My first ever CSC! What a trip, what a time! I got to do a lot of fun things, meet some great people, and learn a ton of great chemistry. I want to express my immense gratitude to the organizers, volunteers and awards committees for this event, as something of this scale was unimaginably challenging to put together so well.

I was invited to give two talks at this years event. The first was as this years Award for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry (AURIC) recipient. I gave this talk at the main group symposium alongside other brilliant talks, and was very humbled by the great work of so many people. My talk focused on the importance of dispersion (an often overlooked non-covalent interaction) with respect to the stability of metal-metal bonds; you can find the pdf attached at the bottom of this post. I had a great time getting to discuss something I think is crucial to inorganic synthesis, and I hope those who attended took away something valuable.

The second talk was with respect to chemical education, where I talked about the implementation of colour-vision deficiency (CVD) support in the first-year chemistry classroom at Dalhousie. This was a great symposium as well, with many other great ideas from great speakers. I am thankful that the talk was well received, and very flattered that some people approached me afterwards telling me they would consider implementing some of the suggestions made during the talk into their own classroom. The slides for this can also be found at the bottom of this post.

This was my first time visiting Vancouver, and while expensive, I think was well worth the trip. It’s a beautiful city, and BC is a beautiful province, and I am excited to move to Victoria to start my graduate program more than ever.

My Presentation Slides for CSC 2023

The Importance of Dispersive Stabilization for the Isolation of Intermetallic Bonds

Colour Vision Deficiency in Chemistry: Challenges and Practical Solutions