- Graduate/post-graduate positions are no longer available -
Post-doctoral Fellow |
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Sep.'96-June'97 |
On the mechanism of the acid/base-catalyzed thermal cis-trans isomerization of methyl orange, J. Org. Chem., (1999) 64, 1604-9. [pdf] |
| Graduate Students | |
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M.Sc.'00 Recipient of the Dean of Science Award for his Master thesis |
Kinetic studies on the thermal cis-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazene in aqueous solution. Effects of acids and bases, J. Org. Chem., (2000) 65, 5739-44. [pdf] Substituent effects on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazenes in aqueous solutions, J. Org. Chem., (2002) 67, 2271-7. [pdf] |
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M.Sc.'08 |
Kinetic studies on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1-phenyltriazenes derived from cyclic amines, J. Org. Chem., (2009) 74, 1770-3. [pdf] / Erratum [pdf] A computational study of the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of N-(phenylazo)-substituted nitrogen heterocycles, Trends Org. Chem., (2012) 16, 1-8. [pdf] |
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M.Sc.'06 |
Structure-reactivity correlation study on the restricted rotation of cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, Trends Org. Chem., (2006) 11, 17-28.[pdf] Spectrophotometric determination and liner free energy relationship analysis of acidity constants for 1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data. (in press) [pdf] |
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M.Sc.'04 Nominated for the Dean of Science Award for her Master thesis |
On the alcohol and water-catalyzed tautomerization of vitamins K1 and K2-derived quinone methide intermediates, J. Org. Chem., (2004) 69, 3198-201. [pdf] On the photoreactivity of vitamin K compounds, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2008) 40, 389-44. [pdf] |
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M.Sc.'99 Recipient of the Dean of Science Award for her Master thesis |
Thermodynamic study of p-sulfonated calixarene complexes in aqueous solution, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, (1998) 9, 1957-60. Inhibition of quinone-imine dye deamination by complexation with p-sulfonated calixarenes, J. Org. Chem., (2001) 66, 2158-60. [pdf] Kinetic studies of the proton-catalysed hydrolytic decomposition of quinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2002) 53, 137-42. |
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M.Sc.'09
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Inhibition of acid-induced decomposition of diphenyltriazenes by complexation with cyclodextrins, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2010) 42, 567-74. [pdf] |
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M.Sc.'04 Nominated for the Dean of Science Award for his Master thesis
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Multiple-substituent effects on the isomerization of unsymmetrical cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Phys. Org. Chem., (2005) 18, 498-503. [pdf] Spectrophotometric determination and liner free energy relationship analysis of acidity constants for 1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data. (in press) [pdf] |
| Undergraduate Students | |
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RISE Scholar May-Aug.'96 |
Application of diffuse reflectance laser flash photolysis to the study of aromatic probes in ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, J. Photochem. Photobiol., A: Chem., (1997) 109, 293-8. Diffuse reflectance laser-flash photolytic study of aromatic ketones within calixarene solid matrices, Supramol. Chem., (1998) 10, 91-5. |
Jonathan P. Balfe Honours student Sep.'97-Apr.'98 |
Influence of solvent polarity on the photoreactivity of 2-4-ring aromatic ortho-quinones, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, (1999) 7, 1439-41. |
Eleanor Brockman Exchange student (Newcastle Univ., UK) Sep.'01-Apr.'02 |
Substituent and solvent effects on the N(2)—N(3) hindered rotation of cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Phys. Org. Chem., (2004) 17, 1057-60. [pdf] |
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RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA May-Aug.'00 |
Substituent effects on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazenes in aqueous solutions, J. Org. Chem., (2002) 67, 2271-7. [pdf] |
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RISE Scholar May-Aug.'98 |
Effect of host substitution on photochemical properties of pyrene/ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, Supramol. Chem., (2006) 18, 615-9. [pdf] |
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Honours student Sep.'98-Apr.'99 |
