Ifenna Mbaezue, Taylor Link, Julia Killorn, Melanie Davidson, Kaitlyn Blatt-Janmatt, Kyle Awalt
Saint Mary’s Department of Chemistry took home six awards at the Science Atlantic/CIC Chemistry Conference, better known as ChemCon, held May 4-6 at Memorial University. Thirteen Saint Mary’s students took part in the annual conference, which acknowledges the research excellence of students across the Maritimes.
Saint Mary’s undergraduates won awards for both oral and poster presentations related to computational modelling and material; physical, theoretical, and computational chemistry; medicinal chemistry; and analytical chemistry. All of the students’ presentations were based on research they conducted under the supervision of researchers at Saint Mary’s University.
Winners
- Ifenna Mbaezue
ACEnet Award in Computational Modelling and Material
A Spectroscopic and Computational Investigation of the Rh-catalyzed [5+1+2+1] Cycloaddition Reaction - Taylor Lynk
Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation in Analytical Chemistry
Green Synthetic Approaches for the Production of High Performance Plasmonic Sensors - Melanie Davidson
Best Overall Oral Presentation in Physical, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry
Exploration of Surface Plasmon-Assisted Catalysis (SPAC) as a New Route for Heterogeneous Catalysis - Kyle Awalt
Best Overall Poster Presentation
Utility of Iron Nanoparticles and a Solution-Phase Iron Species for the N-demethylation of Alkaloids - Julia Killorn
Best Overall Oral Presentation in Biological/Medicinal
Modified Polonovski Reactions in Ionic Liquid Solvents - Kaitlyn Blatt-Janmaat
Science Atlantic Award for Best Undergraduate Student Presentation
Adventures in Ionic Thiourea Organocatalysis in Ionic Liquid Solvents