Three Minute Thesis 2013: Amin Nouri, Chemistry June 01, 2013
SFU's Three Minute Thesis finals took place on March 6, 2013. Amin Nouri (Iran), Chemistry, spoke on "Nanostructured Platinum Catalysts for Fuel Cells."

External Awards: Joussot-Dubien Award 2013 March 14, 2013
The Joussot-Dubien Award supports graduate students in Chemistry or Food Science to spend a year in France at the Graduate School of Engineering for Chemistry, Biology and Physics in Bordeaux, which is part of the Bordeaux Institute of Technology. Award value: 10,000 euros. Apply by: 1 May, 2013

Dr. Jefferson Chan Receives Dean's Convocation Medal June 13, 2012
The central theme of Dr. Chan's research is the study of the mechanism of enzymes known as sialidases and the resulting sialic acid. Using a specially equipped nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, Chan and his supervisor sped up the scientific search for molecules that disrupt the chemical workings of an enzyme that helps flu viruses to spread.

Convocation Medal Winners 2012 June 04, 2012
Congratulations to this year’s Convocation Medal Winners! They will receive their awards at our Spring Convocation, June 12–15, 2012.

Research Profile: Jeffrey Ovens, Chemistry May 01, 2012
As an undergraduate, Jeffrey Ovens couldn't decide between physics or chemistry, so he did the only logical thing and chose both.

Research Profile: Bal Kang, Chemistry January 13, 2012
Congratulations to Bal Kang, a chemistry PhD student who has just received a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, worth more than $270,000 (US), to do post-doctoral research in Oxford after he graduates this June.

Research Profile: Didier Savard, Chemistry January 06, 2012
During the first year of his PhD research at SFU, Didier Savard blew up a few things.

Research profile: Brinda Prasad, Chemistry September 15, 2011
Brinda Prasad's work in SFU's Department of Chemistry has taken her around the world.

Research profile: Bixia Wang, Chemistry September 08, 2011
Bixia Wang's journey to graduate school is filled with firsts. She's the first from her family — and her village — to graduate from university.

Matthew Macauley wins a top chemistry honour June 06, 2011
Congratulations to recent SFU graduate Matthew Macauley (PhD 2010), who has received the 2011 Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairpersons (CCUCC) Chemistry Doctoral Prize. This award is intended to recognize outstanding achievement and potential in research by a graduate student whose PhD thesis in chemistry was formally accepted by a Canadian university.

Impossible2Possible takes George Agnes to Bolivian Andes May 13, 2011
George Wade, associate dean of Graduate Studies, is travelling in Bolivia for the next 12 days as part of the Impossible2Possible expedition, where he and his fellow adventurers will run 250 km over the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flats in the world.