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Dr. Kerton is part of the review panel for NSERC strategic project grants in manufacturing and Dr. Kozak’s license agreement with GreenCentre Canada – both feature in news announcements from the faculty of science.
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A poster that was recently presented at the Sustainable Chemistry Summit in Montreal, which summarizes our recent results (past two years), general research themes, availability of equipment and expertise is available through this link. We hope that you enjoy it 😀
If you require further information, do not hesitate to contact Dr. Kerton or Dr. Kozak directly.
Al complexes for ring-opening polymerization of caprolactone and activation of carbon dioxide
Cover Art for European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Graphical Abstract / Table of Contents Entry for the article
Dr. Kerton is a member of the editorial board for the new journal Sustainable Chemical Processes.
Sustainable Chemical Processes is a peer reviewed open access journal covering both scientific and engineering aspects of sustainable approaches in chemistry. It is published by Chemistry Central, the sister company to Biomed Central. These are world-leading open access publishers.
Please consider publishing a paper in this wonderful new venture. Feel free to contact Dr. Kerton or anyone else associated with the journal if you have any questions.
Dr.s Kozak and Kerton are featured on the University’s homepage
CFI funding announcements with a special feature on our research surrounding biodegradable polymers and carbon dioxide activation
Xin Qian (M.Sc. in the Kozak group) has been notified that she is a finalist in the 2013 Reaxys PhD Prize! Having completed her M.Sc. at MUN, Xin is pursuing a PhD at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris (with Corinne Gosmini) and will begin a PDF in the Department of Materials at Oxford University in October. Congratulations Xin!
Congratulations to Lisa Saunders (former SWASP student in the Kerton group, USRA and Honours student in the Kozak group) for being awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship for her research in Cathy Crudden’s group at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON.
Congratulations also to Dr. Zhenzhong Hu (PhD student supervised by Dr. Kerton) for being awarded an FQRNT Bourse de recherche postdoctorale (postdoctoral fellowship) for his research in Parisa Ariya’s group at McGill University in Montreal, QC.
Well done and we wish you continued success!
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Chris Kozak and Fran Kerton attended Science Atlantic’s ChemCon last week where Jen Murphy (Honours project supervised by Dr. Dawe and Dr. Kerton) won a prize for her talk and Yi Liu (PhD Candidate, Kerton group) got a prize for her poster. This week they are attending the CSC in Quebec City. They are organizers of the symposium Green Chemistry II: Catalysis – we have 12 invited speakers from as far afield as England (Charlotte Williams), Scotland (Steve Nolan), Japan (Kenichiro Itami) and Singapore (Ning Yan), and many contributed talks too. They are also involved with several events/meetings tied in with their roles as part of the inorganic division executive. Next week, they are traveling up river to attend the Sustainable Chemistry Summit in Montreal. It will be time for a vacation when that is over 🙂
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Science Atlantic ChemCon begins at MUN tomorrow
The student-organized ChemCon (chemistry conference) begins at Memorial University tomorrow at the Bruneau Centre (formerly INCO innovation centre) on the St. John’s campus. We’re all looking forward to meeting old friends from throughout Atlantic Canada and making many more new friends
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A small introduction to the town/city where Memorial University is located.
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Need for alternative marine lubricants
Polyisobutene is used as a lubricant in ships’ engines but as it is non-biodegradable it can cause problems for wildlife if it is accidentally spilled. Green chemistry could be used to try and find alternatives for this chemical
Green Chemistry @ MUN 