Green Chemistry @ MUN

Some members of the group went out to support our basketball teams on Saturday night. The NBA All-Star Game will be taking place in Toronto this season (the first time in Canada!) and so there were lots of promotions and prizes to be won. Go Sea-Hawks!

Memorial now has accommodation for Graduate Students close to Downtown and Signal Hill. Graduate accommodations are now available at the former Battery hotel.

http://www.mun.ca/hfcs/battery_accommodations/

However, many students choose to live closer to campus near the Churchill Square neighbourhood or near the Avalon Mall.

The Green Chemistry & Catalysis Group will be taking on undergraduate research assistants next summer (2016) funded through the NSERC USRA, Faculty of Science SURA and Memorial University SWASP program.  If you want more details on these opportunities, please contact Dr. Chris Kozak or Dr. Fran Kerton directly.  Many students from our group have seen their work published in scientific journals (magazines) and have gone onto either graduate school or professional school (e.g. medicine).  Our students are also encouraged to attend regional and national chemistry conferences to meet with other students and scientists.

We will also have space for new graduate students in September 2016. Please see the School of Graduate Studies and Chemistry recruiting pages for more information. Excellent students are awarded Dean of Graduate Studies awards “top-ups” and will be considered for scholarship programs (not just NSERC). Kerton group students have received Ocean Industries Awards and NL Government Resource Scholarships.

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Are you Canadian or a Canadian Permanent Resident? Will you be graduating with an undergraduate degree in chemistry next year? Do you have a B+ or higher average? Are you interested in Green Chemistry and Catalysis? Why not apply for an NSERC scholarship and come join us at MUN for grad school! NSERC scholarship holders receive merit awards from the Dean of Graduate studies upon arriving at our University.

The deadline for NSERC CGS-M applications is December 1st. http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp

Don’t forget to speak to your profs about writing a recommendation  – it normally takes us a week to craft a really good and personal reference letter for you.

[If you think your GPA is not high enough for an NSERC scholarship – please get in touch with us anyway about opportunities for Grad studies at MUN. Funding is available from the School of Graduate Studies, Teaching assistantships and Research assistantships…..which means you earn a salary while you study! and tuition fees for grad studies are amongst the best value in Canada. Please consider joining us on the Rock!]

Dalal’s work is available ahead of print (accepted manuscript) in Dalton Transactions. It is open access so everyone can see the sodium structure below and read about its extraordinary activity in ROP.

Considering that sodium is one of the planet’s most abundant metals – this is an important result.

Congratulations Dalal.

Are you Canadian or a Canadian Permanent Resident? Will you be graduating with an undergraduate degree in chemistry next year? Do you have a B+ or higher average? Are you interested in Green Chemistry and Catalysis? Why not apply for an NSERC scholarship and come join us at MUN for grad school! NSERC scholarship holders receive merit awards from the Dean of Graduate studies upon arriving at our University.

The deadline for NSERC CGS-M applications is December 1st. http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp

Don’t forget to speak to your profs about writing a recommendation  – it normally takes us a week to craft a really good and personal reference letter for you.

[If you think your GPA is not high enough for an NSERC scholarship – please get in touch with us anyway about opportunities for Grad studies at MUN. Funding is available from the School of Graduate Studies, Teaching assistantships and Research assistantships…..which means you earn a salary while you study! and tuition fees for grad studies are amongst the best value in Canada. Please consider joining us on the Rock!]

Exciting to see the foundations being laid. We are scheduled to move into our lovely new facility in Fall 2019.

Building progress ~ Oct 30th 2015

Work has now begun on Memorial’s New Science Building. We are all very excited about moving in 2019!

New PhD students beginning in Sept 2016 will end up doing some of their research in this new state-of-the-art facility.

Building Site (Photo taken from University Centre) – October 2015

Source: Developing Green Chemistry Content for First-Year Undergraduate Laboratories

• Welcome Jochen Koerner (Interdisciplinary PhD candidate) – Jochen is co-supervised by Fran Kerton, Charlie Mather (Geography), Jim Feehan (Economics) and Cynthia McKenzie (DFO and adjunct-Biology).
• Fran Kerton was promoted to full professor on September 1st.
• Chris Kozak attended the Faraday Discussion on Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Sheffield and also visited Oxford University.
• Hart Plommer passed his comprehensive exam.
• The group had a potluck at the bosses’ house 🙂

Congratulations everyone on a very eventful month!

12 members of the group went camping or glamping at Terra Nova National Park during the past weekend. Everyone had a fantastic time – going to the beach, hiking, playing soccer and exploring. We all highly recommend the oTentiks at the National Parks, which meant we didn’t have to put up tents or sleep on the floor.