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Friday, June 19, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00
Event Category: 
Special Seminar
Speaker: 
Dr. Mitsunori Araki
Affiliation: 
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract: 

Molecules harboring sulfur are thought to have played a key role in biological processes on Earth, and thus, they are of great interest when found in space....

Friday, June 19, 2026 - 16:00 to 17:00
Event Category: 
Special Seminar
Speaker: 
Arthémise Altman
Affiliation: 
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract:

Noise-Immune Cavity-Enhanced Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy (NICE-OHMS) has shown to be an excellent tool for precision spectroscopy ever since its...

Friday, June 26, 2026 - 09:00 to 12:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Joseph Zsombor-Pindera
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Kennepohl & Schafer Groups)
Location: 
Chemistry D219
Monday, July 6, 2026 - 10:00 to 11:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Benedikt Warth
Affiliation: 
Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract:

Throughout our lifetimes, we are exposed to a multitude of food- and environment-related exposures, cumulatively referred to as the chemical exposome. Analytical...

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 - 10:30 to 13:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Gabriel Yang
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Li Group)
Location: 
Chemistry D317
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Gunwant Matharu
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (MacLachlan Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Maxwell Thompson
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Schafer Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 16:00 to 17:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Jennifer M. Schomaker
Affiliation: 
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract:

The development of methods for the selective formation of C–N bonds remains a challenge in catalysis, particularly catalysts that are able to accommodate both...

Friday, July 17, 2026 - 09:00 to 12:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Yutao Kuang
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Reid Group)
Location: 
UBC

Exam to be held via Zoom

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Gio Ferson Bautista
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Rojas Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Monday, August 24, 2026 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Rama El-Khawaldeh
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Hein Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200