🎉Congrats to MSc alum @taminazk.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Governor General's Gold Medal for the top thesis in Science & Engineering @dalhousieu.bsky.social!🎉 Very proud that my outstanding trainees have won 3 of the last 5 top thesis prizes! Tamina's now a PhD student @bismutolab.bsky.social

Congrats to our latest PhD alum Tyler Hannah on winning the Best Seminar prize @dalchemistry.bsky.social, based on votes by fellow students + committee members. Don't miss Tyler's Award for Grad Work in Inorganic Chemistry talk at x2026 in Toronto! Tue 3 pm Main Group chemistry symposium!

Congrats to Tyler Hannah who on Friday became PhD #3 to graduate from our group at @dalchemistry.bsky.social! Thanks to Eric Rivard for serving as external + NSERC for funding. Tyler made HUGE contributions to our science and culture over the past 4 yrs and is off to a pdf @c2mci.bsky.social!

📣I have a PhD position available in main group chem @uvic.ca. Project areas: shown⬇️ Start: 09/26, 01/27, or 04/27. Must have: completed/in-progress research-based MSc in MainGroup/Organomet/Inorg chem + strong academic record. Open globally. Email CV + cover letter: bit.ly/4rLSFon [Pls share]

Putting PN cages in functional devices! Check out Maryam's work in wileychemistry.bsky.social Advanced Functional Materials: PN cage polymer dielectrics for self-clearing, high-E density capacitors that work well at high T! @dalchemistry.bsky.social @uvic.ca Collab w/ Liu group @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

PN‐Cage‐Based Hybrid Inorganic–Organic Polymers for Self‐Healing High‐Energy Density Capacitors

The hybrid inorganicorganic polymer PHPD-CO serves as an archetypal dielectric material that combines a wide bandgap, a moderate dielectric constant, intrinsic flame retardance, and exceptional self-...

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Xray friends! I'm in the market for a new microscope for xtal harvesting. Samples range from barely big enough to diffract to boulders. If you're happy with yours, I'd love to know the model/make (budget <10k CAD, 7k USD, 6200 E)! We're considering the Zeiss Stemi 508. Thoughts?

Congrats to PhD student Pinelopi Tsami on winning a poster prize at the Grad Student Research Day in our department this week!! We hope to reveal some exciting results from her project this year!

I am proud to be a recipient of this years Chem Comm Emerging Investigator Lectureship! This recognizes the hard work and creativity of group members over the last few years both at Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social and University of Victoria @uvicscience.bsky.social!

ChemComm@chemcomm.rsc.org · 6mo ago

Huge congratulations to Saurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social (University of Victoria) and Xiongyi Huang (Johns Hopkins University), who we are delighted to name as the joint winners of the 2025 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship!

The only bouquet I need this Valentine's day (wild spring onions out now in Victoria)!

Congrats to PhD student Tyler Hannah from our group on winning the national Award for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry!! Check out Tyler's award talk at CSC this summer! @dalchemistry.bsky.social cscinorganicdivision.weebly.com/division-new...

2026 AGWIC and AURIC winners

Congratulations to the 2026 Awards for Graduate (Doctoral/Masters) Work in Inorganic Chemistry ( AGWIC-D / AGWIC-M ) and Award for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry ( AURIC ) winners!...

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Huge news for our group!! We finally completed this puzzle in the student office. Everyone is co-1st author.

Last week I had way too much fun putting together this delicious demo of solid state polymorphism for the intro inorganic chem course @uvic.ca Chemistry! Collab with @mcindoe.bsky.social Inspired by www.google.com/amp/s/www.co...

I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We are very pleased to present our themed collection on Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Polymers guest edited by Professors Rebekka Klausen, Saurabh Chitnis and Erin Leitao! All papers are FREE to read until 31 January 2026 Visit the collection here ⬇️ rsc.li/hybrid_polym... 🧪 #HybridPolymers

If you're into inorganic polymers, check out the "Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Polymers" Themed Issue of @polymerchem.rsc.org that I had the pleasure of guest editing with Rebekka Klausen & Erin Leitao. Many thanks to all contributors! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @dalchemistry.bsky.social @uvic.ca

Happy to see this fun project with @kretschmerlab.bsky.social out. Two gallium centers in close proximity led to some unexpected outcomes. Thanks to everyone involved and congrats to the team!

