Green Chemistry @ MUN

November 2009 – Congratulations to Samantha Payne (2nd year PhD Candidate, Kerton Group) on her award of a ‘Provincial Government Special Scholarship for Students to Pursue Graduate Studies Related to Resource Development’. Samantha is also a current holder of an NSERC PGS-D award. She has been studying the solubility of bio-sourced chemicals in ‘green’ solvents and is currently investigating environmentally friendly transformations of xylitol and xylose (also known as wood sugars).

September 2009 – Welcome back to Chad, Amy and Elliott who begin work on their Honours’ projects and a belated welcome to Dr. Abudureyimu Kadeer (Xinjiang, China). Also, a special welcome to our MUCEP students – Michelle and Hanbyal