Award Lectures

Rio Tinto Alcan Award Lecture

Sponsored by Rio Tinto Alcan

Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University

Sunday, May 30, 09:15–10:00, Room 205 B,D

How Can One Tell If a Rechargeable Battery Will Last 10 Years - In a Few Weeks?

Maxxam Award Lecture

Sponsored by Maxxam Analytics Inc.

Eric Reiner, Ontario Ministry of the Environment

Sunday, May 30, 15:00–15:40, Room 201 F

Advances in the Analysis of Persistent Halogenated Organic Compounds

Bernard Belleau Award Lecture

Sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb Canada

Martin Tanner, The University of British Columbia

Sunday, May 30, 16:00–16:40, Room 203 A

Studies on, and the Manipulation of, Enzymes Involved in Alkaloid and Sialic Acid Biosynthetic Pathways

Boehringer Ingelheim Award Lecture

Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.

Luke Lairson, Scripps Research Institute

Monday, May 31, 09:40–10:00, Room 203 A

Mechanisms and Engineering of Glycosyltransferases

W.A.E. McBryde Medal Lecture

Sponsored by MDS Analytical Technologies

Xing-Fang Li, University of Alberta

Monday, May 31, 13:40–14:20, Room 202 D

Analytical Challenges in Drinking Water Safety

Envrionment Division Research and Development Award Lecture

Sponsored by Pierre Beaumier

Scott Mabury, University of Toronto

Monday, May 31, 16:00–17:00, Room 201 B

The Environmental Fate, Disposition, and Persistence of Polyfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment

Strem Chemicals Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry Lecture

Sponsored by Strem Chemicals, Inc.

Daniel B. Leznoff, Simon Fraser University

Monday, May 31, 17:00–17:40, Room 205 B,D

Ancient Metals in Advanced Materials: Cyanoaurate-based Coordination Polymers

Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award Lecture

Sponsored by NOVA Chemicals Corporation

Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University

Monday, May 31, 17:20–18:00, Room 202 A

Electro-active Graft Copolymers: Nanostructures, Charge Transport, and Power

Alfred Bader Award Lecture

Sponsored by Alfred Bader, HFCIC

Tomas Hudlicky, Brock University

Tuesday, June 1, 09:20–10:00, Room 205 B,D

Design and Stereoselective Synthesis of Medicinal Agents via Chemoenzymatic Methods: The Story of Amarrylidaceae and Morphine Alkaloids and Tamiflu

Clara Benson Award Lecture

Sponsored by the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC)

Parisa Ariya, McGill University

Tuesday, June 1, 11:40–12:20, Room 201 B

Bridging the Gap Between Nano-scale to Macro-scale Atmospheric Chemistry at Environmental Interfaces

The John C. Polanyi Award Lecture

Sponsored by the Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Division

Tsun-Kong Sham, The University of Western Ontario

Tuesday, June 1, 13:40–14:20, Room 203 D

Probing Materials Properties in the Energy and Timing Domain with Light-Synchrotron Light

R.U. Lemieux Award Lecture

Sponsored by the CIC Organic Chemistry Division

Derrick L.J. Clive, University of Alberta

Tuesday, June 1, 15:00–15:40, Room 205 B,D

Some Adventures in Methodology and Total Synthesis

Keith Laidler Award Lecture

Sponsored by the Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Division

Ruth Signorell, The University of British Columbia

Tuesday, June 1, 16:00–16:40, Room 203 D

Understanding Aerosols on a Molecular Level

The Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award for Graduate Work Lecture

Sponsored by the CIC Inorganic Chemistry Division

Danny Puzzo, University of Toronto

Tuesday, June 1, 16:40–17:20, Room 206 B

Novel Photonic Crystal Architectures for Optoelectronics

CIC Award for Chemical Education

Sponsored by the CIC Chemical Education Fund

Andrew Dicks, University of Toronto

Wednesday, June 2, 19:20–10:00, Room 206 E

How You Can (And Why You Should) "Green" Your Undergraduate Lab Curriculum

CCUCC Chemistry Doctoral Award Lecture