Featured News
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.
Protecting what's above
September 16, 2025
This year’s theme for World Ozone Day, “From Science to Global Action,” reminds us of the ongoing need for data and the subsequent research that results from projects like the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) and the significant role it plays in advancing atmospheric science globally.
Green labs bring Science into the twenty-first century
September 10, 2025
If you’ve passed through the Earth Sciences and Chemistry building (ESC) in the last two years, you may have noticed the work being done on the third-floor labs. This renovation is bringing the university a step closer to its net-zero carbon goals while ushering Science at Waterloo into the twenty-first century.
Featured Events
Chemistry Seminar Series: Marissa Clapson
Green Chemistry Approaches to Base Metal Catalyst Design: Leveraging a Lewis Acidic
Secondary Coordination Sphere for Small Molecule Activation
Dr. Marissa Clapson
Assistant Professor
University of Prince Edward Island
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
11:00 a.m.
In-person: C2-361
Chemistry Seminar Series: Elizabeth R. Gillies
Self-immolative polymers: Designing, synthesizing, and applying polymers that fall apart
Elizabeth R. Gillies
Professor, Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
11:00 a.m.
In-person: C2-361