Green Chemistry @ MUN


Congratulations
October 17, 2011, 5:56 pm
Filed under: Group News, Students

Hassan Kalviri and Zhenzhong Hu have been recognised as Fellows of the School of Graduate Studies. Congratulations to them both on their achievement and recognition for their hard work.



Old News – CSC 2011 – Montreal; and Montreal Round 2, ICE Workshop
October 4, 2011, 8:03 pm
Filed under: Conferences, Group News, Group Photos, Students

Some of the group out for a meal during the CSC 2011 in Montreal

A bumper number of students from the MUN Green Chemistry and Catalysis Group took part in the CSC this June in Montreal. Chris and Fran took them out to Modavie for a celebratory lunch. Well done to Kamrul, Rebecca, Justin, Elliott, Hassan, Khaled, Zhenzhong, Nduka, Marcus, Lisa, Michelle and Christina on their posters and oral presentations. You made a great impression on everyone you met!

Chris Kozak is the Inorganic Chemistry Exchange national Chair/Coordinator. Visit www.inorganicchemistryexchange.ca for more information. Chris, Fran and our ICE student Stephanie traveled to Montreal for the workshop in late August. Stephanie gave a fantastic talk on her Al chemistry. Well done Steph!  After, all the talks were done – we went to Trois Brasseurs to celebrate.

Celebratory meal at the end of the ICE workshop in Montreal, August 2011



Fall MUCEPs
September 22, 2011, 4:52 pm
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Welcome back to the group: Landon, Jen and Jess!



Group meetings Fall 2011
September 21, 2011, 1:25 pm
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The schedule is up and available on Dr. Kerton’s homepage. They are at 3:00 pm in C2026 on  Fridays. We can all go for a drink at Bitters afterwards!



Congratulations
September 19, 2011, 11:42 am
Filed under: Conferences, Group News, Science, Students

…to Rebecca Dean (Kozak Group) and Khaled Omari (Kerton Group) on their poster prizes at the Sustainable Chemistry Summit this past weekend.  The MUN Green Chemistry and Catalysis group won 2 of the 3 prizes available.

This meeting organized by GreenCentre Canada will be held for the 2nd time in 2013. We are already looking forward to it. It was a fantastic experience and a chance to meet not only other University researchers but those from industry, entrepeneurs, tech-transfer specialists, NGO and government reps, consultants….the list goes on. Thank you GreenCentre for organizing this.

Here is a video that was produced in the run-up to this meeting and it tells you a little bit about Green Chemistry:



Sustainable Chemistry Summit
September 15, 2011, 12:39 pm
Filed under: Conferences, Group News

Khaled, Rebecca, Samantha, Chris and Fran are attending the Sustainable Chemistry Summit in Kingston, Ontario this weekend. We look forward to learning about the road ‘from lab to market’ and meeting new and old friends.



September 2011
September 10, 2011, 10:25 pm
Filed under: Group News, Students

Welcome to all our new graduate students:

Jenna Flogeras (PhD Candidate, Kerton group), Yi Liu (MSc Candidate, Kerton group), Qing He (MSc Candidate, Kerton Group)

Katalin Pressing-Devaine (MSc Candidate, Kozak group), Hua Chen (MSc Candidate, Kozak group), Ray Roy (MSc Candidate, Kozak group)

Also, welcome back to our honours students: Lisa, Marcus and Michelle



August 2011
August 20, 2011, 5:57 pm
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Thank you and good luck to all our summer research assistants. Congratulations to Stephanie on her presentation at the ICE workshop at Université de Montréal, and to Nduka, Lisa and Jenn. S on their EJIC paper.

UPDATE: Congratulations to Hassan on his recently accepted paper in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.



July 2011
July 26, 2011, 3:27 pm
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Group Photo 2011

Group Photo 2011 (missing: Khaled Omari and Samantha Payne)



Nduka and Zhenzhong return from ACS Summer School
July 11, 2011, 11:39 am
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Zhenzhong and Nduka have recently returned to St. John’s after the extremely rewarding experience of attending the ACS summer school on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy. They advanced their knowledge of the field and made many new friends and contacts in the area. Congratulations to them on their participation.