CHRONICLES ANNUAL AUGUST CABD Caitlin Miron Recipient of the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation (PhD)
Roundtable with Caitlin Miron, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye
t’s been an interesting year for Caitlin Master’s student in the group, and was IMiron, PhD Candidate in the Petitjean promoted into the PhD program in research group. In November, Caitlin 2014. Funding through the NSERC received the Canadian Mitacs Award for Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement , Outstanding Innovation at a PhD level. a Mitacs Globalink-Campus France The award, given in recognition of grant, and the Queen’s Graduate Dean’s research abroad in Bordeaux, France Travel Grant for Doctoral Field Research that was funded in part by the Mitacs allowed her to pursue two research Globalink program, kicked o a whirlwind internships abroad under the supervision of scientific outreach experiences that of Dr. Jean-Louis Mergny at the Institut no one had anticipated – from media Européen de Chimie et Biologie. It was interviews and a TEDx talk, to speaking here that she first identified a compound about the Queen’s graduate student capable of strongly and selectively experience at the Joint Senate/Board recognizing guanine quadruplexes, of Trustees Retreat, to participating in a a group of unusual DNA and RNA roundtable discussion on the importance architectures implicated in cancer of fundamental research with Prime development. The discovery inadvertently Minister Justin Trudeau and Bill Nye started a new research direction in the (the Science Guy). Petitjean group and led to the filing of a patent. Now nearing the end of the Caitlin entered the Petitjean group as a fourth year of her PhD, Caitlin is currently second-year undergraduate Biochemistry wrapping up research projects for student in 2010, and… has yet to leave. publication and contemplating her In 2013, she continued research on self- options for postdoctoral research. assembling metallomacrocycles as a Message from the Head Greetings, Alumni and Friends When I wrote this column last year I chemistry) and Chantelle Capicciotti expected that my term as Interim Head (molecular medicine, joint with the would only be for one year and that the Faculty of Health Sciences) are only the department would find a proper long-term first of an anticipated six (6!) new hires administrator to steer our ship away within the next year. Kevin McEleney from icebergs. To the surprise of many – (Ph.D. 2009) has already returned to including my own – my colleagues and Queen’s as an instrumentation manager student representatives decided to keep for our new electron microscopy facility. me in the job for the next few years. So, During his time at the University of for better or worse, I will be representin g Manitoba Kevin has gained enormous the interests of the chemistry department expertise in running a multi-user and its students for the next few years. research facility and we could not have wished for a better qualified scientist. Since I now have the mandate to look into the medium- and long-term future With the help from the university and of the department, it was timely to devise alumni donors (you know who you are!) a strategic plan. My colleagues and I we were also able to upgrade our building . spent a day asking ourselves what we A $850,000 investment by the university are doing well and what we could do allowed us to install a heat exchanger in better. We then set priorities for the next our air handling system. This was the five years. We consulted with Queen’s single largest climate action project in Chemistry Innovation Council members the history of Queen’s and is saving us and with the many members of our about $90,000 in energy costs per year, department – including students, of or the equivalent of 630 tons of CO2 course. The result of this exercise is a emissions! On a smaller scale you may 20-page document that gives directions notice that kitchens and furniture in the on how we could improve the lab wing are being replaced, the walls undergraduate program, our graduate were repainted, floor tiles were replaced, education, our research impact, and hardwood floors were refurbished, some our infrastructure. The strategic plan artwork has gone up overnight in the is available on our website and is our Cherno Auditorium, and there is even most comprehensive roadmap, yet. talk about jazzing up our courtyard space . Will there be deckchairs and a cocktail The rejuvenation of our faculty is one of bar? Not likely, but there is hope… our major goals over the next five years. Since we haven’t been successful at Alumni and Friends of our department, creating a youth elixir (yet!), we decided such as you, keep our department healthy instead to recruit young faculty. In July and successful! For example, the Robins 2018 we expect three assistant professors family continues to support our student to join our department. Peng Wang education through major donations. (inorganic chemistry), Zhi She (analytical The newly established Robins Family
