Group Alumni

PhD:

Name Year Thesis Title
Robert Donkers*# 2001 “Mechanisms of Electrochemical Single Electron Transfer Reduction of Endoperoxides”
Jason L. Pitters*# 2001 “Photolysis of Pyridyl Diazocarbonyl Compounds as Monolayers on Platinum Single Crystal”
Vittorio A. Sauro# 2001 “Investigation of the Substituent Effects on Electron Transfer in Aryl Azines, Ferrocenyl Azines and 1,4-Dichloroazoethanes: an Electrochemical and Photochemical Study.”
David C. Magri% 2004 “Kinetics of the Electrochemical and Photochemical Dissociative Electron Transfer Reduction of Dialkyl peroxides and Endoperoxides”
Donald Stringle# 2004 “Electron Transfer Reduction of O-O and S-O Bonds”
Arnold J. Kell# 2004 “Photochemical Probes on Monolayer Protected Nanoparticles”
Hamid Alizadeh 2005 “Photoreactions on Metal Surfaces”
Dana K. Adkinson# 2005 “Photolysis of Pyridine-Based Azides as Monolayers on Pt (111)”
Jun Zhu% 2009 “Interfacial Reactions on Maleimide Protected Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticles”
Hossein Ismaili*% 2011 "Strategies for the Thermal and Photochemical Modification of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs) and the Fabrication of AuNP Hybrid Materials"
Mahdi Hesari*% 2014 "Electrochemiluminescence of Gold Nanoclusters"
Sara Ghiassian% 2015 "Strategies for Photochemical and Thermal Modification of Materials"
Pierangelo Gobbo*^ 2016 "Click And Bioorthogonal Chemistry For The Chemical Modification Of Nanomaterials"
 Wilson Luo# 2019 "Development of Bioorthogonal Molecular Tools on Gold Nanoparticles"
 Praveen Gunawardene% 2020 "Nanoorthogonal Surface Modifications of Gold Nanoparticles and Nanoclusters through Strain-Promoted Cycloaddition Chemistry"
 Justin Park 2024
 Carolina Vega 2024

* Paul DeMayo Award Winner
^ Vanier Scholar
#NSERC Scholar
%OGS Scholar

MSc:

Name Year Thesis Title
M.D. Hossain 2005 “Polymer Modified Electrodes”
Yuning Chuang 2005 “Reversible Covalent Assembly of Monolayer Protected Gold Nanoparticles by C60 and Light”
Andrea Wallette 2005 “Electrochemical Reduction of Cyclic/Acyclic Benzyldisulfides”
Michel Johnson 2005 “Surface Modification of Monolayer Protected Nanoparticles via the Photo-Wolff Rearrangement”
Kurtis Hartlen 2009 “Template Michael Addition Reactions on AuNP”
Brandon Lines 2009 “1,3 Dipolar Cycloadditions on AuNP”
Mahboubeh Hadadpour 2009 “Gold Nanoparticles: Investigating Physical and Chemical Properties via Photo-switchable Azopyridine Moiety and Investigating Their Photo-induced Size Evolution in Chlorinated Solvents”
Kristen Snell 2011 “Ketene and Nitrene Chemistry for Modification of AuNP”
Vaishnavi Somasundaram 2017 "Synthesis of Azide-Modified NHC Coinage Metal Thiolates"
Tommaso Romagnoli 2017 "Expanding the Scope of the AuNP Toolbox: Development of Interfacial oNQM Photoclick Reaction and Large AuNP Templates"
Alexander Van Belois 2018 "Synthesis and Characterization of Alkynyl-Substituted Boron Formazanate Dyes"
Raj Vasdev 2019 “ Strategies for the Preparation of Functional Pendant Group Polymer Materials via Click Chemistry"
Sydeny Legge (With F. Lagugne-Labarthet) 2019 “ Chemical Reactions at Metal Surfaces: Functionalization Strategies and Spectroscopic Characterization "
Kyle Classen 2020 " Development of a Route to Functional Polymers via Click Chemistry"
Andy Lim (with JF Corrigan) 2021 " Staudinger Reactions on Azide Functionalized Au25 Nanoclusters as a Route to Linked Frameworks"
Alex Stockli (with JF Corrigan) 2018 "

Other:

Name Year Position Held
Prof. Davood Nematohalli 2005 Sabbatical Visiting Scientist
Syria Peiris 2006 Research Associate
Prof. Hamid Alizadeh 2007 Visiting Scientist (summer)
Andrea Wallette 2007 Research Associate
Dr. D. Magri 2008 Research Associate
Pierangelo Gobbo 2010 Visiting Scientist (summer)
Dr. Mahdi Hesari 2021 Research Associate
Dr. P. Gunawardene 2020 Research Associate

 

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