The Reactive Intermediates Student
Exchange (RISE)
was established in 1995-96 by a group of five chemistry professors
at McMaster (Leigh), Dalhousie University (Cozens), and the
Universities of Victoria (Bohne), Ottawa (Scaiano), and Waterloo
(Barra), in response to a decision by NSERC to cancel its
highly-valued Undergraduate Student Research Award program.
Since that inaugural year, more than 30 McMaster Chemistry, Chemical
Biology, and Biochemistry students have held national RISE
Scholarships, each spending a summer working in a laboratory at one of
the other ever-growing number of participating RISE institutions
across Canada, and a total of 17 RISE Scholars from other
participating universities have spent a summer at McMaster.
NSERC reinstituted the USRA program in 1999, but by then RISE had
expanded to 12 member institutions and was fully established. Its
members currently include chemists at 17 universities, the Xerox
Research Centre of Canada, and the National Research Council of
Canada.
Our 34 McMaster RISE Scholars are listed in chronological order below.
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Olga
Rinco '97 Chemistry Investigation of Dynamic Processes in Bile Salt Aggregates Summer
1996 with Dr. Cornelia Bohne, University of
Victoria |
| Ed
Harder '99 Chemistry Photoreduction of ortho-Quinones and Studies of Calixarane/Quinone Complexation Summer
1997 with Dr. Monica Barra, University of
Waterloo |
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Vishakha
Monga '98 Chemistry Summer
1997 with Dr. Glen Loppnow, University of
Alberta |
| Nicole
Deschamps '01 Chemistry Measurement of Acid Diffusion in Thin Polymer Films Using Laser Flash Photolysis Summer
1998 with Dr. Tito Scaiano, University of
Ottawa |
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| Aviva
Litovitz '00 Chemistry Reactivity of Substituted Cumyl Cations in Alkali-metal-exchanged Y-Zeolites Summer
1999 with Dr. Fran Cozens, Dalhousie
University |
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Ivan
Piletic '01 Chemistry Living Free Radical Polymerization Methods Summer
1999 with Dr. Tito Scaiano, University of
Ottawa |
| Matt
Moran '01 '07 Chemistry The Photochemistry of 2-Benzoyl-2-phenylbicyclo[3.1.0]hexane in the Solid State Summer
2000 with Dr. John Scheffer, University of
British Columbia |
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| Anna
Zavodni '01 Chemistry Exploring the Vibrational Properties of Ferrocene Derivatives and Parallel Raman Spectroscopy Summer
2000 with Dr. Glen Loppnow,
University of Alberta |
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Raecca
Cornejo '02 Chemistry Antioxidant Mediation through Carbon-Centered Radicals Summer
2001 with Dr. Tito Scaiano,
University of Ottawa |
| Tamara
Pace '03 Chemistry Temperature Effects on the Pyrene Complexation to g-Cyclodextrin for Complexes with Multiple Stoichiometries Summer
2002 with Dr. Cornelia Bohne,
University of Victoria |
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Lauren
Scott '04 Chemistry Ionization of b-Substituted 1,2-Diphenyl Radicals Summer
2002 with Dr. Fran Cozens,
Dalhousie University |
| Erin
Marchington '06 Arts & Science and Chemistry Development of a Chiral Pyrene Probe to Study the Chiral Discrimination in Host-Guest Complexes Summer
2003 with Dr. Cornelia Bohne,
University of Victoria |
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Melissa
Street '04 '09 Chemistry Summer
2003 with Dr. Linda Johnston,
National Research Council |
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Julie
Aaron '05 Chemistry Summer
2004 with Dr. Fran Cozens,
Dalhousie University |
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Brett
VanVeller '06 Chemistry Synthesis of the Elusive 5-Deazariboflavin: a Probe for the Study of Electron Transfer Mechanisms Summer
2004 with Dr. Monica Barra,
University of Waterloo |
| Paul
Billone '06 Arts & Science and Chemistry Fluorescence Quenching of Colloidal Quantum Dots by Paramagnetic Quenchers Summer
2005 with Dr. Tito Scaiano,
University of Ottawa |
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Mary
Metrie '07 Arts & Science and Chemistry Glutathione-S-transferase: A Glimpse into its Interaction with Lipid Peroxidation Products Summer
2005 with Dr. Ann English,
Concordia University |
| Svetlana
Kostina '08 '14 Chemistry Photochemical Reactions of Organic Substrates on Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Summer
2006 with Dr. Mark Workentin,
University of Western Ontario |
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| Leah
Schmidt '09 Biochemistry Advances in Cell Membrane Nanopatch Preparation for Receptor-Ligand Assays Summer
2007 with Dr. David Cramb,
University of Calgary |
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| Fang
(Nathan) Yuan '09 Biochemistry Surface Derivatization of Photochemically Prepared Gold Nanoparticles Summer
2007 with Dr. Tito Scaiano,
University of Ottawa |
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Lukas
Bebjak '10 Biochemistry Single Molecule Mechanistic Studies on Polymerase Activity Summer
2008 with Dr. Gonzalo Cosa, McGill
University |
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| Margaret
Reid '10 Chemistry Summer
2008 with Dr. Christian Reber,
Universite de Montreal |
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| Ben
Fregeau '10 Chemical Biology Halo(Pyridinium)Carbenes: Electrophilic Reactive Intermediates Summer 2009 with
Dr. Fran Cozens, Dalhousie University |
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Dominica
