University of Windsor

1. University of Windsor Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryChemistry: Centre for Catalysis and Materials ResearchBiochemistry & Biotechnology Research

2. University of WindsorDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

3. Welcome to Chemistry & Biochemistryat the University of Windsor What is Chemistry? Programs: Chemistry, Biochemistry & Biotechnology What Are Our Programs and Courses Like? About the Department Scholarship Opportunities Undergraduate Research Opportunities Faculty Profiles What can you do with a degree in Chemistry?

4. Chemistry: The Central Science Biology Chemistry Physics Biochemistry Biotechnology Synthesizers Characterizers Organic Chemistry Physical Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Analytical Chemistry

5. What Programs are Available? ChemistryMost general of the degrees, trains student in a broad variety of chemistry sub-disciplines BiochemistryEmphasis upon chemistry of living systemsBiochemistry & BiotechnologySimilar to biochemistry, with slightly different course focusChemistry & PhysicsPhysics and physical chemistry focus

6. What are the programs like? First Year (Chemistry or Biochemistry) Chemistry Physics Math BiologyOptions Second Year Organic Inorganic Physical Biomolecules Biochemistry Program Third Year Organic Spectroscopy Organometallic Quantum Mechanics Analytical Materials Science Instrumental Analysis IntermediateOrganic Spectroscopy Fourth Year Polymers Advanced Topics Computational Advanced Topics Photochemistry NMR Spectroscopy

7. Biochemistry & Biotechnology Biochemistryis the study of the chemistry of living systems, including organic biomolecules, proteins, DNA, nucleic acids and enzymes. Biotechnologyis a set of powerful tools thatemploy living organisms (or parts of organisms) to make or modify products, improve plants or animals, or develop microorganisms for specific uses. Courses in Biochemistry & Biotechnology: Organic Chemistry of Biomolecules Metabolism Proteins and Nucleic Acids Enzymology Biotechnology Lab Course DNA Science Membrane Biochemistry RNA Chemistry

8. Our department… Our department places emphasis on teachingand research – our students are exposed to junior and senior level courses taught by some of the top scientists in Canada. Professors supervise graduate and undergraduate students in world-class research projects in a variety of areas. From 2000 – 2005, over 12 million dollars in renovations of research laboratories and purchase of scientific instruments makes our department one of the best equipped in Canada, and comparable (or better) than top U.S. institutions! In Chemistry, 2004:#6 in Canada for overall funding from NSERC#5 in Canada for funding per faculty member (20 funded faculty!)#1 in Canada for research funding in Inorganic Chemistry

9. Departmental Facilities Renovated Synthetic Laboratories (2000-2005) X-ray Crystallography Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Surface Enhanced Raman Imaging

10. Undergraduate Laboratories In Fall 2005, all laboratory renovations are complete, with new fumehoods, elephant trunks, lab benches & safety equipment! Newly revised laboratories and new lab equipment provides students with the chance to obtain sound laboratory skills and technical experience with modern analytical instrumentation.

11. Science Resource Centre The new Science Resource Centre in Essex Hall opened in January 2004. The resource centre is staffed by graduate teaching assistants who help students in 1st and 2nd year courses. Computers are available for scientific computing, calculations and word processing!

12. Undergraduate Research Students are given the opportunity to work in world class, state-of-the-art research facilities Summer research project students funded by NSERC or CCMR Honours project in Chemistry or Biochemistry (59-410) Lab technicians, part time work in research laboratories Earn money & gain experience with work study The opportunity to participate in an active research environment helps many students with future career choices and provides them with practical experience desired by academia, government laboratories and industry

13. Scholarships & Awards • Students with good academic track records can receive/apply for a variety of awards: • - Outstanding Scholars (Chemistry, Chem & Phys) • - 1st Year Entrance Scholarships ($1000) • - 2nd Year Book Prizes • - Summer NSERC Research Scholarships ($6000) • Centre for Catalysis & Materials Research (CCMR) Undergraduate Research Scholarships ($5500) • Peter Wyzinski Memorial Award (3rd year: Chemistry, $500) • Canadian Society for Chemistry Prizes (4th year: Chemistry, Biochemistry) • Society for Chemical Industry Award (4th year: Chemistry, Biochemistry) • Hutnik Research Award (Best research project, Biochemistry, $500) • Dennis Tuck Memorial Award (Best research project, Chemistry, $500)

14. A Good Community to Work In 24 faculty in Chem & Biochem,including 11 new members Accessible faculty for teaching and research opportunities Friendly, stimulating & productive environment to work in

