Seminar archive

Spring 2024

Date	Speaker
Monday January 15	Frank Leibfarth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Modern Approaches to Functional and Sustainable Thermoplastics Host: Jeremy Wulff
Monday January 22	Mike Jackson, Redlen Technologies Photon Counting Detectors for Next-Generation Computed Tomography Medical Imaging Host: Makhsud Saidaminov
Monday January 29	Helen Tran, University of Toronto Macromolecular Bioelectronics Host: Vishal Yeddu
Monday February 5	Donald Weaver, University of Toronto and Krembil Research Institute Alzheimer’s is an Autoimmune Disease: A Chemist’s Perspective Host: Irina Paci
Monday February 12	Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner, Ruhr University Bochum From Reactive Species to Rocket-Fast Catalysis Host: Scott McIndoe
Friday February 23	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday February 26	Jaclyn Stewart, University of British Columbia A data-driven approach to equitable course outcomes in Chemistry Host: Violeta Iosub
Monday March 4	LC Campeau, Merck Changing the World, One Reaction at a Time Host: Dave Leitch
Monday March 11	Frank Glorius, University of Münster On discovery and sensitivity in (photo)catalysis Host: Dave Leitch
Monday March 18	Donna Blackmond, Scripps Research Institute Models for the Origin of Biological Homochirality Host: Scott McIndoe 2023 – 2024 Dow Lecture
Wednesday March 27	Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto The tale of plastic pollution - the state of the science and how it informs policy Host: Sean Farley 2023 - 2024 Lansdowne Lecture
Thursday March 28	Chelsea Rochman, University of Toronto The transport and effects of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems Host: Sean Farley 2023 - 2024 Lansdowne Lecture
Thursday April 4	Lingzi Sang, University of Alberta Thioantimonate Electrolytes for All-solid-state Sodium Batteries – the Evolving Structure, Interface and Electrochemical Performance Host: Chuck Lucy

Fall 2023

Date	Speaker
Monday September 11	Carlos Escobedo, Queen’s University On-demand assembled metallic nanostructures for the detection of hazardous chemicals and biological analytes Host: Alejandro Forigua
Monday September 25	Sharon Neufeldt, Montana State University Controlling Selectivity in Cross-Couplings of Dihalo(hetero)arenes Host: Dave Leitch 2023 – 2024 Merck Lecturer
Thursday October 5	Lars Yunker, Telescope Innovations Adventures in Lab Automation Host: Scott McIndoe
Thursday October 12	Jean-Philip Lumb, McGill University Studying Biosynthetic Aerobic Oxidations under Redox Nuetral Conditions: Recent Lessons from Lignan and Melanin Biosynthesis Host: Dave Leitch
Monday October 16	Dave Leitch, University of Victoria Chemical Cartography in Organic Chemistry: Mapping Chemical Structure and Reaction Space with High-Throughput Multivariate Experimentation Host: Kushal Dhake
Monday October 23	Jennifer Chen, York University Nanocrystals for plasmonic-based sensing and hot electron-enhanced photocatalysis Host: Alex Brolo
Monday October 30	Alannah Hallas, University of British Columbia Understanding the Role of Entropy in High Entropy Oxides Host: Makhsud Saidaminov 2023 - 2024 Xerox Lecturer
Monday November 6	Loren Kaake, Simon Fraser University Organic Electro-Ionic Materials and Devices Host: Dennis Hore
Tuesday November 14	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday November 20	Peter Willis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA The Search for Chemical Signs of Life Beyond Earth Host: Peter Loock
Thursday November 30	Mona Minkara, Northeastern University Computational Insights into Surfactant Protein Dynamics: Binding Mechanisms, Mutations, and Environmental Impact Host: Ayesha Nadeem
Monday December 4	Lisa Rosenberg, University of Victoria Bringing catalysis to the p-block: a mechanism-driven approach Host: Nick Dyck

Spring 2023

Date	Speaker
Monday January 9	Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin-Madison Base Metals in Photoredox Oxidation Reactions Host: Dave Leitch
Monday January 16	Morris Bullock, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Stalking and Capturing Elusive Monomeric Copper Hydrides Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday January 23 Virtual seminar	Christine Luscombe, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Synergistic catalysis towards the development of efficient pathways to synthesize semiconducting polymers Host: Marcus Vespa 2022 – 2023 Xerox Lecturer
Monday January 30 Virtual seminar	Cameron Jones, Monash University Magnesium (I) Compounds: Humble Reagents with Noble Intentions in Synthesis and Small Molecule Activations Host: Neil Burford
Monday February 6	Irina Paci, University of Victoria Computational modelling of chemical reactions at surfaces Host: Archita Adluri
Wednesday February 22	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday February 27	Johanna Blacquiere, Western University Harnessing Ligand Dynamics for Productive Catalysis Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Thursday March 2	Georgii Nikonov, Brock University Ge(O) compound with ambiphilic reactivity Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday March 6	Christine Le, York University Synthetic Strategies Leveraging Fluoride-Enabled Reactivity Host: Peter Wan 2022 – 2023 Merck Lecture
Monday March 20	Tracy Lohr, Shell Shell’s Ethylene Oxide Story: History, Delplots, and the Future Host: Dave Leitch
Monday March 27 Virtual seminar	Xuanhe Zhao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Soft Materials Innovation for Health and Sustainability Host: Liting Bi
Monday April 3 Virtual seminar	Melissa Gish, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Illuminating the Photophysics of Oxygen Atom Transfer in Rare Earth Metal-Organic Complexes Host: Matthew Wiebe
Thursday April 6	Deryn Fogg, Centre for Catalysis Research & Innovation and Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa and Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen Frontiers in Olefin Metathesis: Toward Realization of a Nobel Promise Host: Lisa Rosenberg

Fall 2022

Date	Speaker
Monday September 12 Virtual seminar	Erica Kiemele-Giss, UCLA Emergency Medicine Laying a Foundation Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Monday September 26	Karen Waldron, University of Montreal Crosslinked proteolytic enzymes for microscale proteomics applications Host: Alex Brolo
Monday October 3	Joanne Stewart, Hope College IONiC investigates the inorganic chemistry classroom: What do inorganic chemists teach and what are students learning? Host: Dave Berg
Thursday October 13	Oleksandr Voznyy, University of Toronto, Scarborough Applications of machine learning for studying phase stability in energy materials Host: Makhsud Saidaminov 2022 – 2023 Dow Lecture
Monday October 17	Juewen Liu, University of Waterloo DNA adsorption on gold nanoparticles, graphene oxide and metal oxides Host: Alex Brolo
Monday October 24	Rhonda Stoddard & Suma Thomas, SGS AXYS Analytical SGS AXYS Analytical Services Ltd. - Global Leaders in POPs & CEC Analysis & Method Development Host: Scott McIndoe
Thursday November 3	Lee Wilson, University of Saskatchewan Properties and Applications of Modified Biopolymer Adsorbents Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Thursday November 10	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday November 14	Erik Krogh, Vancouver Island University Direct Mass Spectrometry for In-situ Chemical Analysis and Environmental Forensics Host: Peter Wan
Monday November 21 Virtual seminar	Rasmus Bro, University of Copenhagen What can data science do for you? Host: Emma Abbey
Monday November 28	Trushar Patel, University of Lethbridge Identification and Characterisation of Viral G-quadruplexes Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Monday December 5	Anitha Thomas, Precision NanoSystems Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) based Non-Viral Delivery towards Next Gen Genomic Medicines Host: Anup Khokhar

Spring 2022

Date	Speaker
Monday February 7	Alex Brolo, University of Victoria Single particle, single molecule and single photon spectroscopy using metallic nanostructures Host: Bruno Guilherme da Fonseca
Monday February 14 Virtual seminar	Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University More than one million miles and possibly a century of life Host: David Harrington
Wednesday February 23	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday February 28	Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University Diving deep on the periodic table to find a treatment for cancer Host: Cornelia Bohne
Thursday March 10 Virtual seminar	Alan Aspuru-Guzik, University of Toronto The Materials for Tomorrow, Today Host: Brett Henderson & Sofia Donnecke
Monday March 14	Stephen McNeil, UBC Okanagan Concepts, Content, Context: Assessing a Strategic Redesign of a First-year Chemistry Curriculum Host: Violeta Iosub
Monday March 28	Sabine Kuss, University of Manitoba Quantitative Bioelectrochemistry – Innovative Approaches to Investigate Drug Resistance and Cancer Development Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Wednesday April 4	Cory Widdifield, University of Regina NMR Crystallography: Structure Refinements, Verifications and Determinations Host: Jeremy Wulff
Thursday April 7	Maryam Ebrahimi, Lakehead University Rational design and characterization of molecular-based low-dimensional nanomaterials on surfaces Host: Alex Brolo

Fall 2021

Date	Speaker
Monday September 20	Dave Barnett, Atlantic Cancer Research Institute An online μLC-MS/MS method for optimization of enzymatic protein digestion and the development of a FAIMS based strategy for monitoring triglyceride oxidative degradation Host: Alex Brolo
Monday September 27	Jeremy Wulff, University of Victoria Teaching and Research Opportunities at UVic Host: Liting Bi
Monday October 4	Darren Brayton, Eagle Pharmaceuticals Making Medicine … A Pharmaceutical Career as a UVic Chemist Host: Peter Wan
Monday October 14 Virtual seminar	Guy Bertrand, University of California, San Diego Carbenes as Powerful Transition-Metal Surrogates Host: Ian Manners
Monday October 18	Lars Konermann, Western University Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics Studied by Mass Spectrometry Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday October 25 Virtual seminar	Sijbren Otto, University of Groningen The Synthesis of Life: a Grand Challenge in Systems Chemistry Host: Shixing Lei 2021-2022 Xerox Lecturer
Monday November 8	Saurabh Chitnis, Dalhousie University A geometric approach to p-block catalysts and materials Host: Neil Burford
Wednesday November 10	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday November 22	Myrle Ballard, University of Manitoba Navigating the ecosystem with Anishinaabe Mowin and three-eyed seeing Host: Chem EDI committee
Monday November 29	Zachary Hudson, University of British Columbia Luminescent Polymer Nanoparticles for Diagnostics and Imaging Host: Nick Dyck 2021-2022 Dow Lecturer

