Congrats to Logan!
Logan Zettle mints his MSc!
Alex Jankowski awarded NSERC’s Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s
Congratulations to Alex Jankowski for being awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This scholarship is awarded for outstanding academic excellence and research potential. Way to go, Alex!
Daniel Trajanoski wins award at SOUSCC!
Daniel Trajanoski earned a 3rd place Physical Chemistry Award at the Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC) held at York University on March 18th, 2017 for his oral presentation "Self-Launching of Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons in Hexagonal Boron Nitride". Congratulations, Daniel!
Collaboration with Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Results in Vital Alzheimer’s Finding
Researchers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and the Walker Lab at the University of Toronto have identified the shape of the amyloid beta protein that is believed to trigger Alzheimer's [...]
Congratulations to Leonid Gilburd and Kris Kim!
Graduate students Leonid Gilburd and Kris Kim are the recent recipients of chemistry scholarships! Leonid has been awarded the Irene R. Miller Scholarship in Chemistry and Kris has been awarded the Alex Harrison Award in Environmental Mass Spectrometry. Congratulations, Leonid and [...]
Kris Kim wins the best poster award at SPM-on-SPM!
At the recent SPM-on-SPM Conference, held in Toronto, September 2-6, 2014, Walker Group doctoral student Kris Kim won the award for best poster. Former Walker Group member Ruby Sullan (now postdoctoral at Université Catholique de Louvain) additionally won the award [...]
Christina MacLaughlin wins the F.E. Beamish Prize in Physical Chemistry!
Congratulations to Christina MacLaughlin, who has been awarded the F.E. Beamish Prize in Physical Chemistry for 2013/14! This prize is awarded annually to one student in the Department of Chemistry in recognition of their excellent work.
Interview with Nikhil Gunari on winning Start-Up Chile
Following on the heels of winning the Start-Up Chile competition, Nikhil Gunari was interviewed by Jennifer Stoneburgh of MaRS Discovery District! Read the article here. Nikhil Gunari and Gilbert Walker at AquaChile
Sylleta wins Start-up Chile’s 7th DemoDay
Sylleta, which has been participating in the accelerator program Start-Up Chile, was awarded first place in Start-up Chile's DemoDay competition! This event involved presentations to more than 60 investors by Start-Up Chile participants. As winners of the competition, Sylleta will [...]
A best poster award at SOUSCC 2014 for Cassandra Phillips!
Cassandra Phillips won a best poster award at the Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), held on March 29, 2014 at the University of Windsor. Congratulations, Cassandra!