Graduate Student Group Alumni

Lana Hiscock

PhD [Co-supervised with K. Maly]  (2018 - 2024)
Thesis Title: Chemiluminescent p-Materials via SNAr Methodology

MSc [Co-supervised with K. Maly] (2016 - 2018)
Thesis Title: Synthesis, Properties, and Solid-State Structures of a Series of 6,13-Dicyanoheteropentacene Analogues: Towards New Liquid Crystalline Materials

Delara Joekar

MSc (2021 - 2024)
Thesis Title: Coordination Chemistry Using Strategic Design of Ligands for Switchable Properties

Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2019-2020)
Project Title: New Pyrazole-Based Ligands With Nitroso- or Azo-Groups For Coordination Chemistry
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2018 and 2019)
Project Title: New Pyrazole-Based Ligands

Undergraduate Student Group Alumni

Declan Graham
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (Spring 2023 and 2023 - 2024) 
Project (Thesis): Synthesis, Coordination chemistry, and Properties of a New Phenylpyrimidylaminopyrazole Ligand
Project (USRA): Electrochemical Explorations of Spin-Switching in Multinuclear Transition Metal Complexes

2023 NSERC-USRA award recipient
2023 CSC Silver Medal award recipient
2022 Inorganic Chemistry Exchange Scholar

FOSSA USRA Research Assistant (Spring 2021)
Project Title: Aminopyrazole Ligand Coordination Chemistry and Structural Studies

Lorecha Lobulo
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2024-2025)
Project (Thesis): Synthesis, coordination chemistry, and properties of a new of pyrazolourea ligand

NSERC USRA Research Assistant (Spring 2023)
Project: Electrochemical Explorations of Spin-Switching in Multinuclear Transition Metal Complexes

Kaitlyn Brown
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2022-2023)
Project: Synthesis of a New Dipyrazolopyrazine Ligand for Coordination Chemistry

Alex Hankins
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2024-2025)
Synthesis of a Novel Symmetric Pyrimidine Ligand for Applications in First-Row Transition Metal Capture
NSERC USRA Research Assistant (Spring 2022)
Project: Dissymmetric Ligands for Metal Cation Coordination and Anion Binding

Gabriel Jobin
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2021-2022)
Thesis Title: Structure and Coordination Chemistry of N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N'-pyridin-2-ylthiourea

Kaycee Anoliefo
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2021-2022)
Thesis Title: Dissymmetric Ligands with NN and ONS Donating Sites for Metal Cation Coordination and Anion Binding

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2021)
Project Title: Pyrimidine Sulfanyl Ligands Coordination Chemistry and Structural Studies

Kojo Toku
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2021)
Project: Supercooled organic liquids

Emma Galejs
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2020-2021) 
Project Title: Investigation of structural influence on melting point for pyrazole-based organic supercooled liquids

Kwesi Andrews-Chintoh
Faculty of Science USRA (Co-supervised with S. MacNeil) (Spring 2020)
Project Title: The Effects of and Attitudes Toward Course Activities, Resources and Assessment Techniques in a Blended Learning Approach to Introductory Organic Chemistry

Rachel Reddon
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2018-2019)
Project Title: A New Family of Dipyrazolopyrazine Ligand

Rachel Kiriakopoulos
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2018-2019)
Project Title: Novel Class of Pyridazine-based Ligands for Metal Complexation

Tristen Moyaert
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015 – 2017) 
Project Title: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry and Anion Binding by a Cyanophenyl Substituted 2‐Pyridinylurea

Zachary Schroeder
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016 – 2019)
Project Title: Copper (II)-and gold (III)-mediated cyclization of a thiourea to a substituted 2-aminobenzothiazole

Christina S. Rodriguez
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2017-2018)
Project Title: Novel Pyridazine-Based Ligands for Simultaneous Metal and Anion Complexation

Bobdeep Nagra
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2017)
Project Title: Coordination Chemistry of Thioureas

William (Matt) Tuckett
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2016-2017)
Project Title: Proflavine ligands for coordinating hard and soft metal cations

Cobie Wilson
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2017-2018)

Erica Costabile
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2016-2017)
Project Title: Assessing Student Achievement Through Learning Outcome Mapping

Vanessa Machado
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2015-2016)

Marlon Bridge
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-2016)

Jeff Dinsmore
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (2014-2015)