Thank you to Science Olympiad Volunteers!

The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry thanks the following people for their involvement in hosting 40 high school students during the Science Olympiad event on Oct. 14, 2016.

http://www1.uwindsor.ca/scienceolympiad/

We thank Dr. Giorgio Baggi, Justin Binder, Robert Gombar, and Dr. Simon Rondeau-Gagne for showing some of our research equipment!

We thank Lucas Foster, Max Nascimento, and Chris O'Keefe for entertaining everyone with a chemistry Magic Show!

Finally, we thank Michael-Anthony Ferrato and Dr. S. Holger Eichhorn for their presentations on careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry.

First place winners from Massey H.S.

Undergrad Welcome Week Activities - Wed. Sep. 7, 2016

Undergrad Welcome Week Activities - Wed. Sep. 7, 2016

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomes back it undergraduate students for the Fall 2016 term!

Welcome week activities for first-year students take place on Wed. Sep. 7, 2016
Second-, third-, and fourth-year students are also welcome to attend the undergrad research presentations and BBQ!

Schedule of Events  - Room 204 Toldo

10 am to 12 pm: Undergraduate Research Presentations (Toldo, Rm 202)

12 pm to 1:30 pm: BBQ for attendies of Undergraduate Research Presentations at main entrance of Essex Hall.

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Chem. Biochem. Program Orientation (Toldo, Rm 202)

See you on Sept. 7!

For more information, please contact Prof. Holger Eichhorn (Undergrad Chair).

Student success at CSC 2016 in Halifax

Student success at CSC 2016 in Halifax

Congratulations to the following students, who were awarded prizes for their presentations at the Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference in Halifax, NS:

Mitch Nascimento (Rawson group) - 1st place, poster, materials division
Stephanie Kosnik (Macdonald group) - 2nd place, poster, inorganic division
Yiting Chen (Carmichael group) - 2nd place,m oral presentation, materials - Xerox
Sarah Salloum (Eichhorn group) - Hon. mention, poster, organic division

43rd Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium - POMS2015

43rd Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium - POMS2015
The University of Windsor is delighted to hold the 43rd Ontario-Quebec Physical Organic Minisymposium (POMs), which runs from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2015.

POMs is one of the premier regional physical organic chemistry meetings in North America and emphasizes the active participation of graduate students and postdocs. It is hold annually in either Ontario or Quebec but draws participants from all neighbouring provinces and states and beyond. We encourage the participation of all researchers who apply physical organic chemistry principles in all aspects of chemical sciences, including biological and materials chemistry.

For more information, please visit:
http://www1.uwindsor.ca/chemistry/chemistry/43rd-ontario-quebec-physical-organic-minisymposium-poms2015 

Public lecture to explore organic electronics - May 15, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Organic electronics is generating interest not only in the science community but in the business world as well. Its current market of about one billion dollars is expected to grow to $45 billion by 2016.

In a free presentation entitled “Organic Electronics: From Serendipitous Discovery to Market,” Holger Eichhorn will provide some of the facts behind the buzz.

The public is invited to join the discussion on Wednesday, May 15, for a journey from the early beginnings of organic electronics to today’s and tomorrow’s printable, flexible, and stretchable organic electronic devices. The free public session starts at 7:30 p.m. at Canada South Science City, 930 Marion Avenue.

Dr. Eichhorn is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Windsor. His research group studies self-assembling organic and nanostructured materials with applications to chemical sensors, drug delivery, and advanced electronic devices.

The event is part of the Science Café series, which offers discussion of important science research for the general public.