2 fund will be used to support graduate are unusual in that graduate students and undergraduate research in perpetuity. nominate the professor. This year was We will use the interest from this also very successful for Cathy Crudden endowed fund to support student travel who collected not only the Queen’s Prize to conferences, student research awards, in Research Excellence but also the and related activities that benefit student International Precious Metals Institute researchers. It is dicult to overestimate (IPMI) Carol Tyler Award and the the impact of these gifts – they make the Canadian Society for Chemistry’s Catalysis dierence between a department that Award. Diane Beauchemin received stagnates and one that thrives. All of us, the Gerhard Herzberg Award by the and especially the students who benefit spectroscopy society of Canada for her from the donation, are very grateful to distinguished scientific contributions all donors. to the field of spectroscopy. She is the first woman to receive this award! Finally, Graduate research from our department yours truly was elected Fellow of the already has had enormous national Chemical Institute of Canada. impact. When Ph.D. candidate Caitlin Miron (Petitjean Group) received the We were excited to host two very Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation distinguished chemists in the last year. from Navdeep Bains, Federal Minister The inaugural Michael Baird Lecture of Innovation, Science and Economic was delivered by Richard Schrock Development, the national news media (Nobel Prize 2005) who helped us honour immediately reported on her achievements Mike Baird’s many contributions to our in the chemical recognition processes department. The fund supporting this leading to cancer development. Caitlin lectureship was initiated by two of then delivered media interviews and Mike’s first students, Will Rogers, B.Sc participated in a roundtable discussion on (1977), Ph.D. (1980) and Helen Ferkul, the importance of fundamental research B.Sc.(1980), MSC. (1982). Recently Sir with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Fraser Stoddart (Nobel 2016) gave the Bill Nye (the Science Guy). We could inaugural Walter Szarek Lecture. Sir not have asked for a better ambassador Fraser was introduced by Mario Pinto for our department than Caitlin! (Ph.D. 1980), now President of NSERC, who was also instrumental in establishing Our faculty were also recognized with the Szarek lectureship endowment. awards! Suning Wang received the Both Drs. Stoddart and Pinto had plenty Excellence Award in Graduate Supervision of opportunities to reminisce about the as well as the Canadian Association for times they spent in Szarek’s group. Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship. The Queen’s award I sincerely hope that we will see you soon is given to only one research supervisor – maybe at Homecoming or maybe when annually in recognition of their graduate visiting Kingston with family or friends. student mentorship, and the National Please make sure that you drop me a award has just been launched – Dr. Wang line or call ahead of your visit and we is the very first recipient. Both awards can catch up. Peter Loock
3 Message from the Manager Hello Q-CHeM Chronicles Readers
As Peter pointed out, there have been several initiatives and projects undertaken . In addition to overseeing many of the building enhancement renovations, contributing to the short and long-term planning for the department, and addressing operational challenges, there have been some important sta recruitments over the past year. Staffing Changes: Dawn Free joined the department as Pam Bandy-Dafoe Financial Coordinator retired from the on January 8th, 2018 . department in With several years October 2017. of financial and Pam had joined administrative the Chemistry support experience working at Queen’s , Department in 1999. Dawn has a robust multifaceted portfolio Over the years, Pam had worked of experience, which she brings into this diligently as part of our administrative new and challenging role. Dawn jumped team providing financial assistance and right in and has started revamping some keeping Science Stores running smoothly. of our processes in order to increase Although with the department since service levels for the department. 1999, Pam had contributed over 41 years experience to the University – A Both Ben and Dawn bring a wealth of remarkable achievement! We wish experience and a dynamic insight into her all the best. supporting the teaching and research in our department and are a great addition Ben Geiger joined to our team! the department as our Instrumentation During my four years with the Technologist in June Department of Chemistry, I have had 2017. Ben has the pleasure of working with some of extensive technical the finest administrative, technical, and skills working with support sta in the higher education and repairing robotics, electronics, sensory field. The Chemistry team is continually systems, pneumatic and hydraulic focused on improving operational systems. Additionally, he has a strong eciencies, ensuring heightened levels IT background with innovation and of service, supporting the delivery of our process improvement experience. educational programs and research activities. As we continue into the future, I want to thank and acknowledge each employee for his or her hard work and dedication. Many thanks!
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Last May she was named a Tier 1 Canada h Research Chair in Metal Organic P Chemistry for her extensive work with organic compounds. She has American Chemical Society and Angewandte tremendously enjoyed the first year in Chemie , but the group was honoured to this position, and has made several be asked for a submission to a special significant contributions during this time. Synlett issue in celebration of colleague Victor Snieckus’ 80th birthday. All This year, Dr. Crudden was awarded a authors were surprised and excited to Prize for Excellence in Research by the learn recently that their article was Oce of the Vice-Principal (Research) awarded the Best Article for the year! here at Queen’s . These prizes are awarded to five outstanding researchers annually, Dr. Crudden is also the Chair of the and are intended to reward major NSERC-Chemistry Liaison committee; contributors for their significant impact a group formed to facilitate discussions to their field. Since winners were between NSERC and the Chemistry announced, her research has been profiled community in Canada. In this role, she extensively, and as a result she has has been influential in encouraging helped raise awareness for chemistry, growth in the domestic chemistry and scientific research in general. community through further education, industrial support, and support from The Canadian Society for Chemistry’s the federal government. While primarily Catalysis Award has also been given to interested in issues aecting chemists, Dr. Crudden this year. This award is this work aects our scientific colleagues given bi-annually, and is presented to a across many disciplines, and of course researcher who has made a distinguished in the international scene. contribution to the field catalysis. She receives it at the annual conference which Dr. Crudden has also spoken at numerous is being held in Edmonton this year. domestic and international public engagements. From invited lectures on Internationally, she has been awarded her group’s work, to recruiting tours for the International Precious Metal Institute’s potential students to Queen’s , to panel 2017 Carol Tyler Award, which is awarded discussions with federal level politicians to a female researcher working in the area on the state of academic research in of precious metals. She is the first non- Canada, she’s been encouraging others to American recipient! She has been invited learn and become engaged in Chemistry. to receive this award at their annual conference in Texas in the Spring. Research and education are two of the most important facets of ensuring It’s been a most productive publication continued access to high quality science, year, as well. Between the main Queen’s and we are so glad to have such a strong lab and the satellite lab in Nagoya, eleven and renowned individual as Cathleen papers were accepted in 2017. Many Crudden here in the Department of papers were accepted in the Journal of the Chemistry.
5 4235 Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision
Professor Suning Wang, a Queen’s changing personal growth, stemming University Research Chair in the from her care and concern for each Department of Chemistry was one of student as an individual. She challenges the two recipients of the 2017 Award her students to think critically about for Excellence in Graduate Student science, ask dicult and important Supervision by Queen’s University. questions, ethically communicate Professor Wang joined the Department scientific findings, and continually grow of Chemistry at Queen’s University as a as researchers. Dr. Wang is always Queen’s University National Scholar in available to her students and helps them 1996. She has supervised 15 MSc and 24 stay on track, but she lets them make PhD students, as well as 19 postdoctoral mistakes so that they gain a sense of fellows at Queen’s . The excellence of her ownership over their projects. Beyond supervision and mentorship is reflected encouraging and supporting her students by the fact that many of her graduate in writing manuscripts for publication, students are holders of prestigious preparing conference presentations, academic prizes and fellowships including learning new techniques, and interacting Vanier Graduate Scholarship, NSERC with an international community of Graduate Scholarship/Postdoctoral scholars, she never loses sight of the fact Fellowship, Banting Postdoctoral that they are people living complicated Fellowship, Marie Curie Postdoctoral lives. Dr. Wang makes an eort to get to Fellowship, and the Canadian Council know each of her students individually of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC) and is deeply invested in their success. Doctoral Award etc. Four of her PhD She shares her own curiosity and students have won the Governor General’s passion for academic research while Academic Gold Medals for their also respecting and accepting students’ excellence in graduate research. Many individual ambitions. In the words of one of her graduate students are successful of her students, “it is this combination in faculty positions, medical profession, of personal and professional investment and research careers in industrial and in her students as individuals that government laboratories. Dr. Wang’s makes Dr. Wang a truly exceptional students credit her with supporting life- graduate supervisor.”
