Schedule

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Opening Remarks & Plenary | STM224

Terri Lovell

"Enhancing Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy through Innovations in Photostable Fluorophores"

10:10 - 10:45 AM

A - Biological & Environmental Chemistry (STEM 364)
B - Physical & Inorganic Chemistry STEM 464
C - Organic Chemistry STEM 664
Daniel Knight
Selection of DNA aptamers for TDP-43 to inhibit aggregation in Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis
Joshua O'Grady
The chemical biology of a chimeric HER2-binding aptamer
Robert Demerjian
Characterization of the terephthalate dioxygenase and reductase for the
bioelectrocatalysis of TPA
Irbaz Rehman
Characterization of natural products from Protoventuria and Ramularia
endophytes of Canadian horticulture crops
Meara Ryan
Identifying PFAS in surface water, drinking water, and wastewater treatment plant
samples using LC-MS/MS
Ryan Tu
Green light-activated tissue adhesive for rapid closure and repair of skin wounds
Paul Heidarian
Characterization of cyanopeptides from Microcystis aeruginosa CPCC 632
Chanjot Kaur
CO2 uptake – relative humidity – pore size relationship: a new tool for the design of
amine-containing adsorbents
Audrey-Anne Lafrance
Nitrogen-14 overtone solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and
different functional groups
Téodor Iftemie
Single-crystal NMR characterization of chalcogen-bonded cocrystals
Michael Oostlander
3D Assemblies of Plasmonic Nanocrystals: Fabrication and Optical
Properties
Bhavisha Rana
The zhan catalyst: new opportunities in olefin metathesis
Michèle Michichiuc
Toward In Vivo Olefin Metathesis via Targeted Catalyst Delivery
Sarah Tribe
Amino acid residue substitutions in covalent inhibitors of transglutaminase
Braeden Hourihan
Intramolecular Cope-Type Hydroamination of Alkynes
Piyas Saha
Cross-couplings of transiently stable organolithium compounds
Claudia Natola
Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Fusahexin via a Late-Stage Reduction-
Triggered Acid-Mediated Cyclization for N,O-Acetal Formation
Joshua Tapp
Towards the total synthesis of mandapamate: a cembranoid diterpene
natural product
Lilli Temple-Murray
Does generative artificial intelligence promote real critical thinking
skills in undergraduate organic chemistry courses?
Hunter Valley
Iminophosphorane Amino Acids as Precursors for 11C-Urea Radiotracers

10:45 - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break | STM117

11:15 - 12:00 AM

D - Environmental Chemistry (STEM 364)
E - Physical Chemistry & Decomposition (STEM 464)
F - Physical & Photochemistry (STEM 664)
Tianqi Li
Development of non-targeted volatilomics with solid-phase microextraction for the authentication of plant-based milk alternatives
Geneviève Haché
Out of the non-stick pan, into our waters: Maternal transfer of
perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in the Great Lakes’ rainbow trout and effects on oxidative
stress levels throughout embryo development
Nelson Rutajoga
Hydrogen generation as a diagnostic tool for evaluating water remediation
ability of novel photocatalysts: application to TiO2-based catalysts under visible light irradiation
Reshmi Karamel
Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Prenol, Linalool and Terpineol:
Insights into the Dissociation Dynamics of Their Radical Cations
Saba Didarataee
Kinetics, Quantum Yield and Mechanism of the Decatungstate-Catalyzed
Photooxidation of C-H Hydrogen Donors. The role of the persistent radical effect
Victoria Pham-Tran
Single-Crystal Transformations and Photosalient Properties in
Organometallic Coordination Complexes

