Brian Pagenkopf, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Functional Benzosiloles and New Reactions of Strained Carbocycles
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$96,000
Critical Upgrade to Chemistry Department's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer
NSERC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Natural Product Inspired Synthetic Methods
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$170,000

All 11 grants and awards

No publications available.

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Functional Benzosiloles and New Reactions of Strained Carbocycles

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pagenkopf, Brian

Keywords: donor-acceptor cyclobutanes; heterocycles; siloles; electrogenerated chemiluminescence; aggregation-induced emission; crystallization-induced emission enhancement; organic synthesis; functional materials

$96,000

Critical Upgrade to Chemistry Department's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Corrigan, John

$150,000

Natural Product Inspired Synthetic Methods

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pagenkopf, Brian

$170,000

Replacement Probe for Inova 600 MHz NMR Spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Baines, Kim

$94,724

High Performance Mass Spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Wisner, James

$150,000

Replacement autosampler for 400 MHz NMR spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Baines, Kim

$59,843

Natural product inspired synthetic methods

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pagenkopf, Brian

$300,000

Natural product inspired synthetic methods

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Pagenkopf, Brian

$120,000

Next generation ccd camera for single crystal x-ray diffraction facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Corrigan, John

$147,871

Essential upgrade to departmental vibrational spectroscopy facilities

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Ragogna, Paul

$128,727

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Pagenkopf, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Functional Benzosiloles and New Reactions of Strained Carbocycles" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]