Stradiotto Research Group

Organometallic Synthesis and Homogeneous Catalysis

 

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Current Group Members

 

Professor Mark Stradiotto

(mark.stradiotto<at>dal.ca)

 

 

Prof. Mark Stradiotto received his BSc (Hons.) in Applied Chemistry (1995) and PhD in Organometallic Chemistry (1999) from McMaster University, the latter under the supervision of Profs. Michael A. Brook and Michael J. McGlinchey. After conducting research as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley in the research group of Prof. T. Don Tilley (1999-2001), Mark moved to the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University; he now holds the rank of Professor with tenure and has been named a Faculty of Science Killam Professor (2011-2016). Prof. Stradiotto is a member of the editorial advisory board of Organometallics, and has also been named a Synlett/Synthesis Promising Young Professor Journal Awardee.

 

Click here for Professor Stradiotto’s curriculum vitae, which includes a complete list of Publications, Patents, and Presentations.

 

 

Ben Tardiff

(bn979253<at>dal.ca)

 

         

Current Degree Program: Ph.D.

 

Ben was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick in 1984. He completed his  Honours B.Sc. in chemistry at Mount Allison University in 2006 under  the guidance of Dr. Steve Westcott, and his M.Sc. at the University of  New Brunswick in 2008 under the guidance of Dr. Sean McGrady. His previous research involved the synthesis of novel palladium catalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, and the synthesis of osmium dihydrogen complexes. Ben is an avid sports and music fan, and when he’s not in the lab he is usually someplace where either of those are in good supply. In 2009, Ben was awarded an NSERC CGS scholarship.

 

 

Chris Lavery

(ch591874<at>dal.ca)

 

    

Current Degree Program: Ph.D.

 

Chris was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1987. He completed his Honours BSc. In Chemistry at Cape Breton University under the supervision of Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel. His previous research experience involved the synthesis and characterization of new dinuclear Ni(II) complexes supported by N,S-ligands and was funded by an NSERC USRA. In 2011, Chris was awarded an NSERC PGS scholarship.

 

 

Pamela Alsabeh

(pamela.alsabeh<at>dal.ca)

 

         

Current Degree Program: Ph.D.

 

Pam was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario and obtained her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Ottawa. She worked with Keith Fagnou for her honours research on the synthesis of indoles using a Rhodium-catalyzed C-H activation process. She also worked as a co-op student at Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck Frosst in 2007 where she worked on medicinal chemistry projects. In 2010, Pam was awarded an NSERC PGS scholarship.

 

 

 

Mark MacLean

(mr747849<at>dal.ca)

 

    

Current Degree Program: M.Sc.

 

Mark was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia and completed his Honours B.Sc. in Chemistry at Dalhousie University in 2011. His Honours project was supervised by Laura Turculet, pertaining to iridium pincer complexes supported by multidentate silyl ligands and their application in bond activation. Mark received the John Carstairs Arnell Prize, awarded for defending the best Honours research project in his graduating class. His past research experience includes carrying out two NSERC USRA research terms; to the University of Calgary (Roland Roesler supervising) in 2009, and to McGill University (Gonzalo Cosa supervising) in 2010. Mark currently holds an NSERC CGS-M scholarship.

 

 

Earl Cook

(er732010<at>dal.ca)

 

         

Current Degree Program: M.Sc.

 

Earl was born in Halifax and raised in East River, Nova Scotia.  He completed his Honours BSc. jointly between Dalhousie and Mount Saint Vincent University in 2011 under the supervision of Dr. Aibing Xia.  His previous research experience involves the synthesis of novel palladium complexes containing 8-quinolylphosphinite ligands for use in the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction and palladium and nickel complexes containing nonsymmetrical tridentate pyrazolyl aminophosphines for use in the Suzuki and Kumada reactions, respectively.  His work as been supported by three consecutive NSERC USRA awards.  Earl currently holds an NSERC CGS-M scholarship.

 

Sarah Crawford

(Sarah.Crawford<at>dal.Ca)

 

         

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Sarah was born in Mission, British Columbia. She completed her honours B.Sc. in chemistry at the University of Victoria in 2007, under the supervision of Dr. Reginald H. Mitchell. She also did five co-op job placements during her degree, which included positions at Boehringer Ingelheim (Laval) and Amgen (San Francisco). Sarah completed her Ph.D. at Dalhousie University in 2011 under the supervision of Dr. Alison Thompson. Her research involved investigations into the synthesis and complexation of dipyrrins, pyrrolyldipyrrins and prodigiosenes. Sarah received an NSERC PGSM, an NSERC PGSD and the Dalhousie President’s Graduate Teaching Assistant Award during the course of her graduate studies. In her time outside of the lab, Sarah enjoys playing the piano and cooking.

