This website is dedicated to all things exciting and happening in the Forensic Chemistry & Materials Lab!

 

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A few notes about us:

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● We are located at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada ●

◍ We primarily research topics in forensic science and materials chemistry ◍

● Our aim is to characterize the physico-chemical properties of physical evidence left at crime scenes, and how they persist in the environment ●

◍ We also make  ​biohazard-free and realistic blood substitutes with targeted applications in the forensic sciences ◍

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            Please browse the rest of the website to learn more about our research projects, current & past members, outreach, and more.

3 May 2022

Congratulations to Mitchell Tiessen for winning the Faculty of Science W.R.Smith MSc Thesis award - well deserved! ​

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15 April 2022

Congratulations to incoming lab member, Erin Giroux for winning an NSERC -CGSM award! Also, congrats to Colin Elliott for winning an OGS Award. Great work team! 

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18 March 2022

Check out the happenings in the lab at the 12 PM seminar for Ontario Tech's Pi Day Speaker Series!

 

11 March 2022

Mandie is announced as one of the winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry's #RSCPosterPitch competition. Wow! Congrats!

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9-10 March 2022

Colin and Mandie give oral talks on their research in the 4th Kyutech-OntarioTech symposium in chemistry. Great work! Feature here.

 

1 March 2022

Colin and Mandie participate in the #RSCPoster competition on Twitter. Mandie receives a highlight by RSC for her poster pitch!

 

20 Jan 2022

Welcoming Dhrumik Patel to the lab and saying farewell to Laurianne Lagacé!​

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1 Jan 2022

Wishing everyone a great start to a new year!