Spring 2021

Date	Speaker
Monday January 11 Virtual seminar	Vy Dong, University of California, Irvine Choose Your Own Adventure in Metal Hydride Catalysis Host: Jon Sader *2020-2021 Merck Lecturer*
Monday January 18 Virtual seminar	Dennis Hore, University of Victoria Molecular structure at surfaces Host: Alex Brolo
Monday February 1 Virtual seminar	David Sinton, University of Toronto Electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to renewable fuels and chemicals Host: Alex Brolo
Monday February 8 Virtual seminar	David Harrington, University of Victoria Electrooxidation and Dissolution of Pt Host: Dennis Hore
Wednesday February 17 Virtual event	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday February 22 Virtual seminar	Lisa Willis, University of Alberta Developing new biochemical tools to study cancer biology Host: Fraser Hof
Monday March 1 Virtual seminar	Eric Derrah, Dycar Pharmaceuticals ... And Now I Work in Cannabis Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Monday March 8 Virtual seminar	Alison Narayan, University of Michigan Biocatalysis and complex molecule synthesis Host: Jeremy Wulff
Monday March 15 Virtual seminar	Alison Flynn, University of Ottawa Studies on student learning in an organic chemistry curriculum designed to deepen understanding of reactivity and chemistry principles Host: Violeta Iosub
Monday March 22 Virtual seminar	Jean-Francois Morin, Université Laval Bottom-Up Synthesis of Well-Defined Graphene Nanoribbons and Nanographenes: From Unprecendented Molecules to Electronic Materials Host: Makhsud Saidaminov
Monday March 29 Virtual seminar	Russ Algar, UBC The Right Tool for the Job: Optimum Fluorescent Materials and Bioconjugates for Smartphone-based Bioanalysis Host: Alivia Wang
Thursday April 8 Virtual seminar	Yunjie Xu, University of Alberta Molecular spectroscopy of chirality recognition/transfer/amplification: fundamental and practical advances Host: Dave Leitch

Fall 2020

Date	Speaker
Monday September 14 Virtual seminar	Zhenan Bao, Stanford University Skin-inspired organic electronics Host: Liting Bi
Monday September 21 Virtual seminar	Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto New Strategies for the Synthesis and Functionalization of Cyclopropanols and Nitriles Host: Jeremy Wulff
Monday September 28 Virtual seminar	Erin Johnson, Dalhousie University Dispersion Interactions in DFT and Application to Molecular Crystal-Structure Prediction Host: Irina Paci *2020-2021 Xerox Lecturer*
Monday October 5 Virtual seminar	Stacey Wetmore, University of Lethbridge The Chemistry of Modified Nucleic Acids: A Computational Approach Host: Irina Paci
Monday October 19 Virtual seminar	Prashant Kamat, University of Notre Dame Revealing the Mystery of Halide Ion Mobility in Metal Halide Perovskites Host: Matt Moffitt
Monday October 26 Virtual seminar	Zohrab Ahmadi, Econotech Services From Oil Sands to Pulp, Paper and Biomass: Chemistry the Common Thread Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday November 2 Virtual seminar	Fred Menard, UBC Okanagan Chemical tools to study synaptic plasticity Host: Jeremy Wulff
Monday November 10 Virtual event	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday November 16 Virtual seminar	Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois Polymeric Materials for Lifecycle Control Host: Tong Li
Monday November 23 Virtual seminar	Gilbert Walker, University of Toronto Chemical Imaging at Nanoscale Host: Dennis Hore
Monday November 30 Virtual seminar	Rachel O'Reilly, University of Birmingham Redesigning the world of polymers Host: Ian Manners *2020-2021 Dow Lecturer*

Spring 2020

Date	Speaker
Thursday January 9	Fraser Hof, University of Victoria Bio-supramolecular chemistry: recognition, assembly, disassembly, and sensing in warm salty water Host: Alok Shaurya
Monday January 13	Frederic Menard, UBC Okanagan - Cancelled
Monday January 20	Rebekka Klausen, Johns Hopkins University Functional Polymers from the Main Group Host: Ian Manners 2020 Xerox Lecturer
Monday January 27	Helen Mitchell, Merck Resource Sharing Approaches to Accelerate Drug Discovery at Merck Host: Jeremy Wulff
Monday February 3	Susanne Riegel, Nanalysis Scientific Commercialization of Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy: Method Development and Validation Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday February 10	Steen Schougaard, Université du Québec à Montréal Lithium-ion batteries - can we predict (long term) performance? Host: David Harrington
Tuesday February 18	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday February 24	Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria Supramolecular Dynamics: Understanding Complexity using Cucurbit[n]uril Host-Guest Systems Host: Sree Talluri
Monday March 2	Jennifer Heemstra, Emory University Interrogating enzymatic reactions using nucleic acid molecular recognition and assembly Host: Cornelia Bohne
Monday March 9	Graham Dobereiner, Temple University Additive and Counterion Effects in Organotransition Metal Chemistry Host: Dave Leitch
Monday March 16	Stacey Wetmore, University of Lethbridge - Cancelled
Monday March 23	Sabine Kuss, University of Manitoba - Cancelled
Monday March 30	Vy Dong, University of California, Irvine - Cancelled

Fall 2019

Date	Speaker
Monday September 9	Ruth Signorell, ETH Zurich Spectroscopy of submicron-sized aerosol droplets Host: Katherine Elvira
Monday September 23	Mita Dasog, Dalhousie University Synthesis and Application of Plasmonic Metal Nitride Nanostructures Host: Alex Brolo
Monday September 30	Patrick Kolsch, Spectra-Physics Lasers Ultrafast Lasers and their Applications in Spectroscopy and Microscopy Host: Dennis Hore
Monday October 7	Paul Walton, University of York Spectroscopic characterisation of a long-lived copper(II)-tyrosyl in lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases Host: Lisa Rosenberg 2019 Dow Lecturer
Monday October 21	Francesco Paesani, University of California, San Diego Modeling Hydration, One Molecule at a Time: Towards Realistic Computer Simulations Through Many-Body Models and Data-Driven Algorithms Host: Dennis Hore Tuesday October 22 Lansdowne Lecture: Bridging the Gap with Reality: Molecular-Level Computer Simulations for Water Harvesting and Purification Technologies
Monday October 28	Sarah Styler, University of Alberta Photochemistry and optical properties of tomorrow's urban particulate matter: implications for air quality, health, and climate Host: Fraser Hof
Thursday November 7	Franz Geiger, Northwestern University Energy Conversion via Metal Nanolayers Host: Dennis Hore
Tuesday November 12	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday November 18	Dan Lehnherr, Merck Discoveries and Mechanistic Investigations of Photochemical and Electrochemical Reactions Host: Dave Leitch
Monday November 25	Rebecca Jockusch, University of Toronto New Tools and Techniques to Unravel Molecular Puzzles Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday December 2	Lars Konermann, Western University - Cancelled

Spring 2019

Date	Speaker
Monday January 7	, University of Minnesota 2019 DOW Lecturer Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions: Harnessing the Ti^II/Ti^IV Redox Couple for New Transformations Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday January 14	, University of Saskatchewan Attenuated Total Reflectance Surface Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Host: Dennis Hore
Thursday January 24	, MIT Geometric Deformation in the Design of Organophosphorus Catalysts Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Thursday January 31	, University of Toronto Complexities of delivering nanoparticles into solid tumors Host: Bruno Guilherme da Fonseca
Monday February 4	, Laval University Microfluidic bioanalytical systems for spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of new "living" biomaterials Host: Dennis Hore
Thursday February 14	Gregory Adam, Pharmacology at Merck and case studies in lead identification: PCSK9 and proteases Host: Fraser Hof
Wednesday February 20	Graduate Student Research Day BWC B150 and lobby
Monday February 25	, University of Toronto Bridging the gap between molecules and nanoparticles Host: Matt Moffitt
Monday March 4	, Technical University of Dresden Phosphorus Chemistry 2.0 Host: Neil Burford NOT CHEM 509
Thursday March 7	, University of Saskatchewan Synergistic Use of EXAFS Spectroscopy and DFT Computations to Optimize the Design and Evaluation of Radiometal Chelators Host: Matt Moffitt
Wednesday March 13 7:30 p.m.	, Texas A&M University Lansdowne Lecture Functional Polymer Materials Designed for Advanced Applications and Sustainability Host: Robin Hicks
Thursday March 14	, Texas A&M University The Development of Synthetic Methodologies for the Transformation of Regiochemically- and Stereochemically-diverse Natural Products into Functional Polymer Systems Host: Alex Brolo
Monday March 18	, MIT Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Catalysis and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks Host: Robin Hicks
Monday March 25	, 红杏视频 Micro- and nanostructured materials: from stretchable gold to “green materials” for tissue engineering Host: Dennis Hore