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch - STM117

1:00 - 2:00 PM

101. Eman Mohamad
Versatility of PN ligands in photocatalysis: tailored Ni (II) and Ru complexes for H2 generation and CO2 conversion
102. Piers St. Onge
Deprotonation and Alkylation of Weakly Acidic C(sp3)-H Bonds Using Tetramethyldisiloxane and Potassium tert-butoxide
103. Abhishek P. Patel
Light-mediated carbon-11 radiolabelling of α-hydroxy carboxylic acids
104. Isuru Dissanayake
Safety considerations for the scale-up of the Schmidt reaction of ketones in a flow system
105. Sarwa Al Akkad
Transforming Chemistry Education Through Interdisciplinary Training: Pathways for Future Scientists
106. Mahtab Hamrahjoo
Kinetic studies of the interaction of aminoboranes with alkoxyl radicals and ketone triplets: relevance to polarity reversal catalysis
107. Anna Ananchenko
Insight into preferential nAChR interactions with anionic lipids obtained through multiscale MD simulations
108. Mitchell Allen
Divergent Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Multimeric Branched and Hyperbranched Peptide Ligands of the Natural Cytotoxicity Receptor NKp30 on Natural Killer (NK) Cells
109. Richard Ramos Castellanos
Site-Isolation, without immobilization: toward robust, high-productivity metathesis catalysts
110. Sarah Musca
Elucidating the structure-activity relationship of phosphonium salts in inhibiting ice recrystallization and ice nucleation
111. Emily Hoddinott
PET imaging of cardiac SNS function with [18F]mFBG in heart failure models
112. Hana Nugraha
TMDSO and KOtBu enabled cross-electrophilic coupling of benzyl chlorides and alkyl halides
113. Shajia Khan
Palladium-catalyzed Kumada-Corriu coupling of silyl ketene acetals
114. Kostiantyn Prystupa
Streamlining hydrogenation: Chemoselectivity guide for synthetic chemists
115. Juan Alvarez
Complete reaction coordinate multistate design of a Michaelase enzyme
116. Julia Ong
Heterogeneous Tetrabutylammonium Decatungstate Photocatalysis: Effects of Support Materials
117. James Moffat
Functional Group Effects on Photoreactivity and Photomechanical Motion in Zn(II) Phenylstyrylpyridine Complexes
118. Aaron Rogers
Insights into the thermal decomposition mechanism of molybdenum(VI) iminopyridine adducts
119. C. Asfour
Synthesis of a neutron capture therapy and magnetic resonance imaging
contrast agent for glioblastoma multiforme
120. Fatima Khan
Towards sustainable catalysis: fluorophore-tagged ruthenium catalysts for olefin metathesis in algae cells

2:00 - 3:15 PM

G - Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry (STEM 364)
H - Chemical Magnetism (STEM 464)
I - Organic Chemistry (STEM 664)
Brianna Ryan
Diamino variants of piperazine-based tissue transglutaminase inhibitors
Luke Paquette
Characterization of a novel fungal 2,3-diaminopropionate biosynthetic pathway
Clara Goulet
Aldehydes in action: investigating concussion using a brain-in-a-dish model
Jocelyn Menard
Lipidomic profiling of influenza virus production in MDCK cells towards
targeted clone selection
Tristan Lacasse
Approaches to stable 17O / 18O isotope labelling of acidic cannabinoids and first
applications to NMR crystallography
Alireza Nari
Zeeman-perturbed NQR: a window into strong quadrupolar interactions in halogen-
bonded materials
Maria Brzozowska
A family of near-linear divalent lanthanide complexes and investigation of their
magnetic properties
Vajeeha Urunikulavan
Synthesis and study of single molecule magnetic behaviour in lanthanide
metallocene complexes with 3,6-bis(3-pyridyl)tetrazine radical
Kieran Lawford
Insights into the thermal decomposition mechanism of molybdenum(VI)
iminopyridine adducts
Samantha Cormier
Elementary Steps in Olefin Metathesis: Nickelacyclobutanes via
Cycloaddition to Nickel Alkylidenes
Aref Vaezghaemi
Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Ketones
Sylvanna Pavão
Unlocking the power of metacognition: the role of metacognitive skills in
problem-solving and decision-making processes
Jessica Parent
Rapid access to cyclopropane scaffolds via photochemically induced ring
contraction
Sherif Meshref
SAR Studies On Analogues of PZM21, a Partial Mu-Opioid Receptor Agonist

3:15 - 3:45 PM

Coffee Break | STM117

3:45 - 4:30 PM

J - Environmental & Fluorochemical Chemistry
K - Materials & Biosensing Chemistry
L - Computational Chemistry & Machine Learning
Angela Radnoff
Determination of the pyrolysis products of per/polyfluorinated compounds
using imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy (iPEPICO)
Amelia Williams
Perfluorocarboxylic acid migration from fluorinated high density polyethylene
plastic into common consumer items using targeted and non-targeted analytical techniques
Johanes Utama
Hexafluoropropylene Oxide on Amorphous Ice Films: A model of Fluorocarbon-
ice interactions in the atmosphere

4:30 - 4:45 PM

Break

4:45 - 5:30 PM

Opening Remarks & Plenary | STM224

Daniel Knight

Joshua O'Grady

Robert Demerjian

Irbaz Rehman

Meara Ryan

Ryan Tu

Paul Heidarian

Tianqi Li

Geneviève Haché

Nelson Rutajoga

101. Eman Mohamad

102. Piers St. Onge

103. Abhishek P. Patel

104. Isuru Dissanayake

105. Sarwa Al Akkad

106. Mahtab Hamrahjoo

107. Anna Ananchenko

108. Mitchell Allen

109. Richard Ramos Castellanos

110. Sarah Musca

111. Emily Hoddinott

112. Hana Nugraha

113. Shajia Khan

114. Kostiantyn Prystupa

115. Juan Alvarez

116. Julia Ong

117. James Moffat

118. Aaron Rogers

119. C. Asfour

120. Fatima Khan

Brianna Ryan

Luke Paquette

Clara Goulet

Jocelyn Menard

Angela Radnoff

Amelia Williams

Johanes Utama

Awards & Closing Remarks | STM117