Updates (2024)

• Jan-April 2024: There was lots of great new this semester when it comes to awards and scholarships!
  • Congratulations to James and Victoria for winning the Fluorosense Inc. Scholarship.
  • Congratulations to Adriana, who was awarded an NSERC USRA to conduct research through the McGill Biomedical Research Accelerator (MBRA) summer program this summer. 
  • Kate was awarded funding through a CU Research Development Grant, NSERC DG, and NRC New Beginnings Initiative. 
• April 2024: Congratulations to Marshall and Jerry on excellent poster presentations of their I-CUREUS (Marshall) and Honours (Jerry) research!
• May 2024: James and Victoria did a great job presenting their research at OCCI (Ottawa Carleton Chemistry Institute) day. Victoria was awarded one of the prizes for best talk. Congratulations! 
• May/June 204: James attended the 15th Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop in Winnipeg, MB. 
• May 2024: Tristan Lacasse joins the group as a M.Sc. student. He is working on a collaborative project with the National Research Council of Canada. Souyma joins as a MITACS exchange student from India. Kailey joins as an ICE student from York U, and is co-supervised with Prof. Barry here at Carleton. Welcome!
• June 2024: Kate, Victoria, and James, are attending the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2024) in Winnipeg this year. Kate's talk is Monday at 10:40am in Room 2G East. Victoria and James will be presenting posters during the Tuesday evening poster session. 
  Update: Presentations are complete!
• July 2024: The group's recent Chem. Comm. publication has been highlighted in their blog (https://blogs.rsc.org/cc/2024/07/10/chemcomm-milestones-kate-marczenko/). Check it out to learn more about research in the Marczenko lab and what we hope to accomplish over the next few years!
• August 2024: Kate starts maternity leave and welcomes a baby girl to her family. 
• Dec 2024: Congratulations to Victoria for a successful comprehensive exam and transfer to the Ph.D. program!