Fall 2018

Date	Speaker
Monday September 10	, Western University - Molecular and Macromolecular Materials Derived from Boron Difluoride Formazanates Host: Robin Hicks
Monday September 17	, University of Lethbridge The Chemistry of SF4 and the Structure of Protonated Carbonyl Compounds Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Monday September 24	Jen Pape, SGS AXYS: Ensuring Excellence in Specialty Environmental Analysis Host: Scott McIndoe
Thursday September 17	Sam Dagorne, Combining N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) with oxophilic and earth-abundant metal centers: coordination chemistry, small moleculese activation and use in catalysis Host: Lisa Rosenberg NOT 509
Monday October 1	Kristen Burford, Medicinal Chemistry at Xenon: A Selective Sodium 1.6 Channel Blocker Approach for the Potential Treatment of Epilepsy Host: Jeremy Wulff
Thursday October 4	, Basel University From Photoinduced Multi-Electron Transfer to New Photoactive Metal Complexes Host: Robin Hicks NOT 509
Thursday October 18	, Yale University Nitrogen Binding and Fixation using Iron Complexes Host: Robin Hicks
Monday October 22	, Ohio State University 2018 Merck Lecturer Targeting Cancer with Transition Metal Complexes: From Basic Science Toward Therapy Host: Natia Frank
Monday October 29	, University of Toronto 2018 Xerox Lecturer Advances in Polymer Semiconductors and Energy Storage Devices Host: Robin Hicks
Monday November 5	, McGill University DNA Nanostructures for Cellular Delivery of Therapeutics Host: Fraser Hof
Thursday November 8	, University of Utah Functional nanoporous materials from "hairy" nanoparticle building blocks Host: Matt Moffitt NOT 509
Tuesday November 13	Graduate Student Research Day
Friday November 16	, University of Montreal Synthesis of Heterocyclic Turn Mimics for Allosteric Receptor Modulation in Biomedical Applications Host: Jeremy Wulff NOT 509
Thursday November 29	, UBC Okanagan How do radical enzymes control their highly-reactive intermediates? Host: Jeremy Wulff NOT 509
Monday November 26	Chris Gill, Vancouver Island University Advances and Applications of Direct Mass Spectrometry Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday December 3	, University of Victoria Building and Designing in the World's Finest Workshop

Spring 2018

Thursday March 29	Scott Wolkenberg, Two approaches to reverse HIV latency: histone deacetylase and farnesyltransferase inhibition Host: Fraser Hof
Thursday April 5	, McGill University The Wonderful World of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) Host: Alex Brolo
Monday April 16	, University of Freiburg - Elliott 228 Stabilization of Reactive Cations by Large and Weakly Coordinating Anions Host: Neil Burford NOT CHEM 509
Date	Speaker
Monday January 8	, University of Minnesota The (ongoing) evolution of the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) reaction Host: Andy Un
Monday January 15	, Western University An examination of phosphinidene chalcogenide chemistry: Versatile low coordinate P(III) units Host: Neil Burford
Monday January 22	, Lakehead University Application of Solid Phase Synthesis to Radiochemistry and Other Tales of an Accidental Radiochemist Host: Peter Wan
Monday January 29	CHEM 509 Discussion for Grad Students (attendance mandatory)
Monday February 5	, University of Toronto Profiling Cells Inside and Out Using Nanostructured Materials Host: Natia Frank
Thursday February 15	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday February 19	, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dynamic Droplets Host: Robin Hicks
Monday February 26	, University of Manitoba Keeping Things Moving - From Bottleneck to Bottleneck! Oxide ion conductors for solid oxide fuel cell applications Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Monday March 5	, University of Strathclyde Redox Processes with Organic Reagents Host: Nicholas Richard
Monday March 12	, 红杏视频 Developing New Polymers for Selective Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes Host: Natia Frank
Monday March 26	, Northwestern University Photocatalysis of Fuel-forming Reactions Enhanced by Energy and Charge Funneling within Colloidal Assemblies Host: Natia Frank

Fall 2017


Date	Speaker
Thursday September 7	Equity and Human Rights Presentation and Discussion for Grad Students (attendance mandatory) Location: Elliott 226
Monday September 11	CHEM 509 Introduction for Grad Students (attendance mandatory) Location: Elliott 062
Thursday September 14	, University of Toronto Noncovalent and Reversible Covalent Interactions: Fundamental Studies and New Applications Host: Fraser Hof
Monday September 18	, University of Regina Modelling Solvated Systems Host: Irina Paci
Monday September 25	Allan Hendry, Modular Robotics for Laboratory Automation Host: Scott McIndoe
Monday October 2	, University of Washington Transition metal catalysts for energy technologies: Pathways to catalyst design Host: David Harrington
Thursday October 12	Emma Guns, Natural Ligands: Ginseng and Vitamin D Working Together to Prevent and Treat Prostate Cancer Host: Jeremy Wulff
Monday October 16	, University of Notre Dame The Oxidation State and its Discontents Host: Robin Hicks
Thursday November 2	John Walmsley, Scientist amongst Engineers: A Career in Product Development Host: Dennis Hore
Monday November 6	, UBC From Molecules to Materials - Sustainable Approaches for Amine Synthesis Featuring Early Transition Metal Catalysis Host: Robin Hicks
November 14	Graduate Student Research Day
Monday November 20	, Memorial University Enviroanalysis using Smart Polymers: Skipping Chromatography and the Complexities of Molecular Imprinting Host: Chris Gill
Thursday November 23	Sandy Briggs - NOT CHEM 509 Two Expeditions in One: Hiking and Rafting in the Northwest Territories; Skiing in Nunavut (Boothia Penninsula)
Monday November 27	, University of New Brunswick Synthesis, Cyclizations and Switches: Controlling Regiochemistry and Molecular Motion in ∏-Extended Heterocycles Host: Fraser Hof

Spring 2017


Date	Speaker
Mon. Jan. 16	, University of Calgary Strongly Electron-Accepting, Phosphorus-bridged Viologens - From Synthesis to Applications Host: Neil Burford
Mon. Jan. 23	, Queen's University Metal catalysts, clusters and surfaces: From the synthesis of chiral bio-molecules to carbon-based self assembled monolayers. Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Jan. 30	, Portland State University Exploring Divergent Reactivity of Diaryliodonium Salts for Metal-Free Arylation Reactions Host: Scott McIndoe
Fri. Feb. 3	, Northeastern University Engineering Function in Supramolecular Nanomaterials Host: Tom Fyles Location: CLE D134
Mon. Feb. 6	, Georgia Tech Title TBC Host: Scott McIndoe
Thur. Feb. 16	Graduate Student Research Day Details to be confirmed in January
Mon. Feb. 20	Ariel Louwrier, Biotech Startups - Life, Risk and Everything Host: Fraser Hof
Mon. Feb. 27	, Princeton University Catalysis with Earth Abundant Metals Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Mar. 6	, Columbia University Thiophene Rust in Single-Molecule Electronics and Singlet Fission Host: Cornelia Bohne
Thurs. Mar. 16	, Université Laval Green Chemistry for Green Energy Host: Matt Moffitt
Mon. Mar. 20	, University of California, Davis Interactions of Olefins, Alkynes and Related Molecules with Heavier Main Group Hydrides and Multiple Bonded Species Host: Paul Gray
Mon. Mar. 27	, University of Alberta Copper-Mediated Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions of Carbon Nucleophiles Host: Neil Burford
Mon. Apr. 3	, Saint Mary's University Adventures in Plasmonics: Sensing to Sustainability Host: Alex Brolo
Thurs. Apr. 6	Charles Stone, The Rise and Shutterings of Ballard Power Systems - A Business Odyssey Host: Lisa Rosenberg
Fri. Apr. 21	, Memorial University [n]Cyclophanes as Stepping Stones on the Way to Aromatic Belts and Warped Nanographenophanes Host: Tom Fyles Location: MAC D110
Wed. June 7	Adam Bergren and Andrew Myles, From Fundamental Science to Rock and Roll: The Heisenberg Molecular Overdrive Host: Fraser Hof Location: ELL 226
Mon. June 19	, University of Heidelberg Novel phosphaphenalene derivatives: en route towards a new generation of multifunctional organophosphorus materials Host: Neil Burford Location: ELL 226

Fall 2016


Date	Speaker
Thur. Sep. 8	, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Initiating and Controlling Radical Chemistry in Coenzyme B₁₂-dependent Mutases Host: Neil Burford
Mon. Sep. 12	Graduate student Chem 509 introduction
Thur. Sep. 15	, University of British Columbia Solar Chemistry at the Interface Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Sep. 19	, Université Laval Exploration and Some Discoveries in Organofluorine Chemistry Host: Jeremy Wulff
Thur. Sep. 22	, Universität Bayreuth Catalysts for a more sustainable chemistry Host: Neil Burford
Mon. Oct. 3	, University of Kentucky Developing a research platform for the discovery of cytotoxic metal complexes Host: Genevieve Boice
Thur. Oct. 13	, University of California, Los Angeles Control of Chemical Reactivity and Rotational Dynamics: Applications in the Construction of Molecular Machines Host: Peter Wan
Mon. Oct. 17	, University of Calgary From tuning aggregation to amplifying singlet oxygen: a photochemist approach Host: Alex Brolo
Mon. Oct. 24	, Stony Brook University How cell behaviors are encoded in the physical chemistry of the proteome Host: Fraser Hof
Thurs. Oct. 27	Preston Chase, Development and Commercial Application of Novel Catalyst and Green Solvent Technologies Host: Robin Hicks
Mon. Oct. 31	David Rabuka, Translating technology from the bench top to the clinic, the story of Redwood Bioscience Host: Tom Fyles
Mon. Nov. 7	, University of Manchester From Molecular Magnets to Catalytic Transformations of Main Group Substrates Host: Neil Burford
Wed. Nov. 9	Graduate Student Research Day
Mon. Nov. 14	, University of Western Ontario Controlling end-to-end depolymerization: new polymer backbones, mechanisms and applications Host: Matt Moffitt
Mon. Nov. 21	, McGill University Visualising Chemistry at the Single Molecule Level Host: Cornelia Bohne
Mon. Nov. 28	, McGill University Mapping protein dynamics and interactions in podosomes in living cells with image correlation spectroscopy Host: Natia Frank
Mon. Dec. 5	, Université de Montréal Controlable transmembrane transport processes and their biological applications Host: Cornelia Bohne

