Articles tagged with: Chemistry

  • March 7 – Doctoral Thesis Defence – Anne S. Worrell

    Thursday, February 27, 2025 | By

    Doctoral thesis defence in Chemistry

    Anne S. Worrell, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Use of Oximes and Schiff-bases as Bridging/Chelating Ligands with Select 3d and 3d/4f ions in Cluster Chemistry and a Mechanistic Insight into the roles of Transition Metal ions in the Formation of Tetrazoles” on Friday, March 7, 2025, at 2:15 PM, in STH361.

    The examination committee includes William Pickett, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Louise Dawe, External Examiner (Wilfrid Laurier University); Gavin Hester, Internal External Examiner; and Martin Lemaire and Art van der Est, Committee Members.

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  • Jan 15 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Erin Fancy

    Thursday, January 09, 2025 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Chemistry

    Erin Fancy, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled: “Towards Multifunctional Materials based on Coordination Complexes of Sulfur-Containing Diarylazo and Cucurbit[6]uril Ligands” on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 1 PM, in PL600F.

    The examination committee includes Jeff Stuart, Chair; Melanie Pilkington and Martin Lemaire, Co-Supervisors; Stephen Loeb, External Examiner (University of Windsor); and Vaughn Mangal, Committee Member.

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  • Jan 13 – Doctoral Thesis Defence – Anne S. Worrell

    Thursday, January 09, 2025 | By

    Doctoral thesis defence in Chemistry

    Anne S. Worrell, a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Use of Oximes and Schiff-bases as Bridging/Chelating Ligands with Select 3d and 3d/4f ions in Cluster Chemistry and a Mechanistic Insight into the roles of Transition Metal ions in the Formation of Tetrazoles” on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 1 PM, in PL600F.

    The examination committee includes Brian Roy, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Anne Powell, External Examiner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology); Gavin Hester, Internal External Examiner; and Martin Lemaire and Art van der Est, Committee Members.

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  • Nov 20 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Ryan Dol

    Thursday, November 14, 2024 | By

    Master of Science Thesis Defence in Chemistry

    Ryan Dol, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “The Utilization of Carbene Catalysis and Different Synthetic Strategies for Sydnone Construction” on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 1 PM., in PL600F.

    The examination committee includes Martin Lemaire, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; Adrian Schwan, External Examiner (University of Guelph); and Tony Yan and Costa Metallinos, Committee Members.

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  • May 29 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Quanjian Li

    Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Chemistry

    Quanjian Li, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Synthesis and structural studies of nucleic acids” on Wednesday, May 29 at 1 PM., in WH147.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Tony Yan, Supervisor; Jean-Paul Desaulniers, External Examiner, Ontario Tech University; and Paul Zelisko and Jeffrey Atkinson, Committee Members.

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  • May 10 – Doctor of Philosophy Thesis Defence – Christopher Wicks

    Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | By

    Doctor of Philosophy Thesis Defence in Chemistry

    Christopher Wicks, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Towards the total synthesis of semi-synthetic opiate species

    and presilphiperfolan-1-ol” on Friday, May 10 at 11 AM., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Elizabeth Vlossak, Chair; Costa Metallinos, Supervisor; Michael A. Kerr, External Examiner (Western University); Ian Patterson, Internal External Examiner; Dustin Duncan and Louis Barriault (University of Ottawa), Committee Members.

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  • May 7 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Maneesha Wijesundara

    Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Chemistry

    Maneesha Wijesundara, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Synthesis and Properties of π-Extended Phenoxyl Radicals” on Tuesday, May 7 at 11:30 AM., in GSB 305, in hybrid format.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Martin Lemaire, Supervisor; Kenneth Maly, External Examiner, Wilfrid Laurier University; and Melanie Pilkington and Art van der Est, Committee Members.

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  • Master of Science Thesis Defences – Dec 11 and Dec 15 -Alysha Gullion, Ethan Gibbons, Nicholas Aksamit, Raikhan Zakarina

    Wednesday, December 06, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Biological Sciences

     

    Alysha Gullion, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, will defend her thesis titled “Influence of cover crops on invertebrate diversity in Niagara organic vineyards” on Monday, December 11 at 9:30 AM., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Melanie Pilkington, Chair; Liette Vasseur, Supervisor; Caroline Provost, External Examiner (Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire de Mirabel); and Sudarsana Poojari and Kiyoko Gotanda, Committee Members.

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

    Ethan Gibbons, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Memetic Algorithm for Large-Scale Real-World Vehicle Routing Problems with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery with Time Windows” on Monday, December 11 at 1:30 PM., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Shahryar Rahnamayan, Chair; Betty Ombuki-Berman, Supervisor; Brian Ross, External Examiner (Brock University); and Michael Winter and Ke Qiu, Committee Members.

    Master of Science thesis defence in Computer Science

     

    Nicholas Aksamit, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Computer Science, will defend his thesis titled “Combining the Power of Attention Models

    and Many-objective Computational Intelligence Algorithms for Drug Design” om Friday, December 15 at 10 AM, virtually.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Betty Ombuki-Berman and Yifeng Li, Co-Supervisors; Naser Ezzati-Jivan, External Examiner (Brock University); and Rahnuma Islam Nishat and Youlian Pan, Committee Members.

    Master of Science thesis defence in Chemistry

    Raikhan Zakarina, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Solvent-free zinc-catalysed hydroboration of esters ” on Friday, December 15 at 2:30 PM., in Plaza 600F.

    The examination committee includes Ping Liang, Chair; Georgii Nikonov, Supervisor; Joe Gilroy, External Examiner (University of Western Ontario); and Divya Matta and Martin Lemaire, Committee Members.

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  • July 28 – Master of Science Thesis Defence – Alexander D. Orshinsky

    Friday, July 21, 2023 | By

    Master of Science thesis defence in Chemistry

     

    Alexander D. Orshinsky, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “INVESTIGATING THE CROSSLINKING MECHANISM OF CINNAMATE-MODIFIED SILICONES” on Friday, July 28 at 10:30 AM.

    The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Paul Zelisko, Supervisor; Joseph C. Furgal, External Examiner (Bowling Green State University); and Travis Dudding and Melanie Pilkington, Committee Members.

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  • March 20 – Doctor of Philosophy thesis defence – Junpeng (Winston) Xu

    Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | By

    Junpeng (Winston) Xu, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Programing strand displacement reaction pathways using small molecular DNA binders” on Monday, March 20 at 9 a.m., virtually.

    The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Feng Li, Supervisor; Georgii Nikonov, Interim Supervisor; Chengde Mao, External Examiner (Purdue University); Shengrong Bu, Internal External Examiner; Martin Lemaire and Vaughn Mangal, Committee Members.

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