Congratulations to Remi Casier (PhD ’21) on receiving a 2021 Graduate Award from the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division (MSED) of the Chemical Institute of Canada. The award recognizes the top masters and PhD theses in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at a Canadian university.
Ryan Moreira, a doctoral student with Prof. Scott Taylor, was awarded best student presentation at the annual Quebec-Ontario Mini-Symposium for Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry (QOMSBOC), hosted by McMaster University on December 3rd and 4th, 2021.
For Michael Houston, PhD ’93, BSc ’87, the University of Waterloo is more than his alma mater. For a good chunk of his youth, the campus is where he called home.
In the field of chemistry, one challenge that students commonly encounter is difficulty visualizing molecules, their arrangements and relationship between atoms in space. While there are some tools already being used to address this difficulty, they each have some disadvantages as well.
Nine University of Waterloo professors, including Professor Linda Nazar from the Department of Chemistry, are in the top one per cent of citations for their field according to Clarivate Analytics’ 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list, released earlier this week.
Each convocation, the University of Waterloo recognizes and profiles an outstanding PhD student from each Faculty across campus to showcase a glimpse into the hard work, dedication and success of every graduate. This convocation, the Faculty of Science will welcome 31 new graduates from Science PhD programs, including Cheryl Sturm from the Department of Chemistry.
Despite breakthrough diabetes research over the past century, people with diabetes still need to rely on obtaining blood samples to monitor their sugar levels. Daily glucose monitoring by tracking blood sugar levels is essential for managing both types 1 and 2 diabetes, however the current method – finger pricking – is invasive and can become burdensome with how often it needs to be done.
We wish to acknowledge the outstanding efforts and achievements of the following Fall 2020 Graduate TA Award winners. Through these challenging times the very positive attitude and teaching skills of these individuals has had considerable impact on enhancing the reputation of our undergraduate programs.
Alshymaa Ali Mohammad Ali
Harmeen Deol
Kseniia Medvedeva
Michael Noden
Kyle Piccolo
Mike Tarasca
Alex Whittingham
Congratulations!
Researchers have developed a new way to measure how quantum information behaves in correlated quantum systems that could be useful for understanding and improving quantum devices and quantum error correction codes.
This week we mark the retirement of Professor Mario Gauthier after 30 years of service as an accomplished faculty colleague. Over his career he has been an internationally recognized expert in arborescent polymers, training approximately 40 graduate students, close to 100 undergraduates and publishing over 170 articles.