Prof. Tomislav Friscic is McGill’s newest William Dawson Scholar

The William Dawson Scholar award recognizes a scholar developing into an outstanding and original researcher of world-class caliber who is poised to become a leader in his or her field, similar to that of a CRC Tier 2. The Department of Chemistry is proud to host the 2015 Scholar. Congratulations Tomislav Friscic.

Come join us at Pacifichem 2015

Some of our faculty members are involved in the organizing of Pacifichem 2015 symposia in Honolulu on Dec 15-20. Submit an abstract before April 15 (extended deadline) or register (early bird rate) before October 15 and join us there!

CERC in Green Chemistry Robin Rogers talks about Green Chemistry and his move to McGill

Robin Rogers was interviewed by C&E News and talks about his inspiration, green chemistry, innovation and McGill.

http://cen.acs.org/content/cen/articles/93/i7/CEN-Talks-Green-Chemistry-...

Oxidizing alcohol without TEMPO

The Arndtsen and Lumb research groups jointly report a copper-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols without the use of traditional N-oxide co-oxidants. The tyrosinase inspired Cu-diamine complex efficiently mediates the oxidation of both activated and un-activated alcohols at ambient pressure and temperature.

A Simple Solution for the Synthesis of Lignans

Graduate student Anna Albertson and Assistant Professor Jean-Philip Lumb report a novel, bio-inspired approach to lignan natural products, which solves a longstanding challenge of mimicking their biosynthesis in the lab. The method provides an exceptionally efficient route to the furanolignans tanegool and pinoresinol. The work was recently published in Angewandte Chemie.

Prof. Gonzalo Cosa Keith Laidler Award winner

Congratulations to Gonzalo Cosa, who is this year’s Keith Laidler Award winner.  The award will be presented to him by the Canadian Society for Chemistry, in Ottawa, June 13-17, 2015.    Sponsored by the CIC Physical, Theoretical and Computation Chemistry Division, the Keith Laidler Award is presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of physical chemistry while working in Canada, recognizing early achievement in his/h

Prof. Dmytro Perepichka, winner of the 2015 Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry

Sponsored by the Materials Chemistry Division, the Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry is presented to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has made an outstanding contribution to materials chemistry while working in Canada.

The award will be presented to him during the 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, which is taking place in Ottawa, June 13-17, 2015.

Prof. CJ Li 2015 R.U. Lemieux Award Winner

Sponsored by Gilead Alberta ULC the R.U. Lemieux Award is presented to an organic chemist who has made a distinguished contribution to any area of organic chemistry and who is currently working in Canada.  CJ Li will be awarded and will present a lecture at the98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa, June 13-17, 2015.

Prof. Hanadi Sleiman 2016 Izatt-Christensen Award Recipient

Hanadi Sleiman is the 2016 winner of the annual Izatt-Christensen Award for Macrocyclic Chemistry, sponsored by IBC Advanced Technologies.   Hanadi will be presented during the 2016 International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, to be held in Seoul, Korea, July 10-14, 2016.  Hanadi joins the ‘club’ of some very prominent leading scientists in the field of macrocyclic/supramolecular chemistry (previous winners include JF Stoddart, D. Leigh, A. Hamilton, L.

Prof. Janine Mauzeroll 2015 Fred Beamish Award Recipient

Congratulations to Janine Mauzeroll for winning the 2015 Fred Beamish Award. 

Sponsored by the CSC Analytical Chemistry Division, the Fred Beamish Award is presented to an individual who demonstrates innovation in research in the field of analytical chemistry, where the research is anticipated to have significant potential for practical applications.

Tomislav Friscic wins the 2014-2015 Tomlinson Science Award

Prof. Tomislav Friscic was awarded this year’s Tomlinson Science Award (Assistant Professor Category). These awards have been established in honor of the interdisciplinary collaborators Rutherford and Soddy, through the generous endowment of a visionary philanthropist, Dr. Richard Tomlinson.

Jeff Quesnel, 2014 Udho Parsini Diwan Prize awardee, talks about his latest article

Jeffrey Quesnel is a senior graduate student in the group of Bruce Arndtsen. He won the 2014 Udho Parsini Diwan Prize, an award given to the graduate student authoring the most exciting research article in the past year in the Department.

Paper from Sleiman group selected for a “Spotlight” by JACS.

The article entitled "Precision Polymers and 3D DNA Nanostructures: Emergent Assemblies from New Parameter Space” has been chosen by the editors of JACS as a Spotlight entitled:

"COMPLEX FUNCTIONALITY FROM DNA BOXES AND POLYMER SNAKES"

McGill Chemistry PhD graduate secures a Green Chemistry Research Grant

Reuben Hudson (bottom right on the photo) is currnetly a post doctoral fellow at Colby University in Maine, in the group of Jeffrey Katz, where he studies the synthesis of polymers.

Periodic Table Birthday Cupcakes

On Oct 9, the Ariya group made a nice surprise to their supervisor. The entire lab baked, decorated, transported and setup  over 100 cupcakes to create a periodic table.