StFX's Department of Chemistry sent its largest ever contingent to Science Atlantic ChemCon, the largest regional gathering for the discipline, held this year at UPEI, and came away from the event with an impressive seven awards.
The Chemistry Department had 12 students, including graduate student Leah Baylis and undergraduate students Anna Mulak, Lauren Gatto, Sydney Palmer, Amaya Giraudier, Hadil Hamza, Jesse Latter, Kyra Welsh, Hunter Johnson, Allie Clark, Martha Jewkes, and Ella Parsons, participate in the conference. Additionally, five faculty members, Drs. Geniece Hallett-Tapley, Gerry Marangoni, Erwan Bertin, Alex Foo, Brian MacLean, took part.
Seven students received awards for their presentations at the event. Award winners included:
- CIC Best Graduate Oral Presentation in Organic Chemistry - Leah Baylis
- CIC Best Undergraduate Poster in Organic Chemistry - Anna Mulak
- CIC Best Undergraduate Poster in Environmental Chemistry - Sydney Palmer
- CIC Best Undergraduate Poster in Materials Chemistry - Lauren Gatto
- CIC Best Undergraduate Poster in Analytical Chemistry - Amaya Giraudier
- Canadian Journal of Chemistry Best Student Poster Presentation Award - Hadil Hamza
- CIC Best Undergraduate Poster in Physical, Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry - Allie Clark
"The high success record of our students in both their oral and poster presentations at this year's event is a testament to our department's strong dedication to experiential learning and the growth of our student research assistants during their time at StFX," says Dr. Hallett-Tapley.
Dr. Hallett-Tapley says the conference provides students with valuable opportunities to network for future career and academic directions, as well as allows students from Atlantic Canadian institutions a forum to discuss their scientific ideas and results with like-minded individuals.
"I feel ChemCon provides our students an ideal platform for practicing their scientific communication skills," she says.