Spring 2016


Date	Speaker
Thur. Jan. 7	Robert Gomez, Inception Sciences Canada Evolution of a Next Generation, Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor for the Treatment of HIV
Thur. Jan. 14	, Université de Montréal & National Institute for Materials Science, Japan Tailor-cut polymer colloids and interfaces: from design to applications
Mon. Jan. 18	, University of Saskatchewan Hitting an antibacterial target where it hurts – design, synthesis, and enzymology
Mon. Jan. 25	, Stanford University Vibrational Stark Spectroscopy Connects Electrostatics to Catalytic Rates at Enzyme Active Sites
Mon. Feb. 1	cancelled
Tues. Feb 9	Graduate Student Research Day
Mon. Feb. 15	Robert Froese, Mechanistic Aspects of the Hydroformylation of Olefins
Thur. Feb. 18	, Montana State University Tales of the tetrapyrrole: making, breaking, and using heme
Mon. Feb. 22	, North Carolina State University Photochemical Upconversion: Molecules, Materials, and New Frontiers
Mon. Feb. 29	, Northwestern University Metal-Organic Frameworks for Energy Applications
Thur. Mar. 3	, University of Lethbridge Stable and Persistent Group 15 Element R3E+• Radical Cations: Electrochemistry and EPR Spectroscopy
Mon. Mar. 7	, 红杏视频 Chemical Separations for Metabolomics: New Advances in Biomarker Discovery for Population Health
Mon. Mar. 14	, Boston University Plasmonic Coupling in Sensing and Imaging: Fundamentals and Selected Case Studies
Mon. Mar. 21	, Penn State University Metallomembranes: Exploring the Interactions of Copper Ions with Lipid Membranes
Thur. Mar. 31	, Johns Hopkins University Investigating how molecules come to life using advanced single molecule fluorescence techniques
Mon. Apr. 4	, University of Edinburgh 2B or not 2B, and other mix-ups

Fall 2015


Date	Speaker
Thur. Sep. 10	Mengxiu Zheng, University of Victoria Does microfluidic mixing produce vesicles from natural and synthetic lipids?
Mon. Sep. 14	, The Unviersity of Tokyo Stimuli-Responsive Soft Matters towards Artificial Intelligence
Mon. Sep. 21	, University of California, Berkeley Division of Labor Among the Subunits of a Highly Coordinated Ring ATPase
Mon. Sep. 28	, University of Toronto Re-Imagining Imaging: Doing More With Less
Mon. Oct. 5	, University of Alberta Discovery of Functional Ligands from Genetically-Encoded Libraries of Peptide Derivatives
Thur. Oct. 15	, UBC Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time
Mon. Oct. 19	, Duke University Covalent Mechanochemistry for New Reactions, Self-healing Materials, and Soft Devices
Thur. Oct. 22	Wei Li, University of Victoria Two supramolecular methods for detecting a cancer metabolite
Mon. Oct. 26	, University of Würzburg Transfer, Metathesis and Catenation: Reactivity Patterns Emerging from Borylenecomplexes
Thur. Nov. 5	, University of Washington Catalysis, Mechanistic Understanding and Collaboration as Tools to Sustainable Production of Chemicals and Fuels
Tue. Nov. 10	Graduate Student Research Day -
Mon. Nov. 16	Mathieu Lessard-Viger, University of California San Diego Exploiting Nanomaterial Disassembly for Biomedical Applications
Thur. Nov. 19	Katherine Elvira, ETH Zürich Exploring the boundaries: hard science in simple structures
Mon. Nov. 23	, Notre Dame University Secondary Metal-Ligand Interactions: C-H Activation and Metal-Carbon Multiple Bonding in Palladium Carbene Complexes
Tue. Nov. 24	Jane Stockmann, Université Paris Diderot Interfacial Electrochemistry
Mon. Nov. 30	, University of Toronto Digital Microfluidics for Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine
Thur. Dec. 3	Drew Marquardt, University of Graz Stress-Free Asymmetric Lipid Vesicles for Sub-nanometer Structural Investigation
Mon. Dec. 7	, Dalhousie University Adventures with pyrroles: one, two, three!

Spring 2015

Date	Speaker
Thur. Jan. 8	Paul Covert, University of Victoria Gaining geochemical perspective through nonlinear optical methods
Mon. Jan. 12	, The Scripps Research Institute Understanding Disease using Mass Spectrometry
Mon. Jan. 19	, University of Wisconsin, Madison New Methods for Efficient Study of Catalytic Reactions
Thur. Jan. 22	Abby Xu, University of Victoria Block copolymer micellization on microfluidic reactors
Mon. Jan. 26	, University of Oregon Calming the Seas but not the Science: Molecular Assembly at Oil-Water Interfaces
Mon. Feb. 2	, University of Manitoba Manipulating Conjugated Polymer Structure and Chemistry: Creating Active Materials for Applications in Electronics, Sensing and Energy Storage/Conversion
Thur. Feb. 5	Stephanie Bonvicini, University of Victoria Lanthanide-Based Nanoparticles for Use in Various Applications
Mon. Feb. 16	Robin Theron, University of Victoria Investigating Homogenous Catalysis by realtime Mass Spectrometry-Infrared Spectroscopy
Thur. Feb. 19	Chakri Simhadri,University of Victoria Antagonists and photoaffinity probes of epigenetic reader protein CBX7
Mon. Feb. 23	, University of Tokyo Development of new catalytic reactions toward utilization of renewable resources
Thur. Feb. 26	Brian Coleman, University of Victoria Block Co-Polymer Mimetic Self-Assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticles
Mon. Mar. 2	, Lakehead University Hyperpolarized Gas MRI and HP Xenon Biosensor MRI for the Study of Physiological and Molecular Function
Thur. Mar. 5	Mehraveh Seyedalikhani, University of Victoria Characterization of binding of a small guest molecule with a biocompatible gel system
Mon. Mar. 9	, Harvard University Radical frontiers in catalysis
Thur. Mar. 12	Kyle Duncan, University of Victoria Development and application of condensed phase membrane introduction mass spectrometry
Mon. Mar. 16	, University of California Irvine Nanotextured Surfaces and On-Chip Biosynthesis: Smart Materials and Smart Chemistries for Advanced Optical Biosensors and Biomimetic Devices
Thur. Mar. 19	Suma Thomas, University of Victoria Dynamics of complexation for small guest molecules with cucurbiturils and octa acid capsules
Mon. Mar. 23	, Purdue University Natural Product-inspired Molecular Design Targeting HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease
Thur. Mar. 26	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Anderson's Process Solutions Looking Ahead from Academia to Pharma
Mon. Mar. 30	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp. A career in fuel cell research
Thur. Apr. 9	, University of Tokyo A RaPID way to discover pseudo-natural products and peptides for therapeutic applications
Mon. Apr. 13	Mike Meanwell, University of Victoria Synthetic lipids for drug delivery applications
Thur. Apr. 16	Genevieve Boice, University of Victoria When Chemistry Gives You Lemons, Remember They Go Well with Vodka: Thioindigo Diimines and Related Compounds.
Mon. Apr. 20	Corey Sanz, University of Victoria A Radical Perspective on Palladium: Ligand-Centered Redox Chemistry
Thurs. May 21	, Massachusetts Institute of Technology My Role in Elucidating the Catalytic Reaction that led to a Nobel Prize in 2005

Fall 2014


Date	Speaker
Mon. Sept. 8	, University of Washington Probing and Pulling: From Polymer Solar Cells to Photoswitchable DNA Nanoparticles
Mon. Sept. 15	, University of Minnesota Sustainable block polymers: sophisticated materials from natural feedstocks
Thur. Sept. 25	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Bridging the gap from grad school to industry: what I've learned along the way
Mon. Sept. 29	, University of California Berkeley Confinement and Catalysis in Chiral, Self-Assembled, Nanoscale Flasks
Mon. Oct. 6	, Imperial College Studies on Halogenated Marine Natural Products as inspired by their Probable Biogenesis
Thur. Oct. 16	, McGill University Cleaner and Greener Synthesis of Molecules and Materials Inspired by Concepts of Mechanochemistry & Biogeochemistry
Mon. Oct. 20	, University of Calgary Cyclodextrin-based polyvalent systems for studying biological interactions
Thur. Oct. 23	Paria Parvizi, University of Victoria Structure-based prediction of gene transfection by pyridinium lipids
Mon. Oct. 27	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Challenges in Pharmaceutical Research: The Development of Liver-Targeted Molecules for the Treatment of Diabetes
Thur. Oct. 30	Drew Bennett, University of Waterloo Thermodynamics of saturated to unsaturated phospholipid exchange in membranes with cholesterol
Mon. Nov. 3	Vladimir Michaelis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology High Field Dynamic Nuclear Polarization: Design, Innovation and Chemical Applications
Thur. Nov. 6	Jake Pushie, University of Saskatchewan Illuminating Health Research using Chemical Insight
Thur. Nov. 13	Keith Pardee, Harvard University Paper-based Synthetic Gene Networks
Mon. Nov. 17	, Caltech Synthetic Cluster Models of Biological and Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolving Catalysts
Thur. Nov. 20	, Stanford University Toward the Ideal Synthesis and Transformative Therapies for Aids, Alzheimer’s and Cancer
Mon. Nov. 24	Aman Bains, University of Victoria Microfluidic Self-assembly of Biodegradable Block Copolymers for Drug Delivery
Thur. Nov. 27	Jieming Cao, University of Victoria Lead-based core-shell-shell quantum dots: synthesis and characterization
Mon. Dec. 1	Nick Davy, University of Victoria/Vancouver Island University Mobile Mass Spectrometer Development for Real-Time Quantification of Atmospheric VOCs
Thur. Dec. 4	, University of Toronto Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: New Avenues in Synthesis and Metal-free Catalysis

