Project Members

We design and make homogeneous catalysts for organic synthesis. Our three main approaches to this challlenge include: 1) Design and synthesis of unique catalyst structures; 2) Analysis of catalyst selectivity, activity, lifetime and scope to achieve a comprehensive picture of catalyst performance; and 3) Mechanistic interrogation via the interrogation of potential catalytic intermediates and/or deactivation products. We target transformations that utilize abundant and clean substrates (i.e. O₂ or H₂O) or that generate minimal waste products.

We are experts in electrochemistry and corrosion science. Established by Professor David W. Shoesmith and led by Professor James J.

Professor Erb’s research group is working in the areas of nanostructured materials, interface control in conventional materials and bio-inspired nanostructures.

Nanostructured Materials

Magdalena Krol is an Associate Professor at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University, Toronto. Her area of expertise is in contaminant hydrogeology, specializing in the development and optimization of fate and transport models. Her current research in this field involves simulation of gas movement at contaminated sites that are under thermal remediation, as well as, examining the transport of corrosive agents to used nuclear fuel canisters (UFCs). The goal of Dr.

We try to understand microbial community diversity and function and do this by developing and applying methods that help us circumvent a longstanding challenge of microbial ecology: how do you study something you can barely see, or experiment with organisms that don’t like to grow in the lab. This site highlights people and publications that demonstrate progress we’ve made toward exploring the “unseen majority”, microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment.

More on the group's website.

At the root of all of our work lies fundamental main group chemistry.  This means we think about new structure and bonding for the p-block elements, unprecedented reaction chemistry and ways to bring these ideas to the broader chemical and scientific community.  We currently have several areas of active research.  

Corrosion is not only one of the most costly forms of material degradation – it also offers a fertile area of interdisciplinary research, and can even be harnessed to make useful products such as metallic nanostructures.