benzonitronyl Nitroxide Radicals into Organic
Open-Shell Donor-Acceptor Systems
Mon
Feb 22
Dean Amantea, UVic student
Synthesis and Characterization of Ion Channels: Green Metrics Analysis
Mon
Mar 1
, UofT Mississauga
Optical biosensing at the nanoscale - polymer brushes on planar surfaces and quantum dots for control of nucleic acid hybridization
Mon
Mar 8
, Harvard Medical School, MA
Coordination Chemistry, Dynamics, and Biomedical MRI
Mon
Mar 15
Bart Nowak, UVic student
Synthesis, Redox Activity, and Chemical Utility of Second-Generation Metal-Verdazyl Complexes
Thurs
Mar 18
, Simon Fraser University
Chemical biology tools to study protein O-glycosylation in cells and tissues
Thurs Mar 25
11:30am
SSM A110
Lansdowne Chemistry Lecture:
, UT Austin, TX
Synthesis and applications of expanded porphyrins
Thurs Mar 25
7:30pm
SCI A104
Lansdowne Public Lecture:
, UT Austin, TX
Receptors for potentially hazardous materials
Mon
Mar 29
, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
Genomics-inspired discovery and engineering of natural products
Thurs
Apr 8
Olga Sarycheva, UVic student
Investigation of phenanthroline linked dihydropyrenes as photochromes
Mon
Apr 12
SCI A104
Michelle Paquette, UVic student
Designing Optically Switchable Multifunctional Materials Based on Photochromic Spirooxazine Ligands
Thurs
Apr 15
SCI A104
Andrew Chou, UVic student
Development of nanoholes-based sensors for early detection of ovarian cancer
Mon
Apr 19
SCI A104
, University of Alberta
Development and Applications of Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry for Comprehensive Proteome and Metabolome Profiling of Biological Systems
Thurs
Apr 22
SCI A104
Chris Chapman, UVic student
Mean Field and Quantum Studies of Mixed Azobenzene-Alkylthiol Monolayers
Mon
Apr 26
SCI A104
Jin Zou, UVic student
The synthesis, characterization and reactivity of Lanthanide complexes with Carbazole bisoxazoline ligands
Thurs
Apr 29
SCI A104 
, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Nanotubes See the Light
Mon
May 3
cancelled
Chris Rowan
Thurs
May 6
 
Steve Hansen, UVic student
Electrodialysis using supported liquid membranes
Mon
May 10
SCI A104
, Cornell University, NY
Modern Alchemy: Catalysis with Iron and Cobalt
   

Fall 2008

15 Sep Khurshid Ayub, 番茄社区
"The Metacyclophanediene to Dihydropyrene Rearrangement - The Nature of the Transition State"
29 Sep Professor , University of Toronto
"Approaches to the Study of Protein Action by 19F NMR - Mutagenesis Free Approaches to Assignment and 19F-Edited Schemes for Structure Studies"
06 Oct Simon Birnie-Lefcovitch, 番茄社区
"In Situ Spectroscopic Studies of Cysteine Adsorbed on Silver Electrodes"
THURS
16 Oct
Professor , Simon Fraser University
"Model Polymers for Morphological Studies of Fuel Cell Membranes"
20 Oct Professor , UBC
Merck-Frosst Lecture
"Engineering and evolution of old enzymes for new tasks: glycoside assembly"
27 Oct Professor , University of California, Los Angeles
"Reactivity of inert bonds with electrophilic ferrocene diamide complexes"
03 Nov Jason Anema,番茄社区
"Enhanced Raman Scattering from Nanostructured Surfaces"
10 Nov Marie-Pascale Manseau, 番茄社区
"Upconverting Biolabels for the Near-Infrared"
20 Nov Professor , University of Calgary
"Approaching Chemistry from First Principles with the Help of Density Functional Theory"
24 Nov Professor , University of California, San Diego
"Chemistry and Materials Science of Porous Silicon Applied to Sensing, Microfluidics, and Medicine"
01 Dec
Dr. Deepak Shukla, Kodak Research Laboratories, N.Y.
"Structural Effects in Naphthalene Diimide Based Organic Thin Film Transistors: Effect of Configurational control on Charge Mobility"
08 Dec
Jakub Drnec, 番茄社区
"Ionic layers on Platinum Surfaces: How tasty can platinum be?"

