Kevin Fowler

Hi, I’m Kevin and I’m working on my doctoral program here in Mike Baird’s Lab. I’m originally from a quaint town west of here called Toronto where one day a Stanley Cup trophy will be hoisted (hopefully during my lifetime). There I spent summers playing baseball and golf and winters on the ice where I played goalie.

I went on to do my undergrad in chemistry at Laurier, the tiny school right next to Waterloo. There I got to work in the burgeoning field of nanomaterials for my thesis project. In short, I got to make red gold.

Here at Queen’s I am currently a doctoral student working on the synthesis of ruthenium complexes of a new class of planar prochiral ligands (phosphonium 1-indenylides; see Mike's home page) which show potential for interesting catalytic applications.

Contact Information

Department of Chemistry
Queen's University
Kingston, ON
K7L 3N6
Tel: (613) 533-6000 ext. 74669
Fax: (613) 533-6669

e-mail: kevin.fowler@chem.queensu.ca