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