J.B. Stothers NMR Facility
Department of Chemistry
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada
Facility Staff
Current Staff Former Staff

Mathew Willans
NMR Facility Manager (2008 - Present)
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Margaret Hanson
NMR TA (May 2010 to Dec. 2010)

Fatima worked in the NMR facility during the 2009 school year as a Western work study student. During this time, Fatima contributed much to the NMR facility. She worked on new 1D and 2D training notes, developed spreadsheets to track spectrometer calibration results, plus she performed spectrometer calibrations and cryogen fills.

Fatima Benhabib
Work Study Student (Oct. 2009 to Apr. 2010)

Fatima worked in the NMR facility during the 2009 school year as a Western work study student. During this time, Fatima contributed much to the NMR facility. She worked on new 1D and 2D training notes, developed spreadsheets to track spectrometer calibration results, plus she performed spectrometer calibrations and cryogen fills. 		nsole and Magnet

Nadine Merkley
NMR Instrument Specialist (2007-2009)

Nadine worked in the NMR facility for 3 years, ending in 2009. Nadine brought her many years of NMR experience working under the direction of Prof. Gary Shaw to the NMR facility. She took care of the day to day operations of the facility, training, service samples and hands-on help with the students.

Current position: Technical officer, NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 3Z1

Zhimin (Steven) Yan
Interim NMR Manager (2008)

Steven was the interim manager of the NMR facility, taking over for Chris Kirby in early 2008, and keeping the seat warm until Mathew Willans began in the fall of that year. During his time, Steven managed the facility during a very hectic time in which the spectrometers were moved from the basement of the Chemistry building to the ground floor of the new Materials Science Addition.

Current position: Technical officer, National Institute for Nanotechnology, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2M9
Chris Kirby
NMR Facility Manager (2000-2008)
  • Ph.D., Bill Power
Kyle Pollard
NMR Instrument Specialist (2004-2007)
  • B.Sc., University of Lethbridge, Prof. Paul Hazendonk
  • Current position: Manager of Operations and Safety, Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada