Seminar Series

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Laurier supports a series of seminars in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics and environmental sciences. The main emphasis of this seminar series is on the interdisciplinary nature of science. The chemistry seminar series has become essential for advancing and enriching the research culture in the Faculty of Science in general and the Department of Chemistry in particular.

All graduate and undergraduate students (including those enrolled in CH490) are encouraged to attend the seminar series and enhance their conceptual understanding of science and sense of inquiry. As well, the seminars are intended to promote scientific interaction among the students, faculty and members of the scientific community by observing science in a broader interrelated context.

2024/25 Schedule

Seminars run on Friday afternoons between 3:30-5 p.m.  If no seminar title appears, it is to be announced. 

Seminars are predominantly in-person in N1044, Science Building (unless otherwise noted)

Fall Term

• Friday, Sept. 6: CH490 Introduction 
• Friday, Sept. 13:  CH490 Library
• Friday, Oct. 25: CH490 Proposal Presentations
• Friday, Nov. 8: Jaclyn Brusso, University of Ottawa
  • Title of Seminar:  Cluster-based redox responsive super-atomic MRI contrast agents
• Friday, Nov. 15: Aravindhan Ganesan, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Title of Seminar: Unravelling Molecular Recognition for Small Molecule Design Targeting Therapeutic Proteins
    
• Friday Nov. 29: Christine Le, York University 
  • Title of Seminar: Synthetic Strategies Leveraging Fluoride-Enabled Reactivity
• Friday, Dec. 6:  Graduate student presentations (CH674/CH672)

Winter Term 

• Friday, Jan. 24: Steven Maley, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Title of Seminar: Adventures in Machine Learning: Dynamics, Designs, Databases
• Friday, Jan. 31:  CH490 workshop
• Friday, Feb. 14:  CH490 poster session
• Friday, Feb. 28:  Leanne Chen, University of Guelph   
  
  • Title of seminar: Understanding Ammonia Oxidation on Transition Metals
• Friday, Mar. 7:  Matthew Kimber, University of Guelph 
  • Title of Seminar: TBD
• Friday, Mar. 14:  CH490 Thesis Workshop
• Friday, Mar. 21: Gerald Audette, York University 
  
  • Title of seminar: TBD

• Friday April 4: Graduate student presentations (CH672/CH674)