University of Windsor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Graduate Studies in Chemistry
Our Department
Research Centers and Institutes
Facilities and Instrumentation
Graduate Studies
All About Windsor
Researchers
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Our Department
We have a friendly and stimulating work environment, with
high contact time between faculty & students.
Number of faculty: 24
Faculty hired in last six years: 12
Number of graduate students: 75
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Facilities & Instrumentation
Renovated Synthetic Labs (2003-2006)
X-ray diffractometers (2 single xtal, 1 powder)
NMR Centre (5 spectrometers)
Mass Spectrometry
Raman/IR Microscopy
DSC, TGA, AFM, STM, …
and many other acronyms!
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Teaching Laboratories
Teaching Laboratories (2003-2005)
Undergraduate Instrumentation (2004-2006)
Chemistry Resource Centre (2004)
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Centres of Research Excellence
Centre for Catalysis & Materials Research (CCMR)
Biochemistry, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
(GLIER)
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Life as a Graduate Student
Research & Supervisors
Teaching & Community Service
Graduate Courses & Requirements
Stipends & Scholarships
Life Outside of the Lab
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Research & Supervisors
The choice of supervisor will be one of the most important
choices you make. Things to consider:
Research Area
Experience
Publications
Funding
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Teaching & Community Service
Teaching assistantships widely vary:
Laboratory TA / Demonstrator
Tutor / Resource Centre / Lecturer
Laboratory Design and Preparation
Community Outreach
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Courses & Requirements
Selected Chemistry Subject Areas:
Materials Science
X-ray Crystallography
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Liquid Crystals
Computational Chemistry
Chemical Dynamics
Environmental Analytical
Supramolecular Chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Polymers
Catalysis
Main Group Chemistry
Advanced Organic Topics
Selected Courses in Biochemistry & Biotechnology:
Apoptosis (Cell Death)
DNA Science
Biochemistry of NO
Protein Structure and Function
Environmental Biochemistry
Molecular Modeling
Special Courses:
Departmental Seminar
Research Proposal
Directed Study: Co-op Term or Review Article
Senior undergraduate courses may be transferred from your B.Sc.
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Stipends & Scholarships
Stipends (2007-2008)
Standard
M.Sc.
$20,000
Ph.D.
$20,000
Tuition
OGS
$28,280
$29,280
NSERC
$31,370
$41,600
$5,340
Tuition Waivers: Students who enter with or achieve an
average of A- get their tuition waived (90% of Ph.D. students
and 75% of M.Sc. students do not pay tuition!)
New scholarships (+$4-5 K) available in 2006-2007!
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Life Outside of the Lab
Graduate social life is very active:
Intramural sports
Parties (X-mas, Halloween, etc.)
Outings and other social events
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All About Windsor
Windsor is Canada’s southernmost city, and is the Automotive
Capital of Canada
Population:
200,000 + 150,000 in county
Location:
5 minutes from Detroit
40 minutes from Ann Arbor
4 hours from Chicago
4 hours from Toronto
3 hours from Columbus
Climate:
Mild winter, hot summer, and a
beautiful long fall!
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Windsor/Essex County
Windsor is located in Essex County, some of the richest
farmland in Canada (including wineries!).
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The City of Windsor
Windsor has an ethnically diverse population, with large Italian, Arabic,
Chinese, Eastern European, African populations
Beautiful waterfront park, city parks, festivals, cultural events and an
excellent downtown nightlife make Windsor a great place to live
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Windsor/Detroit
Windsor is “very American”, and is often referred to as a “suburb of
Detroit”…but many Detroiters would rather live in Windsor! Detroit
plays an important role in the lives of Windsorites in many respects…
Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers and the Lowly Lions are minutes away!
DIA, Detroit Symphony, Detroit Opera and concerts galore!
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Windsor/Detroit
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University of Windsor
The University of Windsor is a “comprehensive” university, with
Faculties of Arts, Engineering, Nursing, Science, Human Kinetics, Law,
and Business.
Established in 1867 as
“Assumption College”,
and was incorporated as
the University of
Windsor in the 1960’s.
2005-2006:
15000 undergraduates
1000 graduate students.
