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News
New battery research centre to be led by Chemistry professor
Linda Nazar, one of two professors, to spearhead new battery research centre.
Adam Wei Tsen receives prestigious fellowship
Professor Adam Wei Tsen recipient of the 2024 Dorothy Killam Fellowship.
Chemistry gets funding for Free Electron Laser facility
University of Waterloo Canadian Free Electron Laser (FEL) project to receive $10 million in funding.
Events
Chemistry Seminar Series: Udo Schwingenschlögl
Exciton dissociation by topological edge states
Udo Schwingenschlögl
Professor, Applied Physics
Associate Dean, Faculty, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Applied Physics
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Thursday, May 2, 2024
11:00 a.m.
In-person: C2-361 (Reading Room)
Doctoral Thesis Defence - Avery To
A Curiosity Driven Exploration of Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents
Supervisor: G. Murphy
Thursday, May 16, 2024
9:00 am
In-person: C2-361
Chemistry Seminar Series: Samira Siahrostami
Advanced catalyst discovery for clean energy transformation using computational material design
Samira Siahrostami
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
Thursday, May 30, 2024
2:30 p.m.
In-person: C2-361 (Reading Room)