15. Chemists: Bridging the Disciplines Organic Inorganic Inorganic Physical Analytical MaterialsChemistry Avinash Thadani Organic Chemistry James Green Organic Chemistry Steve Loeb Supramolecular Chemistry Charles Macdonald Main Group Chemistry Doug Stephan Organometallics & Catalysis Sam Johnson Transition Metal Chemistry Tricia Carmichael Materials Chemistry Dave Antonelli Mesoporous Solids Rob Schurko Solid State NMR Non-linear Chemical Dynamics Jichang Wang Vibrational & Raman Spectroscopy Ricardo Aroca Holger Eichhorn Organic Materials & Liquid Crystals Phil Dutton Physical Organic

16. Organic Chemistry Chemistry of compounds containing carbon and hydrogen (C, H, O, N, P and S) - building blocks of life Picture of some reaction mechanism Prof. James GreenProf. Phil DuttonProf. Holger EichornProf. Avinash Thadani

17. James Green Associate Professor, University of Windsor, 1990NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, U. of California at BerkeleyPh.D. 1987, University of Waterloo B.Sc. 1982, University of Windsor Organic Synthesis with Transition Metal Units

18. Phil Dutton Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 1991Post-Doctoral Fellow, NRC Canada, 1989B.Sc. 1985, Ph.D. 1988, University of Victoria Physical Organic Chemistry Ionophores can be attached to surfaces in a variety of manners.Langmuir-Blodgett films are lifted from layers of molecules floating on water surfaces.Self Assembled Monolayers are formed from solutions onto surfaces.Applications are in Sensor Technology – the binding event causes a response

19. Holger Eichhorn Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2001Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Leeds, SOMS, England, 1997Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Exeter, England, 1996Diploma in Chemistry (1991), Ph.D.,(1995) Postdoctoral Fellow (1996),University of Bremen, Germany Mesomorphism – gateway to new materials for nanotechnology materials with defined supramolecular or nano-structured architectures that are persistent and uniform on macroscopic length scales Photovoltaic device containing a star-shaped hetero-heptamer NanoParticle-Amphiphiles

20. Avinash Thadani Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2004Post-doctoral fellow, University of Chicago, 2001-2004Ph.D. (Toronto) – 2001B.Sc. (Toronto) – 1996 Asymmetric Catalysis & Natural Product Synthesis (a) Development of Novel Chiral Ligands and Application in C–C Bond Forming Reactions (b) Synthesis of Bioactive Alkaloids Chiral Ligands Bioactive Alkaloids

21. Inorganic Chemistry The chemistry of all the elements except carbon* d – block (transition metals) p – block (main group) s – block (main group) Prof. Doug StephanProf. Stephen LoebProf. David AntonelliProf. Charles MacdonaldProf. Samuel JohnsonProf. Tricia Carmichael f – block (lanthanides and actinides) * (Organic Chemistry)

22. A + B C + D Doug Stephan Department Head Professor, NSERC/NOVA Chemicals Industrial Research Chair Organometallic Chemistry: Catalyst discovery and development NATO Postdoctoral Fellow (Harvard University 1980-1982)B.Sc. (McMaster, 1976), Ph.D. (UWO, 1980) Organometallic Chemistry & Catalysis • catalystprovides an alternative, low activation energy pathway for a reaction in which a is the catalyst is regenerated • not consumed in the reaction

23. “Stopper” “thread” or “axle” “bead” or “wheel” [2]-Pseudorotaxane [2]-Rotaxane Stephen Loeb Professor and Canada Research ChairRoyal Society of Chemistry, Visiting Professor, Oxford UniversityAssistant Professor, University of Winnipeg Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of AlbertaB.Sc (Hon), Ph.D. University of Western Ontario Supramolecular Chemistry & Molecular Machines Interpenetrated Molecules Interlocked Molecules

24. David Antonelli Associate Professor, University of Windsor, 1998Lecturer 1997 University of SussexResearch Associate 1994-1996 - MITResearch Associate 1994 University of AlbertaNSERC, Postdoc 1991-1993 Oxford/CaltechPhD - 1990 University of Alberta Mesoporous Metal Oxide Materials Synthesis and characterization of composite materials

25. Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2001Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, 1998Ph.D., Dalhousie, 1998B.Sc. (Hons.) Dalhousie, 1994 Main Group Inorganic Chemistry

26. Sam Johnson Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2002NSERC PDF, U. of California at Berkeley, 2000Ph.D. 2000, University of British ColumbiaB.Sc. 1995, McMaster University Organometallics and Materials PHOTONICS: NONLINEAR OPTICS N2 ACTIVATION LIGAND DESIGN

27. Tricia Carmichael Associate Professor, University of Windsor, 2005Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research CenterNSERC PDF – Harvard UniversityPh.D. 1996, University of WindsorB.Sc. 1992, University of Windsor Surface & Materials Chemistry: Microelectronics Indium Tin Oxide film patterned using microcontact printing and wet etching Patterned Ni film fabricated using micro-contact printing & electrodeless plating

28. Physical/Analytical Chemistry Physical Chemistry: Measuring physical properties of materials, determining molecular structure Analytical Chemistry: Determining the constituents and contents of mixtures, solids, liquids, etc. FINGERPRINTS - SPECTROSCOPY Prof. Ricardo ArocaProf. Rob SchurkoProf. Jichang Wang

29. University Professor, University of WindsorD. Sc., Supreme Attestation Commission of the Soviet UnionPhD in Chemistry, Moscow State University, 1970B.Sc. University of Chile, 1964Born Chile in 1943

30. Rob Schurko Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2000Postdoc, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999Postdoc, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Brookhaven Nat’l Lab, 1998Ph.D. Dalhousie University, 1998B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. University of Manitoba, 1992, 1994 Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) - NMR of quadrupolar (spin > 1/2) nuclei to characterize structure and dynamics in inorganic & organometallic materials - Sensitivity enhancement for exotic NMR nuclei

31. Jichang Wang Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Lethbridge University, 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, West Virginia University, 1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 1995 Ph.D. Copenhagen University, Denmark, 1994 B.Sc. Tsinghua University, P. R. China, 1991 Dynamics and Mechanism of Oscillating Chemical Reactions An example of manipulating chemical reactions with light, in which oscillatory phenomena are induced by light in the otherwise non-oscillatory medium

32. Biochemistry Biochemistry: The chemistry of living systems, including biomolecules, proteins, DNA, RNA, etc. Prof. Sirinart Ananvoranich – RNA biochemistryProf. James Gauld – Computational biochemistryProf. Lana Lee – Protein Structure & FunctionProf. Bulent Mutus – Biochemistry of NOProf. Sirayam Pandey – Cell DeathProf. Keith Taylor – Applied EnzymologyProf. Otis Vacratsis – Mass Spectrometry

33. Sirinart Ananvoranich Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2000Ph.D. Concordia University (1995)B.Sc, M.Sc (Pharm), Chulalongkorn, Thailand, 1989 Delta ribozyme and its applications. • Catalytic ribonucleic acids “Delta ribozyme”. • Delta ribozyme can be modified to cut other ribonucleic acids (RNA) and could be a therapeutic agent, a gene-based drug. • We are using delta ribozyme as anti-parasitic drugs in our laboratory. Delta ribozyme

34. James Gauld Assistant Professor, 2001Post-doctoral fellow, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (1999-2001)Post-doctoral fellow, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (1997-1999) B.Sc., Ph.D. Australian National University (1997) Computational Chemistry &Molecular Modeling of Biochemical Systems

35. Lana Lee Associate ProfessorPh.D. University of Alberta, Biochemistry, 1980 A.B. Mount Holyoke College, Chemistry 1973 • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance • Blood Coagulation • Detoxification • Bacterial Systems(E.coli & volcanic) • Drug Design Cys-12 Protein Structure and Function N C NMR structure ofArsenate Reductase

36. Bulent Mutus ProfessorPh.D. University of Manitoba (1982)B.Sc./M.Sc. University of Waterloo Nitric oxide mediated communication between cells: N=O produced in endothelial cells (blood vessel walls) causes muscle cells to relax • vasodilation

37. Sirayam Pandey Assistant Professor, University of Windsor, 2000JNU, New Delhi, Ph.D. 1992BHU, Varanasi, M.Sc. 1986 Programmed Cell Death and Aging Research Lab Human Neurons Cancer Cells Apoptosis (cell death) is involved in: Cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Stroke Study of the biochemical mechanism of cell death in these diseases.

38. Keith Taylor Applied Enzymology Professor Ph.D. University of Toronto (1976) • Analytical biochemistry, environmental biotechnology, bio-organic chemistry, (glyco)protein chemistry, enzyme immobilization • Business applications with devices and processes • Main current application: enzyme-based industrial wastewater treatment • Remediation but not degradation • Possible to capture organic material for re-cycling • Enabled by enzymes as commodities (fermentation or plant, eg. Soybeans, products) • Fast, cheap, simple and “green”

39. Otis Vacratsis Assistant ProfessorPh.D. Michigan State University (2001)Post doctoral fellowship University of Michigan Biological Mass Spectrometry Posttranslational Modifications Biomarkers Proteomics 100 NH2-EACDPLR-COOH MS/MS 0 200 400 600 800 m/z

40. Careers in Chemistry Specialized Chemistry-Forensic Science-Blood Chemistry-Molecular Spectroscopy-Environmental Chemistry Chemical Education-Professors-Teachers-Laboratory Instructors-Safety and disposal Research and Development-Industrial Positions-Government Laboratories-Academic Institutions Chemistry/Biochemistry Laboratory Technicians and Research Associates-Analytical Chemists-Organic Chemists-Biochemists-Biotechnologists & Molecular Biologists-Pharmacy, Food and Agriculture, Plastics and Coatings, Drug Testing, Environmental, etc. Chemical Industry ($$$!)- Synthesis and evaluation/testing - Manufacturing QA/QC- Safety control and risk assessment- Research and Development - Biotechnology Professionals- Chemistry and Health- Patent Attorneys- Environmental Assessment- Pre-professional (i.e., medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, etc.)