Spring 2014

Date	Speaker
Mon. Jan. 13	, UC Berkeley Carbon Dioxide Capture and Hydrocarbon Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Thur. Jan. 16	, University of Alberta Structures & Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptides from Bacillus and Related Species
Mon. Jan. 20	, Rice University In Search of Concurrence between Biological and Synthetic Single Molecule Structure/Function
Thur. Jan. 23	Rhonda Stoddard, University of Victoria Mechanistic comparisons in catalysis using PSI-ESI-MS, NMR and PowerSim
Mon. Jan. 27	Milton Wang, University of Victoria Surface plasmon enhanced energy conversion
Thur. Feb. 6	Gavin Mitchell, University of Victoria Stabilizing Lipids
Thur. Feb. 13	, LB Foster Friction Management Wheel / Rail Interaction and Friction Control: Technology Development for the Global Railway Industry
Mon. Feb. 17	, University of Washington Elucidating the Signatures of Electromagnetic Hot Spots and Fano Interferences in EELS and CL via Multiscale Electrodynamics Simulations
Thur. Feb. 27	Saurabh Chitnis, University of Victoria Novel coordination chemistry of Antimony Cations
Mon. Mar. 3	, Ohio State University Ions, lipids, and water at the air-aqueous interface: Organization and electric fields
Thur. Mar. 6	, University of Saskatchewan Understanding nuclear materials using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Wed. Mar. 12	Lansdowne Speaker Public Lecture , Harvard University Science as a Vehicle for Improving Quality of Life: Examples from Catalysis
Thur. Mar. 13	Lansdowne Speaker , Harvard University Surface Science and Catalysis for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis: The Power of Fundamental Understanding
Mon. Mar. 17	Tom Pinter, University of Victoria Tetrazoles are potent ion recognition elements on a wide variety of structural scaffolds
Thur. Mar. 20	, University of Ottawa Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Molecules from Alkenes Using Metal-Free Approaches
Mon. Mar. 24	, Stanford University Advances in Our Understanding of Cu-Dioxygen Species in Biological Systems: Synthetic Complexes with Stoichiometric and Catalytic Activity
Thur. Apr. 3	Mike Brant, University of Victoria Development of Bicyclic Neuraminidase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Influenza
Thur. Apr. 10	Peter Lee, University of Victoria Borane-mediated Post-polymerization Modification of Poly(phenylsilane)
Thur. Apr. 17	Emma Nicholls-Allison, University of Victoria To "Nindigo" and Beyond: The Synthesis and Characterization of New Organic Dyes
Mon. Apr. 28	, University of Saskatchewan Turning Lead Into Gold: Perovskite Solar Cells
Fri. May 30 ELL 162	, York University TBA

Fall 2013

Date	Speaker
Thur. Sept. 5	, University of Bonn Phosphinidenoid complexes: opening new avenues for P1 building blocks
Mon. Sept. 9	, University of Toronto Forced orthogonality in chemical synthesis
Mon. Sept. 16	, Stanford University Desorption Electrospray Mass Spectrometry
Mon. Sept. 23	, Yeshiva University Imaging glycans in living organisms
Thur. Sept. 26	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Nova Chemicals TBA
Mon. Sept. 30	, University of California Merced Applications of reaction progress analysis: Mechanistic insight from continuous in situ measurements
Mon. Oct. 7	, University of Montpellier Computational studies and chemical complexity: The example of olefin metathesis catalysis with the Schrock alkylidene complexes
Thur. Oct. 10	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Imperial Oil Research and Technology in an Industrial Petroleum Laboratory
Thur. Oct. 17	, University of Alberta New MS Tools for the Discovery and Characterization of Protein-Ligand Interactions
Mon. Oct. 21	, University of Manitoba NMR Studies of Nuclear Waste Materials: Cutting Through Compositional and Morphological Complexity
Thur. Oct. 24	Kevin Daze, University of Victoria Chemical tools that probe protein-protein interactions important in epigenetic pathways
Mon. Oct. 28	, Western University Positively Fun: The Chemistry of Germanium Cations and Multiple Bonds
Mon. Nov. 4	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , DVS Sciences Cytometry and Atomic Mass Spectrometry Converge in Single Cell Deep Profiling of the Human Immune System
Thur. Nov. 7	, Riken Japan Seeing the unseen with ultrashort optical pulses
Wed. Nov. 13	, Harvard University Soft robotics
Thur. Nov. 14	, Lakehead University Electrocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry Based on Functional Nanomaterials
Mon. Nov. 18	, University of Goettingen Metal Centers Acting in Concert: Biomimetic Metallosites, Bioinspired Catalysts, and Beyond
Thur. Nov. 21	Graham Garnett, University of Victoria Self-association phenomena of sulfonato calix[4]arenes
Thur. Nov. 28	Sara Tabet, University of Victoria Supramolecular hosts that bind methylated lysines: new assays and structure-function relationships
Mon. Dec. 2	Ye Zong, University of Victoria Voltage-dependent ion channels
Thur. Dec. 5	, Queen's University First-Principles Simulations of Tribological Processes
Mon. Dec. 9	Paul Vu, University of Victoria Dissipative Assembly of an Ion Transport System
Thur. Dec. 12	Jingwei Luo, University of Victoria Mechanism investigations of organometallic catalytic reactions by ESI-MS
Mon. Dec. 16	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Stantec (un)Sustainable remediation

Fall 2012

Date	Speaker
Mon. Sept. 10	, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich Force and Function: Probing and Controlling the Interactions of Individual Bio-Molecules
Thur. Sept. 20	, University of Saskatchewan Designing Nanoparticles for Catalysis
Mon. Sept. 24	, University of Rochester Solar energy conversion and the light driven generation of hydrogen from water: New developments, strategies and results
Mon. Oct. 1	, University of Sherbrooke Illuminating Iridium : From Visual Displays to Solar Cells
Thur. Oct. 11	, University of Ottawa Which MOF Is Best? New Computational Tools to Screen Metal Organic Framework Materials for Clean Energy Applications
Mon. Oct. 15	, University of Chicago cancelled Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Surmounting the Challenge of Bridging the Scales
Mon. Oct. 22	, University of California Los Angeles Designing, Measuring, and Controlling Molecular and Supramolecular Devices
Mon. Oct. 29	, Brock University Chemoenzymatic synthesis of morphine and Amaryllidaceae alkaloids and other natural products
Thur. Nov. 1	, University of Windsor Building Dynamics into Metal-Organic Framework Materials
Mon. Nov. 5	, Dalhousie University Catalyst Design as a Route to More Sustainable Chemical Synthesis
Thur. Nov. 8	Sandra Roy, University of Victoria Water and peptide structure at hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces
Thur. Nov. 15	, University of Texas at Austin Search for a Naturally Selected Diels-Alderase
Mon. Nov. 19	, University of Montreal Stereoselective Amination Reactions
Mon. Dec. 3	, University of British Columbia For Richer Pore: Porous Molecules and Materials Through Supramolecular Chemistry
Thur. Dec. 6	Tatiana Popa, University of Victoria Theoretical studies of chiral self-assembly
Mon. Dec. 10 Wright A104	Cooper Johnston, University of Victoria Verdazyl Radicals, Metals, and their Electrochemistry
Thur. Dec. 13 Wright A104	Cameron Newhook, University of Victoria Development and application of membrane introduction mass spectrometry as an in-situ reaction monitoring platform for the chlorination of model compounds, humic substances, and natural waters.

Spring 2013

Date	Speaker
Thur. Jan. 10	Morgan Millard, University of Victoria Applications of Electroless deposition of gold nanoparticles onto Si
Mon. Jan. 14	Jason Davy, University of Victoria Synthesizing Didemnaketal A
Mon. Jan. 21	, University of Minnesota Measuring Immune Cell Response to Inflammatory Cytokines
Mon. Jan. 28	, University of Pennsylvania Muti-component nanocrystal self assembly as a route to mutifunctional materials and devices
Mon. Feb. 4	, Indiana University Bloomington Titanium Alkylidynes. C-H Bond Activation and Beyond
Thur. Feb. 14	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Mitacs Vancouver Island Connecting Industry with University Expertise
Mon. Feb. 18	Christy Landes, Rice University CANCELLED
Thur. Feb. 21	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , NOVA Chemicals Corporation High Performance Polyethylene Resins through Catalyst and Process Design
Mon. Feb. 25	Kevin Allen, University of Victoria Lanthanide binding ligands for use as MRI contrast agents
Thur. Feb. 28	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Centre for Drug Research and Development Transforming Discovery into Opportunity - CDRD Resources to Advance Academic Discoveries Toward Commercialization
Mon. Mar. 4	, University of Manitoba Biologically active natural products from Northern Manitoba lichen and other fungi
Thur. Mar. 7	Chiara Valsecchi, University of Victoria Development and Characterization of a Plasmonic Sensor for Leukemia Diagnosis
Mon. Mar. 11	, University of Alberta Chemical tools to probe the role of human neuraminidase enzymes in cell adhesion
Mon. Mar. 18	, ETH Zurich Designer enzymes
Thur. Mar. 21	Graeme Nawn, University of Victoria Nindigo: a new multifunctional ligand family
Mon. Mar. 25	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Xerox Research Centre of Canada CANCELLED
Thur. Mar. 28	, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign New approaches for measuring the brain’s chemistry a cell at a time
Thur. Apr. 4	, University of California, Berkeley Strategies and Tactics Inspired by Complex Alkaloids
Mon. Apr. 8	Zohrab Ahmadi, University of Victoria Mechanistic insight into homogeneous catalytic reactions by ESI-MS
Thur. Apr. 11	Jonathan Strobl, University of Victoria The Role of Supporting Electrolyte in the Electroxidation of Formic Acid on Au
Mon. Apr. 15	Natasha O'Rourke, University of Victoria Mechanistic Investigation of Orthogonal Transformations of Bis-Vinyl Ether Substrates
Thur. Apr. 18	Chemistry Industrial Speaker , Industrial Research Assistance Program, NRC Chemistry - for careers and innovation
Mon. Apr. 22	, Lakehead University A Quantum Based Parameter for Describing the Inductive Effect

