Summer 2025 Undergraduate Research Projects
Supervisor
Project Title
Russ Algar
- Luminescent nanoparticles for medical diagnostics based on smartphones
- Novel fluorescent materials for bioanalysis and imaging
Borduas-Dedekind, Nadine
- Bioaerosols: Investigating the mechanism of ice nucleation of Pseudomonas syringae
- Biogeochemistry: the atmospheric fate of selenium
- Indoor air chemistry: investigating the mechanism of oxidation of smells like fragrances
- Photochemistry of wildfire smoke: investigating the oxidants formed in biomass burning organic aerosols
Cook, Ilsa
- Experimental insights into the missing interstellar sulfur
- Tracing the chemistry of aromatic molecules in Taurus molecular cloud
- Using satellite data to probe the chemistry in forest fire smoke
Gates, Derek
- Synthetic Phosphorus Chemistry in Polymer Science and Catalysis
Grant, Edward
- Bioanalytical applications of single-molecule microscopy
Hein, Jason
- From End Points to All Points: Unravelling Reaction Mechanisms with Online Monitoring
- Intelligent Hardware and Software for Autonomous Chemistry Research
- Self-Driving Laboratories in Organic Chemistry
MacFarlane, Andrew
- Density functional theory calculations of the properties of isolated Li+ in crystalline solids
MacLachlan, Mark
- Investigations of Iridescent Materials Constructed from Cellulose Nanocrystals
- Synthesis and Dynamics of Coordination Complexes Mediated by Metal-Metal Bonding
Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa
- Development of catalysts for the formation of biodegradable and functionalizable new polymers
- Using catalysis to develop bio based, CO2-containing polymers
Momose, Taka
- Spectroscopy and dynamics of cold molecules
Perrin, David
- New heterocycles for DNA recognition
- New PET imaging agents to image cancer New approaches to antiviral anti-HIV agents
- Synthesis of peptide natural products targeted for cancer therapy
- New organotrifluroborates for use in coupling, sensing and biology
Reid, Jolene
- Machine Learning for Accelerating Chemical Discovery
- Strong acid catalysis for enantioselective reaction development
Ryan, Katherine
- Characterization of enzymes from natural products biosynthesis
Schafer, Laurel
- From Gaseous Waste of Plastics to Pharmaceutically Relevant Amines with Earth Abundant Catalysis
Thachuk, Mark
- Studies in Theoretical Chemistry
Wang, Alex
- Computational Method Development in Density functional Theory
Wolf, Michael
- Synthesis of ligands for the photochemical capture and release of rare earth metals