Department of Chemistry
C2 280
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext 32129
When the Antimatter Matters in our “Life”
Khash Ghandi
Department of Chemistry
University of Guelph
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
A Monochromatic Atom-wide Electron Probe for Nanoscale Materials Excitations
Maureen Joel Lagos
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy
McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
2:30 p.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Nanoelectronics and Nanofabrication with a Helium and a Metal Ion Beams
Tong Leung
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
"Crystal Structures and Optical Properties of Group 14 Chalcogenides"
Supervisor: Dr. Holger Kleinke
Location: C2-361

Come meet three alumni of the Chemistry Department. Hear what they are doing now and how they got there after graduation. Find out about career options in Biochemistry and Chemistry.
Two-Dimensional Magnetism and its Applications for Spintronic Devices
Hyun Ho Kim
Department of Chemistry and Institute for Quantum Computing
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
2:30 p.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
"Bacteriophage M13 as a Template for Multi-Enzyme Assembly"
Supervisor: Prof. John Honek
Location: C2-361
Unraveling atomic through nanoscale features of underexplored spider silks
Jan K. Rainey
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
10:00 a.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
"Determining Physicochemical Properties Using Differential Mobility Spectrometry"
Supervisor: Dr. Scott Hopkins
Location: C2-361
"Investigating the Physicochemical Properties of B12X122- (X=H, F, Cl, Br, I)"
Supervisor: Dr. Scott Hopkins
Location: C2-361
"Characterization of Self-Assembling Quinoline-Based Foldamers by Fluorescence Anisotropy"
Supervisor: Dr. Jean Duhamel
Location: C2-361
"Thermoelectric Properties and Stability of Barium Copper Chalcogenides"
Supervisor: Prof. Holger Kleinke
Location: C2-361
All-Solid-State Li (Na) Batteries: Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Venkataraman Thangadurai
Department of Chemistry
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Thursday, September 12, 2019
10:00 a.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
"Site-specific Chemistry of Sulfur-containing Amino Acids on Si(111)-√3x√3x-Ag: Bioorganic Nanostructured Film Growth and Adsorbate-induced Metal Cluster Formation Governed by Surface Defects"
Supervisor: Prof. Tong Leung
Location: C2-278
Switchable Dopants on Percolation Networks of 2D Materials for Chemiresistive Sensing Applications in Aqueous Environments
Peter Kruse
Department of Chemistry
McMaster University
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
10:30 a.m.
C2-278 (Mini-link Room)
"Enhanced Diffusion in Latex Films Induced by Oligomers and Characterized by Pyrene Excimer Fluorescence"
Supervisor: Dr. Jean Duhamel
Location: C2-361
Soft nanoparticles, hard science & the path from discovery to commercialization
John R. Dutcher
Canada Research Chair in Soft Matter & Biological Physics
Department of Physics
University of Guelph
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
2:30 p.m.
QNC 1501
"Effective Synthesis of Iron-Carbonyl Small Rings and Macrocycles via Migratory Insertion Reactions"
Supervisor: Dr. Xiasong Wang
Location: C2-361
"Protein Engineering of Microbial Ferritins"
Supervisor: Prof. John Honek
Location: C2-361
Transglutaminase-mediated protein labelling: successes and challenges
Joelle N. Pelletier
Professor of Chemistry
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry
Université de Montréal
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
9:00 a.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Diffusion through Free Volume Redistribution
Phillip Choi
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
2:30 p.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Colloidal Nanocrystals in Energy Transfer Reactions
Mikhail Zamkov
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
2:30 p.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
"Developments and applications of solid phase microextraction (SPME) coupled to direct analysis in real time (DART) and approaches towards small volume analysis"
Supervisor: Prof. Janusz Pawliszyn
Location: C2-361
"Molecular Imprinting with Functional DNA and Nanoenzymes: Affinity Improvement and Selective Catalysis"
Supervisor: Prof. Juewen Liu
Location: C2-361
"Computational and Spectroscopic Investigations of Intermolecular Interactions in Clusters"
Supervisor: Prof. Scott Hopkins
Location: C2-361