Department of Chemistry
C2 280
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext 32129
Are you a graduate student, undergraduate student, or from the UWaterloo chemistry community that is curious about commercializing chemistry?

Discover innovations from final year student research teams at Nanotechnology Engineering's Capstone Design Symposium. Students will demonstrate nano-sized solutions that deliver a big impact to global problems.
For more information on all the research projects that will be presented, please see the 2019 Nanotechnology Engineering Capstone Design Projects page.
"Time resolved structural dynamics of pure water using femtosecond electron diffraction"
Location: C2-361
Supervisor: G. Sciaini
"Quantum methodologies for the study of arrays of ortho/para hydrogen molecules"
Location: C2-361
Supervisor: P.N. Roy
"Surface Coating Studies on High Energy Density Lithium Layered Oxides"
Location: C2-278
Supervisor: L.F. Nazar
"Synthetic Route to Conjugated Thiophene-S,S-Dioxide-Based Polymers"
Location: C2-361
Supervisor: D. Schipper
Faculty members, Research staff, Safety Office staff, Research Ethics staff, and Information Systems & Technology staff involved in research using biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear materials or technology are invited to join Public Safety Canada (PSC) for the Safeguarding science workshop.
"The Interrupted Bamford-Stevens Reaction: Synthesis of α-CF3 Diazo Compounds"
Location: C2-361
Supervisor: G. Murphy
Role of Topological Phases in Quantum Molecular Dynamics
Artur Izmaylov
Assoc. Professor, Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
Friday, March 8, 2019
10:00 a.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Join the Anton-Parr Canada Team at Chemistry C-2, Room 361 for an exclusive dive into viscosity measurement best practices, methods, and the latest in measurement technology. Meet Patricia Gejer (Global Product Manager, ViscoQC), who will be visiting us from Graz, Austria to discuss several industrial and research-specific applications and perform demonstrations on the ViscoQC 100 and 300 models. You will have the opportunity to try them out yourself!

Principles of Polymer Crystallization and Techniques to Study It
Junjie Yin
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Waterloo

Interested in research? Want to learn more about what our Science grad students are working on? Thinking of competing in the 3 Minute Thesis next year?
Join us to see how the participants use one slide and three minutes to present their research to a public audience.
"Exploring Hypervalent Iodine Reagents as Initiators for Nazarov Cyclizations"
Supervisor: G. Murphy
Location: C2-361
"Electrochemical Immuno sensor for Early-stage Oral Cancer Detection based on Nanostructured Metal Oxides"
Location: C2-278
Supervisor: T. Leung
"Development and Study of the Microfluidic Open Port System for Rapid Analysis"
Location: C2-361
Supervisor: J. Pawliszyn
"Developmental studies of ion mobility techniques and its application to solid phase microextraction"
Location: C2-278
Supervisor: J. Pawliszyn/S. Hopkins
"Interfacing DNA nanostructures with Liposomes for bioanalytical applications:
Location: C2-361
Supervisor: J. Liu
"Nanomaterials design for renewable fuels"
Location: EIT 2053
Supervisor: A. Klinkova
"Cu,Zn-Superoxide Dismutase Maturation: A Biophysical Characterization"
Location: C2-361
Supervisor: E. Meiering
"Advances in two dimensional liquid chromatography (LCxLC)"
Supervisor: T. Gorecki
Location: EIT 2053
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Seminar Series presents
Modelling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Fuel Cell Electrodes
Dr. Ned Djilali, FRSC, FCAE
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Energy Systems Design and Computational Modelling
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Victoria, Canada
Thursday, February 7, 2018
3:00-4:00 pm
QNC 1501
All are welcome to attend.
"Ultrafast dynamical studies of valley-based qubits"
Supervisor: G. Sciaini
Location: C2-361
"Structural Investigation of Melatonin and its Metabolites as Calmodulin Antagonists and potential Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors"
Supervisor: J.G. Guillemette
Location: C2-361

Biomedical Applications of Metal-chelating Polymers and Lanthanide Nanoparticles
Mitchell A. Winnik
University Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto

Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC): A useful tool for studying the micellization of amphiphilic molecules and their binding interactions with polymers
Shahid Islam
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo