Chemistry at Western

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Prof. Jamie Noel is the winner of this year's Western Research Excellence Award - Outstanding Scholar

The award "Recognizes faculty members at the Associate Professor level who have produced exceptional research, scholarly and/or creative contributions and have clear potential for ongoing excellence, significance and impact in their discipline and/or broader society."

Please stay tuned for the official university-wide announcement and award lecture.

Congratulations Jamie !!!

Western Chemistry is fortunate to have generous donors whose support enables us to provide travel supplements for students attending conferences. The recipients of the 2026 CSC Travel Awards are:

Rina Faisal (Liu Group) – 19th International Conference on X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS2026), Thailand

Emily Addison (Drover Group) – Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2026 Conference and Exhibition, Toronto Ontario

Jaehak Yu (Gillies Group) – Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2026 Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario

Shuting Li (Huang Group) – Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2026 Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario

Congratulations to our 2026 CSC Travel Award recipients! We wish you every success at your conferences.

Prof. Marcus Drover is a recipient of a New Frontiers in Research Fund grant. Congratulations! Read more about it here: https://news.westernu.ca/2026/05/western-nfrf-mobility-agriculture-technology/

We are pleased to share that two of the eight Western faculty recognized for Teaching Awards by the University Senate this year are from chemistry!

https://news.westernu.ca/2026/04/western-awards-excellence-teaching-2/

Felix Lee was awarded the Edward G. Pleva Award – our university’s highest honour for teaching.

Christina Booker was awarded the Marilyn Robinson Award – for outstanding contributions to classroom, laboratory and/or clinical teaching early in their career.

We are fortunate to have these outstanding educators in Chemistry, especially involved in our introductory chemistry classes.

Congratulations Christina and Felix and the other six awardees!

Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching celebrate dedicated, creative faculty - Western News Eight faculty members are being recognized for their contributions to students’ academic development, with the Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

Exciting news! The Department of Chemistry is thrilled to welcome Dr. Melanie Sanford (University of Michigan) for the 2026 Fred Pattison Lecture Series.

Join us at the 3M Center, Room 3250 for two incredible seminars:

Thursday, April 30 (2:30–4:00 PM): Synthetic Methods for C–F Bond Formation.

Friday, May 1 (2:30–4:00 PM): High Valent Transition Metal Organometallic Complexes.