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Friday, November 28, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Suzy Lapi
Affiliation: 
University of Alabama
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract: TBA

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. William Dichtel
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Abstract:

Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However,...

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 16:00 to 19:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Kaeden Teindl
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Nichols Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Jessica Toigo
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Location: 
Chemistry D300

Abstract:

Complexes containing first-row metals often show low efficiency in converting light to other forms of chemical energy due to ultrafast decay. The lifetimes for Fe...

Thursday, December 4, 2025 - 09:00 to 12:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Jiahong Hu
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Momose Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 203
Thursday, December 4, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Daniel Nocera
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Location: 
CHBE 101 (Chemical and Biological Engineering Building)

Abstract: Living healthy on a dying planet—we are a world out of balance. Relying on science to improve the health of the individual with the design of new drugs and therapies, we...

Friday, December 5, 2025 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Xuyang Guo
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Krems Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 09:00 to 12:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Shawn Chen
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Schafer Group)
Location: 
Chemistry E311
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 16:00 to 19:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Lucas Andrew
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (MacLachlan Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 13:00 to 16:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Devin Klapatiuk
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Schafer Group)
Location: 
Chemistry E311
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Yuri Chenyakin
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Chen Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Dr. Gary F. Moore
Affiliation: 
School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), Arizona State University
Location: 
Chemistry D300

Abstract: The G. F. Moore research group investigates the molecular sciences required to build fundamentally interesting—and use-inspired— chemical constructs. This seminar...

Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 16:00 to 19:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Kaitlin Branch
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Nichols Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 203
Friday, December 12, 2025 - 09:00 to 12:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Jiayao Lu
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Nichols Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 203
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - 09:30 to 12:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Erica Kim
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Huan Group)
Location: 
Chemistry E311