Faculty
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Steven H. Bergens E4-51 Chemistry Centre (780) 492-9703 steve.bergens@ualberta.ca Group website |
Design and study of chiral ligands, chiral organometallic catalysts and enantioselective catalytic transformations; mechanisms, origins of catalytic enantioselection; applied electrochemistry, synthesis of supported electrocatalysts as compounds of fuel cells |
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Alexander Brown W4-70D Chemistry Centre (780) 492-1854 alexander.brown@ualberta.ca Group website |
Development and application of quantum, semi-classical, and classical dynamics methods for the study of molecular photoabsorption, photodissociation, and photoionization; laser control of chemical reactions. |
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Jillian M. Buriak CCIS 4-255 (780) 492-1821 jburiak@ualberta.ca Group website |
Integration of molecular devices with semiconductors, metal nanoparticle and nanowire synthesis, nanolithography, asymmetric catalysis |
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Christopher W. Cairo CCIS 4-082 (780) 492-0377 ccairo@ualberta.ca Group website |
Synthesis of saccharides, glycolipids, peptides, and fluorophores; Biophysical analysis of model systems and live cells with spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy; Instrument development; Microscopy and single molecule fluorescence analysis; Biochemical analysis of glycoproteins and glycolipids |
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Robert E. Campbell CCIS 4-083 (780) 492-1849 robert.e.campbell@ualberta.ca Group website |
Protein engineering and the construction of molecular tools for the manipulation and visualization of biochemistry in live cells |
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Derrick L. J. Clive W5-03B Chemistry Centre (780) 492-3251 derrick.clive@ualberta.ca Group website |
Synthesis of biologically important natural products; development of new synthetic methods, especially processes based on radical cyclization |
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Ratmir Derda CCIS 4-009 (780) 492-8370 ratmir.derda@ualberta.ca Group website |
Synthesis of molecules to probe cell function, genetically-encoded chemical libraries, in-vitro selection of molecules with dynamic properties, phage display, biomaterials and synthetic cell microenvironments, cell-based screening, molecular tools to study self-organization in chemistry and biology |
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Julianne M. Gibbs E3-52 Chemistry Centre (780) 492-7140 julianne.gibbs@ualberta.ca Group website |
Multivalency and molecular recognition at interfaces; physical chemistry of "green" catalytic surfaces; supramolecular, self-replicating systems for DNA detection; nonlinear optical spectroscopy of interfacial dynamics |
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Dennis Hall CCIS 4-010 (780) 492-3141 dennis.hall@ualberta.ca Group website |
Organic synthesis; organoboron chemistry; stereocontrolled reaction methodology; solid-phase synthesis; artificial biopolymers; chemical biology |
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Gabriel Hanna W4-70C Chemistry Centre (780) 492-3352 gabriel.hanna@ualberta.ca Group website |
Development of mixed quantum-classical methods for the study of condensed phase quantum dynamics; mixed quantum-classical formulations of nonlinear spectroscopy; modeling of multidimensional infrared spectra of nanoconfined systems |
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D. Jed Harrison W3-70A Chemistry Centre (780) 492-2790 jed.harrison@ualberta.ca Group website |
Development of the lab-on-a-chip concept for chemical, biochemical and biological analysis, using micro- and nano- fabrication technology |
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James Harynuk W3-39B Chemistry Centre (780) 492-8303 james.harynuk@ualberta.ca Group website |
Multidimensional gas-phase separations and advanced data handling tools |
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Wolfgang Jäger CCIS 4-244 (780) 492-5020 wolfgang.jaeger@ualberta.ca Group website |
Application of molecular beam techniques and pulsed excitation-emission spectroscopic methods for the study of weak intermolecular interactions |
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John Klassen CCIS 4-084 (780) 492-3501 john.klassen@ualberta.ca Group website |
High performance mass spectrometry, bioanalytical techniques, glycomics, library screening, protein-ligand affinities, tissue and cell analysis, disease biomarker discovery |
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Mariusz Klobukowski E4-44 Chemistry Centre (780) 492-2568 mariusz.klobukowski@ualberta.ca |
Development and applications of model core potentials in accurate molecular structure calculations; electronic structure of inorganic, organic, and organometallic molecules, molecular ions, and molecular clusters in their ground and excited electronic states; weakly interacting systems; relativistic effects in atoms and molecules |
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Liang Li W3-39C Chemistry Centre (780) 492-3250 liang.li@ualberta.ca Group website |
Analytical mass spectrometry, bioanalytical techniques, proteomics, proteome analysis, protein characterization, metabolomics, metabolome analysis, tissue and cell analysis, disease biomarker discovery, biosystems analysis |
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Glen R. Loppnow CCIS 4-103 (780) 492-9704 glen.loppnow@ualberta.ca |
Time- and frequency-resolved absorption, fluorescence, IR and Raman Spectroscopy; excited-state processes in biological systems; development, characterization and analytical applications of molecular spectroscopy; photoinduced molecular and biomolecular dynamics; photoinduced charge- and electron-transfer |
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Todd L. Lowary CCIS 4-008 (780) 492-1861 todd.lowary@ualberta.ca Group website |
Synthetic organic, carbohydrate and bioorganic chemistry, NMR computational chemistry |
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Rylan Lundgren E4-17A Chemistry Centre (780) 492-3766 rylan.lundgren@ualberta.ca Group website |
Homogeneous catalysis, organometallic chemistry, synthetic organic methodology development, inorganic and organic reaction mechanisms |
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Matthew Macauley E5-18A Chemistry Centre (780) 492-5239 macauley@ualberta.ca Group website |
Chemical biology, glycoimmunology, protein-carbohydrate interactions, liposomal nanoparticles |
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Lara Mahal W3-39B Chemistry Centre - West (780) 492-8823 lkmahal@ualberta.ca Group website |
