MEET MACQUARRIE RESEARCH
TEAM
About Us
HALEY ARMSTRONG
Crab Char Catalyst
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COURTNEY CAMPBELL
Fertilizer and Oxidation of Biochar
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CAMERON FORBES
Oxidation and Functionalization of Biochar with APTES
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KULJIT KAUR
Water Filtration and Purification
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BAYAK GUANDONG
Desulferization of Coal Tar Oils
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JUDY MACINNIS
Upgrading Bio-oil
Judy is a Senior Lab Instructor as well as Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Technician in the Department of Chemistry. She is from North Sydney NS. She attended CBU (then UCCB) for two years and went on to receive a BSc (Chemistry) and BEd (Science/Math) with distinction from Mount Allison University. She decided to continue her education and received a MSc (Chemistry – Novel Surfactants)  from St. Francis Xavier University. Her primary areas of interest include science education and chemistry outreach.
PROFESSOR ESTHER JEGATHA
Water Purification and Development of Biochar/Polymer Beads for Absorption
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DR. DAVID IRWIN
Pyrolysis Design and Optimization
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DR. PRESTON MACQUEEN
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Dr. Preston MacQueen is from Sydney Cape Breton and has graduated from Cape Breton University (B.Sc.) and Dalhousie University (Ph.D.) and is heading to MIT for postdoctoral studies in flow chemistry under the supervision of Professor Tim Jamison. While home for the summer Preston is working on the functionalization and utilization of Biochar from crab bodies in palladium catalysis.
ALUMNI
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Preston MacQueen is from Sydney Cape Breton. Preston graduated from Cape Breton University in 2013 with an Honours degree in Chemistry. Preston worked in Proff. Stephanie MacQuarrie’s lab for four years during his time at CBU and did his honours thesis with Proff. Bierenstiel on incorporating BODIPPY dyes into silica materials.
Preston went to Dalhousie University to study organometallic chemistry under Professor Mark Stradiotto. In the Stradiotto lab Preston worked on ligand design and catalyst development for the arylation of small molecules. Preston graduated from Dalhousie with his Ph.D. in chemistry in 2018 and is now heading to MIT for postdoctoral studies in flow chemistry under the supervision of Professor Tim Jamison.
Dr. Preston MacQueen
Ryan worked in the MacQuarrie Group from 2011-2013. After completing his BSc at CBU he went to DAL pharmacy (2013-2017). Currently a pharmacist working in Cape Breton.
Ryan Bach
Kori joined the MacQuarrie group in the Summer of 2013 as an undergraduate researcher. She is currently a PhD student at Memorial University under the supervision of Dr. Fran Kerton and holds a prestigious NSERC Vanier Scholarship
Kori Andrea
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