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Energy Futures: A multidisciplinary symposium for graduate students involved in energy related chemical research in Canada.
The organizing committee of the 95th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition is pleased to announce “Energy Futures,” an afternoon symposium for outstanding chemistry graduate students performing energy related research - broadly defined - in any subdiscipline of chemistry.
13:40–16:40
Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, Macleod D
13:40 Keynote Lecture: David Layzell, FRSC, University of Calgary
Professor and Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy
Transforming Canada's Energy System: Challenges and Opportunities
14:00 Ashlee A. Jahnke, University of Toronto
Polytellurophenes to Bridge the Gap betweeen Organic and Inorganic Semiconductors
14:20 Christian Diaz-Urrutia, University of Ottawa
Selective C-C and C-O Bond Cleavage in Lignin Models: First Steps to Obtaining Valuable Aromatic Chemicals from Lignocellulose
14:40 Brandon Greer, University of Manitoba
Detection of Phase Heterogeneity in Complex Model Nuclear Waste Glasses Using Solid-State NMR
15:00 Brandy Kinkead, Simon Fraser University
Ordered Porous Nanostructured Thin Films of Platinum for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysis
15:20 Break
15:40 Rayomond Dinshaw, University of Toronto
Ultrafast Energy Transfer Dynamics in Light-Harvesting Proteins — Lessons from Nature
16:00 Kevin Shopsowitz, University of British Columbia
Chiral Mesoporous Carbon Derived from Nanocrystalline Cellulose
16:20 Jeffrey Camacho-Bunquin, University of Alberta
Low-coordinate, Homoleptic Clusters of Cobalt and Nickel. High Reactivity Base Metal Catalysts for Hydrodesulfurization and C-O Bond Hydrogenolysis
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