CHEM 509 - Seminar Program
The Department runs an outstanding seminar series, featuring visiting scientists from academia and industry. Graduate students are expected to attend a requisite number (specified for each term) of seminars, except in the summer when the series is on hiatus. Students who are unable to attend a full complement of seminars because of research or teaching commitments must make prior arrangements with the Chem 509 instructor each term.
In addition to attending seminars by external speakers, each graduate student will also present a departmental seminar on their thesis research, normally during Term 4 or 5 of an MSc program, or during Term 10 or 11 of a PhD program. These seminars will take place during two conference-format Graduate Student Research Days, one during Reading Break in November, the other during Reading Break in February. Attendance at these events is mandatory for all graduate students.
For a list of past seminars, visit the archive here.
Grad Student Research Days
Spring GSRD - February 23rd, 2024
Poster awards
Angelina Jaeger
Allie Miskulin
Morgan Lackey
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Rebecca Martens
Best PhD: Marcus Vespa
Grad Student Research Days
Fall GSRD - November 14, 2023
Poster awards
Nahiane Pipaon Fernandez
Chelsea Wilson
Jon Sader
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Juan Diaz
Best PhD: Joseph Monaghan
Spring GSRD - February 22, 2023
Poster awards
Chris Tremblay
Georgia Douglas
Lea Gozdzialski
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Kyra Boulding
Best PhD: Mitch Nascimento
Grad Student Research Days
Spring GSRD - February 23, 2022
Participation award
Nicholas Dyck
Poster awards
Shixing Lei
Alejandro Forigua Coronado
Greg Gaube
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Oren Katz
Best PhD: Lea Gozdzialski
Fall GSRD - November 10, 2022
Poster awards
Kyla Woelk
Jon Sader
Grace Tieman
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Bennett Vivian
Best PhD: Chelsea Wilson
Grad Student Research Days
Spring GSRD - February 17, 2021
Participation award
Alejandro Forigua Coronado
Poster awards
Mitchell Nascimento
Allison Selinger
Greg Gaube
Jingru Lu
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Austin Burman
Best PhD: Gilian Thomas
Fall GSRD - November 10, 2021
Participation award
Alejandro Forigua Coronado
Poster awards
Liting Bi
Marcus Vespa
Joseph Monaghan
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Armin Saatchi
Best PhD: Charlotte Ellis
Grad Student Research Days
Spring GSRD - February 18, 2020
Participation award
Nick Richard
Poster awards
Alison Selinger
Jon Sader
Charlotte Ellis
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Jon Davidson
Best PhD: Scott Borden
Fall GSRD – November 10, 2020
Participation award
Shixing Lei
Poster awards
Liting Bi
Charlotte Ellis
Alivia Wang
Seminar awards
Best PhD: Zoey Warmerdam
Best MSc: Margo Ramsay
Spring GSRD - February 20, 2019
Participation award
Charlotte Ellis
Poster awards
Best PhD: Roman Belli
Best MSc: Gilian Thomas
Seminar awards
Best MSc: Kaitlyn Ramsay
Best PhD: Greg Vandergrift
Fall GSRD – November 12, 2019
Participation award
Shaun MacLean
Poster awards
Kaitlyn Ramsay
Leah Gajecki
Jin Yang
Seminar awards
Best PhD: Tong Li
Best MSc: Celebi Wan
Fall GSRD - November 14, 2018
Participation Award
Sree Talluri
Poster Awards
James McFarlane
Jon Sader
Michelle Ting
Jin Yang
Seminar Awards
MSc: Victor Aiyejuro
PhD: Tasha Jarisz-Ashmead
Spring GSRD - February 15, 2018
Participation award
Scott Borden
Poster awards
Yahya Alyoubi
Elvis Ting
Carene Yeo
Bruno Guilherme da Fonseca
Jaime Korner
Seminar awards
MSc Andy Un
PhD Roman Belli
Spring Grad Student Research Day - February 16, 2017
Participation award:
Lars Yunker
Poster awards:
Meagan Beatty
Roman Belli
Tasha Jarisz
Fraser Burns
Seminar awards:
Regie Gomes Sobral Filho
Natasha Milosevich
William FitzGerald
Sandra Roy
Fall Grad Student Research Day - November 14, 2017
Seminar Awards:
PhD Meagan Beatty
PhD James McFarlane
MSc America Palacios
MSc Natalie Dean
Poster Awards
Jun Chen
Sun Kly
Isaac Omari
Greg Vandergrift
Participation Award:
Sree Talluri
Grad Student Research Days
Fall Grad Student Research Day- November 9 2016
Prize Winners:
- Ronan Hanley - Best PhD seminar
- Jane Zhu - Best MSc seminar
- Greg Vandergrift - Best MSc poster
- Jun Chen - Best PHD poster
- Natalie Dean - Best participation