Department of Chemistry
C2 280
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext 32129
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 — 1:30 PM EST
"Charaterization of Langmuir-Blodgett Films by Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy"
Supervisor: David Cory
Location: RAC2 1101
Friday, December 6, 2019 — 10:00 AM EST
"Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography in Environmental Analysis"
Supervisor: Tadeusz Gorecki
Location: C2-361
Thursday, December 5, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
"A Thermochemical Investigation into Gas-phase Energetics of Nucleobase-Metal-Ion Complexes"
Supervisor: T.B. McMahon
Location: C2-361
Thursday, December 5, 2019 — 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST
Thinking of applying to graduate school in Science this year or next? Attend our information session for tips and tricks on how to ace your grad applications. Prof. Shawn Wettig, the Faculty of Science Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, will give the talk.
Discussion topics:
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — 2:00 PM EST
"Quantum mechanical free energy calculations using path integral molecular dynamics"
Supervisor: Pierre-Nicholas Roy
Location: C2-361
Thursday, November 28, 2019 — 11:00 AM EST
Harnessing the quantum mechanics of the hydrogen bond: from atmospheric science to enzyme catalysis
Thomas E. Markland
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University
Thursday, November 28, 2019
11:00 a.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
Applications of Computational Modeling in Chemical Biology
Subha Kalyaanamoorthy
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
Friday, November 22, 2019 — 10:30 AM EST
Multiblock Nanofibers from Organic Electronic Materials
Zachary Hudson
Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Chemistry
University of British Columbia
Friday, November 22, 2019
10:30 a.m.
QNC-1501
Thursday, November 21, 2019 — 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EST
Please join us as we celebrate the wonderful life of Carey Bissonnette
This memorial reception will bring together family, friends, students and colleagues as we honour a man who inspired over two decades of uWaterloo scientists.
Thursday, November 21, 2019 — 3:30 PM EST
"Multimetal Oxyhydroxide Catalysts for Urea Electrochemical Oxidation"
Supervisor: A. Klinkova
Location: C2-361
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
Mapping the Epitopes of Anti-polymeric Lewis X Monoclonal Antibodies with Synthesis and Immunochemistry
France-Isabelle Auzanneau
Department of Chemistry
University of Guelph
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
Thursday, November 14, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
"The effect of protein on metal-dependent RNA-cleaving DNAzymes for potential intracellular and environmental applications"
Supervisor: J. Liu
Location: C2-361
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
Unveiling the Potential of Sulfenic Acid Anions: Reactions, Synthesis and Computation
Adrian Schwan
Department of Chemistry
University of Guelph
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
The Comprehensive Landscape: from GCxGC to LCxLC (and back)
Tadeusz Gorecki
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 — 2:30 PM EST
Quantum Monte Carlo approach to the Full Configuration Interaction (FCI) problem
Ali Alavi
Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
2:30 p.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Thursday, October 31, 2019 — 2:30 PM EDT
"Arborescent Polypeptides for Targeted Drug Delivery and Controlled Release"
Supervisor: M. Gauthier
Location: C2-361
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 — 2:30 PM EDT
Nanostructure Devices for Quantum Information
Jonathan Baugh
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 (all day) to Wednesday, October 30, 2019 (all day)
All third and fourth year Chemistry and Biochemistry students interested in the possibility of graduate work at the Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry (GWC)2 are invited to attend an informal poster session and gathering sponsored by the (GWC)2.
Free pizza and soft drinks provided!
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Grad House
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Brass Taps
University of Guelph
Saturday, October 26, 2019 — 1:30 PM GMT
Unveiling an International Masterpiece!
The Department of Chemistry and the Faculty of Science welcome all alumni, friends and family to a very special occasion as we celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table.
Friday, October 18, 2019 — 2:30 PM EDT
Chaperonin nano-machines: allostery and function
Amnon Horovitz
Department of Structural Biology
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Friday, October 18, 2019
2:30 p.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 — 2:30 PM EDT
Nanocarbon-Bio Hybrid Materials: Chemistry and Applications
Shirley Tang
Department of Chemistry
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
2:30 p.m.
Main Link Room (EIT-2053/MacN-101)
Friday, October 11, 2019 — 2:30 PM EDT
"Adnectin Solubility and Dynamics"
Supervisor: Prof. Elizabeth Meiering
Location: C2-361
Friday, October 11, 2019 — 2:00 PM EDT
"Plasmonic and Magnetic-Optical Properties of Nonstoichiometric Indium Nitride Nanostrucutres"
Supervisor: P. Radovanovic
Location: QNC 1501
Friday, October 11, 2019 — 1:00 PM EDT
Molecular and Mechanistic Underpinnings of Signal Transduction in Membranes - NMR Inspired Studies of the Conformational Landscape in Enzymes & GPCRs
R. Scott Prosser
Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
University of Toronto, Canada
Friday, October 11, 2019
1:00 p.m.
C2-361 (Reading Room)
Thursday, October 10, 2019 — 3:00 PM EDT
"In Search of an Ideal Modulator for Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography"
Supervisor: Prof. Tadeusz Gorecki
Location: C2-361