Seminars and Events

The Department of Chemistry hosts guest speakers from local industry, research institutes, other universities, and from our own campus as part of a regular seminar series during the academic year. Most talks are open to the public.

2025-2026 Chemistry Department Seminar Schedule

All department sponsored seminars for the winter/2nd session of 2025-2026 academic year will be held in-person, unless otherwise indicated. Monitor this space for future updates.

Details will be updated as soon as information becomes available.

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Friday, September 19, 2025 Dr. Brendan Leung Department of Applied Oral Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering Dalhousie University Halifax, NS Title: 'Applications of biomaterials for mechanistic modeling of host-microbe interactions and perturbation of microbiomes' Abstract & Bio Time: 11:30 AM (ADT); Location: Atrium AT101
Thursday, October 2, 2025 Dr. Cathleen Crudden Department of Chemistry Queen's University and the Carbon to Metal Coating Institute (C2MCI) Kingston, ON Title: 'Organometallic Chemistry in Catalysis and Materials Science' Abstract Time: 11:30 AM (ADT); Location: Ground floor of the library, LI-135
Friday, October 3, 2025 Dr. Michael Land Department of Chemistry Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax, NS Title: 'Bending the Rules of Phosphorus: New Directions for Transfer Reagents' Abstract & Bio Time: 11:30 AM (ADT); Location: Atrium AT101
Friday, October 10, 2025 Dr. Etienne LaPierre Department of Chemistry University of Victoria Victoria, BC Title: 'Putting the PN in Pnictogen: Halophosphazenes as Precursors to Low-Valent Binary Phosphorus-Nitrogen Compounds and Polymers' Abstract & Bio Time: 11:30 AM (AST); Location: Atrium AT101
Friday, October 17, 2025 Dr. Lázaro A.M. Castanedo Application Scientist Chemical Computing Group Montreal, Quebec Title: Prebiotic origins of DNA&RNA, more questions than answers: the search for answer through computational modeling Abstract & Bio Time: 11:30 AM (ADT); Location: Atrium AT101
Thursday, October 23, 2025 University of Waterloo "Chemistry Graduate Program Presentation" Time: 10:00 AM (ADT); Location: Burke B221
Friday, October 24, 2025 Dr. Samuel Griffin Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Mount Allison University Sackville, NB Title: '1,3-N,O Ligands and Phosphine Linkers: From Molecular Catalysts to Extended Structures' Abstract & Bio Time: 11:30 AM (ADT); Location: Atrium AT101
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Dr. Johanna M. Blacquiere Department of Chemistry Western University London, ON Title: 'Harnessing Ligand Dynamics for Sustainable Catalysis' Abstract & Bio Time: 1:00 PM (ADT); Location McNally ME104
Friday, October 31, 2025 Critical Reviews Time: 11:30 AM (ADT); Location: Atrium AT101
Friday, November 7, 2025 Critical Reviews Time: 11:30 AM (AST); Location: Atrium AT101
Friday, November 21, 2025 Honour’s Progress Reports Department of Chemistry Saint Mary's University Halifax, NS Presenters: TBA Time: 11:30 AM (AST); Location: Atrium AT101
Friday, November 28, 2025 Dr. Malama Chisanga Department of Chemistry Dalhousie University Halifax, NS Title: 'TBA' Time: 11:30 AM (AST); Location: Atrium AT101