Chemistry

Chemistry: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Arts and Science

Degree Programs

Chemistry

MSc

  • Fields:
    • Analytical Chemistry;
    • Environmental Chemistry;
    • Inorganic Chemistry;
    • Interdisciplinary;
    • Organic and Biological Chemistry;
    • Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics;
    • Polymers and Materials Chemistry

PhD

  • Fields:
    • Analytical Chemistry;
    • Environmental Chemistry;
    • Inorganic Chemistry;
    • Interdisciplinary;
    • Organic and Biological Chemistry;
    • Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics;
    • Polymers and Materials Chemistry

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

Faculty members of the Department of Chemistry are world leaders and research offerings are made in a rich array of ever evolving sub-disciplines (physical, organic, biological, materials, inorganic, theoretical, analytical, environmental, and nanochemistry). Research is conducted using state-of-the-art instrumentation housed in laboratories that have been newly built or recently renovated.

Modern facilities are available for research in the Department of Chemistry. The areas of interest cover a wide variety of topics in analytical, biological, environmental, inorganic, organic, materials, polymers, physical, and theoretical chemistry and their related interdisciplinary areas.

Contact and Address

Web: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca
Email: chem.gradcoord@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-3605
Fax: (416) 978-1631

Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto
Room 151, Lash Miller Building
80 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6
Canada

Chemistry: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Abbatt, Jonathan - BSc, PhD
Al-awar, Rima - PhD
Aspuru-Guzik, Alan - PhD
Batey, Robert Alexander - BA, PhD
Brumer, Paul - BSc, PhD
Chan, Arthur - BS, MSc, PhD
Chin, Jik - MS, PhD
Cui, Haissi - PhD
Dhirani, Al-Amin - MSc, PhD
Donaldson, D. James - PhD
Fekl, Ulrich - MSc, PhD
Goh, M Cynthia - PhD
Gradinaru, Claudiu - PhD
Gunning, Patrick - BS, PhD
Houry, Walid - BS, MS, PhD
Howe, Jane - PhD
Izmaylov, Artur - PhD
Jockusch, Rebecca - BA, PhD
Kanelis, Voula - PhD
Kay, Lewis - PhD
Kerman, Kagan - BScPhm, MSc, ScD
Kluger, Ronald - AB, AM, PhD
Kraatz, Heinz-Bernhard - BA, MC, PhD
Kumacheva, Eugenia - MSc, PhD
Lautens, Mark - BSc, PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)
Mabury, Scott - BS, PhD
McMillen, David - BSc, MS, PhD
Miller, R. J. Dwayne - BSc, PhD
Morris, Robert - BSc, PhD, Fellow NATO
Murphy, Jennifer - BCh, DChem
Nitz, Mark - BSc, PhD
Ogata, Alana - BS, PhD
Ozin, Geoffrey - BSc, PhD
Prosser, Scott - BSc, MSc, DPhil
Rousseaux, Sophie - PhD
Schofield, Jeremy - PhD
Seferos, Dwight - BCh, DChem
Segal, Dvira - BSc, DSc
Sherwood Lollar, Barbara - PhD
Shin, Jumi - AB, DPhil
Shoichet, Molly - PhD
Simpson, Andre - BSc, PhD
Simpson, Myrna - BS, DPhil
Song, Datong - BSc, PhD
Stephan, Douglas - BSc, PhD
Sullan, Ruby May - BSc, PhD
Taylor, Mark - BSc, DSc
Thompson, Michael - BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSC
Tran, Helen - PhD
von Lilienfeld Toal, Anatole - PhD
Voznyy, Oleksandr - BSc, MSc, PhD
Walker, Gilbert - BCh, PhD
Wania, Frank - MPH, PhD
Wheeler, Aaron - BS, PhD
Winnik, Mitchell - BA, PhD
Woolley, Drew - PhD
Yudin, Andrei - BS, PhD
Zhang, Xiaoan - MS, PhD

Members Emeriti

Georges, Michael - BS, PhD
Jones, Bryan - BSc, PhD, DPhil
Kapral, Raymond - BSc, PhD
Krull, Ulrich - BSc, MSc, PhD
Macdonald, Peter - BS, MS, PhD
McLean, Stewart - BSc, PhD
Polanyi, John - MSc, PhD, DSc, FRSC, FRS
Reynolds, William - BSc, PhD
Robinson, Edward - BSc, PhD, DSc
Tidwell, Thomas - BS, AM, PhD
Whittington, Stuart - BA, MA, PhD

Associate Members

Browning, Scott - BSc, MSc, PhD
D'eon, Jessica - PhD
Dicks, Andy - PhD
Edgar, Landon - PhD
Morra, Barbora - PhD
Muir, Derek - BSc, MSc, PhD
Piunno, Paul - PhD
Stone, David Charles - BSc, PhD

Chemistry: Chemistry MSc, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the department each session as to course availability.

