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What's Happening in Chemistry

Featured News

Chemistry welcomes Jung-Ho Yu

December 11, 2025

Chemistry is pleased to welcome Professor Jung-Ho Yu to the department! Yu joins us from the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University (MIPS) where he was a research scientist.

Fueling a healthier future

November 20, 2025

When ZoRaw Chocolates co-founder Gigi Gill graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Waterloo in 2016, she imagined a career that would make a real difference.

Not a D-rop wasted

October 16, 2025

Chemistry student collaborates with a deuterium science and innovation company to recycle wastewater.

From a fair in Toronto to a future in Ireland

October 1, 2025

After graduating from Medicinal Chemistry, Emma Ross (BSc '24), attended Trinity College Dublin to pursue a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The transition to graduate studies felt easy due to the strong academic foundation she built in Science at Waterloo.

Featured Events

Chemistry Seminar Series: David Da Yong Chen

Mass spectrometry based faster and more accurate analytical platform for biomolecules characterization

David Da Yong Chen
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columbia

Monday, December 2, 2025
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Chemistry Seminar Series: Kirill Kovnir

Synthesis of metal pnictides and exploration of their thermoelectric and catalytic potential

Kirill Kovnir
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University

Monday, December 8, 2025
10:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361