Wong '11 Chemistry Summer 2009 with
Dr. Matt Lukeman, Acadia University |
| Nick
McGregor '12 Chemical Biology Fluorescent Boronic acid-Based Saccharide Sensors Summer
2010 with Dr. Will Skene,
Universite de Montreal |
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| Talena
Rambarran '11 Chemistry Supramolecular Dynamics of Host-Guest Complexes Involving Cucurbit[7]uril Summer
2010 with Dr. Cornelia
Bohne, University of Victoria |
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Luise
Wolf '14 Chemical Biology Investigating binding dynamics of guests with cucurbit[n]uril, n = 6,7 Summer
2011 with Dr. Cornelia
Bohne, University of Victoria |
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Zach
Arnott Chemistry Summer
2012 with Dr. Michelle
Chretien, Xerox Research Centre of Canada |
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Nora
Labbancz '14 Chemistry Generation
of Emissive Species via Nanoparticle Mediated Catalysis Summer 2012 with
Dr. Tito Scaiano, University of Ottawa |
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Joanne
Tan '14 Chemical Biology The
Influence of Isocyanides on the Reactivity of Digermenes Summer 2012 with
Dr. Kim Baines, Western University |
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Peter
Cooper '15 Chemistry Temperature and Pressure-Varied
Luminescence Studies of 2 Gold (I) xanthate complexes Summer
2013 with Dr. Christian
Reber, Universite de Montreal |
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| Rebecca
DiPucchio '15 iSci & Chemical Biology Improving Efficiency in
Photoredox Catalysis: A Deeper Look Into Sacrificial Donors Summer
2013 with Dr. Tito
Scaiano, University of Ottawa |
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Sara
Stonehouse '15 Chemistry Curing and Robustness of UV Ink Summer
2013 with Dr. Geoff
Allen, Xerox Research Centre of Canada |
| Ellen
Connelly '16 Chemical Biology Investigation of Au(III)
Dithiocarbamate Complexes using Variable Temperature and
Pressure Raman and Luminescence Spectroscopy Summer
2014 with Dr. Christian
Reber, Universite de Montreal |
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... and 17 RISE Scholars from elsewhere in Canada have spent a summer in our department, working with Dr. Willie Leigh and his research group. They are listed in chronological order below.
| 1996
- Martin Byloos University of Ottawa Far-UV Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis of a Silacyclobutene RISE Conference: University of Waterloo |
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| 1997
- Michelle Chretien Dalhousie University The Chemistry of Reactive Silenes Derived from B-Silylketenes RISE Conference: Dalhousie University |
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1998 -
Jennifer Schmeisser University of Waterloo The Photochemistry of Arylmethylsilacyclobutanes RISE Conference: University of Ottawa |
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1999 - Robyn Ovans University of Victoria The Base-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of 1,1-Diphenylgermene NSERC USRA holder |
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| 2000
- Sherman Hon University of British Columbia The Head-to-Tail [2+2]-Dimerization of Si=C Bonds NSERC
USRA holder |
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| 2001
- Lawrence Huck '10 University of Victoria
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2002 -
Erica Lyn University of Calgary An Investigation of the Reactivity of Dimethylgermylene with Alcohols NSERC
USRA holder |
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2003 -
Bryan Chan University of British Columbia The Photochemistry of Diarylgermanium Compounds. Photolysis of Bis(trimethylsilyl)diphenylgermane NSERC
USRA holder |
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2004 -
Katie Beleznay University of Victoria The Direct Detection of Germylene and Digermene (GeH2 and H2Ge=GeH2) in Solution NSERC
USRA holder |
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2005 -
Jacklyn McDonald University of Victoria Direct Detection of Germylenes and the Kinetic Study of their Reactions with Alcohols and Ethers RISE
Conference: Concordia University |
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| 2006
- Mohammad Sharif Askari Concordia University NSERC
USRA holder |
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| 2007
- John Paul McCool University of Western Ontario Organosilicon Reactive Intermediates from Photolysis of Acyclic Trisilanes RISE
Conference: University of Western Ontario |
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2008
- Ian Duffy '16 University of British Columbia NSERC
USRA holder |
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2010
- Janet
Ochola Acadia University Reactions of Diarylgermylenes with Allyl Chloride RISE
Conference: McGill University |
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2011
- Laura Smith McGill University Stopped-flow Kinetic Studies of the Reactions of Tetramesityldigermene with Alcohols RISE
Conference: University of Regina |
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| 2013
- Jordan Walwyn Western University Mechanistic
Studies of Oxygen Abstraction Reactions of Silylenes with
Oxiranes RISE
Conference: University of British
Columbia |
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2014 -
Ryan Maar Western University Transient Germylenes from Photocheletropic Cycloreversion of 3,4-Dimethyl-1-phenylgermacyclopent-3-ene RISE Conference:
University of Toronto |
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