Dr. Belinda Heyne in her chemistry lab

Research Areas

Located in Canada's most enterprising city and neighbouring one of the nation's best playgrounds (the Rockies), the Department of Chemistry's graduate program offers you the opportunity to collaborate with world-class researchers, work in highly sophisticated labs, and build the skills you need to pursue stimulating careers in both research and industry.

Among many other things, our 40 faculty members and 100+ graduate students work on advancing knowledge and finding solutions to problems regarding Chemistry for Cleaner EnergyChemistry for Life and Health and Chemistry for the Quantum-Nano World that involve the following various research themes:

  • Biological and medicinal chemistry
  • Chemical education research
  • Chemical synthesis and catalysis
  • Computational chemistry and molecular modeling
  • Energy and environment
  • Nanotechnology and materials chemistry

Our researchers apply chemical principals to cellular and molecular biological problems. The central focus of this leading edge research is the fundamental investigation of disease mechanisms, the interaction of toxins with biomolecules, the understanding of complex biological systems, and the development of potential therapeutic or pharmaceutical targets.

  1. Thomas G. Back

    Organic
    (403) 220-6256
    tgback@ucalgary.ca

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  2. Darren Derksen

    Organic
    (403) 220-2610
    dderksen@ucalgary.ca

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  3. Jurgen Gailer

    Analytical
    (403) 210-8899
    jgailer@ucalgary.ca

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  4. Belinda Heyne

    Bio-physical
    (403) 220-3887
    bjmheyne@ucalgary.ca

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  5. Farideh Jalilehvand

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-3855
    faridehj@ucalgary.ca

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  6. Chang-Chun Ling

    Organic
    (403) 220-2768
    ccling@ucalgary.ca

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  7. Justin MacCallum

    Theoretical, physical
    (403) 220-8349
    justin.maccallum@ucalgary.ca

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  8. Kevin Thurbide

    Analytical
    (403) 220-5370
    thurbide@ucalgary.ca

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  9. Jeffrey Van Humbeck

    Organic
    (403) 220-3039
    jeffrey.vanhumbec1@ucalgary.ca

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Chemical education researchers endeavour to understand the process of learning chemistry at the undergraduate level. Our scholars are examining how to create more effective classroom learning environments, innovative laboratory experiences, creative tutorial settings and more.

  1. Jennifer Adams

    STEM educational research
    (403) 220-6017
    jennifer.adams1@ucalgary.ca

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  2. Max Anikovskiy

    Nanoscience
    (403) 220-3115
    manikovs@ucalgary.ca

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  3. Wendy Benoit

    Organic
    (403) 220-3293
    wlbenoit@ucalgary.ca

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  4. Yuen-ying Carpenter

    Organic
    (403) 220-6908
    yyscarpe@ucalgary.ca

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  5. Ashley Causton

    Organic
    (403) 210-3968
    acauston@ucalgary.ca

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  6. Ian Hunt

    Organic
    (403) 220-6430
    irhunt@ucalgary.ca

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  7. Stephen Lane

    Nanoscience
    stephen.lane@ucalgary.ca

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  8. Julie Lefebvre

    General
    (403) 220-7602
    jlefebv@ucalgary.ca

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  9. Vivian Mozol

    General
    (403) 210-8458
    vjmozol@ucalgary.ca

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  10. Amanda Musgrove

    Analytical
    (403) 220-2745
    amanda.musgrove@ucalgary.ca

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  11. Nicole Sandblom

    Natural sciences
    (403) 210-9816
    ntaucoin@ucalgary.ca

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  12. Erin Sullivan

    General
    (403) 220-6913
    ersulliv@ucalgary.ca

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  13. Bronwen Wheatley

    Natural Sciences
    (403) 220-8077
    bmmwheat@ucalgary.ca

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Our researchers are developing ways to break and make chemical bonds in an efficient and controlled manner to design new molecules and control chemical transformations. This area of research is critical to the generation of materials and products spanning small molecules, polymers, supramolecular assemblies, bioactive compounds and solid-state materials.

  1. Thomas G. Back

    Organic
    (403) 220-6256
    tgback@ucalgary.ca

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  2. Darren Derksen

    Organic
    (403) 220-2610
    dderksen@ucalgary.ca

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  3. Pierre Kennepohl

    Inorganic, Physical
    pierre.kennepohl@ucalgary.ca

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  4. Chang-Chun Ling

    Organic
    (403) 220-2768
    ccling@ucalgary.ca

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  5. Jennifer Love

    Inorganic/Organic
    (403) 220-5340
    jennifer.love@ucalgary.ca

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  6. Gabriel Ménard

    Inorganic
    gabriel.menard@ucalgary.ca

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  7. Warren E. Piers

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-5746
    wpiers@ucalgary.ca

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  8. Roland Roesler

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-5366
    roesler@ucalgary.ca

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  9. Greg Welch

    Inorganic, organic
    (403) 210-7603
    gregory.welch@ucalgary.ca

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  10. Jeffrey Van Humbeck

    Organic
    (403) 220-3039
    jeffrey.vanhumbec1@ucalgary.ca

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Quantum chemical calculations are used to predict and understand processes and materials of relevance to biological, catalytic and energy-related applications. Our primary aim is to integrate density functional theory, molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics into statistical and stochastic methodologies. Our internationally-renowned researchers have also developed software that can determine the properties and reactivity of a wide variety of compounds.

