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Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Curtis Rieder
Affiliation: 
Gilead Canada Inc.
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Yimin Zeng
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, UBC
Location: 
Chemistry D300

Abstract:

iPhones now come in all sizes - mini, pro, and pro max - and so does my PhD work. In this talk, I’ll walk you through how light-activated chemistry lets us build...

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Neil Vasdev
Affiliation: 
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Abstract:

This presentation will focus on some non-traditional approaches...

Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 11:00 to 14:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Hamid Gaikani
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Grant & Nislow Groups)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 203
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Scott Hopkins
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Abstract:

In 2021, while developing a differential mobility spectrometry...

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Seiya Ota
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, UBC
Location: 
Chemistry D300

Abstract: 

Understanding how molecular structure dictates function is a central goal in coordination and supramolecular chemistry. Metal–organic architectures, in...

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Boston
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Friday, February 13, 2026 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Elham Torabian
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Krems Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Andrei Yudin
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Abstract:

Contemporary synthetic strategies are increasingly organized...

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Gregory Welch
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Abstract:

Polycyclic heteroerotic molecules are widely used as printable...

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Angelica Sevilla Pym
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Rice University
Location: 
Chemistry D300

Abstract: 

The ability to design copolymers with precisely controlled composition opens pathways to functional materials with highly tunable properties. The first part of...

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Avena Ross
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry , Queen's University
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Abstract:

The prodiginines and tambjamines (Figure 1) comprise a large...

Monday, March 16, 2026 - 14:00 to 17:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Urmi Mody
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Wolf Group)
Location: 
Chemistry D213
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. David MacMillan
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Rida Farhat
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, UBC
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Jon Veinot
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Jennifer Pore
Affiliation: 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Katrina Bergmann
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, UBC
Location: 
Chemistry D300

Abstract:

Organic emitters capable of harvesting triplet excitons are essential for next-generation optoelectronic, sensing, and imaging technologies. In this talk, I will...

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Leslie Schoop
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
Location: 
Chemistry B250

Social event to take place from 12:30pm-12:45pm in the breezeway.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Lanting Jiang
Affiliation: 
Wolf Group
Location: 
Chemistry D300