The following funding agencies are acknowledged for generous support of our research (PI grants and student scholarships):
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Current News (2011)
| May 2011 | Breanne presents at the 2011 Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference in Winnipeg and wins Best Overall Presentation! Congratulations! |
| Breanne is awarded the ACPA Undergraduate Scholarship in Chemistry - Congratulations!. | |
| Manuscript submitted to Organometallics (Craig). | |
| Manuscript submitted to Inorg. Chem. (Hudson and Jamie). | |
| Breanne is accepted into the MSc program to start in September! | |
| April 2011 | Paul receives $64,821 from NSERC RTI and the University of Lethbridge for a GPC!! |
| Jamie accepts a faculty position at the University of Winnipeg!!! Congratulations Prof. Ritch! | |
| Hudson hosts a fun-filled group karaoke and billiards night at his house! | |
| Matt joins the group. Welcome! | |
| Paul has a paper accepted in Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis! | |
| Saif and Breanne are both awarded an NSERC USRA for the summer! Congratulations! | |
| March 2011 | Saif joins the group. Welcome! |
| Craig receives a prestigious Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with Prof. Mark Stradiotto at Dalhousie University!!! Congratulations Craig! | |
| Paul gives research seminars at Texas Tech University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Lethbridge. | |
| Jamie gives research seminar at the University of Winnipeg. | |
| February 2011 | Paul and Prof. Boere travel to Billerica, Massachusetts to visit the Bruker EPR applications laboratory. |
| Paul gives research seminar at Canadian Government lab, Lethbridge Research Station (Agriculture Canada). | |
| Jamie hosts another successful group games night at his house! Shayne travels down from Calgary for the event. | |
| January 2011 | Paul and Prof. Boere receive $441,105 from CFI for an EPR spectrometer! |
| Amin Moazeni joins the group as an MSc student. Welcome! |
| December 2010 | Kevin, Craig, Breanne, Jamie, Hudson and Paul present at Pacifichem 2010 in Hawaii!! |
| Jamie hosts a group games night at his house! Great night of movies, poker and customized "Jenga"! | |
| Rachel starts in the lab. Welcome! | |
| Delphine gets engaged to be married in Normandy in August 2011! Congratulations Delphine! | |
| November 2010 | Kevin's Organometallics manuscript accepted!! |
| Paul gives invited seminar to Alberta Provincial Government and senior University of Lethbridge Administrators in Edmonton. | |
| October 2010 | Kevin (Loren Hepler Gold Medal for Ph.D. Research Excellence), Craig, Alex, Breanne (1st prize, undergraduate division), Andrea and Sophia present at the 4th Annual Chinook Symposium on Chemistry and Biochemistry. |
| Paul submits an NSERC RTI application for a GPC. | |
| September 2010 | Kevin is awarded a School of Graduate Studies Fellowship Award! Congratulations Kevin!! |
| Chem. Commun. (Craig) manuscript accepted!!! | |
| George joins the group. Welcome! | |
| Paul gives research seminars at the University of Alberta and The King's University College | |
| Paul gives CAFA Distinguished Academic Early Career Award Lecture in Edmonton. | |
| August 2010 | Kevin's J. Organomet. Chem. paper is accepted! |
| Manuscripts submitted to Organometallics (Kevin) and Chemical Communications (Craig). | |
| July 2010 | Paul presents at the XXIVth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry in Taipei, Taiwan. |
| June 2010 | Paul receives the CAFA (Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations) 2010 Distinguished Academic Early Career Award!!! |
| Alex visits Prof. Andy McWilliams at Ryerson University and receives training on his GPC. Thanks Andy! | |
| May 2010 | Paul, Alex and Craig attend the CSC in Toronto. Alex presents a poster and Paul and Craig give talks. |
| Both a communication and review are published in J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. Congrats Alex! | |
| Kevin submits a manuscript to a special issue of J. Organomet. Chem. | |
| The 2010 Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference takes place in Lethbridge and is a huge success! Congratulations to Breanne for organizing such a great event! | |
| Sophia and Andrea start in the lab. Welcome! | |
| April 2010 | Paul is awarded an NSERC Disocvery Grant of $61,000/year for 5 years!!!! There are grad students positions available immediately! |
| March 2010 | Paul is awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor!!!! (Offical as of July 1, 2010) |
| Sophia is awarded a Chinook Summer Research Award. Congratulations Sophia! | |
| February 2010 | Andrea is awarded an NSERC USRA for the summer. Congratulations Andrea! |
| Paul and Prof. Boere submit a joint CFI application for an EPR spectrometer. | |
| January 2010 | Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Hudson Sun joins the group! |
| Organometallics (Ben & Craig) manuscript accepted! | |
| Revised Dalton Trans. (Craig) manuscript submitted. |
| December 2009 | Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Jamie Ritch (Ph.D. with Prof. Tristram Chivers at the University of Calgary) joins the group! |
| Group outting to Calgary to see a Flames game! Afterwards Hudson hosts the entire group at his house for a spectacular dinner of home cooked Chinese cuisine and karaoke! Farewell to Delphine who is off to Switzerland (hopefully to a PDF at the ETH in Zurich) and Ben who is off to do a Ph.D. in Prof. Deryn Fogg's group at the University of Ottawa! | |
| J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. (Alex) manuscript published! | |
| November 2009 | Sophia Vathracoulis and Andrea Glover join the group! |
| Kevin is awarded a Ph.D. QEII Graduate Scholarship - Congratulations! | |
| Organometallics (Kevin) manuscript published! | |
| October 2009 | Ben successfully defends his M.Sc. thesis (External Examiner: Prof. Eric Rivard from University of Alberta). Congraulations Ben! |
