News and Events
2024
May 2024
Welcome Kyleigh joining the group as a WUSRI-funded summer student. She will be working on synthesizing a dual-emissive composite for anti-counterfeiting applications.
Congratulations to David for accepting his summer position at Surface Science Western.
April 2024
Celebratory lunch for two successful Chemistry 4491 defences. Congratulations to Christine and Kristin!
Ellie gave a talk on "Spectroscopic Analysis of N-heterocyclic Carbene Thin Films on Metal Substrates" at the Area Selective Deposition Workshop 2024.
Congratulations to Christine and Kristin on successfully defending their BSc thesis.
January 2024
Yihong gave a talk on "Germanate-Based Persistent Luminescent Nanophsophor: Finding the Optimal Structure for Stronger, Longer-Lasting Luminescence". Good Job.
2023
October 2023
Congratulations to Yihong on winning the Roy Young Chemistry Graduate Scholarship for International Students. She will be giving an award lecture in the winter term of 2024.
The group enjoys wings night!
September 2023
Welcome Christine and Kristin joining the group for their undergraduate thesis.
June 2023
Welcome Jade joining the group as a volunteer. Her project is on synthesizing MgGeO3:Mn2+ nanoparticles.
The group attends the CSC conference in Vancouver. Amazing talks and posters!
May 2023
Congratulations to Ellie on winning the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
April 2023
Congratulations to Ellie on winning the ASPIRE award. She will receive a trip to the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center located in Taiwan!
Welcome Julia joining the group as a summer part-time research assistant.
Congratulations to Sage on successfully defending his undergraduate thesis.
Welcome David joining the group as a volunteer. He will be working on the electrodeposition of calcium phosphate onto titanium substrates.
Vania returns to our group as a WUSRI summer student. She will be working on functionalizing luminescent nanoparticles. Welcome back!!
March 2023
Congratulations to Sylvia and Xiaoran on successfully defending their BSc thesis.
Congratulations on Sage winning 2nd place at the Physics Undergraduate Conference (PhUnC 2023). Good job!
February 2023
Zhiqiang, Yihong, and Ellie went to the Canadian Light Source to use the Spherical Grating Monochromator (SGM) and Hard X-ray Micro-Analysis (HXMA) beamlines.
2022
November 2022
Welcome Zhiqiang joining the group as a postdoctoral fellow. He is working on photocatalyst characterization using synchrotron radiation.
September 2022
Catch us on the news!
Left: Global News; Right: Canadian Light Source
Welcome Sage, Sylvia, and Xiaoran joining the group for their undergraduate thesis.
August 2022
Congratulations to Yihong on winning the Christian Sivertz Scholarship.
Celebratory lunch for two successful MSc defenses. Congratulations to Xincheng and Clem.
July 2022
Congratulations to Xincheng and Clem on successfully defending their MSc thesis.
Congratulations to Ellie on winning the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
May 2022
Welcome Ben Hulme joining the group as a WUSRI-funded summer student! He is working on making Cr-doped ZnGa2O4/calcium phosphate nanocomposite.
April 2022
Congratulations to Ellie and Siena on successfully defending their BSc thesis! Good job!
2021
September 2021
Welcome Ellie and Siena joining the group for 4491 thesis projects, working on Cr-doped ZnGa2O4 nanoparticles and Mn-doped CsPbX3 nanoparticles, respectively.
Two volunteers, Yihong and Sylvia, also join the group. Our group is growing fast!
June 2021
Congratulations on Clem winning the Oral Presentation Award at the CAMBR day!
The title of his talk is "Synthesis of Calcium Phosphate Coating on Ti Films using Electrochemical Deposition".