Fall 2011

Date	Speaker
Thur Sept 8	, Queens' University, Belfast Sigmatropic Rearrangements to Build Molecular Complexity
Mon Sept 12	, University of Regina Two Recent Theoretical Chemistry Projects: Molten BiCl³ and Carbocations
Thurs Sept 15	, University of Southern California Toward a Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydride Manipulation
Mon Sept 19	, Columbia University Reaction Chemistry, Self-Assembly and Properties of Nano-structured Forms of Carbon
Mon Sept 26	, University Health Network, Toronto Advances in the Applications of Optical Sciences and Technologies to Biomedical and Clinical Medicine, with Focus on Cancer
Mon Oct 3	, University of Muenster, Germany Phosphorus Cations as Synthetic Targets - From Fundamentals to Application
Thur Oct 6	, The University of Tokyo The Structure and Function of Self-assembled Coordination Architectures: Lessons from Nature
Mon Oct 17	Jothir Pichaandi, UVic student Synthesis and Surface Modification of Luminescent Nanocrystals: Their Performance and Potential as Prospective Biolabels
Mon Oct 24	, UBC Okanagan Exploring Reversible Chromium-Alkyl Bond Homolysis with Well-Defined CpCr(Nacnac)(R) Complexes
Mon Oct 31	Katherine Davies, UVic student Iterative Synthesis of Oligo-Vinyl Ethers
Mon Nov 7	Richard J. Saykally, UC Berkeley cancelled
Thur Nov 10	Joe Wang, UVic student Flow-directed self-assembly of block copolymer micelles in microfluidic devices
Mon Nov 14	, Univeristy of Ottawa The Chemistry of Radical-Trapping Antioxidants: Are Phenols Really Best?
Tues Nov 15 10:30am CLE C115	, University of Toronto Noncovalent and Reversible Covalent Interactions: Fundamental Studies and Applications in Catalysis
Mon Nov 21	, Weizmann Institute, Israel Design of Metal-catalyzed Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry
Mon Nov 28	Sam Minaker, UVic student cancelled
Tues Dec 13 11am COR B112	Benoît Moreau, Boehringer-Ingelheim Asymmetric Snthesis of Cyclopropane Amino Acids (with application to the synthesis of corontine) and Discovery of New Iron-Catalyzed Reactions

Spring 2012

Date	Speaker
Thurs Jan 12	, SFU The Role of Biomolecule Interactions in the Prodrug Behaviour of Ru(III) Anticancer Complexes
Mon Jan 16	Gren Patey, UBC rescheduled
Mon Jan 23	Paul Weiss, UCLA cancelled
Thurs Feb 2	, Seastar Chemicals Inc. TBA
Mon Feb 6	, Symrise Singapore Fragrances and Flavours - Chemistry Touching Your Senses
Thurs Feb 9	Ting Yu, UVic student Detection of EGFR Biomarkers for Lung Cancers using SPR Nanohole Arrays
Mon Feb 13	Andrew Dambenieks, UVic student Self-assembly in Ion Channel Design
Thurs Feb 16	Sam Minaker, UVic student Development of Tools for Reading the Histone Code
Mon Feb 20	, University of Alberta The Noncovalent Chemistry of Confinement: From DNA Recognition to Buried Interfaces
Thurs Feb 23	, University of British Columbia Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation: Insights from Computer Simulation
Mon Feb 27	, Université de Montréal Harnessing enzymes for biocatalysis, antibiotic discovery and understanding drug resistance
Thurs Mar 1	Daniel Collins, UVic student A versatile platform for the exploration of new electrodes and electronic materials
Wed Mar 7 7:30 pm ELL 167	Lansdowne Public Seminar , Cornell University The Future of Small
Thurs Mar 8	Lansdowne Chemistry Seminar , Cornell University Nanotubes and Graphene: Blurring the Boundaries of Hard and Soft Matter
Mon Mar 12	, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Complex Alkaloid Total Synthesis
Thurs Mar 15	Caleb Bromba, UVic student Synthetic Investigation of Pharmacore-Protein Interactions Leading to Potential Therapeutics
Mon Mar 19	, UC Berkeley and LBNL Attosecond Electron Dynamics in Atoms and Molecules
Thurs Mar 22	Amanda Whiting, UVic student Synthesis and study of protein structure mimics for binding biologically relevant cations
Mon Mar 26	Abdel Hidalgo, UVic/TRU student Theoretical Determination of Physico-Chemical Properties of Perfluorinated Compounds
Thurs Mar 29	Krista Morrow, UVic student [2+2]-Cycloadditions of Unsaturated Substrates at a Ruthenium-Phosphorus Pi-Bond
Mon Apr 2	, University of Groningen From Molecules to Dynamic Molecular Systems
Thurs Apr 5	Julia Bobak, UVic student Non-covalent chemical modification of graphene
Thurs Apr 19	, University of Alberta and NINT The self-assembly of block copolymer templates for nanolithography of inorganic materials
Mon Apr 23	, Simon Fraser University Influenza Neuraminidases—the 'N' in H5N1—Are Current Therapeutics Really Transition State Analogues
Mon May 14 3 pm ELL 062	, Grant MacEwan University Soluble Organic Compounds in the Tagish Lake Meteorite

Fall 2010

Date	Speaker
Thurs Sept 9	Christopher Rowan, UVic student DFT interband optical properties of Ag/PVDF nanocomposites
Mon Sept 13	, University of California, Berkeley Building Selective Diatomic Gas Sensors: Nature’s Way
Mon Sept 20	Jennifer Pape, UVic student From Super-hydrated Ions to Emerging Contaminants
Mon Sept 27	, University of Wisconsin-Madison New Technologies for the Genome Age
Mon Oct 4	Robert Sacci, UVic student Electrooxidation of Carbon Monoxide and Formic acid on Palladium
Thur Oct 7	, University of Minnesota Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Organic Electronic Materials
Mon Oct 18	, Queen's University, ON Development of metal ion-catalyzed alcoholysis as a rapid methodology for the destruction of organophosphorus chemical weapons, their simulants and pesticides.
Mon Oct 25	, University of Washington Unusual Photoluminescence Phenomena in Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Mon Nov 1	, University of Oregon Developing the basic science and applications of boron(B)-nitrogen(N)-containing heterocycles
Mon Nov 8	, Scripps Expansion of the Genetic Alphabet
Mon Nov 15	, University of Toronto Novel Nanostructures via BlockCopolymer Self Assembly
Mon Nov 22	, Queen's University Fizzy Liquids and Dispersible Powders: Unexpected Consequences of Simple CO2 Chemistry

Spring 2011

Date	Speaker
Mon Jan 10	, University of California, Santa Barbara Oxo ligand functionalization in the uranyl ion
Thurs Jan 13	, University of Wisconsin, Madison Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Glassy Materials with Exceptional Stability
Mon Jan 17	Shaun Hall, UVic student Orientation of molecules at surfaces from nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy and molecular simulations
Mon Jan 24	Joanne Moszynski, UVic student The synthesis and characterization of diphenylacetylene containing ion channels
Mon Feb 7	, University of Toronto Chemically-Powered Synthetic Self-Propelled Nanomotors
Wed Feb 9 ECS 125	, Simon Fraser University - Disinguished Alumni A Good Drug is Hard To Find: A Perfect One is Even Harder - The Discovery of Singulair
Mon Feb 14	Xiaoqiang Zhang, UVic student Surface enhanced Raman scattering from bow tie and cross bow tie apertures
Thurs Feb 17	, Michigan State University Zero-field Spin Polarization Effects on the Physical and Photophysical Properties of Molecules
Mon Feb 21	, Northwestern University All Things Pyramids: New Platforms for Imaging and Sensing
Mon Feb 28	, University of Münster Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Metal-free Hydrogen Activation and More
Mon Mar 7	, University of Colorado Polar molecules in the quantum regime
Mon Mar 14	Keith Abel, UVic student Colloidal lead chalcogenide quantum dots: efforts towards developing a single photon source
Thurs Mar 17	Saman Harirchian Saei, UVic student Surface-Directed Patterning of Polymer-Nanoparticle Assemblies on Microcontact-Printed Substrates
Mon Mar 21	, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phosphorus: From the Element to Compounds Containing it
Thur Mar 24	Benoît Moreau, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Discovery of BI 201335: A Potent and Specific Inhibitor of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Protease with Proven Antiviral Effect in Humans
Mon Mar 28	, Stanford University Controlling Chemistry with Light and Force
Thurs Mar 31	Krista Vikse, UVic student ESI-MS as a Mechanistic Probe of Catalytic Organometallic Reactions
Mon Apr 4	, University of Ottawa New Directions in Catalysis by Gold (I) and Synthesis of Natural Products
Thurs Apr 7	Noah Johnson, UVic student TBA
Thurs Apr 14	, University of Montreal SPR and SERS Sensors Based on Hole Arrays
Mon Apr 18	Cerize Santos, UVic student Photochromism in Bile Salts
Thurs Apr 21	Mark Zsombor, UVic student An Investigation of the Effect of Structure on Magnetoconducting Properties of Stable Radicals
Thurs Apr 28	Tim McCinnis, UVic student TBA
Mon May 2	Cindy Wang, UVic student TBA

Fall 2009

Date	Speaker
Thurs Sept 10	, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia Photoinitiated Domino Reactions of Adamantyl-phthalimides
Mon Sept 14	, Université de Rennes, France Discrete Complexes of Oxophilic Metals for Catalytic Polymerization Processes
Thurs Sept 17	Niloufar Behin Aein, UVic student Photochemical and Photophysical Studies of Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) in Biphenyl Compounds
Mon Sept 21	, Universität Münster, Germany Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry with Poly-NHC Ligands
Mon Sept 28	, University of Florida, Gainesville FL Photophysics of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes: Fundamental Studies and Biosensor Applications
Thurs Oct 8 4pm SCI A104	, ETH Zürich Straight Forward Routes to "Exotic" Phosphorus Compounds
Thurs Oct 15	, University of Alberta Spectroscopy of chiral molecules: from the gas phase to solution
Mon Oct 19	, Rutgers University, NJ Polymer Therapeutics: from PolymerDrugs to Polymeric Micelles
Mon Oct 26	Tim Giesbrecht, UVic student Determination of Aluminum in the Arctic Ocean and its use as a geochemical tracer
Mon Nov 2	, Princeton University, NJ Solid State Chemistry of the new Chalcogenide and Pnictide Superconductors
Mon Nov 9	Travis Trudeau, UVic student Molecular Simulation of Adsorption at Solid-Aqueous Interfaces
Thurs Nov 12	, Montana State University, MT New Cationic and Metal Mediated Cyclization Reactions for the Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Ring Systems
Mon Nov 16	, University of Calgary Structural Biology with a Mass Spectrometer
Thurs Nov 19	Hao Tang, UVic student Host-Guest Dynamics for Three Different Host Systems: beta-Cyclodextrin, Cucurbit[7]uril and an Octa Acid Capsule
Mon Nov 23	, Université Paul Sabatier, France Transition Metals and Lewis Acids: A Multi-facet Association
Mon Nov 30	, University of California, Davis CA Ultra-Sensitive Imaging of Cells and Cellular Organelles by Doubly-Resonant Four-Wave Mixing Microscopy
Mon Dec 7 SCI A104	, University of California, Irvine CA Bond-Activation Reactivity of Tantalum (V) Complexes with Redox-Active Ligands
Thurs Dec 10 1 pm ELL 167	Nick Oakley, UVic student Synthesis and Properties of Triazinyl Radical Systems for Multifunctional Materials Applications
Mon Dec 14 SCI A104	, University of Toronto Feynman's space-time quantum mechanics in photosynthesis

