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News
Spring 2024 Teaching Assistant Excellence Awards
Congratulations on the outstanding efforts and achievements of the Spring 2024 Graduate TA Award winners!
Linda Nazar receives prestigious Hughes Medal
Professor and Canada Research Chair Linda Nazar awarded highly coveted Royal Society U.K. Hughes Medal.
Chemistry professors receive 2024 Excellence in Science Research Awards
Scott Hopkins and Subha Kalyaanamoorthy named as winners of 2024 Excellence in Science Research Awards.
Events
Chemistry Seminar Series: Julia Turner
Radical-mediated transformations of carbohydrates enabled by photoredox and hydrogen atom transfer
Julia Turner
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry
University of Utah
Monday, November 4, 2024
11 a.m.
Hybrid: C2-361 and Teams
Chemistry Seminar Series: Robert Hovden
Measuring 3D chemistry at 1 nm and below
Robert Hovden
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Physics
University of Michigan
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
11 a.m.
In-person: C2-361
Chemistry Seminar Series: Jaclyn Brusso
Cluster-based redox responsive super-atomic MRI contrast agents
Jaclyn Brusso
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Ottawa
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
1 p.m.
In-person: C2-361