Spring 2009

05 Jan Professor , Colorado State University
"Exploring the impact of confinement on chemistry: a multifaceted approach"
12 Jan Professor , UCLA
"Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymers by Controlled Radical Polymerizations for Site-Specific Conjugation to Proteins"
19 Jan Professor , McGill University
"Our Fight Against Aminoglycoside Antibiotic Resistance"
26 Jan Dr. Richard Tillyer, Merck Research Laboratories, NY
"Platform Technologies in Process Research and Development"
02 Feb Yunyong Guo, 番茄社区
"Synthesis, Characterization and Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Quantum Dots with Mixed Polymer Brush Layers"
05 Feb Dr. Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University
"Investigations into the Surface Chemistry of Nanoscale Materials"
09 Feb Meikun Fan, 番茄社区
"Metallic nanoparticles as SERS substrates"
Thurs 12 Feb Dr. Rich Carter, Oregon State University
"Development of Novel Approaches to the Synthesis of Structurally Complex Natural Products and Non-natural Compounds"
16 Feb Tyler Trefz, 番茄社区
"Redox and Coordination Chemistry of disubstituted 1, 4-Quinones"
23 Feb Kevin Anderson, 番茄社区
"Electronic communication in verdazyl-based metal-radical complexes"
Thurs 26 Feb Dr. Dustin Maly, University of Washington, Seattle
"Affinity- and Activity-Based Probes for Analyzing Protein Kinase Function"
02 Mar Professor , UC Irvine
"The Importance of Questioning Scientific Assumptions: Lessons from Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry"
09 Mar Professor , Georgia Institute of Technology
"The green fluorescent protein: Taking it apart and putting it back together"
16 Mar Professor , University of Colorado at Boulder
"Marine Aerosols, Organic Radicals, and a Molecular View of Cloud Formation"

Thurs

19 Mar

Matt Henderson, 番茄社区
"Method development and catalyst discovery by ESI-MS"
26 Mar

Professor Andre Charette, University of Montreal

"Recent Advances in Stereoselective Synthesis and Catalysis"

30 Mar Professor , Stanford University
"On Inventing Reactions for Atom Economy"
06 Apr Professor , California Institute of Technology
CANCELLED
Thurs 09 Apr Yunyan Hou, 番茄社区
"New Photochemistry with Anthraquinones"
Thurs 16 Apr Pengrong Zhang, 番茄社区
"Photochromic and aromatic properties of selected dimethyldihydropyrene derivatives"
20 Apr Steve McKinnon, 番茄社区
title TBA
23 Apr Professor , Stanford University
"Spectroscopic Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry: Blue to Green to Red Copper Sites"
27 Apr Cunhai Dong, 番茄社区
"Synthesis and Reactivity of Lanthanide Fluoride Nanoparticles and their Application as MRI Contrast Agents"
30 Apr

Bin Yan, 番茄社区

"Magnetic conducting polymers: synthesis and properties of triazinyl open-shell polymers"

Fall 2007

17 Sep Dr. , University of Pennsylvania
"Synthetic Studies of Heterocyclic Natural Products"
27 Sep
Thurs
ECS
116
Dr. , University of Toronto - Mississauga
"Intriguing reactivity at co-ordinated ligands: Facile formation of carbon-sulfur bonds during alkene reactions of nickel and molybdenum dithiolenes"
04 Oct
Thurs
ECS
116
Dr. , Universitat Siegen
"Variations on aromatic azonia- and diazoniapolycyclic derivatives: From intercalation into duplex DNA to selective association with triplex- and quadruplex-DNA and topoisomerase inhibition"
11 Oct
Thurs
ECS
116

Dr. , University of Montreal
"Pyrroles, peptide mimics and the teaching of under-represented populations: New challenges in chemistry and education:

18 Oct
Thurs
ECS
116
Dr. , Washington State University
"The Unique Photophysical Properties of Organic Aggregates"
22 Oct Dr. , Scripps Research Institute
"The Inner Space of Molecules"
05 Nov Dr. , University of Alberta
"Building Functional Electronic Devices from Molecular Components"
15 Nov
Thurs
ECS
116
Horace Luong,番茄社区
"Solid-Phase Synthesis of Ion Channels"
19 Nov Dr. , Dalhousie University
"Thermoelectrics: New Materials by Design?"
29 Nov
Thurs
ECS
116
Dr. , University of Ottawa
"Shining Light into a Black Box: Perspectives on Transfomations in Catalysis"

03 Dec

Dr. , University of Washington
"Solid State NMR Studies of Proteins at Biomaterial Interfaces"
13 Dec
Thurs
CLE
A - 311
Dr. , Columbia University
"Reaction Chemistry meets Lithography"

Spring 2008

07 Jan

Joe Gilroy, 番茄社区
"The Chemistry of Formazans"

14 Jan Dr. , University of British Columbia
"Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in the Life Sciences"

21 Jan

Dr. , Queen's University
"Interfacial Electrochemistry of Platinum: Something Old, Something New, and Something Unexpected"