Spring 2010

Date	Speaker
Mon Jan 4	Danielle Chisholm, UVic student Charged ligands for direct ESI-MS analysis of catalytic reactions
Mon Jan 11 cancelled	Olga Sarycheva
Thurs Jan 14	, UCSF, CA Mycobacterium tuberculosis hemoproteins and therapeutic approaches
Mon Jan 18	, University of Saskatchewan Discovery of New Reactions Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Thurs Jan 21	Hui Ting Zhang, UVic student Study of asphaltene aggregation by fluorescence technique
Mon Jan 25	, UT Austin, TX Dynamics of biomolecules at the single-molecule level: lessons from theory and computer simulations
Thurs Jan 28	, University of Toronto The Synthesis of Heterocycles via Ring Forming and Ring Cleaving Reactions
Mon Feb 1 2:30pm SCI A104	Jonathan Chui, UVic student Structure-Activity Relationships of Cyclodextrin Ion Channels
Mon Feb 15	Brynn Dooley, UVic student The Incorporation of Benzonitronyl Nitroxide Radicals into Organic Open-Shell Donor-Acceptor Systems
Mon Feb 22	Dean Amantea, UVic student Synthesis and Characterization of Ion Channels: Green Metrics Analysis
Mon Mar 1	, UofT Mississauga Optical biosensing at the nanoscale - polymer brushes on planar surfaces and quantum dots for control of nucleic acid hybridization
Mon Mar 8	, Harvard Medical School, MA Coordination Chemistry, Dynamics, and Biomedical MRI
Mon Mar 15	Bart Nowak, UVic student Synthesis, Redox Activity, and Chemical Utility of Second-Generation Metal-Verdazyl Complexes
Thurs Mar 18	, Simon Fraser University Chemical biology tools to study protein O-glycosylation in cells and tissues
Thurs Mar 25 11:30am SSM A110	Lansdowne Chemistry Lecture: , UT Austin, TX Synthesis and applications of expanded porphyrins
Thurs Mar 25 7:30pm SCI A104	Lansdowne Public Lecture: , UT Austin, TX Receptors for potentially hazardous materials
Mon Mar 29	, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Genomics-inspired discovery and engineering of natural products
Thurs Apr 8	Olga Sarycheva, UVic student Investigation of phenanthroline linked dihydropyrenes as photochromes
Mon Apr 12 SCI A104	Michelle Paquette, UVic student Designing Optically Switchable Multifunctional Materials Based on Photochromic Spirooxazine Ligands
Thurs Apr 15 SCI A104	Andrew Chou, UVic student Development of nanoholes-based sensors for early detection of ovarian cancer
Mon Apr 19 SCI A104	, University of Alberta Development and Applications of Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry for Comprehensive Proteome and Metabolome Profiling of Biological Systems
Thurs Apr 22 SCI A104	Chris Chapman, UVic student Mean Field and Quantum Studies of Mixed Azobenzene-Alkylthiol Monolayers
Mon Apr 26 SCI A104	Jin Zou, UVic student The synthesis, characterization and reactivity of Lanthanide complexes with Carbazole bisoxazoline ligands
Thurs Apr 29 SCI A104	, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Nanotubes See the Light
Mon May 3 cancelled	Chris Rowan
Thurs May 6	Steve Hansen, UVic student Electrodialysis using supported liquid membranes
Mon May 10 SCI A104	, Cornell University, NY Modern Alchemy: Catalysis with Iron and Cobalt

Fall 2008

15 Sep	Khurshid Ayub, University of Victoria "The Metacyclophanediene to Dihydropyrene Rearrangement - The Nature of the Transition State"
29 Sep	Professor , University of Toronto "Approaches to the Study of Protein Action by 19F NMR - Mutagenesis Free Approaches to Assignment and 19F-Edited Schemes for Structure Studies"
06 Oct	Simon Birnie-Lefcovitch, University of Victoria "In Situ Spectroscopic Studies of Cysteine Adsorbed on Silver Electrodes"
THURS 16 Oct	Professor , Simon Fraser University "Model Polymers for Morphological Studies of Fuel Cell Membranes"
20 Oct	Professor , UBC Merck-Frosst Lecture "Engineering and evolution of old enzymes for new tasks: glycoside assembly"
27 Oct	Professor , University of California, Los Angeles "Reactivity of inert bonds with electrophilic ferrocene diamide complexes"
03 Nov	Jason Anema,University of Victoria "Enhanced Raman Scattering from Nanostructured Surfaces"
10 Nov	Marie-Pascale Manseau, University of Victoria "Upconverting Biolabels for the Near-Infrared"
20 Nov	Professor , University of Calgary "Approaching Chemistry from First Principles with the Help of Density Functional Theory"
24 Nov	Professor , University of California, San Diego "Chemistry and Materials Science of Porous Silicon Applied to Sensing, Microfluidics, and Medicine"
01 Dec	Dr. Deepak Shukla, Kodak Research Laboratories, N.Y. "Structural Effects in Naphthalene Diimide Based Organic Thin Film Transistors: Effect of Configurational control on Charge Mobility"
08 Dec	Jakub Drnec, University of Victoria "Ionic layers on Platinum Surfaces: How tasty can platinum be?"

Spring 2009

05 Jan	Professor , Colorado State University "Exploring the impact of confinement on chemistry: a multifaceted approach"
12 Jan	Professor , UCLA "Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymers by Controlled Radical Polymerizations for Site-Specific Conjugation to Proteins"
19 Jan	Professor , McGill University "Our Fight Against Aminoglycoside Antibiotic Resistance"
26 Jan	Dr. Richard Tillyer, Merck Research Laboratories, NY "Platform Technologies in Process Research and Development"
02 Feb	Yunyong Guo, University of Victoria "Synthesis, Characterization and Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Quantum Dots with Mixed Polymer Brush Layers"
05 Feb	Dr. Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University "Investigations into the Surface Chemistry of Nanoscale Materials"
09 Feb	Meikun Fan, University of Victoria "Metallic nanoparticles as SERS substrates"
Thurs 12 Feb	Dr. Rich Carter, Oregon State University "Development of Novel Approaches to the Synthesis of Structurally Complex Natural Products and Non-natural Compounds"
16 Feb	Tyler Trefz, University of Victoria "Redox and Coordination Chemistry of disubstituted 1, 4-Quinones"
23 Feb	Kevin Anderson, University of Victoria "Electronic communication in verdazyl-based metal-radical complexes"
Thurs 26 Feb	Dr. Dustin Maly, University of Washington, Seattle "Affinity- and Activity-Based Probes for Analyzing Protein Kinase Function"
02 Mar	Professor , UC Irvine "The Importance of Questioning Scientific Assumptions: Lessons from Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry"
09 Mar	Professor , Georgia Institute of Technology "The green fluorescent protein: Taking it apart and putting it back together"
16 Mar	Professor , University of Colorado at Boulder "Marine Aerosols, Organic Radicals, and a Molecular View of Cloud Formation"
Thurs 19 Mar	Matt Henderson, University of Victoria "Method development and catalyst discovery by ESI-MS"
26 Mar	Professor Andre Charette, University of Montreal "Recent Advances in Stereoselective Synthesis and Catalysis"
30 Mar	Professor , Stanford University "On Inventing Reactions for Atom Economy"
06 Apr	Professor , California Institute of Technology CANCELLED
Thurs 09 Apr	Yunyan Hou, University of Victoria "New Photochemistry with Anthraquinones"
Thurs 16 Apr	Pengrong Zhang, University of Victoria "Photochromic and aromatic properties of selected dimethyldihydropyrene derivatives"
20 Apr	Steve McKinnon, University of Victoria title TBA
23 Apr	Professor , Stanford University "Spectroscopic Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry: Blue to Green to Red Copper Sites"
27 Apr	Cunhai Dong, University of Victoria "Synthesis and Reactivity of Lanthanide Fluoride Nanoparticles and their Application as MRI Contrast Agents"
30 Apr	Bin Yan, University of Victoria "Magnetic conducting polymers: synthesis and properties of triazinyl open-shell polymers"

Fall 2007

17 Sep	Dr. , University of Pennsylvania "Synthetic Studies of Heterocyclic Natural Products"
27 Sep Thurs ECS 116	Dr. , University of Toronto - Mississauga "Intriguing reactivity at co-ordinated ligands: Facile formation of carbon-sulfur bonds during alkene reactions of nickel and molybdenum dithiolenes"
04 Oct Thurs ECS 116	Dr. , Universitat Siegen "Variations on aromatic azonia- and diazoniapolycyclic derivatives: From intercalation into duplex DNA to selective association with triplex- and quadruplex-DNA and topoisomerase inhibition"
11 Oct Thurs ECS 116	Dr. , University of Montreal "Pyrroles, peptide mimics and the teaching of under-represented populations: New challenges in chemistry and education:
18 Oct Thurs ECS 116	Dr. , Washington State University "The Unique Photophysical Properties of Organic Aggregates"
22 Oct	Dr. , Scripps Research Institute "The Inner Space of Molecules"
05 Nov	Dr. , University of Alberta "Building Functional Electronic Devices from Molecular Components"
15 Nov Thurs ECS 116	Horace Luong,University of Victoria "Solid-Phase Synthesis of Ion Channels"
19 Nov	Dr. , Dalhousie University "Thermoelectrics: New Materials by Design?"
29 Nov Thurs ECS 116	Dr. , University of Ottawa "Shining Light into a Black Box: Perspectives on Transfomations in Catalysis"
03 Dec	Dr. , University of Washington "Solid State NMR Studies of Proteins at Biomaterial Interfaces"
13 Dec Thurs CLE A - 311	Dr. , Columbia University "Reaction Chemistry meets Lithography"

