ChemCon ’17 – 42nd Annual Science Atlantic-CIC Chemistry Conference
May 4-6, 2017, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL
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Science Atlantic Award for Best Undergraduate Presentation (Award Description)
Kaitlyn Blatt-Janmaat
Saint Mary’s University
Adventures in Ionic Thiourea Organocatalysis in Ionic Liquid Solvents
Science Atlantic Science Communication Award (Award Description)
Amanda Cameron
Cape Breton University
Investigation into the Effects of Salmon (Salmo Salar) Hydrolysate Enhanced Biochar (from Birch Bark) on the Growth of Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.)
Journal of Chemistry Award for Best Graduate Presentation
Jennifer Murphy
Memorial University
Making Waste Mussels Work: A Story of Road Salt, AMD Remediation and Manicures
ACEmat Award in Computational Modeling of Materials (Award Description)
Ifenna I. Mbaezue
Saint Mary’s University
A Spectroscopic and Computational Investigation of the Rh-catalyzed [5 + 1 + 2 + 1] Cycloaddition Reaction
CATC Award for Best Theoretical Presentation
Undergraduate
Archita Adluri
Memorial University
DFT-Calculated Molecular Polarizability as a Single Parameter Descriptor for the Partitioning and Phase Behaviour of Chlorinated and Brominated Compounds
Graduate
Ernest Awoonor-Williams
Memorial University
Advancing Kinase Inhibitor Drug Discovery through Computational Modelling
CIC Award for Best Presentation in Analytical Chemistry
Oral (Undergraduate)
Taylor Lynk
Saint Mary’s University
Green Synthetic Approaches for the Production of High Performance Plasmonic Sensors
Poster (Undergraduate)
Shayne Gracious
Dalhousie University
Analysis of the Adsorption of Metal Ions From Water Onto Charcoal
Oral (Graduate)
Heidi Pickard
Memorial University
A 38-Year Temporal Record of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in the Canadian Arctic
Poster (Graduate)
Ahmad Al Shra’ah
Memorial University
Degradation Studies of Coal tar PAHs using Mg/EtOH System and Fenton Oxidation
CIC Award for Best Presentation in Biological/Medicinal Chemistry
Oral (Undergraduate)
Julia Killorn
Saint Mary’s University
Modified Polonovski Reactions in Ionic Liquid Solvents
Poster (Undergraduate)
Guilherme Ferreira
Mount Saint Vincent University
The Synthesis of N-methylpiperidine-4-thiol and Nmethylpyrrolidine-3-thiol, Compounds Required to Make Potential SPECT Imaging Agents for Alzheimer’s Disease
Oral (Graduate)
Garrett MacDougall
Memorial University
AFM Characterization of Hypertension-Induced Nanomechanical Dysfunction in Cardiovascular Tissues
CIC Award for Best Presentation in Inorganic Chemistry
First Place, Oral (Undergraduate)
Matthew F. Tobin
Cape Breton University
Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral Biocarbon for use as Chiral Stationary Phases in Enantioselective Chromatography
Second Place, Oral (Undergraduate)
Victoria Downing
Memorial University
The Role of NO+ Formation on Nitrous Acid Sequestration
First Place, Oral (Graduate)
Kenson Ambrose
Memorial University
Chromium(III) Amino-bis(phenolate) Complexes for Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of Cyclohexene Oxide
Second Place, Oral (Graduate)
Kaijie Ni
Memorial University
Cr(III) Amine-bis(phenolate) Complexes as Catalysts for Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxide
Poster (Undergraduate)
Samuel Baird
Mount Allison University
Hydroboration and Phosphinoboration of 3-Hydroxy-4-pyridinone Bismuth(III) Compounds
Poster (Graduate)
Kori Andrea
Memorial University
Iron Amino-bis(phenolate) Complexes for CO2 Activation
CIC Award for Best Presentation in Organic Chemistry
Oral (Undergraduate)
Melissa O’Brien
Acadia University
5-Arylisoindolo[2,1-a]quinolin-11(6aH)-ones from Nacyliminium Ions and Aryl Acetylenes through Cycloaddition Reaction
Poster (Undergraduate)
Jon Kyle Awalt
Saint Mary’s University
Utility of Iron Nanoparticles and a Solution-Phase Iron Species for the N-demethylation of Alkaloids
Oral (Graduate)
Joshua Walsh
Memorial University
Synthesis of Pyrene Dimers Utilizing an Intramolecular Scholl Reaction
CIC Award for Best Presentation in Physical, Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry
First Place, Oral (Undergraduate)
Melanie Davidson
Saint Mary’s University
Exploration of Surface Plasmon-Assisted Catalysis (SPAC) as a New Route for Heterogeneous Catalysis
Second Place, Oral (Undergraduate)
Anderson Fuller
Acadia University
Photophysical Investigation of Ru(II) Dyads as Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy
Poster (Graduate)
Tobias Brueckner
Memorial University
Screening of Catalysts for Electrochemical Oxidation of Bio-Fuels
