Recent Mount A grad Paul Themens '10 was awarded best undergraduate surface science oral presentation and best undergraduate macromolecular science and engineering poster presentation at the 35th Annual APICS-CIC Chemistry Conference (ChemCon) in Halifax, NS. Undergraduate and graduate students from across Atlantic Canada attended the three-day conference.
Themens’ research, the first study of its kind, involves investigating how nanoparticles affect the reactivity of free radicals, which are used in the synthesis of many types of plastics. Being able to change the properties of the free radicals, for instance how long they last and what they react to, has the potential to create new, environmentally-friendly materials that can be used in areas such as MRI instruments and drug delivery.
Originally from Dalhousie, NB, Themens will be furthering this award-winning research over the summer in chemistry and biochemistry professor Dr. Khashayar Ghandi’s lab at Mount A.
He and Ghandi have also received one week of experiment time at the world-class Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK — a rare honour. Themens plans to pursue graduate studies in a related field in the fall.
Other ChemCon winners include recent graduates Jennifer Melanson (best undergraduate poster presentation in inorganic chemistry) and Sarah Tulk (best undergraduate poster presentation in biological/medicinal chemistry).
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