Xin’s article entitled ‘Catalytic Alkylation of Aryl Grignard Reagents by Iron(III) Amine-bis(phenolate) Complexes’ (DT-ART-09-2010-001239) has been accepted for publication in Dalton Transactions. Congratulations Xin and Chris!
***Newsflash*** December 2nd: It has been designated a HOT paper
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Newsflash: Amy (NSERC USRA) and Dana’s (SWASP, after 1st year undergrad!) research efforts from Summer 2008 (Fe catalysed cross-coupling) have just been accepted for publication in Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
ICE 2010/2011 – Applications are now due (deadline: October 22, 2010) with your departmental representative, see Chris’ ICE page for more details and an application form.
- Students from MUN have previously been placed at: Queen’s, Ottawa, Western, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and UVic
- One Queen’s (2007), one UVic (2008) and one UBC (2009) student have spent a summer at MUN. Students placed at MUN have seen their results published in Chemical Communications and Dalton Transactions.
In the news – Samantha and Hassan’ s participation in the Green Chemistry Summer School made it onto the University’s news site
September 2010 – Welcome to Justin and Elliott starting their graduate studies with Chris and to Christina starting her honours project with Fran. Our MUCEP students: Marcus and Michelle (Welcome Back!), and Nick (Welcome!)
May 2010 – Chris, Fran, Uttam, Kamrul, Rebecca, Xin and Amy attended the CSC in Toronto
June 2010 – Congratulations to Khaled on his postgraduate RDC (Research Development Coorporation NL) Ocean Industries Scholarship/Award – $30k for two years! Also, congratulations to Christina Price on her undergraduate RDC Ocean Industries Scholarship. Fran and Chris attended the International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis in Poznan, Poland.
July 2010 – Congratulations to Hassan and Samantha on their selection to attend the ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy. Zhenzhong attended the Challenges in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Conference in Hong Kong. He received a travel award from the organizers, congratulations!
Samantha’s green chemistry manuscript is at the proofs stage: Green Chem., DOI:10.1039/C0GC00205D.
Also, welcome to Kelly, WISE-SSEP student working alongside Lisa, Michelle and Rebecca! We hope you have a fun summer of chemistry!
Group Photo Summer 2010
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April/May 2010 – Welcome to our summer students: Jessica Besaw (NSERC USRA), Lisa Saunders (NSERC USRA), Marcus Drover (SWASP) and Michelle Pratt (SWASP) – all are joining us after completing their 2nd year at MUN.
Congratulations to Rebecca, Samantha and Khaled on their awards
Graduate Students Award Ceremony, May 2010
April 2010 – Thank you to our MUCEP students from the past year: Hanbyal Kim, Lisa Saunders and Michelle Pratt. Congratulations to our Honors’ students on completing their 490 A/Bs: Amy Reckling, Chad Petten and Elliott Chard. Well done! and best wishes for the future.
Breaking News…Congratulations to Amy on her NSERC scholarship for next year at U. of Ottawa.
March 2010 – Congratulations to Lisa Saunders (SWASP 2009) on her undergraduate poster prize and Rebecca Dean (PhD 2007 – present) on her graduate talk prize at the AIDW March 13th/14th (hosted by St. Mary’s University)
Green Chemistry @ MUN 