KretschmerLab @kretschmerlab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy to see our joint work with @hering-lab.bsky.social on Gallium/Group 15 Heterocycles that we dedicated to Manfred Scheer on the occasion of his 70th birthday published. Congrats to the team and many thanks to @dfg.de for funding. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Like weird metal clusters? Our latest work shows an unprecedented "open" Sb8 cluster, out now as a HOT article in the Main Group issue of @inorgchemfront.rsc.org! Congrats to MSc student Mitch on his 1st first auth paper! cc Chemistry @uvic.ca @dalchemistry.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Nucleophilic #Bismuth: diarylbismuth-anions grant access to bismuth-acyl compounds & visible-light-induced reversible insertion/extrusion of CO! Just out @natcomms.nature.com: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Congrats to the team (including @felixgeist.bsky.social, @jordipoater.bsky.social)!

Diaryl Bismuthides and Acyl Bismuthanes Enable Visible-Light-Induced Reversible Carbon Monoxide Insertion and Extrusion - Nature Communications

Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the simplest and most fundamental molecules that has fascinated chemists for decades. Early-on, chemists have recognized and exploited its favorable properties as a key ...

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#chemchat #chemsky I need your recommendation for a very high boiling point solvent that can be used at 300C. Ph2O is not high enough (it goes to around 250C). Cannot be protic, cannot have amines. It doesn't need to be a liquid at room temp. Ideas? Cc @adrianlorenzana.ca

Our latest is out now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! Thermochromism, C-H/O activation & redox chem at a planar Bi triamide. Congrats to PhD Will Howlett on leading this @bsky.app initiated collab with @chrisslootweg.bsky.social + @jasonmasuda.bsky.social @dalchemistry.bsky.social. bit.ly/480io3T

UVic Chemistry is hiring again! Come join us in beautiful Victoria, BC on the Pacific coast! Mild winters, incredible summers, great facilities, & inspiring colleagues (minus me). Asst. Prof. level. Physical, Organic, & Inorganic preferred. www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

CHEM 270-155 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria

Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

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Leading up to Halloween we ask, Why do some gummy brands rock, and why do others feel like you're chewing plastic? 🎃🍬👻 Read my little explainer for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/food/food-in...

I'm honoured to be a new Canada Research Chair established this cycle @uvic.ca. The CRC in Inorganic Materials & Polymers will reveal new frontiers in main group chemistry, develop applications for green inorganic materials, and train chemists who can exploit the full breadth of the periodic table!

UVic Research & Innovation@uvicresearch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Four new Canada Research Chairs at UVic! • Marie-Eve Tremblay – Neurobiology of Healthy Cognitive Aging • Saurabh S. Chitnis – Inorganic Materials & Polymers • Joel Ong – Emergent Digital Art Practices • Dominique Trischuk – Particle and Astroparticle Physics Learn more: ow.ly/IJ8V50XgCvH @uvic.ca

Ending bike week with a lunch time bike ride with @nelsonyslam.bsky.social and @mcindoe.bsky.social around some pretty parts of town.

Our latest work reveals a new PN framework (Phosphaza-norbornanes) with a broad scope of substitution. Congrats to PhD student Joseph Nazak on his 1st paper with us! Also feat @michaelland.bsky.social + @jasonmasuda.bsky.social cc @dalchemistry.bsky.social + Chem@uvic.ca pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

After a few weeks of getting the lab set up at @uvic.ca Chemistry, we're cooking again!!

Enjoying my breakfast while the deer enjoys its breakfast (neighbour's fig tree). Common sight in parts of Victoria...

Hydrostibination of an organometallic bond - now on the front cover of @chemcomm.rsc.org! Collab with @marcuswdrover.bsky.social group!

Marcus Drover@marcuswdrover.bsky.social · last yr.

Our latest front cover, now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org! Work done w/ @sschitnis.bsky.social! 🧑‍🎨🖌️

A June in 4 images. Colorado, Ottawa, Halifax, Edmonton.

Latest work from our group is a collab to extend hydro/halo metallation invoking Sb and Bi to organometallics! Congrats to MSc student Mitch and 1st author Joey from @marcuswdrover.bsky.social group. Out now in @chemcomm.rsc.org ! pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... @dalchemistry.bsky.social

Marcus Drover@marcuswdrover.bsky.social · last yr.

📸 🎥 Our latest, now out - "Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Reagents" @chemcomm.rsc.org @westernu.bsky.social @western-chemistry.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...