All graduate courses for degree credit must be approved by the department. Subject to departmental permission, degree students in chemistry may take a limited number of graduate courses based on fourth-year Faculty of Arts and Science courses in chemistry or a cognate discipline. Approvals of such fourth-year courses will be considered on an individual basis. Third-year arts and science courses, or their essential equivalents, will not receive degree credit.

Professional Development

Course Code Course Title
CHM3000H Graduate Professional Development for Research and Teaching in Chemistry (Credit/No Credit)

Analytical Chemistry

Course Code Course Title
CHM1102H
Biosensors and Chemical Sensors
CHM1103H
Advanced Topics in Analytical Chemistry
CHM1104H
Separation Science
CHM1105H
Separations, Chromatography, and Microfluidics
CHM1106H
Lab Instrumentation
CHM1107H The -Omics Revolution and Mass Spectrometry
CHM1150H
Advances in Electroanalytical Chemistry and Electrochemical Sensors
CHM1190Y
Analytical Chemistry Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
CHM1410H
Analytical Environmental Chemistry
CHM2013H Research in Analytical Chemistry
CHM2014H
Research in Analytical Chemistry

Environmental Chemistry

Course Code Course Title
CHM1401H Transport and Fate of Chemical Species in the Environment
CHM1404H
Molecular Analysis of Natural Systems
CHM1410H
Analytical Environmental Chemistry
CHM1415H
Atmospheric Chemistry
CHM1420H
Environmental Chemistry of Soil
CHM1425H
Modelling the Fate of Organic Chemicals in the Environment
CHM1430H
Advanced Topics in Atmospheric Chemistry
CHM1590Y
Environmental Chemistry Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
CHM2534H
Research in Environmental Chemistry
EES1105H
Soil Contamination Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Course Code Course Title
CHM1204H
Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
CHM1205H
Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms
CHM1206H
Solid State Chemistry: Structure-Property Relations
CHM1258H
Reactions of Coordinated Ligands
CHM1263H
Bio-inorganic Chemistry
CHM1268H
X-Ray Crystallography
CHM1269H
Nanochemistry: A Chemistry Approach to Nanomaterials
CHM1270H
Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry (core course)
CHM1290Y
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
CHM2034H
Research in Inorganic Chemistry

Organic and Biological Chemistry

Course Code Course Title
CHM1003H
Physical Organic Chemistry II
CHM1004H
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
CHM1005H
Applications of Spectroscopy in Organic Structure Determination
CHM1006H
Bioorganic Chemistry
CHM1008H
Biological Chemistry
CHM1040H
Modern Organic Synthesis
CHM1045H
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry
CHM1051H
Current Topics in Chemical Biology
CHM1054H
Topics in Bio-organic Chemistry
CHM1056H
Techniques for Studying the Chemical, Structural, and Dynamic Properties of Biomolecules
CHM1057H
Topics in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
CHM1059H Chemical Biology in Complex Systems
CHM1060H
Advanced Topics in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
CHM1068H
Topics in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
CHM1090Y
Organic Chemistry Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
CHM2044H
Research in Organic Chemistry
CHM2102H (0.25 FCE) Molecular Imaging in Diagnostic Medicine
CHM2103H (0.25 FCE) Chemical Glycobiology
CHM2104H (0.25 FCE) Biological Chemistry: Design and Evolution of Proteins and Nucleic Acids
CHM2105H (0.25 FCE) Medicinal Chemistry from the Enzyme’s Perspective
CHM2106H (0.25 FCE) Current Topics in Chemical Biology
CHM2107H (0.25 FCE) Optogenetics and Chemogenetics: Protein and Small Molecule Based Biomolecular Tools
CHM2108H (0.25 FCE) Kinetic Modelling in Chemistry and Biology

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Course Code Course Title
CHM1441H
Mathematical Methods
CHM1443H
Intermediate Quantum Mechanics
CHM1446H Quantum Computation and Information Theory
CHM1448H
Modelling of Biochemical Systems
CHM1450H
Nanoscale Characterization with Scan Probe Microscopy
CHM1455H
NMR Spectroscopy I: Basic Theory and Applications for Biological Chemists
CHM1464H
Topics in Statistical Mechanics
CHM1478H
Quantum Mechanics for Physical Chemists (core course)
CHM1480H
Basic Statistical Mechanics (core course)
CHM1481H Reaction Kinetics and Dynamics
CHM1482H
Laser Spectroscopy and Photophysics
CHM1490Y
Physical Chemistry Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
CHM2024H
Research in Physical Chemistry

Polymers and Materials Chemistry

Course Code Course Title
CHM1206H
Solid State Chemistry: Structure-Property Relations
CHM1300H
Polymer Chemistry
CHM1301H
Organic and Inorganic Polymer Synthesis
CHM1302H
Physical Chemistry of Polymers
CHM1304H
Organic Materials Chemistry
CHM1390Y
Polymer and Materials Chemistry Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
CHM2304H
Research in Polymer and Materials Chemistry