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2013-2014 Graduates
June 2014 Convocation
| Graduate | Program | Supervisor | Thesis Title |
| Vincent Annibale | Doctoral | Prof. Datong Song | Anionic Nitrogen Chelate Ligands: From Molecular Self-assembly to Small Molecule Activation |
| Kaitlin Badali | Masters | Prof. Jonathan Abbatt | Fate of Atmospheric HOx and Peroxides in the Particle Phase |
| Jazmin Bansagi | Masters | Prof. Robert Alexander Batey | Development of Water Soluble ACP1 Analogues and Application of N-alkyl Carbamoylimidazoles as Isocyanate Equivalents |
| Rhys Batcup | Masters | Prof. Datong Song | 4,5-Diazafluorenyl Derivatives as Binucleating Ligands for the Syntheses of Heterobimetallic Complexes |
| Taunia Closson | Masters | Prof. Mitchell Winnik | Lanthanide-encoded Polystyrene Microparticles: Formation Kinetics and New Syntheses |
| Rebecca Courtemanche | Masters | Prof. Andrei Yudin | Bioactive Cyclic Peptides and Chemical Probes |
| Alon Eisenstein | Doctoral | Prof. M Cynthia Goh | Studying Physical Properties at the Nano-Scale: Thin Films, Nano-particles and Molecules |
| Julia Endicott | Masters | Prof. Artur Izmaylov | Fully Quadratic Vibronic Model of Electronic Transitions through Conical Intersections |
| Laura Lee Fedoryshin | Masters | Prof. Ulrich Krull | Near-infrared Triggered Anti-cancer Drug Release from Upconverting Nanoparticles |
| Byoungmoo Kim | Doctoral | Prof. Vy Dong | Asymmetric Lactone Synthesis via C-H Activation and Synthesis of Cyclic Peptides via Dehydropeptides |
| Michaela Marshall | Masters | Prof. Myrna Simpson | Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Bentonite Clays and Clay-rich Sediments |
| Seyedeh Mortazavi | Masters | Prof. Deborah Zamble | Engineering the Escherichia coli NikR Transcription Factor via Mutations in the Alpha3 Helix |
| Christina Mueller | Doctoral | Prof. R J Dwayne Miller | In Situ Techniques for Structure Determination in the Liquid Phase |
| Neilson Nguyen | Doctoral | Prof. Ulrich Fekl | Reactions and Properties of Molybdenum Bis(dithiolene) Complexes Based on Bis(trifluoromethyl) Dithiolene and Labile Ligands |
| Natalia Pawlowska | Masters | Prof. Michael Thompson | Probing the Hydration of Ultrathin Antifouling Adlayers using Neutron Reflectometry |
| Qasim Saleem | Doctoral | Prof. Peter Macdonald | Development of Multi-purpose Lipid Coated PNIPAM Microgels and Techniques for Characterizing Lateral Diffusion in Bilayers |
| Sarah Styler | Doctoral | Prof. D. James Donaldson | Heterogeneous Photochemistry of Atmospheric Dusts and Organic Films |
| Danielle Tokarz | Doctoral | Prof. Virginijus Barzda, Prof. Ulrich Fekl | Nonlinear Optical Properties of Carotenoid and Chlorophyll Harmonophores |
| Anthony Veloso | Doctoral | Prof. Kagan Kerman | Development of Electrochemical Detection Methods to Study the Aggregation of Neurodegenerative Amyloid Proteins and Targeting Alzheimer's Disease Pathologies by Novel Multi-functional Modulators |
| Jacqueline Yakobi-Hancock | Masters | Prof. Jonathan Abbatt | The Roles of Mineral Dusts and Coastal Aerosol in Cold and Warm Cloud Formation |
March 2014 Convocation (absentia)
| Graduate | Program | Supervisor | Thesis Title |
| Jordan Evans | Masters | Prof. Mark Lautens | Zirconium and Palladium Catalyzed Telescopic Synthesis of (E)-Alkenes |
| Elyse Henderson | Masters | Prof. D. James Donaldson | The Influence of Organic Coatings on Atmospheric Processes at the Air-water Interface |
| Donald Kelloway | Masters | Prof. R J Dwayne Miller | Searching for Spin Crossover in Fe(bpy)3(PF6)2 using Femtosecond Electron Diffraction and Ultrafast Transient Absorption |
| Leayen Lam | Masters | Prof. Andre Simpson | Characterization and Germination of 13C Labeled Seeds by Comprehensive Multiphase NMR Spectroscopy |
| Cyrille Lavigne | Masters | Prof. Paul Brumer | QP Partitioning for Radiationless Transitions |
| Corey McClary | Doctoral | Prof. Mark Taylor | Exploring Noncovalent and Reversible Covalent Interactions as Tools for Developing New Reactions |
November 2013 Convocation
Back row: Jeffrey McDowell, Michael Boone, Graeme Cambridge, Andrew Sydor, Scott McClure, Brent Page
Middle row: Adam Friedman, Vijay Shahani, Jenny Diep, Jennifer Lofgreen
Front row: Hannah Morales, Farkhondeh Fathi, Dorea Reeser, Doris Lee, Carla Brown, Xue Yu
| Graduate | Program | Supervisor | Thesis Title |
| Michael Boone | Doctoral | Prof. Doug Stephan | Reactivity of Lewis Acids with Coordinated Ligands of Late Transition Metal Complexes |
| Carla Brown | Masters | Prof. Patrick Gunning | Design and Synthesis of New Scaffolds for Stat5 Inhibition |
