ChemBioChem Career Night

The Department of Chemistry, the Waterloo Biochem Student Association and the Waterloo Chem Club invite third and fourth year students in Chemistry and Biochemistry to hear three speakers discuss their careers in the chemistry field.

The list below is a historical record of past speakers for the ChemBioChem Career Night.

February 7, 2023

Shirley Wang
Avro Lifesciences

Adriana Romagnino
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Alma Maqbool
Pharmacy Resident, Roche

January 29, 2020

Steve Innocente
Head Brewer, Innocente Brewing Company

Subha Kalyaanamourthy
Assistant Professor UW Chemistry Department

Sheri Martin Soosaar
Occupational Therapist, Owner and Executive Director of Creative Therapy Health Services

September 18, 2019

Alex Jennings
Analyst, Co-operative & Experiential Education

Hester Groenevelt
Environmental chemist, Geosyntech Consultants

January 23, 2019

Peter Dove, BSc Chemistry
Research Associate, Trillium Therapeutics

Mike Piazza, B.SC, M.Sc, PhD, Chemistry
Customer Success Scientist at Nicoya Lifesciences

January 23, 2018

Chris Bingleman
Operations Manager and Staff Chemist at Indigo Instruments of Waterloo

Khalida Butt
CMC Documentation Manager at Impopharma

September 21, 2017

Anna Klinkova
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo

Alena Rudolph
Senior Research Scientist at Alphora Research Inc.

Thomas Cservenyi
Research Scientist, ExVivo Labs Inc.

January 25, 2017

Artur Pajda
Chemical Technician/Research Assistant at Environment Canada

Lay Ling Tan
Graduate Student at the University of Waterloo, Chemistry

Blake Ziegler
Specialty Clinical Pharmacy Leader at GMD PharmaSolutions and CEO of zpharm

September 28, 2016

Ryan Denomme
Founder and CEO of Nicoya Lifesciences

Jason Tao
Graduate student in organic chemistry

Anton van der Ven
QA Specialist, Maple Leaf Foods

January 19, 2016

Eric Blondeel
Co-Founder (R&D) at ExVivo Labs Inc.

Patrick Carr
Graduate Student at the University of Waterloo, Chemistry

Zlatko Lejic
Food Safety Analyst at Maple Leaf Foods

September 29, 2015

Heather Bauman
Instructor and Program Coordinator at Conestoga College

Braden Kralt
Graduate student at the University of Waterloo

Vimal Patel
Sales Representative at VWR International

May 21, 2015

Heather Bauman
Instructor and Program Coordinator at Conestoga College

Nan Chen
Chemist at Toronto Research Chemicals Inc.

Braden Kralt
Graduate student at the University of Waterloo

January 20, 2015

Alison Chong
Account Manager at Cambrian Solutions Inc.

Valerie Goodfellow
Research Technician at the University of Waterloo

Donna Kuntz
Environmental Chemist/Information Services Team Leader at Stantec

September 25, 2014

Helen Broom
Doctoral candidate in Biochemistry at the University of Waterloo

Lisa Pokrajac
Assistant Director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo

Ryan Tabone
Science teacher at John Fraser Secondary School in Mississauga

May 21, 2014

Zlatko Lejic
Food Safety Analyst at Maple Leaf Foods

Kelly Moran
Senior Manager, Funding agencies and non-profit sponsors at the University of Waterloo

Derek Schipper
Assistant Professor in Organic/Materials Chemistry at the University of Waterloo

January 21, 2014

Leslie Copp
Associate Director, Funding Agencies and Non-Profit Sponsors at the University of Waterloo

Teresa MacLean
Second year student in Law School at the University of Toronto

German Sciaini
Assistant Professor in Physical Chemistry at the University of Waterloo

November 6, 2013

Alla Darwish
Research Scientist at the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC), McMaster University

Kaitlin Town
Master of Science candidate in Physical Chemistry at the University of Waterloo

Blake Ziegler
Doctor of Pharmacy candidate at the University of Toronto

June 18, 2013

Jean Hein
Editor of CHEM 13 News magazine at the University of Waterloo

Nikko Kroetsch
Technician, Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo

Cveta Manssieva
Master of Business Administration candidate at McMaster University

March 21, 2013

Scott Inwood
Director of Commercialization at the University of Waterloo

Zlatko Lejic
Analyst at Labstat International ULC

Angela Swartz
Science teacher & Department Head of Science at Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School

January 23, 2013

Dr. Rina Carlini
President and Founder at Optimal Science Consulting Inc.

Jean Hein
Editor of CHEM 13 News magazine at the University of Waterloo

Mike Piazza
Doctoral candidate in Biochemistry at the University of Waterloo