Olga Torres-Rocha won the CSChE Best PhD Dissertation Award – 2nd Place – 2024 for all of Canada! She was selected based on: scientific and technical quality of the research, contributions to the advancement of chemical engineering, originality of the research, and clarity of presentation. Olga gave a keynote presentation at the CSChE Conference in
Rachel Korchinsky was issued an award from the Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association (CEGSA) as part of the Queen’s University/Royal Military College Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Research Poster Day. She won the Best PhD Poster Award for her work “Forward Osmosis Followed by Reverse Osmosis for the Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern using a CO2-responsive Draw
Raz Abbasi was awarded One of the Best Poster Awards at the ACS GCI Green & Sustainable Chemistry Summer School. Held at the University of Vermont in Burlington in June 2024, this prestigious program gathers around 60 exceptional graduate students and postdoctoral chemists and engineers from across the Americas and the Caribbean for a week-long
MSc student Shannon Whitty successfully completed her comprehensive exam to be elevated to the PhD program. Congrats from the Cunningham and Jessop groups Shannon!
Congratulations to PhD student, Raz Abbasi who is 2024 Queen’s Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society (Q-ACS) Excellence Award in Green Chemistry and Sustainability (Graduate Student Category). Raz is co- supervised by Michael Cunningham and Philip Jessop from the Department of Chemistry. Her project focuses on CO2-switchable chemistry and polymers, specifically their application in
Carolina participated in the Queen’s/RMC Chemical Engineering Poster Day on September 22. She won the Best Master Poster Award and People’s Choice Award for her poster: Enhancing Latex-Based Coatings with Carboxylated Cellulose Nanocrystals. Congratulations again on the awards Carolina!
From under the stars to on top of the world, the annual Art of Research photo contest brings to life the unseen moments of the research process. Now in its 7th year, the contest has captured the behind the scenes of the everyday research experience at Queen’s and the roles that faculty, staff, students, and alumni play
Masters student Rachel Korchinsky successfully completed her comprehensive exam and has been promoted to a PhD student in the Cunningham Group. Congrats Rachel!
PhD student Manpreet Kaur successfully completed her comprehensive exam and is on track to complete her doctorate in the Cunningham Group. Congrats Manpreet!