41. Salaries & Employment for Chemists All Chemists$80,000 Employment SectorIndustry $86.0Government $77.0Academia $63.0 Final Degree ObtainedB.Sc. $59.7M.Sc. $71.3Ph.D. $90.0 B.Sc. Industry $60.0 Government $58.2 Academia $45.0 Four years to complete M.Sc. Industry $76.5 Government $65.8 Academia $52.1 Two years after B.Sc. Ph.D. Industry $98.0 Government $91.0 Academia $65.4 Four years after B.Sc. Chemist salaries grow faster than cost of living: 4.9 % increase 1996-2001Employment situation: 92.1% employment as of 2003, steady <3.5% unemp.Women as chemists: Education 41.4%, General 34.6%, Biochemistry 30.4%, Analytical 23% Data source: All data from Chemical & Engineering News, as of March 1, 2003Annual median salaries given in thousands of dollars (U.S.) for full time chemists employed as of March 1, 2003

42. Important folks that you should remember Department Head:Dr. Doug Stephan 59-140 Chemistry Professors:Dr. David Antonelli, Dr. David Tramontozzi First year lab coordinator:Mrs. Tina Lepine Chemistry Office Staff:Ms. Beth Kickham Mrs. Brenda Schreiber, Mrs. Marlene Bezaire Chemical Control Centre:Mr. Chris Busch Mr. Jerry Vriesacker, Mr. Bill Middleton

43. What sets Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Windsor apart from the others 1. High teacher to student ratios not found in larger institutions mean that professors are accessible to students - you will find both professors and their graduate students very approachable 2.Most faculty have government and/or industrial funding to run active research programs in a wide variety of sub-disciplines 3. Eleven new faculty have been hired in the past five years - a variety of new research and teaching areas have opened up at Windsor, and the curriculum is continually being revamped to make our students competitive in the academic and industrial sectors 4. Windsor provides a small university environment for a top research-oriented department - excellent contact with major industrial partners and larger academic institutions (e.g., Wayne State, University of Michigan, etc.), and correspondingly, many advantages for our students 5. We have research instrumentation and new laboratories that match or beat much larger institutions in Canada or the United States

44. Chemistry & Biochemistryat the University of Windsor For more information:Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, Ontario Canada N9B 3P4 Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext:3521 FAX: (519)-973-7098 Email: chembio@uwindsor.ca Website: www.uwindsor.ca/chemistry

45. Macleans University Rankings *indicates a tie

46. Faults with the Macleans Methodology • STUDENT BODY (21% to 22% of final score)- incoming students' average high-school grades (11%)- proportion of those with averages of 75 per cent or higher (3%)- out-of-province students in the first-year undergraduate class (1.5%) • REPUTATION (20%) • Reputational survey (15%): • Maclean's sent surveys to 7,528 individuals across the country. Respondents rated the universities in three categories: Highest Quality, Most Innovative and Leaders of Tomorrow. Best Overall represents the sum of the scores. • Alumni Support, institutions received points for the number -- rather than the value -- of gifts to the university over the past five years (5%) – Windsor does well here • When respondents were asked to rank the 25 categories in important, REPUTATION sub-categories actually wound up near the bottom of the list (20 – 23) • Macleans makes a straight ranking – no comparison of how similar the schools are to one another

47. U.S. Rankings: The Gourman Report

48. Gourman Report Methodology No “points” for reputation or average entering grades340 US and 50 Canadian schools over 7 years Rankings in many more categories, plus numerical results as opposed to simple rating system - Institutional auspices, control and organization - Number of education programs and degrees conferred - Experience level (age) of an institution - Faculty quality, experience, intellectual pursuits and research productivity - Quality of students' scholastic works and records of graduates in postgraduate studies and in their field of practice. - Number of students enrolled - Curriculum content - Quality of instruction and teaching loads - Quality of administration - Quality and access to career placement services and counseling - Quality of physical plant (buildings, surroundings) - Finance, budgets, investments, expenditures and funding - Quality of library (size, material relevance and access) - Computing facilities and resources - Athletic-academic balance - Funding for research equipment and infrastructure - Number of teaching and research opportunities

49. Outstanding Scholars Awards • For students majoring in Chemistry,Physics, Earth Sciences and Mathematics. • May be held in addition to other scholarships.