| Graeme Cambridge | Doctoral | Prof. Mitchell Winnik | Effect of Blending and Degradation on the Morphology of Polyferrocenylsilane Block Copolymer Micelles |
| Sooa Cho | Masters | Prof. Datong Song | Synthesis and Characterization of New Luminescent Lanthanide |
| Barbara Cottrell | Doctoral | Prof. Andre Simpson | Towards an Understanding of Dissolved Organic Matter Molecular Structure and Reactivity in the Environment |
| Jenny Diep | Masters | Prof. Mark Taylor | Novel Hydrogen Bonding Organocatalysts Applications in the aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction and Anion Sensing |
| Farkhondeh Fathi | Doctoral | Prof. Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz | Silver Nanostructures: From Fabrication to Interaction |
| Adam Friedman | Masters | Prof. Mark Lautens | Rhodium and Palladium Catalysed Domino Reactions of Alkenyl Pyridines and Alkenyl Pyrazines |
| Phillip Gregoire | Masters | Prof. Jennifer Murphy | Implications of Ambient Ammonia on Aerosol Acidity and Reactive Nitrogen Measurements |
| Joshua Hoang | Masters | Prof. Scott Prosser | Investigating the Folding Network of Calmodulin Using Fluorine NMR |
| Philip Johnson | Doctoral | Prof. Dwayne Miller | Photon Echoes from Retinal Proteins |
| Paraskevi Lagaditis | Doctoral | Prof. Robert Morris | Iron Complexes for the Catalytic Reduction of Polar Double Bonds |
| Brian Lam | Doctoral | Prof. Al-Amin Dhirani | Conductance Oscillations in Superconducting Nanoparticle Films |
| Doris Lee | Doctoral | Prof. Mark Taylor | Boron-Diol Interactions as the Basis for Novel Catalytic Transformations |
| Yu Li | Doctoral | Prof. Datong Song | Lanthanide Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks with Linear Dicarboxylate Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and Sensing Properties |
| Wanjuan Lin | Doctoral | Prof. Mitchell Winnik | Lanthanide-containing Microgels Intended for Bead-based Bioassys by Mass Cytometry |
| Jennifer Lofgreen | Doctoral | Prof. Geoffrey Ozin | Molecular Imprinting in Templated Mesoporous Organosilica Studies in Material Compostion and Morphology |
| Scott McClure | Masters | Prof. Greg Scholes | Investigation of Light-harvesting Dynamics of Photosynthetic Pigment-protein Complexes using Ultrafast Spectroscopy |
| Jeffrey McDowell | Doctoral | Prof. Geoffrey Ozin | Crosslinkable Light Emitting Conjugate and Metallocene Polymers: Synthesis, Properties and Application |
| Hannah Morales | Masters | Prof. Peter Macdonald | NMR Studies of Lateral Diffusion of a Transmembrane Peptide in DMPC/DHPC Bicelles and Morphological Characterization of DMPC/CHAPSO Bicelles |
| Megan Oh | Doctoral | Prof. Greg Scholes | Applications of Optical Spectroscopy in Studies on Energy and Electron Transfer and Solvation Effects in Nanoscale and Molecular Systems |
| Brent Page | Doctoral | Prof. Patrick Gunning | Small Molecule Inhibitors of Stat3 Protein as Cancer Therapeutic Agents |
| Brent Pautler | Doctoral | Prof. Myrna Simpson | Novel Analytical Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in the Cryosphere and its Potential Impacts on Climate Change |
| Dorea Reeser | Doctoral | Prof. D. James Donaldson | Effects of Aqueous Organic Coatings on the Interfacial Transport of Atmospheric Species |
| Vijay Shahani | Doctoral | Prof. Patrick Gunning | An Exploration into the Molecular Recognition of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Protein Via Rationally Designed Small Molecule Binders |
| Erika Siren | Masters | Prof. Ronald Kluger | Controlled Conjugation of Cu,Zn Superoxide Superoxide Dismutase: An Active Tetramer |
| Andrew Sydor | Doctoral | Prof. Deborah Zamble | Metal Binding and Response of Helicobacter pylori HypB and Escherichia coli YjiA |
| Sumi Wren | Doctoral | Prof. D. James Donaldson | Ion Exclusion, pH and Halogen Activation at the Air-ice Interface |
| Lori Yin | Masters | Prof. G Andrew Woolley | Functional Expression of a Blue Fluorescent - Photoactive Yellow Protein Fusion in HEK293 and E. coli |
| Chia-Yun Yu | Masters | Prof. Andrei Yudin | A Novel Approach Toward Branched Peptide Synthesis |
| Xue Yu | Doctoral | Prof. Dvira Segal | Energy Transfer at the Molecular Scale: Open Quantum Systems Methodologies |
| Colin Zamecnik | Masters | Prof. Gilbert Walker | SERS using Plasmonic Nanoparticles and J-aggregate Dyes |
| Meng Zhang | Doctoral | Prof. Mitchell Winnik | Part I: Morphology Transformation of Block Copolymer Micelles containing Quantum Dots in the Corona Part II: The Synthesis and Self-assembly of New Polyferrocenylsilane Block Copolymers |