For the past 15 years my laboratory has been at the forefront of creating and utilizing systems-based approaches to decode the glycome, sifting the important signals from the noise. |
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Sheref Mansy W5-70C Chemistry Centre (780) 492-8823 sheref.mansy@ualberta.ca Group website |
Prebiotic chemistry of iron-sulfur peptides; synthesis of protocells and artificial cells, the role of metallopeptides in shaping emergent protometabolism. |
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Arthur Mar E4-40 Chemistry Centre (780) 492-5592 arthur.mar@ualberta.ca Group website |
Synthesis, structure, and bonding of intermetallic and Zintl phases; solid-state chemistry of phosphides, arsenides, antimonides, and bismuthides; characterization of electrical and magnetic materials, such as superconductors and ferromagnets |
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Richard L. McCreery W3-03C Chemistry Centre (780) 492-9594 richard.mccreery@ualberta.ca Group website |
molecular electronics, spectroscopy of molecular electronic devices, surface spectroscopy |
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Mark T. McDermott CCIS 4-256 (780) 492-3687 mark.mcdermott@ualberta.ca Group website |
Surface modification and microfabrication for improved electroanalytical response, biomolecule microarray development, nanoscience, molecular electronics |
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Vladimir K. Michaelis E3-18 Chemistry Centre (780) 248-5893 vladimir.michaelis@ualberta.ca Group website |
Structural investigation of inorganic and biological materials; developing local and medium range structural techniques; solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance; high field dynamic nuclear polarization; ion dynamics; high temperature synthesis; NMR crystallography; disordered solids; cements |
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Eric Rivard CCIS 4-243 (780) 492-4255 erivard@ualberta.ca Group website |
Synthetic inorganic and polymer chemistry; energy, catalysis, and sensing technologies; donor-acceptor stabilization of reactive main group species; ligand design |
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Lingzi Sang W3-03A (780) 492-5763 lsang@ualberta.ca Group website |
Analytical spectroscopy; electrochemistry; materials for energy conversion (e.g. organic photoelectronics, Perovskite solar cells) and storage (Li-ion and beyond Li-ion batteries) systems; measurements associated with critical interfaces; multi-disciplinary materials characterization method development; in-situ vibrational spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy |
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Michael J. Serpe W3-68 Chemistry Centre (780) 492-5778 michael.serpe@ualberta.ca Group website |
Polymer-based photonic materials and sensors, polymer assisted water remediation, triggered/controlled drug delivery, novel micro and nanoparticle synthesis, analytical instrument design, responsive polymers, and nanoscience |
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Jeffrey M. Stryker E5-24 Chemistry Centre (780) 492-3891 jeff.stryker@ualberta.ca |
Transition metal organometallic chemistry; synthesis, structure and reactivity of organometallic complexes; catalysis; development of stoichiometric and catalytic methodology for organic synthesis; novel reaction processes |
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Sarah Styler E5-52A Chemistry Centre (780) 492-6659 sstyler@ualberta.ca Group website |
Metal- and soot-catalyzed aerosol photochemistry in polluted urban environments; chemistry and photochemistry at the surface of atmospheric dust; developing combined field-laboratory strategies for the study of atmospheric processes |
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Rik Tykwinski W3-70B Chemistry Centre (780) 492-9529 tykwinsk@ualberta.ca Group website |
Physical organic chemistry, new synthetic methods to carbon-rich molecules (e.g., cumulenes and polyynes, acenes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), relationships between chemical structure and molecular reactivity/properties; synthesis of compounds for applications as wires in single-molecule devices, solar cells, TFTs, singlet fission, as well as synthetic model compounds for the asphaltenes |
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John C. Vederas W5-39A Chemistry Centre (780) 492-5475 john.vederas@ualberta.ca Group website |
Enzyme stereochemistry and mechanism, amino acid metabolism; peptide antibiotics; development of new biophysical methods for metabolic studies; design of new medicinal agents based on enzyme inactivation; polyketide biosynthesis; synthesis of amino acids |
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Jonathan G. C. Veinot CCIS 4-254 (780) 492-7206 jveinot@ualberta.ca Group website |
Application of inorganic and organometallic chemistry to the development of a rational approach to the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel metal containing polymeric and nanophased materials with applications in the electronic, electro-optic, catalytic, and biomedical sectors |
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Frederick G. West W5-70D Chemistry Centre (780) 492-8187 frederick.west@ualberta.ca Group website |
Synthesis of biologically important natural and unnatural products; new synthetic methods utilizing domino processes; synthetic photochemistry; asymmetric catalysis; drug delivery |
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Florence Williams W5-03A Chemistry Centre (780) 492-4798 fjwillia@ualberta.ca Group website |
Organometallic methods for in-cell cross-coupling; synthetic methodology focused on natural product derivatization; small molecule probe synthesis and utilization; elucidation of cell signaling responses to neurotrophic small molecules |
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Yunjie Xu CCIS 4-245 (780) 492-1244 yunjie.xu@ualberta.ca Group website |
Chirality and chirality recognition in the gas phase, at metal clusters, and in solution: development and applications of cutting-edge spectroscopic tools including quantum cascade laser based rapid scan technique, cavity ring down spectroscopy, vibrational circular dichroism, Raman optical activity, matrix isolation, and infrared multiphoton dissociation spectroscopy; ab initio and molecular dynamics modelling. |
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Ran Zhao W4-03A Chemistry Centre (780) 492-2315 rz@ualberta.ca Group website |
Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry; air pollution; atmospheric particulate matter (e.g., PM2.5); advanced chemical analyses of organic air pollutants; photochemistry of organic pollutants in the environment. |