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2021-2024 Highlights

2024

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  • Summer 2023

    • Leah attended CSC 2024 in June (Winnipeg, MB).  The group was well represented!

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  • May​​

    • The Department was well represented at ChemCon2023 - hosted by CBU. Leah, Lauren and Victor all presented posters. Victor won best undergrad poster in the Macromolecules Division. Congrats Victor, and well done to everyone on their hard work!

    • Summer 2023 research season begins! Welcome back to Jill and Meg and a warm Tapley group welcome to our newest members - Kogie, Lauren and Victor!

    • Jill was awarded the 2024 Chemistry Merit Medal!  Congrats, Jill!

    • Our summer research has been approved for support from Clean Nova Scotia and the Province of Nova Scotia through the Clean Technologies and BOLD wage subsidy programs.  Thank you to both programs for supporting advances in undergraduate research!

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  • April 

    • Leah was awarded an NSERC-CGSM for her continued MSc work! Congrats, Leah!!​

    • CSJ continues to fund our summer research program. Thank you to the Government of Canada for recognizing the importance of undergraduate research!​​

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  • March 

    • GHT visited Acadia for a visiting lecture.  It was great to return to my alma mater and update them on some of our awesome research!

    • Jill successfully defends her BSc Honours thesis on plasmonic phenol generation

    • ​Kogie successfully defended his BSc Honours thesis on novel light-activated bismuth oxide materials for plastics degradation.

    • Leah defended her MSc proposal on sustainable nitroarene reductions.

    • Brooke and Lauren were awarded NSERC USRA for the upcoming summer and Victor was awarded a Scotia Scholar's award. Congrats to all!​​​​

2022

  • September

    • GHT virtually presented work from the group at the 9th IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry​

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  • July

    • NSERC DG funding approved! Here's to another 5 years!  Thank you to the Government of Canada.

    • GHT (talk), Megan and Darian (posters) all presented at the International Conference for Green Energy and Environmental Technology (Virtual/Rome).​

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  • May

    • StFX hosted ScienceAtlantic ChemCon 2022, virtually. Megan and Yashodha both presented their work.  Megan won 2nd prize in the Undergrad Organic Division and Yashodha 3rd place in the Graduate Materials Division for their oral presentations. Congrats to both of you!

    • ​Welcome to Megan, Nick, Jill and Leah for Summer 2023!

    • ​Mackenzie is chosen as the Class Speaker for Convocation 2023 and is the recipient of the 2022 Chemistry Merit Medal. Congrats Mac!

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  • April 

    • Yashodha (NSGS). Julia (NSERC-CGSM) and Aaron (NSERC-CGSM) all receive funding for 2022-23! Congrats to all!​

    • CSJ continues to fund our summer research program. Thank you to the Government of Canada for recognizing the importance of undergraduate research!

    • GHT receives a StFX University Council for Research Grant to start a new adventure on the photocatalytic applications of black TiO2. ​

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  • March 

    • Sophia presented her thesis work at our annual StFX Student Research Day.​

    • ​Sophia, Mackenzie, Paytan and Darian all successfully defend their BScH theses.  Congrats Ladies!

    • GHT is awarded a 3rd year of funding for her Imperial URA award.  Thank you to Imperial for support of this exciting work. 

    • ​Megan (NSERC URSA) and Leah are both awarded summer research scholarships for the upcoming summer; Megan - NSERC USRA and Leah - the JC Cunningham Memorial award.  Congrats to both!​​

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2023

  • December 

    • GHT and E. Bertin were awarded a NetZero Emerging Concepts and Technologies Award fro $50,000 to support our studies into sustainable hydrogen generation for alterative fuels.​

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  • September​

    • GHT visited MtA to give. a research seminar on our excited work in the lab!​

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  • July

    • ​GHT, E. Bertin and G. Marangoni were awarded matching funds from Research NS for their recent CFI JELF award!  New equipment is on the way to our programs!!! ​

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  • May​

    • GHT was awarded the 2023 President's Research Award at Convocation 2023!

    • ​​Marisa arrives from Valencia Spain as a 2023 Visiting James Chair Researcher after several years delay due to COVID.  Looking forward to 6-weeks of productive research.

    • The Lab was well represented at ChemCon2023 hosted by Dalhousie University. Jill, Julia, and Yashodha presented posters, while Julia and Megan presented talks.  Both Jill and Julia won for best undergraduate and graduate poster, respectively, in the Physical Chemistry division.  Well done to everyone on their hard work!

    • Summer 2023 research season begins! Welcome back to Jill and Meg and a warm Tapley group welcome to our newest members - Kogie, Lauren and Victor!

    • GHT attends SurfaceCanada2023 hosted by McMaster University and presents a talk on the applications of copper based-nanomaterials.

    • Megan is awarded the 2023 Chemistry Merit Medal!  Congrats, Meg!

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  • April 

    • Leah is awarded a NSGS for her upcoming MSc work in September 2023!  Congrats, Leah!!​

    • CSJ continues to fund our summer research program. Thank you to the Government of Canada for recognizing the importance of undergraduate research!​

    • The Government of Canada IRAP program offers generous support of our collaboration with CEC Analytics for continued development of our bacterial nanosensor technology.

    • CFI results are released - GHT, E. Bertin and G. Marangoni were awarded ~0.5 million for establishment of a Sustainable Materials Research Centre at StFX! Congrats to all involved.

    • Thanks to Dr. Bertin, the XRD is up and running!!! 

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  • March 

    • Megan successfully defends her BSc Honours theseis on plasmonic waste water treatment. 

    • ​Jill, Kogie and Victor received research scholarships for the upcoming summer; Jill- NSERC USRA and Kogie/Victor- the JC Cunningham Memorial award.  Congrats to all!​​

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  • February 

    • GHT, Erwan and Gerry are co-applicants on a large CFI application for infrastructure to support the growth of a Functional Materials Centre at StFX! Fingers crossed.

    • Our James Chair Research Fund application in collaboration with the Foo Group for the establishment of culturing infrastructure in our building was approved.

2021

  • November

    • Our publication with Erwan, Brian, Jenna and Tracy on the photo-thermally activated antimicrobial silver nanoparicles was accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.  Congrats to all involved!! 

    • Jazmin arrives from Cordoba to work on expanding our work on nanomaterials for bacterial detection.  Unfortunately she worked mostly alone due to the emerging global COVID wave, but productive discussion was had virtually.  

    • Thank you to the James Chair Endowment Fund for supporting the purchase of a new Millipore Water system for our building!

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  • August

    • GHT, Mackenzie, Darian and Megan all presented their work at IUPAC|CCC2 2021 Virtual.  

    • Tracy has completed her work on the photothermal silver nanoparticle disinfectant project and leaves to finish her BEng degree at Dalhousie.  All the best in your future endeavours, Tracy!

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  • July

    • Our publication with Dr. Crites from UMoncton and coworkers on the photocatalytic degradation of lignin is accepted for publication in New Journal of Chemistry!! Congrats to all involved!

    • ​Sophia rejoins our group as a BAScH Honours candidate. Welcome back, Sophia!

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  • May 

    • Megan and Mackenzie begin work for the summer after completing their self-isolation period!  Welcome to you both!

    • ​Mackenzie, Megan and Darian all present their preliminary findings at the annual ScienceAtlantic ChemCon, hosted, virtually, by Mount Allison University.  Mackenzie and Megan both presented posters and Darian and oral presentation. Megan was awarded 2nd prize in the undergraduate organic poster division and Darian was awarded 3rd prize in the undergraduate organic oral talk division.  Congrats to all of you on a job well done!

    • ​Darian begins her summer work.  Welcome back,

    • CSJ has graciously offered support of our summer research continuing work into light-mediated pollution degradation and refinery waste remediation. 

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  • April

    • Charlotte successfully defends her honours thesis!  Congrats, Charlotte!

    • ​Our provisional patent with Erwan, Brian and Jenna is filed and accepted.  Congrats to all on many hours of hard work!

    • ​Our publication on the design and application of gold nanoparticle/antibiotic colorimeteric sensors is accepted for publication in RSC Advances.  Congrats to all! 

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  • March

    • Charlotte presents her thesis work as part of the annual StFX Student Research Day.

    • ​Another successful year for student scholarship support!!  Darian  was awarded a Cunningham Memorial Fellowship. Mackenzie and Megan were both awarded NSERC USRAs.  Congrats, to everyone!

    • Yashodha and Julia are both accepted into the MSc Program at StFX.  Both will join our group in September 2021.  Julia is also the recipient of a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship for the 2021/2022 academic year. 

    • ​GHT was awarded a Year 2 Imperial University Research Award for her proposed investigations into refinery waste photodegradation and conversion. 

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  • January

    • Sophia joins our group as a BioTalent funded BAScH Co-op student.  Welcome, Sophia!

2024 StFX University Antigonish, NS Canada

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