28 Jan Timothy Connolly, Bristol-Myers Squibb
"Water Soluble Prodrugs of Ravuconazole"
04 Feb Dr. , University of Saskatchewan
"From Functional to Fatal - Probing the Chemistry of Metals in Biology using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy"
11 Feb Dr. , Stanford University
"Organocatalysis: Strategies for Controlled Polymerization Reactions"
18 Feb Dr. , McGill University
" Guided Wave Self-Inscription in Photosensitive Network Glasses"

28 Feb
Thurs 11am

MEDS 160

Dr. , Ames National Laboratory
"Detection and Characterization of Single Biomolecules"

03 Mar Eric Derrah, 番茄社区
"A Ruthenium Phosphido Complex and Advances Toward Hydrophosphination"
10 Mar Tamara Pace, 番茄社区
"Dynamics of Guests Bound to Biomolecules"

13 Mar
Thurs MEDS 160

Dr. , University of Oregon
"Main Group Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry"

17 Mar Dr. , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
"Structural Hierarchies in Materials Chemistry"

27 Mar
Thurs
MEDS 160

Dr. , Simon Fraser University
"Old Reactions, New Applications"
31 Mar Dr. , University of Toronto
"Nanostructured Materials as Ultrasensitive Cellular and Molecular Sensors"
07 Apr
COR
A-229
Dr. , Yale University
Merck-Frosst Lecture
"Synthetic approaches to the disruption of protein-protein interactions"
14 Apr
COR
A-229
Dr. , California Institute of Technology
Lansdowne Lecturer

"The Currents of Life: Electron Flow through Proteins"

15 Apr
TUES
7:30 pm
DSB -
C-103

Dr. Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology
LANSDOWNE PUBLIC LECTURE
"Powering the Planet with Solar Energy"

17 Apr
Thurs
CLE A-311
Dr. , University of Minnesota
"Using synthetic chemistry to understand copper and iron protein active sites"
   

24 Apr
Thurs

ELL 061

Keri McQuinn, 番茄社区
"Water Clusters - ESI-MS Investigation of Nanodroplets in the Gas Phase"

28 Apr

Mon

ELL 061

Simon Oakley, 番茄社区
"Novel Derivatives of Indigo as a Bridging Ligand"

Fall 2006

18 Sep Dr. , University of Oxford
TBA
25 Sep Dr. , National Research Council Canada
TBA
02 Oct Dr. , Concordia University
TBA
12 Oct
Thurs
Dr. , Los Alamos National Laboratory
TBA
16 Oct Dr. , University of N. Carolina Chapel Hill
TBA
19 Oct
Thurs
Dr. , University of New Mexico
TBA
23 Oct Dr. , University of Rochester
TBA
30 Oct Dr. David Walba, University of Colorado, Boulder
TBA
06 Nov Dr. , York University
"Strategies for the Synthesis of Phthalocyanines: Past, Present and Future"
20 Nov Dr. , University of Montreal
TBA
04 Dec Dr. , National Research Council Canada
TBA
14 Dec Dr. , University of Washington
TBA

Spring 2007

22 Jan Dr. , University of Toronto
TBA
05 Feb , Université Laval
TBA
12 Feb Dr. , Scripps Research Institute
TBA
26 Feb Dr. , Harvard University
TBA
12 Mar , Arizona State University
TBA
26 Mar Dr., University of Toronto
TBA
10 Apr Dr. , University of Oregon
TBA
23 Apr Dr. , Duke University
TBA

Spring 2006

09 Jan Dr. , Arizona State University
"Controlling electron transport in single molecules"
16 Jan , University of British Columbia
"Putting P into Polymers: Synthetic Approaches to Functional Phosphorus Macromolecules"
23 Jan Dr. Teri Odom, Northwestern University
"Manipulating light in nanohole arrays and nanoparticles"
30 Jan Dr. , University of Windsor
"Observing the "Invisible" Nucleus: NMR of unreceptive nuclei in inorganic, organometallic and other solid materials"
06 Feb Dr., McGill University
"Palladium catalyzed multicomponent reactions: New routes to heterocycle and amino acid synthesis"
13 Feb , Rice University
"Safe Nanotechnology: Implications and Applications of Nanomaterials"
27 Feb , Texas A&M University  
"Fluoride complexation by polydentate Lewis acids"
06 Mar , University of Illinois
"Studies of Metal Surface-Molecular Interactions Relevant to Fuel Cell Catalysis"
13 Mar Dr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Catalytic Transformations based on Transition Metal Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation Reactions"
20 Mar , University of Texas at Austin
"Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Applications of 1-3 nm-Diameter Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles"
27 Mar Dr. , University of Western Ontario
"Fabricating Photonic Crystals with Light, for Light Applications"
30 Mar
Thurs
ELL 162
Sri Sivakumar, 番茄社区
"Lanthanide-Based Nanophotonic Materials"
03 Apr Dr. , University of California, Irvine
"The Interior of Single Molecules"
10 Apr
CLE.
A-201
Dr. , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Size-Dependent Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters"
13 Apr
Thurs.