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Best of Both Worlds
Small City (Windsor) – Major American Metropolis (Detroit)
Canadian – American cultural components
Accessible Faculty – World Class Research
Proximity to major American and Canadian universities
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Research Areas
Biochemistry
Inorganic/Materials
Keith Taylor
Bulent Mutus
Lana Lee
Sirayam Pandey
Sirinart Ananvoranich
Otis Vacratsis
Doug Stephan
Stephen Loeb
David Antonelli
Charles Macdonald
Samuel Johnson
Tricia Breen Carmichael
Physical/Analytical
Organic
Ricardo Aroca
Jichang Wang
Rob Schurko
James Gauld
EtO
James Green
Phil Dutton
Holger Eichorn
Avinash Thadani
OEt
Co2(CO)6
Bu3Sn
SiEt3
5 equiv BF
3-OEt2,
CH2Cl2, 0oC
Co (CO)6
2
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Bridging Traditional Disciplines
Organic
Inorganic
Physical
Analytical
Materials Chemistry
James Green
Organic Chemistry
Steve Loeb
Supramolecular Chemistry
Charles Macdonald
Main Group Chemistry
Doug Stephan
Organometallics & Catalysis
Sam Johnson
Organometallic Chemistry
Dave Antonelli
Mesoporous Solids
Rob Schurko
Solid State NMR
Tricia Breen Carmichael
Surface & Materials Chemistry
Non-linear Chemical Dynamics
Vibrational & Raman Spectroscopy
Jichang Wang
Ricardo Aroca
Holger Eichhorn
Organic Materials & Liquid Crystals
Phil Dutton
Physical Organic
Avinash Thadani
Organic Synthesis & Natural Products
University of Windsor
James Green
Associate Professor, 1990
NSERC PDF, U. of California at Berkeley
Ph.D., University of Waterloo, 1987
B.Sc., University of Windsor, 1982
Organic Synthesis with Transition Metal Units
EtO
OEt
Co (CO)
2
6
Bu Sn
3
SiEt
3
5 equiv BF -OEt ,
3
2
CH Cl , 0oC
2 2
Co (CO)
6
2
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Holger Eichhorn
Assistant Professor, 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Leeds, England, 1997
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Exeter, England, 1996
Diploma in Chemistry (1991), Ph.D.,(1995) Postdoctoral Fellow (1996),
University of Bremen, Germany
Mesomorphism – gateway to new materials for nanotechnology
Photovoltaic device containing a
star-shaped hetero-heptamer
Nanoparticle-Amphiphiles
M+ -OOC
M+ -OOC
COO-M+
charged head-group thiol
SS S S S
SS
S
S
S
S
S
2 nm diameter
S
metal colloid S
S
S
S
SS
S
S S SS S
COO- M+
+3
S-Ac
S-Ac
O
SS S S
SS
S
S
S
S
S
2 nm diameter
S
metal colloid S
S
S
S
SS
S
SS S S S
O
+4
O
O
selforganization
O
OO
O O O OO OO O
R = C18H37
OC18H37
tail-group thiol
OR OR
OR
OR
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Avinash Thadani
Assistant Professor, 2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago, 2001-2004
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2001
B.Sc., University of Toronto, 1996
Asymmetric Catalysis & Natural Product Synthesis
a) Development of Novel Chiral Ligands & Application in C–C Bond Forming Reactions
b) Synthesis of Bioactive Alkaloids
Chiral Ligands
Bioactive Alkaloids
O
RR
N
O
N
:
R
A
R
Pd2(dba)3 (cat.)
A (cat.)
Ar
B(OH)2
Br
O
Cs2CO3 (2 equiv.)
dioxane, ²
R
O
H
H
N
N
Ar
R = H, securinine
R = OMe, phyllanthine
(–)-norsecurinine
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Doug Stephan
University Professor, 1982
NSERC/NOVA Chemicals Industrial Research Chair
Organometallic Chemistry: Catalyst discovery and development
NATO PDF, Harvard University, 1980-1982
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1980
B.Sc., McMaster University, 1976
Organometallic Chemistry & Catalysis
A+B
C+D
A catalyst provides an alternative, low
energy activation pathway for a reaction,
while at the same time not consuming
the catalysts
Ea
Reactants
Ea
Products
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Stephen Loeb
University Professor and Canada Research Chair, 1990
Royal Society of Chemistry, Visiting Professor, Oxford University
Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta
B.Sc (Hon), Ph.D. University of Western Ontario
Supramolecular Chemistry & Molecular Machines
Interpenetrated Molecules
+
“thread” or
“axle”
Interlocked Molecules
“bead” or
“wheel”
[2]-Pseudorotaxane
+ 2
“Stopper”
[2]-Rotaxane
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David Antonelli
Professor, 1998
Lecturer, University of Sussex, 1997
Research Associate, MIT, 1994-1996
Research Associate, University of Alberta, 1994
NSERC PDF, Oxford and Caltech, 1991-1993
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1990
Mesoporous Metal Oxide Materials
Synthesis and characterization
of composite materials
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Chuck Macdonald
Associate Professor, University of Windsor, 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, 1998-2001
Ph.D., Dalhousie, 1998
B.Sc. (Hons.) Dalhousie, 1994
Main Group Inorganic Chemistry
Synthesis, Crystallography & Calculations
Oligomers & Polymers
Clusters & Coordination Chemistry
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Sam Johnson
Assistant Professor, 2002
NSERC PDF, U. of California at Berkeley, 2000
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2000
B.Sc., McMaster University, 1995
Organometallic Chemistry & Materials
LnM
R
N2 ?
