William P. Power

• Physical chemistry
• Spectroscopy
• NMR
• Solid state

• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
• Multinuclear, gas phase, high-resolution and solid-state NMR
• Applications of NMR to combinatorial chemistry and solid-phase synthesis
• Transition metal NMR of bioinorganic systems
• Chemical shielding and nuclear quadrupolar coupling of metal sites in complex materials
• Calculations of NMR chemical shielding and quadrupolar coupling tensors

Recent course offerings have included

• Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
• Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and Kinetics
• Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
• Chemical Kinetics
• NMR Spectroscopy

• Kai Cao, Brian Tsang, Yibo Liu, Daniel Chelladural, William P. Power and Xiaosong Wang. Synthesis, cyclization and migration insertion oligomerization of CpFe(CO)₂(CH₂)₃PPh₂ in solution. Organometallics, 2014, 33, 531-539.
• Samuel B. Andrey, Michael L. Chan and William P. Power. HRMAS ¹H NMR Conformational Study of the Resin-Bound Amyloid-Forming Peptide GNNQQNY from the Yeast Prion Sup35. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114, 3457-3465.
• Kamal H. Mroue and William P. Power. High-Field Solid-State ⁶⁷Zn NMR Spectroscopy of Several Zinc-Amino Acid Complexes. J. Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114, 324-335.
• K. H. Mroue, A. H. M. Emwas and W.P. Power. Solid-State Aluminium-27 NMR Study of Three Aluminium-Centred Dyes. Can. J. Chem., 2010, 88, 111-123.

• Timothy R. Ramadhar, Fernando Amador, Michael J. T. Ditty and William P. Power. Inverse H-C ex situ HRMAS NMR Experiments for Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis. Magn. Reson. Chem., 2007, 46, 30-35.

• Excellence in Science Teaching Award, 2015              
• Chem Club “Chem Prof of the Year”, 2004                  
• Premier's Research Excellence Award, 1999               
• Inaugural Gudrun and Hari Sharma Teaching Award, 1996                
• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1991-93
• NSERC (PGSA, PGSB), I.W. Killam and W.C. Sumner Graduate Scholarships, 1988-91
• NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant, 1987                  
• NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Assistant, 1986   

• Associate faculty member of the Institute for Quantum Computing
• Member of the Institute of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

• Chair of Chemistry, 2014-2022
• Science Admin Committee, 2014-15
• Faculty Representative on Board of Governors, 2013-15
• Science Space Committee, 2012-15 
• Science Representative on University Senate, 2012-15
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Magn. Reson. Chem., 1997-2015
• Provost’s Working Group on Faculty Salary Anomalies, 2015
• Associate Dean of Science, Graduate Studies, 2012-14
• Senate Graduate and Research Council, 2012-14 
• Graduate Operations Committee, 2012-14
• Chem 794 Coordinator, 2011
• Chemistry Magic Show, Science Open House, 2011
• Associate Dean of Science, Research, 2008-09
• Conference Chair, Graduate Students Research Conference, 2009
• Member, WIHIR Review Committee, 2009
• Chair, Awards Committee, 2009

• June 12, 2015:  Chemistry Chair Bill Power discusses scientific importance of helium

• ​April 19, 2015:  Bill Power wins Excellence in Science Teaching Award​

1992 Ph.D., Dalhousie University, NS

1988 B.Sc. Chemistry, Dalhousie University, NS