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.

2025/26 Schedule

Seminars run on Friday afternoons between 3:30-4:30 p.m.  If no seminar title appears, it is TBD

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

Fall Term

• Friday, Sept. 19: Biology IDEA Committee Medicine Walk - all welcome
• Friday, Oct. 3: Holly Fruehwald, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Title of Seminar: TBD
• Friday Oct. 24: CH490 Proposal Presentations
• Friday, Nov. 7: Patrick Moynihan, University of Western Ontario
  • Title of Seminar: TBD
• Friday, Nov. 21: Jeremy Rawson, University of Windsor 
  • Title of Seminar: TBD
    
• Friday Nov. 28: David Sychantha, University of Waterloo
  • Title of Seminar: TBD
• Friday, Dec. 5:  Graduate student presentations (CH672/CH674)

Winter Term 

• Friday, Jan. 23: Eric Keske, Trent University
  • Title of Seminar: TBD
• Friday, Feb. 13:  CH490 poster session
• Friday, Feb. 27: Lindsay Grandy, Royal Military College of Canada  
  
  • Title of seminar: TBD
• Friday, Mar. 27: Scott Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University 
  
  • Title of seminar: TBD

• Friday April 3: Graduate student presentations (CH672/CH674)