  1. Pierre Kennepohl

    Inorganic, Physical
    pierre.kennepohl@ucalgary.ca

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  2. Peter Kusalik

    Theoretical
    (403) 220-6244
    pkusalik@ucalgary.ca

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  3. Justin MacCallum

    Theoretical, physical
    (403) 220-8349
    justin.maccallum@ucalgary.ca

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  4. Dennis Salahub

    Theoretical
    (403) 220-3720
    dsalahub@ucalgary.ca

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Our department has international leadership in the development of energy production, conversion and storage technologies that have minimal impact on the environment. This multidisciplinary task includes the development of fuel cell materials and photovoltaic technologies, development of CO2 capture and storage materials, as well as applied catalysis and sulphur chemistry. Advanced analytical tools are applied to observe transformations of pollutant species in air, water and food.

  1. Viola Birss

    Physical
    (403) 220-6432
    birss@ucalgary.ca

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  2. Michelle Dolgos

    Inorganic, physical
    (403) 220-7877
    michelle.dolgos1@ucalgary.ca

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  3. Jurgen Gailer

    Analytical
    (403) 210-8899
    jgailer@ucalgary.ca

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  4. Farideh Jalilehvand

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-3855
    faridehj@ucalgary.ca

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  5. Pierre Kennepohl

    Inorganic, Physical
    pierre.kennepohl@ucalgary.ca

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  6. Susana Kimura-Hara

    Analytical
    (403) 220-7519
    s.kimurahara@ucalgary.ca

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  7. Chang-Chun Ling

    Organic
    (403) 220-2768
    ccling@ucalgary.ca

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  8. Jennifer Love

    Inorganic/Organic
    (403) 220-5340
    jennifer.love@ucalgary.ca

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  9. Robert Marriott

    Applied sulfur
    (403) 220-3144
    rob.marriott@ucalgary.ca

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  10. Gabriel Ménard

    Inorganic
    gabriel.menard@ucalgary.ca

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  11. Hans Osthoff

    Analytical
    (403) 220-8689
    hosthoff@ucalgary.ca

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  12. Warren E. Piers

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-5746
    wpiers@ucalgary.ca

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  13. Roland Roesler

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-5366
    roesler@ucalgary.ca

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  14. George K. H. Shimizu

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-5347
    gshimizu@ucalgary.ca

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  15. Todd Sutherland

    Organic
    (403) 220-5340
    sutherlt@ucalgary.ca

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  16. Venkataraman Thangadurai

    Physical
    (403) 210-8649
    vthangad@ucalgary.ca

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  17. Kevin Thurbide

    Analytical
    (403) 220-5370
    thurbide@ucalgary.ca

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  18. Simon Trudel

    Physical
    (403) 210-7078
    trudels@ucalgary.ca

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  19. Greg Welch

    Inorganic, organic
    (403) 210-7603
    gregory.welch@ucalgary.ca

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Our researchers develop novel materials for applications in diverse areas such as energy storage, biomedicine, catalysis and magnetic materials.

  1. Viola Birss

    Physical
    (403) 220-6432
    birss@ucalgary.ca

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  2. Michelle Dolgos

    Inorganic, physical
    (403) 220-7877
    michelle.dolgos1@ucalgary.ca

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  3. Belinda Heyne

    Bio-physical
    (403) 220-3887
    bjmheyne@ucalgary.ca

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  4. Pierre Kennepohl

    Inorganic, Physical
    pierre.kennepohl@ucalgary.ca

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  5. Peter Kusalik

    Theoretical
    (403) 220-6244
    pkusalik@ucalgary.ca

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  6. Chang-Chun Ling

    Organic
    (403) 220-2768
    ccling@ucalgary.ca

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  7. Yujun Shi

    Physical
    (403) 210-8674
    shiy@ucalgary.ca

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  8. George K. H. Shimizu

    Inorganic
    (403) 220-5347
    gshimizu@ucalgary.ca

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  9. Todd Sutherland

    Organic
    (403) 220-5340
    sutherlt@ucalgary.ca

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  10. Venkataraman Thangadurai

    Physical
    (403) 210-8649
    vthangad@ucalgary.ca

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  11. Simon Trudel

    Physical
    (403) 210-7078
    trudels@ucalgary.ca

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