Ragogna Research GroupWestern Science

2023

December 2023

Ragogna Group Christmas hosted by Justin and Jessica!!!!

Christmas 2023  Megan Christmas 2023

Christmas 2023

The Crew celebrates Christmas with some Korean food, Kahoots (Jeff won) and Secret Santa!!!Kahoots Kahoots

Kahoots

Jordan, Justin, J-Tool and research from the Ragogna Group were featured Western Science NanoWestern Newsletter & Meaglow News.

 Featured J-Tool

Ian heads to Germany to check out Arlanxeo Plant. He also does some sight seeing!

Arlanxeo 

 Ian Arlanxeo

Marco wins an EDI award! Congrats Marco!!

Marco Win


November 2023

Justin was the recipient of the Bancroft Award. He presented his award winning talk to the chemistry department.

Justin Norton Award Winner

Jessica joins group meeting via Zoom. She was in her home, and still didn't charge her laptop! Jessica had to leave the meeting early.

Charge your devices!!!!!

Jessica and Justin makes and shares biscottis for group meeting in November! Yummy!

Delicous!!!     Yum!!!


October 2023

Jordan and Justin travel to Albany, NY for Nanomanufacturing Materials and Processes (NMP) Review.

Albany   

 

Albany

 

Albany   Albany 

Albany

Albany Trip

The Ragogna Group celebrates Halloween!!! We dressed as eachother, and we had a guessing contest! Also Justin dresses up as a Sigma Aldrich bottle!!!

Halloween 2023

Justin Halloween 2023

Jeff shows off his cool Zoom background!

Jeff Zoom Backgroud


September 2023

Jessica attends TECHCON in Texas.

TECHCON Jessica

J-W, Justin, Jessica, John and friends chilling with goats.

Goat!!!!

J-W defends his dissertation, congrats!!! Good luck with your future endeavours. We will miss you!!!

J-W Defense

  J-W Defense

 J-W Defense

Microrangers assemble!!!!!

Microrangers assemble!!!  Microrangers assemble!!!


August 2023

Eden visits Western University for a week!

Eden Visit

Group BBQ at Joe's for Alex, Jeff and Jessica + 1 (Justin!!!)

Lunch at Joe's


July 2023

BGS 2008 prepares a new basebath. Blaine guided everyone through!

New basebath

Jordan working with the J-Tool!!!!

Jordan and J-Tool

Deer sighting near SSW!

Deer at SSW

John is ready to pick out some XRD crystals in the glovebox!

John ready to pick out some XRD crystals


June 2023

The Ragogna Group comes back from a bake sale.

Bake Sale! 

John and Blaine selfie!!! Blaine (poster), John (oral), Ellie (oral) and Jeanette (oral+poster) present their research at the 2023 CSC conference in Vancouver. Erika also made an appearance and presented her thesis work! She was the winner of this year's Award for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry (AURIC) by the Inorganic Division of the Canadian Institute for Chemistry. Jeanette did alot winning at the Proto Mixer!

CSC 2023 

 CSC 2023  Blaine presenting

John CSC 2023

 Jeanette presenting her poster

Erika AURIC  

Erika AURIC

Proto Mixer  Jeanette wins a PROTO Hat

Jeanette Wins Scotch Glasses   Jeanette Wins a Water Bottle  

Jeanette wins a Proto Mug

New photo card of the Ragogna Group for BGS 2021 office!

New Photo Card BGS 2021

Justin and Jessica hosted the Ragogna Group.

 Justin and Jessica host!!! 

 Justin and Jessica host!!!

Group mini potluck!

Mini Potluck  

Mini Potluck


May 2023

Alex presents at group meeting.

Alex presents at group meeting

The Ragogna Group head to C2MCI Annual General Meeting at Queen's University in Kingston!

C2MCI  

C2MCI

C2MCI 

 C2MCI

C2MCI    C2MCI

 

C2MCI 

C2MCI

 C2MCI


April 2023

Setting up J-Tool!

Baby J-Tool

J-W working hard and then chilling!

J-W Working Hard J-W Chilling/Working

Justin loves wearing a used respirator!

Justin wearing used respirator...ewwwww

Jeanette's lay abstract was selected and highlighted for Inspiring Minds. Here's a photo of her in a generic pose looking like an office worker in a stock image.

Jeanette Inspiring Minds

The Crew (in MSA) takes a mini break! So therapeutic!

Doggo  Doggo

Group Sushi!!!

Sushi!!

Sushi!


March 2023

Justin, Jeff and Jessica taking apart and cleaning the Baine's Group old glovebox. Stinky!!!

Cleaning the Baine's Group old glovebox

The Ragogna Group moving an old glovebox!

Alex moving Kim's old box  Bringing down the glovebox

In with the old...  Bye!

Ragogna Group Out!!!!

The Crew heading out!


February 2023

Justin's cool featured cover art for Chemistry of Materials! Congrats Justin!!

Justin's Featured Cover Art

Justin geared up to present his 9658 seminar!

Justin gearing up for 9568


January 2023

Ellie heads to the Canadian Light Source at Saskatoon for some cool synchotron related work!

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