6 Two Nobel Laureates help honour Mike Baird’s and Walter Szarek’s accomplishments
The achievements by Mike Baird and More recently, on April 13th, 2018, Walter Szarek are impressive – even Sir Fraser Stoddart (Northwestern daunting. Both spent over 50 years in University) delivered the inaugural chemistry research, trained and educated Walter Szarek Lecture. The Szarek thousands of students, and wrote lectureship endowment was initiated by hundreds of scientific articles. It therefore Mario Pinto (Ph.D. 1980), now president seemed only appropriate that their many of NSERC, who is a graduate from the contributions to chemistry research Szarek Group. From 1967 to 1970, Sir and education were celebrated with Fraser, who received the Nobel Prize the help of distinguished guests, friends in Chemistry for his work in the design and colleagues. and synthesis of molecular machines in 2016, was a postdoctoral fellow in In both cases the initiative started outside the Queen’s Department of Chemistry, the department. Two of Mike Baird’s first working in the research group led by students, Will Rogers (B.Sc. 1977, Ph.D. J.K. Jones. However, with Dr. Jones 1980) and Helen Ferkul (B.Sc. 1980, M.Sc. working abroad, Sir Fraser was eectively 1982), launched a fundraising campaign supervised by Dr. Szarek. It was Walter among Mike’s students and friends that Szarek who directed Dr. Stoddart’s ultimately collected enough contribution s research interests from carbohydrate that we could endow a named lectureship. chemistry to the then brand-new area The first “Mike Baird Lecture” was of macrocycle synthesis and chemistry. delivered by Richard Schrock (MIT) In his talk and in many meetings with on September 28th, 2017. Professor students and faculty Professor Stoddart Schrock presented a historical overview was able to inspire graduate students, of the dierent discoveries related to professors and sta with his work on the olefin metathesis reaction. Of course, “Materials beyond Cyclodextrins”. Dr. Schrock’s own contributions were recognized with the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Professor Schrock also showed highlights of his more recent work.