LnM
N
N
Photonics:
Non-linear optics
R
N2 Activation
Ligand design
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Tricia Breen Carmichael
Associate Professor, 2005
Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
NSERC PDF, Harvard University
Ph.D., University of Windsor, 1996
B.Sc., University of Windsor, 1992
Surface & Materials Chemistry: Microelectronics
Indium Tin Oxide film patterned using
microcontact printing and wet etching
Patterned Ni film fabricated using microcontact printing & electrodeless plating
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Ricardo Aroca
University Professor, University of Windsor, 1985
D. Sc., Supreme Attestation Commission of the Soviet Union
PhD in Chemistry, Moscow State University, 1970
B.Sc. University of Chile, 1964
Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)
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Robert Schurko
Associate Professor, 2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999
Postdoctoral Fellow, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Brookhaven National Lab, 1998
Ph.D., Dalhousie University, 1998
B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., University of Manitoba, 1992, 1994
Solid-State NMR of Inorganic Materials
-sensitivity enhancement
-NMR of quadrupolar nuclei
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Jichang Wang
Associate Professor, 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lethbridge University, 2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, West Virginia University, 1996
Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 1995
Ph.D. Copenhagen University, Denmark, 1994
B.Sc. Tsinghua University, P. R. China, 1991
Dynamics and Mechanism of Oscillating Chemical Reactions
An example of
manipulating chemical
reactions with light,
in which oscillatory
phenomena are induced
by light in the otherwise
non-oscillatory medium
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James Gauld
Associate Professor, 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University, 1999-2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Uppsala University, 1997-1999
B.Sc., Ph.D. Australian National University, 1997
Computational Chemistry &
Molecular Modeling of Biochemical Systems
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Sirinart Ananvoranich
Associate Professor, 2000
Ph.D., Concordia University, 1995
B.Sc, M.Sc (Pharm), Chulalongkorn, Thailand, 1989
Delta ribozyme and its applications
Catalytic ribonucleic acids “Delta ribozyme”.
Delta ribozyme can be modified to cut other
ribonucleic acids (RNA) and could be a therapeutic
agent, a gene-based drug.
We are using delta ribozyme as anti-parasitic drugs
in our laboratory.
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Lana Lee
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1980
A.B., Mount Holyoke College, 1973
Protein Structure and Function
•Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
•Blood Coagulation
•Detoxification
•Bacterial Systems (E.coli & volcanic)
•Drug Design
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Bulent Mutus
Professor, 1982
Ph.D., University of Manitoba
B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Waterloo
Nitric oxide mediated communication between cells
N=O produced in
endothelial cells (blood
vessel walls) causes
muscle cells to relax
• vasodilation
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Sirayam Pandey
Associate Professor, 2000
Ph.D., JNU, New Delhi, 1992
M.Sc., BHU, Varanasi, 1986
Programmed Cell Death and Aging Research Lab
Human Neurons
Cancer Cells
Apoptosis (cell death) is involved in:
Cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Stroke
Study of the biochemical mechanism of cell death in these diseases.
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Otis Vacratsis
Assistant Professor, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2001
B.S., Eastern Michigan University, 1995
Biological Mass Spectrometry
100
NH2-EACDPLR-COOH
MS/MS
0
200
400
600
m/z
•Proteomics
•Post-translational
modifications
•Biomarkers
800
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University of Windsor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
For more information:
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Windsor
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, Ontario
Canada N9B 3P4
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext:3521
FAX: (519)-973-7098
Email: chembio@uwindsor.ca
Website: www.uwindsor.ca/chemistry