Session: “‘The Easter Egg Project’: Macrocyclic Inclusion Complex of Qubits”
Candice Robillard, University of Guelph
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – MACN 113 – 2:30 – 2:50 PM
Quantum computation (QC) promises to revolutionize numerous areas of research by making classically unachievable problems possible. However, society is far from the ubiquitous use of quantum devices, mainly due to two large obstacles: decoherence and scalability. My research focuses on designing macrocyclic inclusion complex of quantum bits (i.e. qubits) to create appropriate materials for QC by limiting the effects of these two obstacles.
Session: “The Crossroads of Inorganic Chemistry and Biochemistry: Bio-inspired Iron Complexes “
Justin Shmordok, University of Guelph
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – MACN 113 – 2:50 – 3:10 PM
Bioinorganic chemistry is the field that studies the role of metals in biochemistry. One of the most abundant transition metals found in biological processes is iron. Iron is present in many living organisms and is essential in processes such as respiration, the Krebs cycle and biological nitrogen fixation. The focus of my research is on studying the role of iron in biological nitrogen fixation from the perspective of an inorganic chemist. Specifically, this talk will focus on the synthesis and structure of biologically relevant iron complexes.
Session: “Nanodiscs as a platform for drug discovery “
Philip Drewniak, University of Guelph
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – MACN 113 – 3:25 – 3:45 PM
Bioinorganic chemistry is the field that studies the role of metals in biochemistry. One of the most abundant transition metals found in biological processes is iron. Iron is present in many living organisms and is essential in processes such as respiration, the Krebs cycle and biological nitrogen fixation. The focus of my research is on studying the role of iron in biological nitrogen fixation from the perspective of an inorganic chemist. Specifically, this talk will focus on the synthesis and structure of biologically relevant iron complexes.
Session: “Valorization of industrial waste stream into high value carbon product using catalyzed hydrothermal carbonization followed by chemical activation”
Aneela Hayder, University of Guelph
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – MACN 113 – 3:45 – 4:05 PM
Sustainable, efficient, and environmentally friendly ways to tailor the carbonaceous materials from bio sources with desired functionalities remain a challenge around the world The focus of my research is to investigate a novel process that explored the ZnO synthesis via hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process of low- value high moisture condensed corn distiller solubles (CDS) to produce zinc-based carbon material (ZnO/C). ZnO/C material was further activated at high temperature to obtain high surface area carbon for tailoring novel design of multifunctional carbon materials as an adsorbent/catalyst for sustainable remediation.