7 Experience Queen ’s Stuttgart Double Masters Program By Matthias Hermann
Beer, cars, punctuality and love of travel. “Materials and Functional Molecules” These topped the many answers I received line of coursework during my first year, when I asked people about their German then joining Dr. Oleschuk’s group in stereotypes. I am not here to prove or Canada for my second year. In refute these. However, I can tell you that September of 2017, I defended my my own beliefs about Canada were thesis on a microfluidic platform for aected by my stay here. I am the first detecting cadmium in drinking water. German graduate of the Queen’s -Stuttgart Double Masters program. Because this program allows participants to spend a full year abroad it is far more This recently established program through than the short-term student exchange the departments of chemistry in both normally oered. It gives one the universities allows students to spend opportunity to make strong connections the second year of their studies at the in the host country and indulge in a partner university. Students spend their new language and culture. Furthermore, first year at their home university to focus it adds two master’s degrees to your on initial courses and research labs. CV – one from each country. Afterwards, they head overseas for their second year at the host university Cally Li and Julius Knöller are this year’s Queen’s continuing on with research then participants, from and Stuttgart preparing their thesis, all under the respectively, both heading abroad for supervision of professors from both their second year in the Autumn. As for universities. myself, I loved it in Canada so much that I decided to stay here for my PhD. My own experience with this program So much for that stereotype about was awesome. I chose to focus on the Germans loving to travel. Queen ’s Alumni help endow student teaching and research fund
Queen’s graduates, Barry Robins (BSc 1964 Chem.Eng., centre), and his sons, Dave Robins (BSc 1992 Eng. Chem., left) and Brian Robins (BSc 1994 Chem.Eng., right), made a generous donation of US $100,000 to the Department of Chemistry in support of our undergraduate and graduate student education programs. Barry Robins, an original native of Kingston, is the founder of DavosPharma, Upper Saddle River, NJ. continued
8 The entire Robins family has been careers and the department about its deeply involved in contributing to the strategic priorities. Their donation to welfare of Queen’s Chemistry. Their our department was endowed to create a donation is only the most recent new graduate teaching award, to increase contribution to our department. Barry support for international graduate was one of the founders of the Queen’s students, and to allow for undergraduate Chemistry Innovation Council (QCIC). student travel to present 4th year research For many years, the Robins family has at national conferences. We are all very been active members in the QCIC and grateful for their amazing contribution advised our students on advancing their to our department! Undergraduate life By Julia Antoniw and Jacqueline Mersereau
Greetings from the Chemistry Department Student Council Co-Presidents. As we write this, the final week of the 2018 winter term is coming to an end. The sun is shinning, courses and activities are wrapping up and the undergraduate student body is mentally preparing for the demanding weeks that lie ahead. The Chemistry DSC is a council composed of undergraduate students from all years of study who work within and year representatives. The hard work, the department and with the Arts and commitment and dedication that this Sciences Undergraduate Society. We are wonderful team put in allowed us to plan currently in the process of meeting and be a part of numerous successful with our successor, an experience which academic and social events. is providing us with the opportunity The academic highlights from this year to reflect on the past year. Our goals include the implementation of the or this year were to be a voice for the accelerated master’s program, the Fall undergraduate student body, promote and Spring Open Houses, and the positive relationships between “Major’s Night”. Beginning in Spring undergraduate students, graduate 2018, members of the 2019 class will students, and faculty members, and be able to begin working towards their fundraise money for our end of year master’s degree while completing their formal – a highly anticipated event within undergraduate degree. We appreciated the Department. With support from the the opportunity to be given a voice in faculty, the Queen’s Graduate Chemistry this process and believe this accelerated Society and our undergraduate council program is a positive initiative that will we were able to achieve all these goals. benefit both undergraduate students The start of the year was a busy time and researchers. The Fall and Spring where we formed a council with open houses gave students in the 20 members composed of finance, Department an opportunity to volunteer fundraising, marketing, events, academics to speak about the Chemistry program