Spring 2008

07 Jan	Joe Gilroy, University of Victoria "The Chemistry of Formazans"
14 Jan	Dr. , University of British Columbia "Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in the Life Sciences"
21 Jan	Dr. , Queen's University "Interfacial Electrochemistry of Platinum: Something Old, Something New, and Something Unexpected"
28 Jan	Timothy Connolly, Bristol-Myers Squibb "Water Soluble Prodrugs of Ravuconazole"
04 Feb	Dr. , University of Saskatchewan "From Functional to Fatal - Probing the Chemistry of Metals in Biology using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy"
11 Feb	Dr. , Stanford University "Organocatalysis: Strategies for Controlled Polymerization Reactions"
18 Feb	Dr. , McGill University " Guided Wave Self-Inscription in Photosensitive Network Glasses"
28 Feb Thurs 11am MEDS 160	Dr. , Ames National Laboratory "Detection and Characterization of Single Biomolecules"
03 Mar	Eric Derrah, University of Victoria "A Ruthenium Phosphido Complex and Advances Toward Hydrophosphination"
10 Mar	Tamara Pace, University of Victoria "Dynamics of Guests Bound to Biomolecules"
13 Mar Thurs MEDS 160	Dr. , University of Oregon "Main Group Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry"
17 Mar	Dr. , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research "Structural Hierarchies in Materials Chemistry"
27 Mar Thurs MEDS 160	Dr. , Simon Fraser University "Old Reactions, New Applications"
31 Mar	Dr. , University of Toronto "Nanostructured Materials as Ultrasensitive Cellular and Molecular Sensors"
07 Apr COR A-229	Dr. , Yale University Merck-Frosst Lecture "Synthetic approaches to the disruption of protein-protein interactions"
14 Apr COR A-229	Dr. , California Institute of Technology Lansdowne Lecturer "The Currents of Life: Electron Flow through Proteins"
15 Apr TUES 7:30 pm DSB - C-103	Dr. Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology LANSDOWNE PUBLIC LECTURE "Powering the Planet with Solar Energy"
17 Apr Thurs CLE A-311	Dr. , University of Minnesota "Using synthetic chemistry to understand copper and iron protein active sites"

24 Apr Thurs ELL 061	Keri McQuinn, University of Victoria "Water Clusters - ESI-MS Investigation of Nanodroplets in the Gas Phase"
28 Apr Mon ELL 061	Simon Oakley, University of Victoria "Novel Derivatives of Indigo as a Bridging Ligand"

Fall 2006

18 Sep	Dr. , University of Oxford TBA
25 Sep	Dr. , National Research Council Canada TBA
02 Oct	Dr. , Concordia University TBA
12 Oct Thurs	Dr. , Los Alamos National Laboratory TBA
16 Oct	Dr. , University of N. Carolina Chapel Hill TBA
19 Oct Thurs	Dr. , University of New Mexico TBA
23 Oct	Dr. , University of Rochester TBA
30 Oct	Dr. David Walba, University of Colorado, Boulder TBA
06 Nov	Dr. , York University "Strategies for the Synthesis of Phthalocyanines: Past, Present and Future"
20 Nov	Dr. , University of Montreal TBA
04 Dec	Dr. , National Research Council Canada TBA
14 Dec	Dr. , University of Washington TBA

Spring 2007

22 Jan	Dr. , University of Toronto TBA
05 Feb	, Université Laval TBA
12 Feb	Dr. , Scripps Research Institute TBA
26 Feb	Dr. , Harvard University TBA
12 Mar	, Arizona State University TBA
26 Mar	Dr., University of Toronto TBA
10 Apr	Dr. , University of Oregon TBA
23 Apr	Dr. , Duke University TBA

Spring 2006

09 Jan	Dr. , Arizona State University "Controlling electron transport in single molecules"
16 Jan	, University of British Columbia "Putting P into Polymers: Synthetic Approaches to Functional Phosphorus Macromolecules"
23 Jan	Dr. Teri Odom, Northwestern University "Manipulating light in nanohole arrays and nanoparticles"
30 Jan	Dr. , University of Windsor "Observing the "Invisible" Nucleus: NMR of unreceptive nuclei in inorganic, organometallic and other solid materials"
06 Feb	Dr., McGill University "Palladium catalyzed multicomponent reactions: New routes to heterocycle and amino acid synthesis"
13 Feb	, Rice University "Safe Nanotechnology: Implications and Applications of Nanomaterials"
27 Feb	, Texas A&M University "Fluoride complexation by polydentate Lewis acids"
06 Mar	, University of Illinois "Studies of Metal Surface-Molecular Interactions Relevant to Fuel Cell Catalysis"
13 Mar	Dr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Catalytic Transformations based on Transition Metal Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation Reactions"
20 Mar	, University of Texas at Austin "Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Applications of 1-3 nm-Diameter Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles"
27 Mar	Dr. , University of Western Ontario "Fabricating Photonic Crystals with Light, for Light Applications"
30 Mar Thurs ELL 162	Sri Sivakumar, University of Victoria "Lanthanide-Based Nanophotonic Materials"
03 Apr	Dr. , University of California, Irvine "The Interior of Single Molecules"
10 Apr CLE. A-201	Dr. , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Size-Dependent Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters"
13 Apr Thurs. ELL 162	Dr. , Thompson Rivers University "Computational calculations of equilibrium constants of organic compounds"
18 Apr Tues. ELL 062	Dr., University of Toronto "Microfluidic reactors for polymer particles"
24 Apr ELL 062	Sharon Caldwell, University of Victoria "Synthesis and Characterization of Bis-bidentate para-Dioxolenes Towards Molecular Magnets"
04 May Thurs. HSD A-240	Dr. , Queen's University Merck-Frosst Lecturer "Lithium as a Conduit to Synthetic Aromatic Chemistry"
08 May DSB C-112	Tao Wang, University of Victoria "Mechanism Elucidation using the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM)"

Spring 2005

10 Jan	, York University "Study of Low-Dimensional, Electrodeposited Metal Nanostructures and Thin Films"
17 Jan	Bryan Koivisto, University of Victoria "Metal-Verdazyl Radical Interactions: Towards Molecular-Based Magnets"
24 Jan	Dan Myles, University of Victoria "Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Sulfur-Bridged Thiophene Oligomers"
31 Jan	, University of Saskatchewan "Bio-organometallic Peptide Conjugates: Adventures in Electron Transfer"
07 Feb	Simon Fraser University "Molecular switching to control structure and function"
14 Feb	, University of Florida "Single-molecule magnets: A molecular approach to nanoscale magnetic materials"
21 Feb	Dr. , University of Alberta "Expanding the fluorescent protein tool kit: new colors, sensors, and FRET pairs"
28 Feb	, 红杏视频 "Study of structured microspheres: Towards tiny onions"
07 Mar	Professor Dr. Joel C. Rubim, Universidade de Brasília "Analysis of Biodiesel and Diesel by Fourier Transform Infrared, Near Infrared, and Raman Spectroscopy"
14 Mar	, Georgia Institute of Technology "Recent advances in two-photon absorbing materials"
21 Mar	, University of Washington "Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials"
31 Mar THUR ELL 168	, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "Nanoparticles: scaffolds and building blocks"
04 Apr	, Yale University MERCK FROSST LECTURE "A synergy between synthetic organic and organometallic chemistry"
11 Apr CUNN 146	Christine Tong, University of Victoria "A model for the self-assembly of palladium bipyridine complexes"
18 Apr	, Stanford University "Interfacial assembly and control of electron transfer using the 'click' reaction"
22 Apr FRI ELL 160	, University of Bath "The transition metal chemistry of "greasy ball anions": from pseudo alkane complexes to high-hydride content clusters"
25 Apr	Wei Fan, University of Victoria "The syntheses and photochromism of cyclopent[e]dimethyldihydropyrene anion and its metal complexes"
26 Apr TUES 10:30 AM ELL 060	Dr. , University of Siegen "Can old dogs learn new tricks? - Fluorescence detection of cations, anions and biomacromolecules with anthracene and quinolizinium derivatives"
28 Apr THUR	Rob Cheyne, University of Victoria "Hierarchical block co-polymer/quantum dot surface features via self-assembly at the air-water interface"
02 May	, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Bio-inspired polyelectrolyte multilayers: From pH-gated Bragg reflectors to patterned superhydrophobic surfaces"
09 May Clearihue C-110	Karen Button, University of Victoria "Divalent and trivalent lanthanide amido-oxazoline complexes"

Fall 2004

20 Sep	, Simon Fraser University "New chemistry on old CD's"
30 Sep THURS Cornett B-145	, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland "PGSE (Diffusion) and 1H,19F HOESY NMR studies on homogeneous catalysts: Ion pairing and learning about anions"
18 Oct	Dr. Ernest McEachern, AnorMed "AMD3100: The evolution of AnorMed's first clinical CXCR4 receptor antagonist"
20 Oct WED MacLaurin D-111	Jo Wang, University of Victoria
25 Oct	Sierra Rayne, University of Victoria "Solution-phase photochemistry of dibenzo[1,4]dioxins"
01 Nov	, University of Manitoba "Glycoproteins in virology, immunology, etc., and mass spectrometry"
08 Nov	, McGill University "Development of oligonucleotide-based probes and therapeutics"
15 Nov	, University of Toronto "Designing photo-controlled peptides and proteins"
22 Nov	Catrin Hughes, University of Victoria
29 Nov	, University of Windsor "Highly active homogeneous catalysts for olefin polymerization: Molecular design, optimization and utilization"
06 Dec	Peter Diamente, University of Victoria
13 Dec	Dan Harrison, University of Victoria

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