ELL 162
Dr. , Thompson Rivers University
"Computational calculations of equilibrium constants of organic compounds"

18 Apr
Tues.
ELL 062

Dr., University of Toronto
"Microfluidic reactors for polymer particles"
24 Apr
ELL 062
Sharon Caldwell, 番茄社区
"Synthesis and Characterization of Bis-bidentate para-Dioxolenes Towards Molecular Magnets"
04 May
Thurs.
HSD
A-240
Dr. , Queen's University
Merck-Frosst Lecturer
"Lithium as a Conduit to Synthetic Aromatic Chemistry"
08 May
DSB
C-112
Tao Wang, 番茄社区
"Mechanism Elucidation using the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM)"

Spring 2005

10 Jan , York University
"Study of Low-Dimensional, Electrodeposited Metal Nanostructures and Thin Films"
17 Jan Bryan Koivisto, 番茄社区
"Metal-Verdazyl Radical Interactions: Towards Molecular-Based Magnets"
24 Jan Dan Myles, 番茄社区
"Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Sulfur-Bridged Thiophene Oligomers"
31 Jan , University of Saskatchewan
"Bio-organometallic Peptide Conjugates: Adventures in Electron Transfer"
07 Feb Simon Fraser University
"Molecular switching to control structure and function"
14 Feb , University of Florida
"Single-molecule magnets: A molecular approach to nanoscale magnetic materials"
21 Feb Dr. , University of Alberta
"Expanding the fluorescent protein tool kit: new colors, sensors, and FRET pairs"
28 Feb , McMaster University
"Study of structured microspheres: Towards tiny onions"
07 Mar Professor Dr. Joel C. Rubim, Universidade de Brasília
"Analysis of Biodiesel and Diesel by Fourier Transform Infrared, Near Infrared, and Raman Spectroscopy"
14 Mar , Georgia Institute of Technology
"Recent advances in two-photon absorbing materials"
21 Mar , University of Washington
"Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials"
31 Mar
THUR
ELL 168
, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Nanoparticles: scaffolds and building blocks"
04 Apr
, Yale University
MERCK FROSST LECTURE
"A synergy between synthetic organic and organometallic chemistry"
11 Apr
CUNN 146

Christine Tong, 番茄社区
"A model for the self-assembly of palladium bipyridine complexes"

18 Apr
, Stanford University
"Interfacial assembly and control of electron transfer using the 'click' reaction"
22 Apr
FRI
ELL 160

, University of Bath
"The transition metal chemistry of "greasy ball anions": from pseudo alkane complexes to high-hydride content clusters"
25 Apr Wei Fan, 番茄社区
"The syntheses and photochromism of cyclopent[e]dimethyldihydropyrene anion and its metal complexes"
26 Apr
TUES
10:30 AM
ELL 060
Dr. , University of Siegen
"Can old dogs learn new tricks? - Fluorescence detection of cations, anions and biomacromolecules with anthracene and quinolizinium derivatives"
28 Apr
THUR
Rob Cheyne, 番茄社区
"Hierarchical block co-polymer/quantum dot surface features via self-assembly at the air-water interface"
02 May
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Bio-inspired polyelectrolyte multilayers: From pH-gated Bragg reflectors to patterned superhydrophobic surfaces"
09 May
Clearihue
C-110

Karen Button, 番茄社区
"Divalent and trivalent lanthanide amido-oxazoline complexes"

Fall 2004

20 Sep , Simon Fraser University
"New chemistry on old CD's"
30 Sep
THURS
Cornett
B-145
, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
"PGSE (Diffusion) and 1H,19F HOESY NMR studies on homogeneous catalysts: Ion pairing and learning about anions"
18 Oct Dr. Ernest McEachern, AnorMed
"AMD3100: The evolution of AnorMed's first clinical CXCR4 receptor antagonist"
20 Oct
WED
MacLaurin
D-111
Jo Wang, 番茄社区
25 Oct Sierra Rayne, 番茄社区
"Solution-phase photochemistry of dibenzo[1,4]dioxins"
01 Nov , University of Manitoba
"Glycoproteins in virology, immunology, etc., and mass spectrometry"
08 Nov , McGill University
"Development of oligonucleotide-based probes and therapeutics"
15 Nov , University of Toronto
"Designing photo-controlled peptides and proteins"
22 Nov Catrin Hughes, 番茄社区
29 Nov , University of Windsor
"Highly active homogeneous catalysts for olefin polymerization: Molecular design, optimization and utilization"
06 Dec Peter Diamente, 番茄社区
13 Dec Dan Harrison, 番茄社区