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.
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- Nduka receiving his certificate from Mary Kirchoff
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- Zhenzhong and Mary with his certificate
Our group now has the following members:
Kerton Graduate Students: Hassan Kalviri, Zhenzhong Hu, Nduka Ikpo, Samantha Payne, Khaled Omari and Ali Elkurtehi
Kozak Graduate Students: Rebecca Dean, Elliott Chard, Justin Belanger and Kamrul Hasan (currently writing his thesis)
Hattenhauer Undergraduate Students: Emma Yoshioka (SWASP)
Kerton Undergraduate Students: Marcus Drover (NSERC USRA), Stephanie Barbon (NSERC USRA and ICE), Jennifer Murphy (SWASP), Landon Hiscock (Volunteer)…also, Linda Dodot and Christian Hoffmann (DAAD RISE Worldwide from mid-July)
Kozak Undergraduate Students: Lisa Saunders (NSERC USRA), Michelle Pratt (NSERC USRA) and Jennifer Smith (SWASP)
*** May 27, 2011: Congratulations to Marcus on his inorganic poster prize at APICS ChemCon last weekend! ***
Congratulations to Stephanie Barbon, Marcus Drover, Michelle Pratt and Lisa Saunders on their NSERC USRA awards. Stephanie is joining our group for the summer from the University of Western Ontario through the Inorganic Chemistry Exchange (ICE) program.
Also, welcome to Ali Elkurtehi who is joining the group as a PhD candidate under the supervision of Dr. Kerton
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Watch this video to experience a tour of the wonderful city of St. John’s, with all its colourful personality.
The Equipment/Facilities page for the group has been updated (at last) – we still plan on making a little video for you over the summer 😀
Congratulations to Chris Kozak on the renewal of his NSERC Discovery Grant for 5 years. His students are investigating (i) Catalytic transformations using Fe catalysts and (ii) CO2 as a chemical feedstock. Well done Chris! Time to celebrate 🙂
Also, Chris and Justin attended the AIDW in Fredericton (organized by UNB) – they had a fantastic time and learnt about a lot of exciting chemistry going on in the region.
Christina gave her 490B presentation and is nearing completion of her honours project. Good luck in your future career, Christina!
Congratulations to Kamrul on the acceptance of his epoxidation paper in Green Chemistry.
A great radio program on Green Chemistry: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00dtz7p/Discovery_Can_Chemistry_Save_The_World_Episode_1
Happy New Year!
2011 has started off well for the MUN Green Chemistry & Catalysis group: Hassan’s paper on nanoparticle synthesis has been accepted by Green Chemistry and Xin’s paper on dichloromethane activation has been accepted by SYNLETT.
Group Xmas Meal 2010
The group Xmas meal was at Boston Pizza (Kelsey Drive) on Saturday Dec. 11th. Thanks to all who came out and for the Secret Santa gifts! The photo is from the beginning of the meal 😉
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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