Regular Member

Principal Investigator Training

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemistry, Université Laval, 1989–1990

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 1988–1989

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, McGill University, 1988

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Affiliated Department

Department of Chemistry

Other Affiliations

• Member of the Canadian Chemical Society (CSC)

• Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

• Member of the Quebec Centre for Functional Materials (CQMF)

• Member of the Centre for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL)

  
  

Funding Agencies

• Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQ-NT)

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

  
  

Laboratory Research

• Synthesis and characterization of functional nanoparticles, including luminescent, magnetic, and metallic nanoparticles

• Interfacial organization: Langmuir–Blodgett films, block copolymers, and nanoparticles

• Hybrid materials: nanoparticles in polymer matrices and plasmonic assemblies

  
  

Areas of Expertise

• Materials chemistry: functional nanoparticles and polymers

• Self-assembly: interfaces and micellar systems

• Expertise in nanoparticle synthesis and characterization

  
  

Teaching

• CHM-2002 — Applications of Thermodynamics

• CHM-2303 — Introduction to Research

• CHM-2904 — Materials and Their Properties

• CHM-7008 — Special Topics in Chemistry

• CHM-7057 — Physical Chemistry of Nanomaterials and Macromolecules

• COM-2920 — Communication for Chemists II

  
  

Application Areas

Optics and photonics

Industrial Research Collaborations

“Chemical Sensing with Plasmonic Nanoparticle Assemblies and Buried Waveguides” — NSERC Strategic Partnership Project with ABB, in collaboration with Denis Boudreau and Réal Vallée from COPL.