Summer 2026 Undergraduate Research Projects
Supervisor
Project Title
Russ Algar
- Luminescent nanoparticles for medical diagnostics based on smartphones
- Novel fluorescent materials for bioanalysis and imaging
Bertram, Allan
- Wildfire Smoke: Physical and Chemical Evolution and Impacts
- Effect of atmospheric chemistry on the ice nucleation properties of microplastics
- Do Solar Geoengineering Aerosols Trigger PSCs and Inadvertent Ozone Loss?
Brumer, Harry
- Biocatalytic production of bioactive oligosaccharides
- Synthesis of GlycoCaged drugs to treat intestinal inflammation
Cooke, Ilsa
- Experimental insights into the missing interstellar sulfur
- Tracing the chemistry of aromatic molecules in Taurus molecular cloud
- Using satellite data to probe the chemistry in forest fire smoke
Gates, Derek
- Synthetic phosphorus chemistry for application in polymer science and catalysis
Grant, Edward
- Bioanalytical applications of single-molecule microscopy
- Machine learning and the Raman spectrochemical analysis of complex materials
Hallas, Alannah
- Crystal growth of mineral-inspired quantum materials
- Synthesis and magnetic characterization of novel rock salt high entropy oxides
Hudson, Zachary
- Design of organic semiconductors exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence
MacLachlan, Mark
- New approaches for Lanthanide Extraction and Separation
Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa
- Development of catalysts for the formation of biodegradable and functionalizable new polymers
- Using catalysis to develop bio based, CO2-containing polymers
Momose, Taka
- Spectroscopy and dynamics of cold atoms and molecules
Perrin, David
- New heterocycles for DNA recognition
- New PET imaging agents to image cancer
- New approaches to antiviral anti-HIV agents
- Synthesis of peptide natural products targeted for cancer therapy
- New organotrifluroborates for use in coupling, sensing and biology
Reid, Jolene
- Machine Learning for Accelerating Chemical Discovery
- Strong acid catalysis for enantioselective reaction development
Ryan, Katherine
- Characterization of enzymes from natural products biosynthesis
Straus, Suzana
- Elucidating the mechanism of action of novel host defense peptides (HDPs)
Thachuk, Mark
- Studies in Theoretical Chemistry
Wang, Alex
- Computational Method Development in Density functional Theory
Wolf, Michael
- Photochemistry of Antimicrobial Textiles