Mark Workentin, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Physical Organic Chemistry of Materials:Probing Structure Reactivity to Developing Templates for Applications
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$166,000
Critical Use UVvis Spectrophotometer
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$53,887
Urgent Acquisition of an Absolute Photoluminescence Quantum Yield Spectrometer
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$113,224

All 24 grants and awards

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Physical Organic Chemistry of Materials:Probing Structure Reactivity to Developing Templates for Applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Workentin, Mark

Keywords: nanoclusters; physical organic chemistry; photochemistry; electrochemistry; materials chemistry; bioorthoganal chemistry; synthesis; interfacial chemistry; nanomaterials; functional materials

$166,000

Critical Use UVvis Spectrophotometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Hudson, Robert

$53,887

Urgent Acquisition of an Absolute Photoluminescence Quantum Yield Spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Gilroy, Joe

$113,224

Urgent Replacement of Oligonucleotide Synthesizer

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Hudson, Robert

$110,740

Physical Organic Chemistry of Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Workentin, Mark

$444,000

Critical Upgrade to Chemistry Department's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Corrigan, John

$150,000

Replacement Probe for Inova 600 MHz NMR Spectrometer

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

Principal investigators: Baines, Kim

$94,724

Physical Organic Chemistry of Materials: Probing Structure-Reactivity and Demonstrating Application

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Workentin, Mark

$350,000

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

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 Workentin, 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 "Physical Organic Chemistry of Materials:Probing Structure Reactivity to Developing Templates for Applications" (2023), 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]