| Paul submits NSERC Discovery and RTI Grants! | |
| Ben, Craig (Loren Hepler Gold Medal for Ph.D. Research Excellence) Kevin (2nd prize, graduate division), Breanne and Shayne (2nd prize, undergraduate division) present at the 3rd Annual Chinook Symposium on Chemistry and Biochemistry. | |
| September 2009 | The U of L learns they will host the 2010 Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference (WCUCC) in May! Breanne and Paul are on the organizing committee. |
| August 2009 | Paul becomes the proud father of a baby boy (John Angus Hayes)! |
| July 2009 | Vanessa Lee joins the group. |
| Alex starts his Ph.D. | |
| Dalton (Craig & Ben) manuscript published (featured on cover of issue 25)! | |
| June 2009 | Paul receives $90,140 grant from the Canada School of Energy and Environment! |
| Alex successfully defends his M.Sc. thesis - congrats! | |
| Craig successfully completes his Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam! | |
| May 2009 | Paul gives plenary lecture at the Alberta/BC Inorganic Discussion Weekend. |
| Ben, Craig, Kevin and Paul present at the CSC conference in Hamilton. | |
| Breanne presents a poster at the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference in Kamloops, BC. | |
| Delphine presents at the Alberta/BC Inorganic Discussion Weekend. | |
| Paul gives research seminar at the University of Vermont. | |
| April 2009 | Craig is awarded a Ralph Steinhauer Award of Distinction - Congratulations! |
| Paul gives research seminar at St. Andrews University in Scotland. | |
| Breanne receives a University Research Enrichment Award! | |
| March 2009 | JACS manuscript accepted! |
| Shayne Rybchinski receives a Chinook Summer Research Award! | |
| Kevin and Ben receive Government of Alberta Graduate Scholarships! | |
| Kevin presents at the national ACS Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. | |
| February 2009 | Manuscript submitted to JACS. |
| Paul gives research and recruiting seminars at the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan. | |
| Breanne receives a Keith and Hope Ferguson Research Scholarship! | |
| January 2009 | Dephine Julienne joins the group. |
| Paul gives research and recruiting seminars at the University of Prince Edward Island, Mount Allison University and Saint Mary's University. | |
| Dalton Cover accepted - Look for Issue 25!! |
| December 2008 | Organometallics manuscript accepted! |
| Dalton (Craig & Ben) Transactions manuscript accepted! | |
| Art work submitted to Dalton Transactions. | |
| November 2008 | Provisional Canadian and U.S. patents filed on new lactide polymerization catalysts. |
| October 2008 | Ben, Craig and and Kevin (2nd prize, graduate division) present at the 2nd Annual Chinook Symposium on Chemistry and Biochemistry. |
| Papers were submitted to Dalton Transactions (Craig & Ben) and Organometallics (Ben & Craig). | |
| September 2008 | Group BBQ. |
| August 2008 | The elemental analyzer arrives. |
| July 2008 | Paul presents at the XXIII Internation Conference on Organometallic Chemistry in Rennes, France. |
| Paul gives research and recruiting seminars at Cape Breton University. | |
| June 2008 | Breanne Kamenz joins the group. |
| Prof. Andy McWilliams (Ryerson) visits for 1 week. | |
| Paul receives a $288,000 Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award!! | |
| May 2008 | Joline Utri joins the group. |
| Kevin, Craig, Ben and Paul present at the CSC conference in Edmonton. | |
| New double station MBraun glove box (equipped with CCD for crystal manipulation) arrives. | |
| April 2008 | Paul attends and presents at the ACS National Meeting in New Orleans. |
| The GC/MS arrives. | |
| March 2008 | Ben is awarded an NSERC CGS-M award! |
| February 2008 | Paul successfully extends his tenure track probation period. |
| Ordering of CFI equipment completed. | |
| January 2008 | Jasmine Hango joins the group. |
| Manuscript published in the J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. (Alex)!! |
| December 2007 | Craig's NSERC PGS-D upgraded to an Alexander Graham Bell Doctoral CGS! |
| November 2007 | Ben's NSERC PGS-M application sent to Ottawa competition. |
| October 2007 | Ben (1st prize, undergraduate division) and Kevin (2nd prize, graduate division) present at the 1st Annual Chinook Symposium on Chemistry and Biochemistry. |
| Ben convocates. Paul participates as a faculty member on the platform. | |
| Paul is awarded $300,000 in the form of a CFI Grant! This will purchase a GC-MS, EA, glove box, etc. | |
| September 2007 | Craig Wheaton (B.Sc., Mount Allison University; M.Sc., University of Western Ontario) joins the group. |
| July 2007 | New double station glove box arrives! |
| June 2007 | Province funds provinical portion of CFI application (30% of $298,000). |
| May 2007 | Ben is awarded 1st prize for his oral presentation at the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference (Inorganic, Organometallic and Materials Division). |
| Paul and Ben attend the CSC conference in Winnipeg. | |
| April 2007 | Ben and Craig receive AIF scholarships for graduate studies - Congratulations! |
| Kevin Johnson (B.Sc., University of Victoria) joins the group. | |
| The lab is finished and we move in!! | |
| March 2007 | Craig Wheaton awarded NSERC PGS-D scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. |
| Paul gives research seminar at the University of Alberta. | |
| Paul is awarded NSERC Discovery and RTI (Double Station Glove Box) Grants. | |
| February 2007 | Construction begins on the new lab! |
| Paul gives research seminars at Lakehead University and the University of Manitoba. | |
| January 2007 | Ben Ireland joins the group to start his honours thesis. |
The following funding agencies are acknowledged for generous support of our research (PI grants and student scholarships):
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