Department of Chemistry Dalhousie University
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The Department of Chemistry would like to congratulate Prof. Alison Thompson on being the recipient of the 2021 CIC Montreal Medal, an award presented "as a mark of distinction and honour to a resident of Canada who has shown significant leadership in or has made an outstanding contribution to the profession of chemistry or chemical engineering in Canada.

Meet Dalhousie’s newest Canada Research Chair! Alison Thompson, Faculty of Science Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Pyrrole Chemistry for Chemical Biology and Energy... Pyrrole is an attractive component of materials used in studying and treating disease and in the use of light to generate responses that report sensing or enable storage/delivery of energy. Dr. Thompson’s research includes the development of sensors to monitor glucose levels in humans, or air-stable enzymes involved in biosynthesis and of materials for redox-flow batteries. It includes generating fundamental knowledge of (poly) pyrroles that emit light from the red into the infrared. Underpinning all of these is the development of practical synthesis of molecules incorporating pyrroles, syntheses which are robust, economical and tolerant of a wide variety of substituents.

Happy New Year!Happy New Year!

Season's Greetings from all of us at the Department of Chemistry. We wish you and yours a safe and happy holiday season!Season's Greetings from all of us at the Department of Chemistry. We wish you and yours a safe and happy holiday season!

Tomorrow, Thursday, Oct 15th, Dr. Mark Stradiotto will be featured on Sciographies, the podcast and radio show produced by the Faculty of Science. Episode 18: Mark Stradiotto Release date: October 15, 2020 Radio show: 4PM on CKDU 88.1FM in Halifax... Available for download on most podcast apps including Apple and SoundCloud. BE SURE TO TUNE IN!!

We are excited to be celebrating the achievements of several Dalhousie Chemistry Department Members as the 2020 Dalhousie University Teaching Awards were announced today! So congratulations to... Jennifer MacDonald on receiving the Early Career Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching Angela Crane and Jennifer MacDonald on receiving the Academic Innovation Award... and to Joseph Tassone on receiving the President's Graduate Student Teaching Award Way to go! https://www.dal.ca/dept/clt/awards_grants.html

Last week the First Year Chemistry Coordinators spoke with DalNews about how a class of over 1000 students with a lab handles a transition to remote teaching on short notice. Check it out here: https://www.dal.ca//from--concept--to-new-reality--taking-

A Chemist who Rocks! https://www.dal.ca/news/2020/04/13/a-chemist-who-rocks.html

Congratulations to Prof. Mita Dasog (@dasoglab) on being selected as one of the new members of @GlobalYAcademy https://globalyoungacademy.net/global-young-academy-welcom/

Such an amazing way to start the day - a celebration of women in chemistry for the Global Women’s Breakfast at Dalhousie!