News, Events & Seminars

September 4th
Grad Orientation
Host: Department of Chemistry

September 11th
Speaker: Ahmed Nashaat - Elsevier Life Sciences Canada
Title: Integrating AI Based Tools Significantly Enhances the Usability of the Reference Chemistry Database for Research and Education
Host: D. Zechel

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September 18th
Szarek Lecture
Speaker: Lara Mahal - University of Alberta
Title: A Sweet Surprise: miRNA regulation of the glycome
Host: C. Capicciotti

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Lecture Brochure (PDF, 409 KB)

September 24th at 11:30 a.m. in CHE202
Speaker: Shi-Xia Liu - University of Bern
Title: Chemical principles of N-doped nanographenes and topological superconductors
Host: C2MCI

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October 2nd
Speaker: Derek Pratt - University of Ottawa
Title: Oxidative C-H Functionalization of Biological Membanes: The Chemical Basis of Ferroptosis
Host: D. Zechel

Abstract (PDF, 112 KB) 

October 5th at 11:30 a.m. in CHE117
Harrison-MacRae Lecture
Speaker: Markus Reiher - ETH Zürich
Title: Bridging Orthogonal Worlds: Computational Chemistry as a Trading Zone between Quantum Foundations and Big Data
Host: T. Carrington

Abstract (PDF, 95 KB) 
Lecture Brochure (PDF 278 KB)

October 9th
PhD Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Jinjin Ma - PhD Student
Title: Exploiting Cyanohydrin-Derived Carbanions for Stereochemical Control in Organic Synthesis
Host: A. Evans - Supervisor 

Abstract (PDF, 139 KB) 

October 16th
Queen's Homecoming
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October 22nd at 9:00 a.m. in CHE117
19th Annual Queen's Graduate Chemistry Society (QGCS) Symposium
Speaker: Barb Morra - University of Toronto
Title: Greener Teaching: Scaffolded Methods of Incorporating Green and Sustainable Chemistry in the Classroom and Laboratory Instruction 
Host: QGCS

Abstract (PDF, 182 KB) 

October 23rd
Speaker: Yuuki Sugawara - Yokohama National University
Title: Electrocatalysis for Hydrogen Production: Catalyst Design Strategies Based on Activity Descriptors
Host: G. Jerkiewicz

Abstract (PDF, 172 KB)

October 29th 11:30 a.m. in CHE117
Speaker: Vincent Ziffle - First Nation's University
Title: On Indigenous Food, Medicine, and Allyship: Working with Indigenous Knowledges and Knowledge Keepers Towards Healing
Host: A. Ross
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November 6th
Speakers: Jason Hendry and Jessie Kubes - Queen's Partnerships and Innovations
Title: From Discovery to Impact: Commercializing Your Research
Host: P. Duchesne

Abstract (PDF, 139 KB) 

November 13th
Speaker: Robert Scott - University of Saskatchewan
Title: Shining Light on Nanoscale Palladium Catalysts
Host: C. Crudden

Abstract (PDF, 308 KB) 

November 18th at 11:30 a.m. in CHE117
Speaker: Kazunori Tanaka - Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan 
Title: Therapeutic In Vivo Synthetic Chemistry
Host: C. Crudden

Abstract (PDF, 21 KB)

November 20th
Speaker: Eva Hemmer - University of Ottawa
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November 27th
PhD Departmental Seminar
Speaker: Michael Lewis - PhD Student
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Speaker: Mert Turfanda - PhD Student
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December 4th
Speaker: Masatsugu Morimitsu - Doshisha University
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January 22nd
Speaker: David Palmer - University of Saskatchewan
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January 29th
PhD Departmental Seminar
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Speaker: Dr. rer. nat. Michael Eikerling - Institute of Energy Technologies (IET), Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich Research Centre) 
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Russell Lecture
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