Honours Students and Thesis Titles (current status)
2009/10
Sam Minaker
(Honour's student)
Travis Lundrigan
(Honour's student)
2008/09
Ian Arbuckle
"Chiral Induction Via Disassembly of Diruthenium(II,III) Tetraacetate"
(Graduated Honour's student)
Kate Dunlop
"Binding of Weakly Coordinating Anions to Diruthenium (II,III)"
(Graduated Honour's student)
2007/08
Natasha O'Rourke
"Synthesis of Diruthenium and Dirhenium Tetracarboxylates with Biologically Relevant Ligands"
(M.Sc. student, Univ.of Victoria)
Elizabeth Corkum
"The Disassembly of Diruthenium Tetracarboxylates By Mono- and Diphosphine Ligands"
(M.Sc. student, Univ. of Alberta)
2006/07
Adrian Murray*
"Synthesis and Polymerization of Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes and their Disassembled Products"
(M.Sc. Student, Univ. of Alberta)
Mike Ronaldson
"Diruthenium(II,III) Tetracarboxylates with Biologically Relevant Ligands"
(Canadian Navy)
2005/06
Eamonn Conrad
"Synthesis of Chiral Ruthenium(II) Complexes through the Disassembly of Diruthenium(II,III) Tetracarboxylates"
(Ph.D. Student, Dalhousie University)
2004/05
Terri Clarke*
"Synthesis of Ruthenium(II) Complexes through the Disassembly of Diruthenium(II,III) Tetracarboxylates"
(Ph.D. Student, Univ. of Ottawa)
Andrew White
"Transition-Metal-Tin Complexes"
(Industry)
2003/04
Luc Boudreau
"Synthesis of Inorganometallic Complexes"
(Engineer)
2002/03
Brendan Bland
"Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Adducts of Dimetal Tetracarboxylates"
(Brewmaster, Columbia Brewery (Labatt), Creston, BC)
2000/01
Tara Burchell
"Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphine Diadducts of Mixed-Valent Diruthenium(II,III) Tetracarboxylates"
(Crystallographer, University of Ottawa)
Ephraim Bulemela
"Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral Diruthenium(II,III) Tetracarboxylates"
(Ph.D. student, University of Guelph)
Neil McIntyre
"Synthesis of Ruthenium Oxalato Complexes"
(Postdoctoral Fellow, University of South Florida)
1999/2000
Terry Roberts
"Synthesis of Mixed-Metal Tetracarboxylate Polymers"
(Museum Curator, Halifax, NS)
1998/99
Sean Dalrymple
"Novel Adducts of Diosmium Tetrapropionate"
(Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary)
Amanda MacKinnon
"Novel Diruthenium Liquid-Crystals"
(M.Sc.student, Queen's University)
1997/98
George Vamvounis
"Diruthenium Carboxylates with N-Donor Ligands"
(Postdoctoral Fellow, Sweden)
Denise MacDonald*
"Synthesis of Water-Soluble Diruthenium Tetrabenzoates"
(Medical Doctor)
1996/97
Tammy Leriche*
"Inorganic Drug Design: Reaction of Glycine with Diruthenium Tetraacetate"
(Research Associate, Merck/University of Frankfurt)
Chris Murphy
"Synthesis of Macromolecular Networks Incorporating Diruthenium Dicarboxylate Building Blocks".
(Medical Doctor)
1995/96
Jennifer Caplan*
"Polymeric Metallomesogens Incorporating Mixed-Valent Diruthenium Carboxylates"
(Professor, St. Mary's College, Calgary)
Raelene Lawrence
"Synthesis of Diruthenium Monomers and Polymers"
(Applications Scientist, C.C.G., Montreal, PQ)
1994/95
Ellen Beck*
"Synthesis of Cholesteric Hemithio-indigo Liquid Crystals"
(Research Scientist, Edmonton, AB)
* Recipients of NSERC PGS A Scholarships for Graduate Studies
Additional Summer Students
All of the above Honour's students worked in my lab as summer students preceding, and some subsequent to, their Senior year. In addition the following students (years) also worked as summer students:
Ashley MacLellan (2005), Karen Isenor (2004), Josette Landry (2001), Heather Farrell (2000, 1999), Heather Gilfoy (2000, 1999), Krista D. Drysdale (1996, 1995).
