Seminars & Events

2014
Professor H. Bernhard Schlegel, Wayne State University
Title: TBA
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115
Host: Viktor N. Staroverov

2013/06/06
Prof. Jerome Waser, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Title: Nitrogen-Substituted Small Rings: from Catalysis to Alkaloid Synthesis
Time: 3:00 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Prof. Michael A, Kerr

2013/06/06
Professor Michael O. Wolf, The University of British Columbia
Title: Photofunctional Conjugated Materials
Time: 2:00 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Prof. Paul J. Ragogna

2013/06/05
Dr. Josef Hormes, Canandian Light Source Inc. [Joint Seminar Sponsored by the Soochow - Western Centre for Synchrotron Radiation Research and CAMBR]
Title: Synchrotron radiation based techniques for materials and environmental research
Time: 10:30am - 12:00 noon
Room: ChB 9, Chemistry Building
Host: Professors T.K. Sham, John F. Corrigan, and Yang Song

2013/05/24
Dr. Heather Spinney, The Dow Chemical Company
Title: New Developments in the Rhodium-Catalyzed Homologation of Methanol
Time: 10:00 am
Room: ChB 9, Chemistry Building
Host: Prof. Paul J. Ragogna

2013/05/22
Dr. Alexandre Merlen, Universite et Universite de Toulon, France
Title: What can surface enhanced spectroscopy bring to plasmonic photovoltaics?
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Francois Lagugne-Labaarthet

2013/05/15
Professor Damien Arrigan, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Title: Bioanalytical opportunities from electrochemistry at liquid-liquid interfaces
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Prof. Zhifeng Ding

2013/04/24
Professeur Frederic-Georges Fontaine
Title: Ambiphilic molecules as ligands for transition metals and for the activation of small molecules: from a fundamental concept to catalytic applications
Time: 1:30pm
Room: ChB 115
Host: Michael A. Kerr

2013/04/16
3M LECTURE SERIES - Professor Ian Manners - University of Bristol, UK
Title: Functional Nanomaterials via Crystallization-Driven "Living Self-Assembly"
Time: 3:30 pm
Room: B&GS 0165
Host: Prof. Z. Ding

2013/04/15
3M LECTURE SERIES - Professor Ian Manners - University of Bristol, UK
Title: Catalysis in Service of Main Group Chemistry: Metal-Mediated and Metal-Free Dehydrocoupling/Dehydrogenation of Amine-Boranes
Time: 3:30 pm
Room: B&GS 0165
Host: Prof. Z. Ding

2013/04/10
Professor Louis Barriault, University of Ottawa
Title: Development and application of new synthetic transformations using phosphinogold(I) catalysts
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Michael A. Kerr

2013/04/05
Professor Henrik Ottosson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Title: Excited State Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity: Opportunities for Photophysical and Photochemical Rationalizations
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Prof. Kim M. Baines

2013/04/03
Professor Jonathan Sweedler, AC EIC
Title: The Cell by Cell Chemical Characterization of the Brain: from New Tools to New Insights
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Lars Konerman and Zhifeng Ding

2013/3/27
Professor Janine Mauzeroll, McGill University
Title: Scanning Electrochemical Microscropy Study of Light Weight Magnesium Alloy
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: David W. Shoesmith and Zhifeng Ding

2013/3/20
Professor Robert W. Schurko, University of Windsor
Title: NMR Across the Periodic Table: Observing "Invisible" Nuclei in Organic, Inorganic and Organometallic Materials
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Yining Huang

2013/03/08
Dr. Vince Quiquero, ACCUCAPS
Title:
Time: 9:30 AM
Room: SSC 3028, Social Science Centre
Host: Prof. Kim M. Baines

2013/03/06
Professor Maria DeRosa, Carleton University
Title: Prospects in Aptamer-Based Biosensing and Controlled-Release Applications
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Elizabeth (Beth) Gillies

2013/01/23
Professor Gary Shaw, Department of Biochemistry, Western University
Title: Twenty Years of Protein NMR Spectroscopy at Western
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115
Host: Elizabeth (Beth) Gillies

2013/01/17
Professor Arthur Mar, University of Alberta
Title: X-ray Spectroscopy of Pnictides and Chalcogenides
Time: 9:30 am
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: T.K. Sham

2013/01/16
Professor Sylvie Morin, York University
Title: Structure and Properties of Atomic and Molecular Assemblies at Surfaces
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Zhifeng Ding

2013/01/10
Professor John R. Scully, University of Alberta
Title: Crystallographic Orientation on Corrosion Processes in Polycrystalline Alloys
Time: 3:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: J. Clara Wren

2012/12/17
Dr. Glenn H. Penner, University of Guelph
Title: Investigating Hydrogen Bonding in Solids with NMR Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Conditions
Time: 2:30 pm
Room: ChB 9, Chemistry Building
Host: Yining Huang

2012/12/03
Prof. Yitao Long
Title: Single-Molecule and Single-Particle Detection on Biointerface
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: SSC3026 (Social Science Centre)
Host: Zhifeng Ding

2012/11/28
Professor Denis Boudreau, Université Laval
Title: Plasmonic Metal@Silica Fluorescent Nanoprobes for Cellular Imaging and Biosensing Applications
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB115
Host: Francois Lagugne-Labarthet

2012/11/21
Professor Ian Burgess, University of Saskatchewan
Title: Insights on Nanocrystal Formation and Stability Using Classical Electrochemical Techniques
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: David W. Shoesmith

2012/11/16
Professor Tom Mallouk, Penn State Department of Chemistry (JOINT SEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY & CAMBR)
Title: Nanomaterials in One Dimension: Exploring Mesoscopic Phenomena in Template-Grown Wires
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: P&AB 148, Physics and Astronomy Building
Host: Elizabeth (Beth) Gillies and John F. Corrigan

2012/11/14
Professor Ryan Julian, University of California Riverside
Title: Taming Radicals for Novel Peptide and Protein Fragmentation
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115, Chemistry Building
Host: Lars Konermann

2012/10/26
Professor Fred Kanofi, ESPCI ParisTech-CNRS, Physicochimie des Electrolytes Colloïdes et Sciences Analytiques, France
Title: INSPECTING THE LOCAL REACTIVITY OF SURFACES FROM THEIR ELECTROCHEMICAL TRIGGERING
Time: 10:30 AM
Room: 7, Natural Sciences Centre
Host: Zhifeng Ding

2012/10/24
Michael G. Szarka, Green Centre Development
Title: Commercialization of Green Chemistry
Time: 12:30 pm
Room: 34, Physics & Astronomy Building
Host: Kim Baines

2012/10/19
Dr. Stephen Gottschling, Piramal Healthcare Limited
Title: Process Research & Development in the Pharmaceautical Industry
Time: 12:30 pm
Room: 34, Physics and Astronomy Building
Host: Kim M. Baines

2012/10/17
Professor Matthew Allen, Wayne State University
Title: Investigating Hydrogen Bonding in Solids with NMR Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Conditions
Time: 2:30 pm
Room: ChB 9, Chemistry Building
Host: Elizabeth (Beth) Gillies

2012/10/03
Dr. Markus Kuhn, Intel Technology Development
Title: Extending Moore's Law: Challenges and Opportunities in a Nanotechnology Era
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB 115
Host: T.K. Sham

2012/09/19
Prof. Greg Welch, Dalhousie University
Title: Molecular Materials for Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells
Time: 1:30 pm
Room: ChB115
Host: Mike Kerr

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