Scaiano Group

Happy that my article dedicated to my friend Matt Platz is out. Good memories of both in the lab doing LFP of carbenes! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to Valeria, winner of the Tony Durst Award for her work on nanoplastics. Well done!

Ottawa vs. Calgary November 9, Canadian Premier League soccer (futbol) final in Ottawa. A lovely Canadian scene !

YES! decatungstate can abstract hydrogen from water, but not the way we thought, not the triplet. Just published pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Carving group meeting. Almost ready for Halloween!

The University of Santiago, Chile is dedicating the building where I did my PhD to Eduardo Lissi, my supervisor, friend and teacher. Eduardo's science in this building extended over 50 years. Gracias Eduardo you are always in our hearts.

Catalyst selection published: El-khawaldeh, R.; Bourgonje, C.R.; Wang, B.; Scaiano, J.C. A Scoring Model for Catalyst Informatics Based on Real-Time High-Throughput Fluorogenic Assay for Catalyst Discovery & Kinetic Profiling. Catalysts 2025, 15, 636, doi:10.3390/catal15070636

Happy to learn that I will teach CHM3128 next winter. I plan to experiment with AI as a learning tool and to discuss its use in education, catalysis and sustainable chemistry.

Another great retreat, lots of ideas, good interactions, exciting research plans for the next year, and ... yes, new T shirts!

Our first cannabis paper on its free radical chemistry is now published online. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A few past and current members of Tito's group came to celebrate my 80th! I was happy that you came to share this landmark. I really enjoy teaching, talking chemistry, or just life with my students, and playing with toys in the lab. You truly enrich my life. Thank you.

Our paper highlighting the importance of the persistent radical effect in decatungstate photochemistry has just been published in Catalysis Science and Technology pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Two papers from our group show how colour coordinated illumination enhances the synthesis of custom Ag nanostructures and Schiff bases. The Luzchem colour palette of lamps enables novel approaches to chemical synthesis. doi.org/10.1039/D4NA00… doi.org/10.3390/catal1…

Congratulations to Carly and Connor, winners of the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences awards for trainee and graduate students. Nice to see your achievements recognized in our Department. Well done!

In a recent JACS publication the Peterson group at Bowling Green uses the RGB head of Luzchem's LEDi illuminator to enable very novel green light aqueous photoswitching chemistry. Really nice contribution! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congratulations to Mahzad for her successful defence of her PhD thesis. Great job!. Thanks also to my colleagues who in the last 2 months participated in 4 thesis defences.

Our paper on the use of black-titanium dioxide for photochemical flow purification of water has now been published. Many students contributed to this project and its great to see it published. mdpi.com/2073-4344/14/1…

Congratulations to Sara, selected the TA of the year by the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences. Caring is a great part of this award and of this you have plenty. You make us proud to have you in our group.

Our group was well represented at the Physical Organic Minisymposium, POMS in Montreal, with students presenting five contributions. Great opportunity to showcase our work, and to meet other students and colleagues.

Congratulations to Daliane for the very successful defence of her PhD thesis. Well done!