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Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Follow for student info, faculty awards, alumni news & the latest events, seminars & colloquia.
Colloquia: Professor Ian A. Tonks, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities will discuss “N-N Bond Formation Through N-H Dehydrocoupling: Catalyzed Multi-Site Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Leading to Complex N-Heterocycles,” October 02 10:00 am Info at uoft.me/ChemistryCol...
Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Theoretical Chemistry. To learn more or apply, visit: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Zhanyun Wang, USDwill discuss “Rethinking Chemical Innovation: From Substances of Very High Concern to Safe and Sustainable by Design,” September 30, 2026 10:00 am Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
Physical Seminar Series: Dr. Travis Ferguson, Post Doctoral Researcher at the UVIC | “Glow-Up! Advances in Hadamard-Transform Fluorescence Excitation-Emission-Matrix (HT-EEM) Spectroscopy,” Tuesday, September 29, 2026 11:00 am Infohttps://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for two full-time tenure stream positions in Inorganic, Polymer, and/or Materials Chemistry. To learn more, visit jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Environmental Seminar: Dr. Jay Gates Slowik, Scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI will discuss “Real-time Mass Spectrometry for Aerosol Organics and Metals: Source Characterization and Health Implications,” September 29, 1:00 pm Info: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
Chemistry Stories: Extending Transplant Organ life: Ron Kluger wins Derrick Rossi Innovation Award. uoft.me/KlugerRossiA...
Colloquia: Professor Ingo Krossing, Chair, Molecular- and Coordination Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany will discuss “Ionic Systems with Weakly Coordinating Anions…,” Friday, September 25, 2026 10:00 am Info at uoft.me/ChemistryCol...
MSc Seminar in Organic Chemistry: Luka Honkanen, MSc Student will discuss “Developing Reaction Conditions to Achieve Sustainable and Efficient Synthesis of Macrolactones,” September 24, 1:00 pm Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
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Physical Seminar Series: Professor Amy Stevens, University of Saskatchewan will give a talk on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 11:00 am Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
Special Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Ghotas Evindar, Co-Founder & President, DEL Source will discuss “DNA-Encoded Libraries (DELs): Accelerating the Discovery of Next-Generation Medicines,” Tuesday, September 22, 2026 10:00 am Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
Chemistry Stories: 2026 Undergraduate Summer Research Posters announced. www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/2026-un...
Ahmed Ibrahim, MSc Student, will discuss “Synthesis of an α-C-Carboxymethyl Analogue of N-Acetylglucosamine-1-Phosphate and Its Evaluation as an Inhibitor of the Uridyltransferase Activity of GlmU,” September 17, 2026 1:00 pm Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Theoretical Chemistry. To learn more or apply, visit: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for two full-time tenure stream positions in Inorganic, Polymer, and/or Materials Chemistry. To learn more, visit jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
MSc Seminar in Environmental Chemistry: Hannah Byun, MSc student, will discuss “Structure-Related Toxicity of Abiotic and Biotic Transformation Products of 6PPD and 6PPD-Quinone,” Tuesday, September 15, 2026 1:00 pm Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
#ACSeminar: 📅 Join us on Thursday, Sept 24 from 10:30 AM–11:30 AM EST for a seminar featuring Artem Mischenko of Google DeepMind 🚀 Artem will discuss why experimental data is the next frontier for materials discovery. Register to attend in person #UofT: acceleration.utoronto.ca/events/ac-se...
What does it take to build a medicinal chemistry self-driving lab for drug discovery? 🧪🤖 Join the AC + Tecan on September 22nd from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM for a free workshop at @utoronto.ca on the tech, tools & infrastructure powering our SDL. Register: acceleration.utoronto.ca/events/build...
MSc Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry: Lucan Clair, MSc student, will discuss “A Ruthenium-Pyridone/Phosphine Complex as a Catalyst in the Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol,” Friday, September 11, 2026 2:00 pm Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
MSc Seminar in Biological Chemistry: Jeremy Apoon, MSc Student, will discuss “Metal-Dependent Binding of Catechols to RNA Tertiary Structures,” Thursday, September 10, 2026 2:00 pm Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
Colloquium: Tran B. Nguyen, Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry, UC Davis will discuss “Chemical and toxicological profiles of e-cigarette (vaping) products,” Friday, September 11, 2026 10:00 am. Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
MSc Seminar in Organic Chemistry: Myles Ma will discuss “Copper-Mediated Indole Synthesis: Annulative Coupling Strategies for the Construction of C3-Functionalized Indoles from Readily Accessible ortho-Alkynylanilines,” Wednesday, September 09, 2026 1:00 pm. Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
MSc Seminar in Biological Chemistry: Grazia Macri will discuss “Design and Evaluation of Azobenzene-Based Photoswitches for Visible Light-Responsive RNA Recognition,” Thursday, September 10, 2026 9:00 am. Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
FOE Public Seminar: Pedro Mendez Ocampo, PhD Student, will discuss “Metal-Ligand Cooperativity in Manganese and Iron Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalysis,” September 9, 2026 11:30 am. Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events
The Department of Chemistry Business and Academic Offices will close on Friday, Sept. 4th at 2:00 PM. We wish everyone in the Chemistry community a terrific Labour Day weekend.
