Research Projects
Here are the general areas in which our group is currently conducting research. Individual research projects will be added to these sections as they are completed.
- Spectroscopic Studies of Natural Systems
- Oxyanion Bonding Mechanisms on Mineral Sorbents
- Surface Chemistry of Extremophilic Microbes
Research Facilities
The University of Saskatchewan is a research intensive campus with a full complement of equipment necessary for all modern chemistry and environmental research. Our own research group has a new Bruker Equinox 55 and FRA 106/S FTIR/FT Raman Spectrometer, a Rigaku X-Ray diffractometer, A Digital Instruments AFM/STM, an advanced PC-controlled titration package, and access to many departmental analytical instruments such as capillary electrophoresis, flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, mass spectrometers, and gas chromatography.
The U of S is the home of the Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Center, which houses several Bruker NMR instruments from 500-600MHz, a Renishaw dispersive Raman microscope, and a new Bruker EPR system.
The U of S is also the home to the Canadian Light Source, Canada's only synchrotron and North America's newest third generation light source. Our group is currently involved in the development of a beamline that will allow for microprobe, XANES, and EXAFS of environmental samples in the 2000-4000 eV range.