Graduate students

Chemistry graduate programs at SFU offer students the unique opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research across all sub-disciplines of chemistry, in a highly collaborative environment.

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Prospective students

With numerous award-winning faculty, and over 120 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates conducting innovative research across all subdisciplinary areas, SFU is an exciting place to pursue your graduate degree.

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Current students

Find the resources you need to plan your program, manage your progress and prepare your thesis defense. If you need more information, please contact our Graduate Program Assistant.

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Meet our students

Learn about our incredible graduate students through their stories! Find out what they're researching, why they chose SFU, and how they've gotten involved with the community.

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Kalvin Kwan

Kalvin is a Chemistry master's student researching the development of precision/targeted cancer therapy. (BC Graduate Scholarship) Learn More
Brooke McNeil

Brooke is a PhD student researching how to diagnose and treat cancerous cells in an extremely targeted manner. (Graduate Entrance Scholarship and NSERC CGS Masters Scholarship) Learn More
Brooklyn Fedoretz-Maxwell

Brooklyn is a Chemistry master's student who is researching metalloproteins. (NSERC CGS Masters Scholarship) Learn More
Emmanuel Balogun

Emmanuel is a Chemistry PhD student researching on fuel cells and how they can be made cheaper and more efficient with environmentally friendly starting materials. (MITACS Research Training Award, Chemistry Graduate fellowship (3), and NSERC Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship) Learn More
Parsa Sojoudi

Parsa is a Chemistry master’s student researching the DNA sequence detection of two different Ginseng species. (Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship) Learn More
Annabelle Kilham

Annabelle is a Chemistry Doctoral student in the Faculty of Science whose research focuses on optimizing nanoparticle catalysts for their use in fuel cells. (Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship & NSERC CGS Masters Scholarship) Learn More
Parmissa Randhawa

Parmissa is a Nuclear Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry Doctoral student in the Faculty of Science researching on the development of new pharmaceuticals (radiopharmaceuticals) for cancer that incorporates a radioactive metal atom. (BC Graduate Scholarship) Learn More
Franklin Egemole

Franklin is a Chemistry PhD student in the Faculty of Science whose research is focused on the design or improvement of systems that will help promote the production of hydrogen as a renewable energy source. (Graduate Dean Entrance Scholarship) Learn More
Himani Sethi

Himani is a Chemistry master's student whose research is focused on developing inhibitors for carbohydrate processing enzymes in the human body. Learn More