Kinetic studies of the proton-catalysed hydrolytic decomposition of quinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2002) 53, 137-42. |
Christine DeVisser Honours student Sep.'97-Apr.'98 |
Triplet state dynamics within cyclodextrin solid complexes, Arkivoc, (2003) 4, 48-58. [pdf] |
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RISE Scholar May-Aug.'97 |
Influence of solvent polarity on the photoreactivity of 2-4-ring aromatic ortho-quinones, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, (1999) 7, 1439-41. |
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NSERC USRA - Coop student May-Aug.'05
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On the photoreactivity of vitamin K compounds, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2008) 40, 389-44. [pdf] |
Donna Kuntz Honours student Sep.'00-Apr.'01 |
On the alcohol and water-catalyzed tautomerization of vitamins K1 and K2-derived quinone methide intermediates, J. Org. Chem., (2004) 69, 3198-201. [pdf] |
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NSERC USRA - Coop student May-Aug.'06
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Kinetic studies on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1-phenyltriazenes derived from cyclic amines, J. Org. Chem., (2009) 74, 1770-3. [pdf] / Erratum [pdf] |
Ivan Lee RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA May-Aug.'01 |
Substituent effects on the thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of 1,3-diphenyltriazenes in aqueous solutions, J. Org. Chem., (2002) 67, 2271-7. [pdf] |
Matthew McGinty Exchange student (Newcastle Univ., UK) Sep.'01-Apr.'02 |
Effect of host substitution on photochemical properties of pyrene/ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, Supramol. Chem., (2006) 18, 615-9. [pdf] |
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Coop student Jan.-Apr.'04
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Effect of host substitution on photochemical properties of pyrene/ß-cyclodextrin solid complexes, Supramol. Chem., (2006) 18, 615-9. [pdf] |
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NSERC USRA May-Aug.'07 |
On the photoreactivity of vitamin K compounds, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2008) 40, 389-44. [pdf] |
Kevin Smith Honours student Sep.'97-Apr.'98 |
π-Complexes as 'modulators' of bromine atom reactivity in solution, J. Org. Chem., (2000) 65, 1892-4. [pdf] |
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RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA May-Aug.'02 |
Substituent and solvent effects on the N(2)—N(3) hindered rotation of cis-1,3-diphenyltriazenes, J. Phys. Org. Chem., (2004) 17, 1057-60. [pdf] |
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Honours student May-Aug.'01 |
Triplet state dynamics within cyclodextrin solid complexes, Arkivoc, (2003) 4, 48-58. [pdf] |
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NSERC USRA - Coop student May-Aug.'05 Honours student-Summer RA Sep.'06-Aug.'07
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Thermal cis-to-trans isomerization of triazene dyes in doped polymer films, Dyes Pigm., (2011) 88, 180-6. [pdf] |
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Summer student May-Aug.'00 Honours student May-Aug.'01 Summer RA May-Aug.'02 |
Kinetic studies of the proton-catalysed hydrolytic decomposition of quinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2002) 53, 137-42. Hydroxide-catalysed decomposition of benzoquinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2004) 61, 63-67. [pdf] |
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NSERC USRA May-Aug.'06
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Inhibition of acid-induced decomposition of diphenyltriazenes by complexation with cyclodextrins, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., (2010) 42, 567-74. [pdf] |
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RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA May-Aug.'04 |
Absolute rate constants for 5-deazariboflavin triplet excited state in one-electron transfer processes, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., (2011) 225, 113-6. [pdf] |
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Honours student Sep.'03-Apr.'04 |
Absolute rate constants for 5-deazariboflavin triplet excited state in one-electron transfer processes, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., (2011) 225, 113-6. [pdf] |
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NSERC USRA - Coop student Jan.-Apr.'03 |
Hydroxide-catalysed decomposition of benzoquinone-imine dyes, Dyes Pigm., (2004) 61, 63-67. [pdf] |
Cristiana Zaharia RISE Scholar - NSERC USRA May-Aug.'99 |
Triplet state dynamics within cyclodextrin solid complexes, Arkivoc, (2003) 4, 48-58. [pdf] |