Ontario's best and brightest undergraduate chemistry students to share research work at UOIT
March 9, 2007
OSHAWA, Ont. - In what will surely be a showcase of Ontario's best and brightest undergraduate chemistry minds and their innovative research work, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's (UOIT) Faculty of Science will host more than 100 students from across the province at the 35th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference being held on campus on Saturday, March 17.
Media is invited to attend more than 120 presentations of innovative, groundbreaking and thought-provoking research work by fourth-year chemistry students from UOIT and 13 other universities from across Ontario, collectively representing the scientific leaders of tomorrow.
Students will deliver presentations on topics including analytical, environmental and forensic chemistry; biochemistry and bio-organic chemistry; inorganic chemistry; organic chemistry; materials and polymer chemistry; and physical and theoretical chemistry.
The conference also includes keynote addresses by Dr. Douglas Holdway, a UOIT professor who holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Toxicology, and Craig Bryant, a forensic chemist.
When:
Saturday, March 17, 2007
12:30 to 2 p.m., Business and IT building atrium
2 to 5 p.m., Science building lecture halls, next to West atrium
Where:
UOIT
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario
Parking:
Enter off of Simcoe Street North and proceed to the Founders 1 parking lot.
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Media contact
Tony Doyle
Communications and Marketing
Ontario Tech University
905.721.3111 ext. 2209
tony.doyle@uoit.ca
