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Each year, invited speakers are welcomed to our Department to present their research to our community. Please join us in these engaging research talks on an exciting array of topics. 

Campus maps are available, and for visitors driving to campus we suggest using the University Hospital visitor parking garage.

Invited Speakers

2024-2025 Speakers 

September 11, 2024
Thomas Gungor and Daniel Dang (Tosoh/PolyAnalytik)
Topic Area: Advanced Polymer Characterization Workshop
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Elizabeth Gillies

September 25, 2024
Saurabh Chitnis (Dalhousie University)
Topic Area: SYNTHESIS
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Paul Ragogna

October 9, 2024
Toby Zheng (York University)
Topic Area: THEORETICAL
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Viktor Staroverov
 
October 15, 2024
David Herbert (University of Manitoba)
Time: 2:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Joe Gilroy

October 23, 2024
Paul Boyle (Western University)
Topic Area: single crystal X-ray how to
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115

October 30, 2024
Benoit Couturaud (CNRS) 
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Elizabeth Gillies

November 6, 2024
Danny Leznoff (Simon Fraser University)
Topic Area: SYNTHESIS/MATERIALS
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Yining Huang

November 13, 2024
Kirsty Ng (Western University)
2024 Bancroft Award Recipient lecture
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115

November 20, 2024
Titel Jurca (University of Central Florida)
Topic Area: Synthesis
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Joe Gilroy

November 27, 2024
Ian Burgess (University of Saskatchewan)
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Francois Lagugne-Labarthet

December 4, 2024
Todd Hoare (McMaster University)
Topic Area: Chem. Biology
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Arghya Paul

January 16, 2025
Kent Griffith (University of California)
Topic Area: Chem.
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Yining Huang

January 22, 2025
Audrey Moores (McGill University)
Topic Area: MATERIALS
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Elizabeth Gillies

February 5, 2025
Tristan Harrison and Tyler Lougheed (Western Technology Transfer Office)
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof.  Lijia Liu

February 12, 2025
Mark Biesinger (Chemistry Research Excellence Award Winner)
Topic Area: Chem.
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof.  Johanna Blacquiere

March 12, 2025
Alex Brolo (University of Victoria)
Topic Area: MATERIALS
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Zhifeng Ding

March 19, 2025
Russ Algar (University of British Columbia)
Topic Area: MATERIALS
Time: 1:30pm
Location: ChB 115
Host: Prof. Zhifeng Ding
 

Previous Talks, by academic year can be found here.