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9 at Queen’s to high school students and tied for TA of the Year. We would like to their families, testing our volunteer’s extend a thank you to all the those who knowledge of the on-display MS-MS came out to our events and supported instrument in the process. Undergraduate out fundraisers as your enthusiasm for students and faculty also volunteered all things chemistry related is what their time at “Majors Night” where made these events such a success. they answered questions from first As well as social and academic events, year students in the process of choosing the Chemistry DSC completes other a major. administrative duties in the Department . The social highlights from this year These include conducting USAT included a Welcome Back Night at the professor evaluations, meeting with Grad Club, Halloween candy-gram sale, the Department Head, meeting with the departmental clothing sale, pub crawl, Arts and Science Undergraduate Society ethanol engraved shot glasses sale, pool (ASUS) regarding the progress of our tournament, and an end of year banque t. Department, and participating in Faculty Competitions were high at the pool Board meetings, to vote on important tournament and we had a two-way tie decisions in the Faculty of Arts and for first place team! The end of year Science. A mix of individual and group- banquet aimed to celebrate all that based eorts, these duties allowed us has been achieved during the year and to learn a great deal about some of the provided a night for students and democratic processes in place at Queen’s professors to interact in a stress-free and speak up on behalf of the Chemistry environment. student body regarding changes to policies. This year’s banquet theme was masquerade and the night was filled It has been an honour to serve as the with dinner, dancing and creative Chemistry DSC Co-Presidents and we masques. “Table Trivia: How Well Do are truly grateful for being given this You Really Know Your Professors?” opportunity. This year has been such a was a hit for the second year running rewarding experience for us both and as were the mask decorating stations allowed us to learn a lot about ourselves and photo booth. Departmental awards as individuals and as a team. We are were given out to Professor and Teaching proud of the work we have done and Assistant of the Year, which was voted look forward to taking all we have on by Undergraduate students. This year, learned and applying it in our future Dr. Avena Ross won Professor of the endeavours. Year and Derek Esau and Jadab Majhi Graduate student life in the department By Marshall Timmermans
Greetings from the Queen’s Graduate department, striving to provide a mixture Chemistry Society! As the Spring of social, educational, and charitable semester draws to a close, it is my joy events, and to keep graduate students to reflect on graduate student life in the connected to their community both chemistry department throughout this within the department and throughout eventful and fun-filled year. The QGCS the university. As the President, I am executive is the representative body proud to have worked with an incredible for graduate students in the chemistry continued
10 executive team over the past year, who between graduate students within have all done exceptional work on neighbouring institutions. Additionally, making the chemistry department a we were very excited to be able to invite great place to live. Allow me to Dr. Nathan Magarvey of McMaster introduce you to this year’s executive: University as the keynote speaker of our Suhaylah Sequeira, VP Internal; Jaddie symposium, who gave a very well- Ho, VP External; Morgan Lehtinen, VP received talk on his research. Finance; Ola Pasternak, 5th Floor Rep; This year was the first year that our Andrew Rinald, 4th Floor Rep; Eduardo graduate research symposium was held de Barros Ferreira, 3rd Floor Rep; Sarah in conjunction with the annual meeting Ellis, Sports Rep; and Bailey Smith, of the Queen’s Chemistry Innovation Secretary. Council. This joining of the two annual By far our largest event this year was the events was done with the goal of Graduate Research Symposium. This forming connections between current event is a full day of research chemistry graduate and undergraduate presentations from graduate students, students and the exceptional network of summer undergraduates, and postdocs chemistry alumni that is the QCIC. This in the Department. Held during event was a resounding success by all orientation week, this is a welcome accounts. We were pleased to be able to event to introduce incoming graduate invite QCIC members to attend the students to the exciting research done in graduate research symposium and share the department and to share our passion our work with them, and we were for our research with other graduate equally pleased to have the QCIC host students in the Department. Cash prizes graduate and undergraduate students in were awarded for every session, and we a networking event where students were held a poster session and three-minute able to have face-to-face conversations thesis competition. This year was with QCIC members about careers in exceptional as we extended invitations chemistry, and learn more about how a to graduate students from the Royal degree in chemistry has led to the Military College, also here in Kingston, success of these distinguished alumni. and a number of their students also This year QGCS continued to use its participated in our poster session. It is position as representatives of chemistry our hope that this collaboration students within the Queen’s community between chemistry departments in the to advocate on their behalf and ensure Kingston area will continue and expand that there have been apprised of the in the future and promote exchanges continued
