Lecture

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Arben Merkoçi, Arben Merkoçi, ICREA Research Professor, Head of Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group, Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia. Please join us on Tuesday, May 12, at 11:00 a.m. to hear Arben Merkoçi's lecture titled "Coupling Nanomaterials with Sustainable Platforms for Next-Generation Point-of-Care Nanobiosensors."

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Executive Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology. Please join us on Thursday, May 1 at 9:10 a.m. to hear Professor Dehnen's lecture titled "Multinary Cluster Compounds: From Molecular Aesthetics to Macroscopic Functionality."

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Niko Hildebrandt, Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Please join us on Thursday, October 17 at 11 a.m. in QNC 1501 to hear Professor Hildebrandt's lecture titled "Luminescent nanoprobes for molecular diagnostics and biosensing."

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Thomas Thundat, a SUNY Distinguished Professor and a SUNY Empire Innovation Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. Please join us on Monday, September 30 at 11 a.m. in QNC 1501 to hear Professor Thundat's lecture titled "Real-time ultra-trace detection with molecular selectivity – A bridge too far?"

This event has been cancelled.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Abraham (ABE) P. Lee, Chancellor's Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and MAE at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), California, USA. Please join us on Thursday, September 19 at 11 a.m. in QNC 1501 to hear Professor Lee's lecture titled "Microfluidic Immunoengineering."

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Gerald Fuller,Fletcher Jones II Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, California, USA. 

In-person in QNC 1501!

Registration is required. Please register early as there is limited in-person seating.

Encapsulation is ubiquitous in most consumable products, ranging from pharmaceutical drugs to consumer electronics. The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), in collaboration with the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) at TU/e and the University of Strathclyde, is pleased to present a workshop on “Recent Trends in Encapsulation” on Monday, March 25, 2024, from 8:30 AM to noon in QNC 1501. The program will include technical talks from researchers and a networking lunch.

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Jan van Hest, Professor of Bio-organic Chemistry at Eindhoven University of Technology. In-person in QNC 1501!

Registration is required. Please register early as there is limited in-person seating. Coffee & Timbits will be provided! 

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a Distinguished Lecture by Ali Beskok, Associate Dean for Research Innovation and Industry Partnerships, George R. Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the Southern Methodist University.

In-person in QNC 1501!

Registration is required. Please register early as there is limited in-person seating.

The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are partnering to organize a series of discourses on technology-based solutions to global challenges linked to UN Sustainable Development Goals.

We are pleased to present another discourse in our series:Circular Economies: Electronic and Electrochemical Devices.