 

 

Craig Wheaton

(craig.wheaton<at>dal.ca)

 

    

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Craig was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and grew up in various small towns across the province. He moved to Sackville, New Brunswick where he completed his honours B.Sc. degree at Mount Allison University in 2005. He completed a M.Sc. at the University of Western Ontario under the supervision of Dr. Dick Puddephatt in 2007 and then moved west to Lethbridge, Alberta, where he completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Paul Hayes, working on cationic zinc complexes for use as catalysts for lactide polymerization. Craig is thrilled to finally be back home in the Maritimes, where he took up a Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current and Past Group Members

 

Graduate Students and PDFs – Principal Supervisor (Dalhousie University)

 

Name

Years

Degree

Current activities

Wheaton, C.

2011-present

PDF

Killam Postdoctoral Fellow

Crawford, S.

2011-present

PDF

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cook, E.

2011-present

M.Sc.

M.Sc. student (NSERC CGS-M)

MacLean, M.

2011-present

M.Sc.

M.Sc. student (NSERC CGS-M)

Alsabeh, P.

2009-present

Ph.D.

Ph.D. student (NSERC PGS-D)

Lavery, C.

2009-present

Ph.D.

Ph.D. student (NSERC PGS-D)

Tardiff, B.

2008-present

Ph.D.

Ph.D. student (NSERC CGS-D)

Scully, S.

2007-2010

Ph.D.

 

Hesp, K.

2006-2010

Ph.D.

NSERC-PDF, Yale University (Ellman)

Lundgren, R.

2006-2010

Ph.D.

NSERC-PDF, MIT (Fu)*

Rankin, M.

2003-2008

Ph.D.

(NSERC-PDF, MIT (Cummins)**; PDF-University of Ottawa (Baker))

3M Canada (Brockville, ON)

Wechsler, D.

2003-2007

Ph.D.

(PDF, Queen’s University; Jessop); Senior Development Scientist,  GreenCentre Canada (Kingston, ON)

Cipot-Wechsler, J.

2002-2006

Ph.D.

(NSERC-PDF, Queen’s University; Crudden); Research Scientist, DuPont (Kingston, ON)

Wile, B.

2002-2006

Ph.D.

(PDF, Cornell; Chirik); Assistant Professor

Ohio Northern University

 

* Winner of the 2011 National Award for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry (Chemical Institute of Canada) and honorable mention for the 2011 NSERC Innovation Challenge Award

**Winner of the 2009 Dalhousie University Doctoral Thesis Award in the Natural Sciences and Engineering presented by the Faculty of Graduate Studies

 

Undergraduate Students – Principal Supervisor (Dalhousie University)

 

Name

Year(s)

Current activities

Leonard, S.

2011

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Higginbotham, A.

2011

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Harding, K.

2011

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Bojinescu, I.

2011

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Machaalani,  E.

2010

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Longobardi, L.***

2010-2011

Graduate Student, University of Toronto

Peddle, S.

2010

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Wallingford, J.

2010

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Borycz, I.

2010

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University

Peters, B.

2009

Teachers College, StFX University

Shin, K.

2008

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University (USRA)

Sappong-Kumankumah, A.

2008

Undergraduate, Dalhousie University (USRA)

Burford, R.

2005

Ph.D. program, University of Calgary

MacLean, D.

2005-2006

(completed M.Sc.) Optometry, University of Waterloo

Myers, A.

2004-2005

(completed M.Sc.) Ph.D Program University of Toronto

Wolstenholme, D.

2003-2004

(completed Ph.D.) Humboldt Fellow, Germany; PDF, UNB

Hodder, M.

2002-2003

(completed B.Sc.) Research Scientist NRC, Halifax

Wechsler, D.

2002-2003

(completed Ph.D.) Senior Development Scientist at

GreenCentre Canada (Kingston, ON)

Luong, H.

2002-2003

(completed Ph.D.) Chemistry Instructor, University of Manitoba

 

***Winner of the 2010 Warr Scholarship for the top Undergraduate Science Researcher at Dalhousie University