11 latest news regarding events within Wednesday Coee sessions have oered the broader university community. This many opportunities to get out of the year saw a number of significant events, lab and relax with our labmates and such as renegotiation of the collective colleagues. Our fundraising through agreement between the University and providing coee for our weekly Teaching Assistants, as well as numerou s departmental seminars have allowed us referenda put forth by the Society for to organize a whole series of fun events Graduate and Professional Students to bring graduate students together, (most notably a highly contested such as our Summer and Halloween referendum regarding the renewal of mixers, trivia nights, pumpkin carving the subsidized bus pass that grad students at Halloween (with spooky chemistry use to access Kingston Transit). QGCS themed jack-o-lanterns!) skating trips, executive members have been diligently and bowling trips. Our Winter Formal ensuring that the best interests of banquet at the Grizzly Grill was a smash chemistry students are represented success, with a full three-course meal, in these discussions, and we have door prizes, and good conversations encouraged chemistry graduate students had by all. Once again the QGCS and to engage with these processes. This year chemistry grad students banded has seen unprecedented engagement of together to raise money for a good chemistry students with the university cause by having a good time, once community, with huge turnouts of again participating in CIBC’s Run for chemistry students at SGPS meetings, the Cure, raising money for the contract negotiation meetings and the Canadian Cancer Society. Events like vote to approve the new TA collective these, and the good memories created agreement. I am proud to have worked at them with our friends and colleagues, this past year with so many QGCS really bring together the Queen’s executive members and graduate students chemistry community and make the who are passionately working to improve chemistry department feel like home. the Queen’s community. The warmth and friendship we have Although our educational and political received from graduate students in activities are enormously rewarding, it’s chemistry makes all the work done by the good times that we spend with our the QGCS worth it. It has been a true fellow graduate students that will be honour to serve this community as remembered the longest. One of the President. I would like to once again principle goals of the QGCS is to foster thank the rest of the QGCS executive a sense of community and camaraderie for their hard work and dedication, amongst our members, and this has and for giving me the opportunity to been an excellent year in that regard. work with them to make this a great Nothing brings grad students together year. I wish the best of luck to next quite like food and coee, and our year’s executive, and look forward summer barbecues and weekly to seeing what next year holds!
12 4235-4236 Departmental Highlights
June -+,/ August -+,/ B Congratulations to Soren Mellerup, a Chemistry PhD student who is one of three awarded the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship. B The research of Dr. Gregory Jerkiewicz is featured in the Spring 2017 issue of (e)AFFECT magazine. B We congratulate Drs. Avena Ross and Dr. Jerkiewicz is Matthew Zamora on their marriage. reaching out globally to help create a greener and B Morgan Lehtinen, an MSc Candidate cleaner world. To read more, view in the Liu Group is awarded the page 22 to 23 of the Spring 2017 issue Graduate Student Speaker Award at of (e)AFFECT: the 2017 CSC. Her oral presentation B is in the field of Self-Assembly at Dr. Victor Snieckus is named the 2017 Surfaces. Yoshida Lecturer in recognition of his accomplishments in organic chemistry . He presented lectures at Osaka and September -+,/ Kyoto Universities and participated in B 2016-2017 Chemistry the Nordic/Japan Symposium during TA Award winners! the June 20-25, 2017 period. July -+,/ B Congratulations to Dr. Hans-Peter Loock who is appointed as Head of the Department of Chemistry for the period July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2021. B We congratulate Jutae Kim, a former PhD student in the Laboratory of Dr. Gregory Jerkiewicz, on his appointmen t Andrew Burnie (the Fisher Scientific Award): Amy MacLean and Derek Esau (the Friends of as Research Professor at the Global Chemistry Award); Christene Smith (the David Frontier Center for Multiscale Energy Thomas Award); and Mai-Jan Tom (the Patrick Systems at Seoul National University Doolan Award). in South Korea. Jutae defended his PhD thesis in May 2017 and was appointed Research Professor the following month.
13 September -+,/ November -+,/ B Our 2017 QCIC career event B Special congratulations to Bruce is a huge success! Jameson! 70 years ago, Jameson left Queen’s with one credit short from his degree in engineering chemistry. He started working full-time for a petroleum company right after he left and stayed in the industry for 39 years. Over the years, he married, had children, grandchildren and is now retired. On November 14, 2017, Bruce Jameson returned to Queen’s for Convocation and finally received his degree thanks to his grandson. October -+,/ B In honour of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the University of Waterloo, their Faculty of Science presents Alumni of Honour Awards to 10 alumni, including Philip Jessop. The ceremony, presided over by Bob Lemieux, took place on Friday the 29th of September.
