| Oct 01, 2026 | Welcome to our new fourth-year undergraduate thesis student, Taylor Stegehuis, and our new postdoctoral researcher from Chile, Dr. Carlos Castillo! |
| Sep 01, 2026 | Welcome to Ayse Gocer, our new Ph.D. student from Turkey, and Meredith Reeves, our new M.Sc. student from Canada! Congratulations to Ayse on receiving the Study Abroad Scholarship from Turkey’s Ministry of National Education and to Meredith on receiving the NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s.  |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Recent Alumni Update: Vic and Manami have returned to Japan after a productive summer research visit with our group. Olivia is beginning her MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing at the University of Oxford this fall. Ellie has joined Accenture as a Consulting Analyst in Montreal, Canada. (TODO: Add Fanwang’s update) |
| Aug 01, 2026 | Farnaz was appointed Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry (CJC) for a 2026-2029 term, in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. Visit the Editorical Board page. |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Farnaz represented QC-Devs at the “Workshop on Structured Data in Quantum Chemistry” at Georgia Tech in Atlanta (July 27-31, 2026) organized by the Psi4, cclib, and MolSSI teams with support from an NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) award. |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Welcome to Vic Austen, a visiting M.Sc. student from Nagoya University joining our group through the Itami-ASPIRE Program! |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Congratulations to Omid and Meredith on receiving second-tier CSTCC Poster Presentation Prizes (honourable mentions)!  |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Our group attended the Canadian Symposium on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (CSTCC) at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa (July 12-16, Canada). Farnaz and Carlos gave oral presentations, while Negar, Omid, Neel, Carlos, Manami, and Meredith presented posters. |
| Jul 01, 2026 | Welcome to Manami Hayashi, a visiting Ph.D. student from Nagoya University joining our group through the Itami-ASPIRE Program! |
| Jun 01, 2026 | Congratulations to Olivia on her selection to the 2026 Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program (FUSRP) at the Fields Institute, Toronto. She will continue her research with our group, co-supervised by Prof. Ricardo Baptista (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto). |
| May 24, 2026 | Our group attended the Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2026 Conferences and Exhibition (CSC & CSChE, May 24-28, 2026, Canada). Farnaz and Omid delivered oral presentations, while Negar and Omid presented posters. |
| May 20, 2026 | Our group attended the 2026 C2MCI Annual Meeting (May 19-20, Queen’s University, Canada). Carlos, Negar, Omid, and Neel presented posters highlighting their research.. |
| May 15, 2026 | Farnaz received the New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration (NFRF-E) on “Machine-Learning Guided Design and Discovery of Metallophilic Organic Materials for Cancer Therapeutics”. Read the Queen’s Gazette article, C2MCI post, and Queen’s Faculty article. |
| May 02, 2026 | Congratulations to Emily on receiving the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) for summer 2026 to continue her research with our group. |
| May 01, 2026 | Our group met with Professor Stacey Wetmore from the University of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) and shared our research with her during her visit to deliver the Brown Lecture, titled “Design, Decode, and Disrupt: Understanding Modified Nucleic Acids through Computational Chemistry”. |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Congratulations to Negar on receiving the C2MCI EDII Fellowship! Read the official annoucement. |
| Mar 02, 2026 | Congratulations to Fanwang on receiving the prestigious 2025 John Charles Polanyi Prize in Chemistry!  Read the official annoucement and Queen’s Gazette article. |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Our group hosted Prof. Erin Johnson from Dalhousie University for the Frost Lecture, titled “London Dispersion, Density-Functional Theory, and Molecular Crystals”. |
| Feb 01, 2026 | Our group presented its research at the Gordon Research Conference: Atomically Precise Nanochemistry (GRC, February 1-6, 2026, United States). |
| Jan 01, 2026 | Welcome to our new Ph.D. student, Neeladitya Chowdhury! |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Recent Alumni Update: Dr. Alireza Tehrani joined Meta as a Research Scientist (ML) in September 2025; Dr. Leila Pujal began a postdoctoral position at the University of Girona, Spain; Maximilian van Zyl started medical school at Dalhousie University in September 2025. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Congratulations to Farnaz for receiving the Bruce Mitchell Research Program - Ignite Initiative! Read the Queen’s Gazette article and C2MCI LinkedIn Post. |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Our group presented its research at the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem, December 15-20, 2025, United States). |
| Nov 01, 2025 | Congratulations to Emily on receiving “STEMInA Research Experience Program” award for 2025-2026 academic year to continue her research with our group. |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Welcome to our new undergraduate thesis student, Ellie MacKinnon, and undergraduate research volunteer, Ava Bagherichimeh! |
| Sep 08, 2025 | Congratulations to Dr. Leila Pujal on defending her Ph.D. thesis.  |
| Sep 01, 2025 | Welcome to our new M.Sc. student, Negar Molavi! |
| Aug 31, 2025 | Welcome to our new Ph.D. student, Omid Hosseinzadeh, who was awarded the Bruce Mitchell Doctoral Research Fellowship! |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Congratulations to Max van Zyl on defending his M.Sc. thesis. |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Leila was selected to attend and present her research at the ‘Catalyzing Gender Equity and Inclusivity at Schrödinger: Early Careers in Computational Sciences’ event organized by Schrödinger Inc. in New York City (June 10-11, 2025, United States). |
| Jun 01, 2025 | Welcome to our Summer Research Volunteers Emily Machel (Biochemistry) and Sophia Mattey (Chemistry). |
| May 15, 2025 | Welcome to our C2MCI Summer Outreach and Research Fellows, Olivia Saur (Mathematics) and Nicole Wu (Computer Science). They will be working on “Machine-Learning Guided Discovery and Design of Gold Nanoclusters for Cancer Therapeutics.” |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Congratulations to Dr. Alireza Tehrani on defending his Ph.D. thesis. |
| Apr 01, 2025 | Congratulations to Max for receiving the prestigous Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and NSERC Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral program! |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Recent Alumni Update: Dr. Michelle Richer joined University of Ottawa as a Postdoctoral Fellow in September 2024. |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Congratulations to Fanwang for receiving the DRI EDIA Champions Pilot Program funds! Learn more about the Alliance Canada Champions. |
| Sep 01, 2024 | Congratulations to Max on receiving the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for 2024-2025! |
| Jun 01, 2024 | Congratulations to Fanwang for receiving the prestigious NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship! Read the Queen’s Gazette article. |
| May 01, 2024 | Welcome to Guy Hanji, and congratulations on receiving an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) for Summer 2024 to pursue research in our lab! |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Congratulations to Leila for receiving the SGPS International Student Scholarship Award! Read the department announcement and SGPS post. |