UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Welcome to the Department of Chemistry
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Graduate Recruiting Event
The Department of Chemistry is hosting a free recruiting event on October 12, 2018, to give prospective graduate students the opportunity to meet faculty and students, tour our facilities, and engage with the community to learn what SFU's graduate program in chemistry has to offer. learn more →
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Holdcroft Group
The Holdcroft group investigates polymer materials for energy conversion devices. learn more →
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Linington Group
The Linington group studies microbial natural products using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, and combines these analyses with new bioassay platforms they develop in the SFU Chemical Screening Center to discover new chemical genetic probes and inspirations for new therapeutics. learn more →
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Warren Group
The Warren group is investigating biological redox reactions of amino acids using small protein models. learn more →
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Percival Group
The Percival group uses muons, generated at the TRIUMF accelerator facility in Vancouver, to study free radical chemistry. learn more →
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Williams Group
The Williams group researches organic materials chemistry, with an emphasis on the study of new liquid crystals. The featured image was created by Ph.D. candidate Kevin Bozek. learn more →
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Britton Group
The Britton group is focused on total synthesis of natural products and development of new synthetic methods. The featured image was by created by Ph.D. candidate Stanley Chan. learn more →
RECENT NEWS
Celebrating 50 Years of SFU Chemistry: Watch the video here!
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Cover of Inorganic Chemistry Designed by SFU Graduate Student August 29, 2018
Khrystyna Herasymchuk, a current Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry, designed the cover... -
A new tool for making drugs August 23, 2018
The motivation – Adding a fluorine atom to a drug molecule can have dramatic effects on its... -
Summer 2018 Chemistry Undergraduate Research Presentation Awards August 17, 2018
A message from Evon Khor, Undergraduate Advisor: I have the pleasure of announcing the following... -
Chemistry Graduate Student Awarded the 2018 Mackenzie King Open Scholarship August 17, 2018
Congratulations to Garrett Muir, winner of the 2018 Mackenzie King Open Scholarship! This... -
2018 SFU Bruker Spectroscopy Prize Winners August 16, 2018
Congratulations to Natalia Sannikova and Kathleen Prosser, winners of the 2018 SFU Bruker...
UPCOMING EVENTS
FEATURED PUBLICATION
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Clarke, R.M.; Jeen, T.; Rigo, S.; Thompson, J. R.; Kaake, L. G.; Thomas, F.; Storr, T. "Exploiting exciton coupling of ligand radical intervalence charge transfer transitions to tune NIR absorption", Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 1610.
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