Chemistry at Western

News and items of interest from the chemistry department at The University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Educating and building chemistry leaders of tomorrow.

[Western University @WesternU]

A message from #WesternU President Alan Shepard: standing in solidarity against gender-based violence.

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

Check out the latest from the Huang group and @sanhesha7 at Mat Willans in @JACS_Au: In Situ Multinuclear Magic-Angle Spinning NMR: Monitoring Crystallization of Molecular Sieve AlPO4-11 in Real Time @westernuScience
https://t.co/UytEpkTPmT

[Sandamini Alahakoon @sanhesha7]

Check out my cover art just published in the current issue of JACS AU journal. 🙂 #MyACSCover
@westernuchem

[Western University @WesternU]

Today, our Muslim community celebrates Eid al-Adha.

Eid al-Adha holds great significance for Muslims, as it signifies the culmination of the haj, a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca and one of the five pillars of Islam.

We wish those celebrating Eid Mubarak!
#WesternU

[Florentine Strzelczyk @westernuProvost]

Western climbs nearly 60 spots in QS World University Rankings https://t.co/PgkWklNTPD via @westernu

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

@marcuswdrover @nicole_laberge @LawSocietyLSO Congratulations to Nicole. We know what is next for you...what is next for Nicole?

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

Congratulations to our very own Professor Joe Gilroy @GilroyGroup receiving the Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching. #Westernu top honour for teaching! Thanks for all you do towards our educational mission! @westernuScience

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

Congratulations Dr. Rector! Welcome to the @westernuAlumni family. Good luck with your future adventures. @westernuScience

[Florentine Strzelczyk @westernuProvost]

Western hosts national forum on reconciliation for Indigenous leaders, academics across Canada https://t.co/Af8mXbKbBf via @westernu

[Yolanda Hedberg @HedbergLab]

This was so appreciated! Two of the comments we got:
"Are you at Western University? See you there soon!" (grade 6 girl)
"we were all impressed with their (volunteers) professionalism and ability to engage a variety of ages and learning styles" (teacher)
😍

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

Congratulations on another nice publication. We are thrilled that soon (8 days!) your work will have the @westernuchem @westernuScience affiliation associated with your work.

[Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover]

Our latest contribution - Reactions of nickel boranyl compounds with pnictogen–carbon triple bonds - now out and open access for the 2023 Emerging Investigators Special Issue.

@AustenBrady @Chemrissa

🔓🔓 https://t.co/631mU3hmWu

[Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover]

📣Looking to hire a PDRA for Fall/Winter 2023 in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry. Check out our website (https://t.co/pw0weJrTnq) for research interests. Interested candidates should contact me via e-mail!😃

@WesternU @VPRWesternU @westernuchem @ChemPostdocBot @uwopaw #chempostdoc

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

Special acknowledgment to our award winners: Alumni Gold Medal and N.B. Patel Award to Jack Bowman @4jackb , Gold Medal Biochemistry and Chemistry to Morgan Tamminga @m_tamminga and Andrew Scott Award to Si Yuan (Sean) Tao

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

It is convocation day for Honours @westernuscience! While we are so proud of every one of our students who have met the requirements for their degrees this year's group also had to navigate the additional challenges of COVID. Today we celebrate you! Congratulations #classof2023

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

How fun! Exciting the youth about science is critical to our future. Thanks for partnering with @CreateCorrect @westernuScience @VPRWesternU @westernuchem and others.

[London Children's Museum @ldnchildmuseum]

Thank you to all who stopped by today to participate in special programming hosted by Western's @CreateCorrect Program. We hope you enjoyed experimenting with corrosion science, and most importantly, had fun while learning something new!

#SpecialGuest #LDNOnt #LearningIsFun

[CREATE CORRECT Program @CreateCorrect]

On Day 8, CSI-CAT 2023 offered a trace metal analysis and speciation workshop, a peer-review workshop, and five hands-on training workshops: polishing, corrosion testing of coated materials, make your own reference electrodes, open circuit potential and cyclic voltammetry!

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

Why not add even more fun to an educational workshop? Wonderful experience for these scholars to visit a Canadian gem.

[CREATE CORRECT Program @CreateCorrect]

Today participants of the CSI-CAT took a trip to Point Pelee National Park. Did you know Point Pelee is the most Southern point of Canadian mainland? @NSERC_CRSNG

[Chemistry at Western @westernuchem]

Congratulations to @westernuScience Professor J. Noel @group_noel and @westernuPhysAst Prof. L. Goncharova on their funding for "Safe-to-fail: Accident-tolerant fuel cladding"

[NSERC / CRSNG @NSERC_CRSNG]

📣
#NSERC and @CNSC_CCSN are pleased to announce #funding of $9.4 million to support 29 research projects on small modular reactors.

Details ▶️ https://t.co/nU7j8mOPpT

#SMRs

[CREATE CORRECT Program @CreateCorrect]

Hunter and Ekrupe “Rupee” @rupee_kalirai toured the Implant Retrieval Lab with @HedbergLab @westernuBJI and got to see some failed implants!

[Carbon to Metal Coating Institute (C2MCI) @_C2MCI]

Congrats also to @rupee_kalirai for winning best poster in the Surface Science division @csc2023. Ekrupe is a student in the @HedbergLab @westernuchem.