ChemCon 2019 Award Winners
The 44th Annual Science Atlantic-CIC Chemistry Conference
May 24 to 26, 2019 at Acadia University, Nova Scotia
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Thank you to our generous conference sponsors!
Science Atlantic
Research Award
Undergraduate (Oral)
Liam Payne
University of Prince Edward Island
Laser Flash Photolysis Studies on Fluorophore Photoswitching Mechanisms
Science Communication Award
sponsored by Canadian Science Publishing
Undergraduate (Oral)
Kaleigh Mcleod
Saint Mary’s University
On the origin of electrochemical
surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
(EC-SERS) signals for bacterial samples
and electrode functionalization strategies
Murray Brooker
Award in Chemistry
Undergraduate (Oral)
Brandon Frenette
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
The synthesis of tetra(iminophosphorano)-substituted
bispyridinylidenes; organic super-electron donors with
record-breaking redox potentials
E. Gordon Young
Award
Graduate (Oral)
Sarah Martell
Dalhousie University
Hydrogen Terminated Mesoporous
Silicon Nanoparticles – A Platform for
Chemical Transformations
Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Marcus Kindervater
Dalhousie University
Synthesis of a “redox-confused” Bi(I/III) tri-amide
Best Graduate Oral Presentation
Dylan Hale
Dalhousie University
Bis(phosphino)silyl Co(I) Pincer Complexes
for the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Alkenes
CIC Award for the Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Physical Chemistry
Christopher Qui
Memorial University
DFT Investigations of the C-Si/B-Br
Exchange Reaction Mechanism
Organic Chemistry
Jun Luo
Acadia University
Green synthesis of novel naphthalene-based
14-aza-12-oxasteroid analogues
Materials Chemistry
Scott Young
Dalhousie University
Additive Inactive Components in
Silicon-Iron Alloy Negative Electrode Material
for Advanced Lithium-ion Cells
Inorganic Chemistry
Ben Nadeau
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Detection of DPA in Bacillus subtilis
endospores using a Europium(III) complex
Biological or Medicinal Chemistry
Jennifer Kolwich
Saint Mary’s University
Discovery and investigation of fu
angus-derived antimicrobial compounds
with activity against Pseudogymnoascus
destructans, the causative agent of
bat White-nose Syndrome
Analytical Chemistry
Arianna Joseph
Saint Mary’s University
Polarization-Resolved Second Harmonic
Generation Microscopy: A Novel Technique
for Differentiation of Tumour Tissue
CIC Award for the Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Physical Chemistry
Tara Misener
University of Prince Edward Island
Fluorescence Based Investigations of
Photophysical Properties of 4,5-didecoxypyrene
Oligomers in Cyclohexane Solution
Organic Chemistry
Jenna McNutt
Acadia University
Excited State Intramolecular Proton
Transfer Reactions in Polyaryl Bisphenols
Materials Chemistry
Anabelle Kilham
Mount Allison University
Assessment of Non-monotonic trends
in Nanoparticle Film Hydrophobicity
by variation of Ligand Shell Composition
Inorganic Chemistry
Jordan Conrad
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Reductions of Chlorophosphonium
Salts Using a Triphenylphosphonium
Ylidyl Substituted Bispyridinyliden
Biological or Medicinal Chemistry
Sarah Boudreau
Cape Breton University
Birch Bark-Oil (Maskwiomin):
Synthesis and Analysis of an
L’nu Indigenous Skin Ointment
Analytical Chemistry
Gaius St. Marie
Saint Mary’s University
Fabrication of Multidimensional
Surface-Enhanced Raman
Spectroscopy (SERS) Substrates using Bioscaffolds
Previous award winners
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