Gibbs-Davis Group News
August 2012
Juli will give an invited talk at the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia in the "Recent advances in studies of molecular processes at liquid interfaces” symposium.
June 2012
Juli is invited to participate in the 2012 Telluride workshop on Nonlinear Optics at Interfaces.
May 2012
Kausar passes his candidacy exam. Congrats!
Katie wins the Best Overall Presentation at the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference. Well done!
Adam Lipski (from UBC), Harry Wei and Asad Makhani join our group as summer undergraduate researchers. Welcome!
April 2012
Azam and Champika's paper is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. Lett. Congratulations!
Delwar's paper is accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C. Well done!
March 2012
Juli gives an invited talk at the ACS National Meeting in San Diego in the "Atmospheric and geochemical interfaces" symposium
February 2012
Juli gives seminars at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University.
January 2012
Juli attends the Origin of Life GRC in Galveston, TX.
November 2011
Julian and David's work on strategies for functionalizing DNA-modified nanoparticles is accepted in Small. Congratulations!
Katie presents a poster at the inaugural Students’ Union and Undergraduate Research Initiative Undergraduate Research Symposium and wins Best Poster for the Chemistry Division. Congratulations, Katie!
October 2011
New graduate student Akemi Darlington joins the group. Welcome, Akemi!
Azam and Julian both successfully pass their candidacy exams. Congrats!
September 2011
Our Angewandte Chemie paper appears on the back cover of the September 12 issue.
July 2011
Our Angewandte paper is chosen for the back cover. Look for it in a September issue!
Juli attends the Gordon Research Conference on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Oligonucleotides in Newport, RI.
June 2011
Juli attends the Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry of Supramolecules and Materials in Il Ciocco, Italy.
Juli co-organizes with Dennis Hore (UVic) a symposium "Spectroscopy at Surfaces and Interfaces" at the CSC Meeting in Montreal. Azam presents his XPS investigation of orthogonally reactive SAMs at the symposium.
May 2011
We get recommended for funding for the ACS Petroleum Research Fund.
Kausar, Jade, Rosalie, Rohan and Alex have their paper accepted to Angewandte Chemie. Well done!
David Grewer and Katie Mitran begin their NSERC USRA summer research in the group. Katie is also awarded a Dr. R. Norman and Magda Kemeny Jones Summer Studentship. Congratulations!
April 2011
Kausar and his wife Masuda welcome baby daughter Adiba. Congratulations!
March 2011
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Champika Weeraman joins our group. Welcome Champika!
Juli attends the National ACS Meeting in Anaheim, CA.
February 2011
Graduate student Yimeng Li joins the group. Welcome Yimeng!
November 2010
Azam and Sean's manuscript is accepted for publication in Langmuir. First Gibbs-Davis group paper! Well done!
Graduate student Li Zhiguo joins the group. Welcome Li!
September 2010
Rosalie McKay and David Grewer begin their 401 Chemistry Projects in the group.
August 2010
Juli attends the 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Nuremberg, Germany, and visits the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart.
July 2010
Graduate student Julian Diaz joins the group. Welcome, Julian!
June 2010
Juli gives an invited talk in the Nanochemistry Symposium at the CSC in Toronto and the Nonlinear Optics at Interfaces Workshop in Telluride, Colorado.
May 2010
Jade and Asem attend the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference in Lethbridge, and Jade brings home a Best Speaker award for the Analytical Division.
Congratulations, Jade!
March 2010
Jade Lam is awarded provincial STEP funding for her summer research, and Rohan Bhogal is awarded an NSERC USRA for his summer research.
Congratulations, Jade and Rohan!
February 2010
We welcome our group's first baby boy, Arsh Azam, born February 5th. Congratulations, Azam and Nazia!
October 2009
-Graduate students Abu Kausar, Md. Delwar Sikder, and Jahirul Islam join the group.
-Azam attends and gives a poster at the Banff Symposium on Organic Chemistry.
September 2009
Jade Lam begins her 401 undergraduate research project in the group.
June 2009
Azam attends the 2009 Chautauqua on Nonlinear Optics hosted by Garth Simpson at Purdue University.
May 2009
Undergraduates Rohan Bhogal, Alex Tang, and Asem Alsaadi begin summer research in the group.
April 2009
-The group is awarded a Provincial SEGP Award and the CFI-Leaders Opportunity Fund.
-Sean presents his 401 work to the department. Well done! Sean is being sponsored by the provincial STEP program to continue his research this summer.
-NSERC awarded our group three grants: a Discovery Grant, the Research Tools and Instruments Award, and an Undergraduate Student Research Award for Rohan Bhogal to conduct his summer research project.
March 2009
Juli visits and gives talks at the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan.
January 2009
Sean Fenwick begins his 401 Undergraduate Research Project in the Gibbs-Davis group. Welcome Sean!
December 2008
JGD and Azam survive their first experience in -30 °C weather (without windchill). That’s -22 °F. Wow.
October 2008
Md. Azam becomes the first graduate student of the Gibbs-Davis group. Welcome Azam!
July 2008
JGD arrives at the University of Alberta (and experiences her first Canada Day).