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Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 13:30 to 14:30
Event Category: 
Lunchtime - Learning
Location: 
SIF Lab B353

Advanced registration is required to attend the event.

We are excited to invite you to an Open House Workshop featuring the ...

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Alshakim Nelson
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

Bio-sourced and biodegradable polymers for additive manufacturing could enable the rapid fabrication of parts for a broad spectrum of applications ranging from...

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 16:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Juan-Manuel Rueda Espinosa
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry/U. Calgary Chemistry (Sammis/Love Groups)
Location: 
UBC

Exam to be held via Zoom

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Will Primrose
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia - Hudson Group
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Jennifer Murphy
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

The acidity of atmospheric particles is important for the phase partitioning of semi-volatiles, the solubility of metals, and the rates of heterogeneous...

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Nadja Cech
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Dr. Kurt Hoffmann
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia - Gates Group
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Ryan Fortenberry
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

The most common element in space (after hydrogen and helium) is actually oxygen, even though most of the molecules listed in current astrochemical censuses are...

Friday, February 14, 2025 - 12:30 to 13:30
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Rebecca Ruck
Affiliation: 
Merck
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract:

The development and application of new enabling technologies is critical to the ideal preparation of our Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. This talk will...

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Pam Doolittle
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

In this talk, we’ll explore how risk-taking and mistakes are essential to the process of discovery in both teaching and science. By embracing failure as a...

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Kaeden Teindl
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia - Nichols Group
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 09:00 to 12:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Kristina Rothchild
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Ryan Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Stephen Newman
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Yasuhiro Ohshima
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

In a gas-phase ensemble at room temperature, molecules are, on average, flying away by a few hundred meters, making turns almost reaching to 1011 ...

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Prof. Nick Stadie
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Montana State University
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Dirk Trauner
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

Molecules that greatly shift their shape, through bond migrations or photochemically driven double bond isomerizations, have long fascinated us. I will...

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Ryan Hili
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, York University
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Dr. Ehsan Hamzehpoor
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia - MacLachlan Group
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Andrew Goodwin
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Oxford University
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

Thermodynamics demands that all materials are disordered at finite temperature. Sometimes disorder is random; more frequently it’s not. In our research group, we’...

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Zongzhe Li
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia - MacLachlan Group
Location: 
Chemistry D300