B Professor Gregory Jerkiewicz is awarded the 2018 Eminent Visitor Award of the Catalysis Society of South Africa B Chemistry installs a new 700 MHz NMR Spectrometer! The instrument is equipped with probes for both liquid and solid samples and will support departmental research and contract work for many years. The NMR instrument is part of the $8.8M CFI grant.
14 December -+,/ March -+,0 B New artwork is installed in Cherno B We have the pleasure of hosting Mike Auditorium. These images printed Cherno on Monday March 19th. We on brushed aluminum sheets, are are very grateful for his contribution SEM files provided by our very in making Cherno Hall what it is own Dr. Guojun Liu, Dr. Gregory today! Jerkiewicz and Dr. Richard Oleschuk.
B The Queen’s Graduate Chemistry Society showing holiday cheer at their 2017 Winter Formal Dinner held at the Grizzly Grill!
April -+,0 B We welcome Dr. Kevin McEleney who joined the Department April 2, 2018 as the new Surface Facility January -+,0 Instrumentation Manager. Kevin B Two Ph.D. students from the obtained his undergraduate and Beauchemin group win poster prizes graduate degrees here at Queen’s . at the 2018 Winter Conference on He received his PhD in 2009 under Plasma Spectrochemistry held in the supervision of Dr. Cathy Crudden Amelia Island, Florida, January 2018. and Dr. Hugh Horton.
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15 April -+,0 B 4th year projects winners B Ontario Graduate Scholarship recipients for 2018-2019 are: Sarah Ellis (Jessop), Emily Groper (Loock), Becky Lo (Zechel), Amy MacLean (Loock), Hannah Ramsay (Stamplecoskie), and Alex Veinot (Crudden). May -+,0 B Congratulations to Guojun Liu on the renewal of his CRC Tier-1 Chair. B Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Dr. Peter Loock; Vanessa Romano (Macartney Jerkiewicz, who has been conferred Group) the Walter MacFarlane Smith Prize in with the title of Professor of Chemical Chemistry; Rebecca Modler (Kontopoulou Group) Sciences for life by Andrzej Duda, the M. Sullivan and Son Limited Scholarship; President of the Republic of Poland. Dr. Gang Wu
B Philip Jessop, along with other experts prepares a report for the Government of Canada on the state of science and technology and industrial R&D in Canada. B Dr. Allingham along with co- investigators P. Andrew Evans (Department of Chemistry) and Andrew Craig (The Queen’s Cancer Research Institute), will receive $497,500 over the three years. June -+,0 The federal financing will fund the B development and pre-clinical testing Diane Beauchemin wins the of new cancer fighting drugs that Gerhard Herzberg Prize given by disturb a key protein required for the Spectroscopy Society of Canada. cancer cells to spread. B Suning Wang is chosen as the winner B The following students win national of the first Canadian Association for NSERC awards for 2018-2019: Graduate Studies Award by the Canadian Association of Graduate Julie Deichert (CGSM Snieckus/Ross Studies for Outstanding Graduate group), Jasmine Buddingh (PGSD Mentorship. Liu group).
16 Congratulations to the Undergraduate Class of 4236!
17 We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have been confirmed for our 2018-2019 Seminar Series. For more information and dates, please visit our website at www.chem.queensu.ca/departmental-seminar-series Professor Thomas F. Miller, California Institue of Technology Professor Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology Professor Mitchell A. Winnik, University of Toronto Professor Paul Anastas, Yale University Professor Karen Goldberg, University of Pennsylvania Professor Laura L. Kiessling, MIT Professor Molly Shoichet, University of Toronto
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