From left to right: Jordan Walwyn, Rachel Bouwhuis, Lana Kostina, Prof. William J. Leigh, Ketha Jeyakanthan, Claire Browne, Ian Duffy
Rachel Bouwhuis
B.Sc. McMaster University, in progress
Current Position: 4th year summer student
Email: bouwhurf@mcmaster.ca
B.Sc. McMaster University, in progress
Current Position: 4th year summer student
Email: bouwhurf@mcmaster.ca
Project: Studies of the Reactivity of Silylenes with Azides
Svetlana Kostina
B.Sc. McMaster University, 2008
Current Position: Ph.D. student
kostins@mcmaster.ca
B.Sc. McMaster University, 2008
Current Position: Ph.D. student
kostins@mcmaster.ca
Project: Oxygen and Sulfur Abstraction Reactions by Transient Silylenes and Germylenes from Oxiranes and Thiiranes
Undergraduate Students
Project: Synthesis and Reactivity of Intramolecular Germylene-Alkene Complexes
Ketha Jeyakanthan
B.Sc. University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2008
Current Position:
M.Sc. student
jeyakak@mcmaster.ca
B.Sc. University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2008
Current Position:
M.Sc. student
jeyakak@mcmaster.ca
The Group
Graduate Students
Group 14 Reactive Intermediates
Ian Duffy
B.Sc. University of British Columbia, 2010
Current Position: Ph.D. student
duffyi@mcmaster.ca
B.Sc. University of British Columbia, 2010
Current Position: Ph.D. student
duffyi@mcmaster.ca
Project: Laser Flash Photolysis of Transient Stannylenes
Jordan Walwyn
B.Sc. Western University, in progress
Current Position:
3rd year RISE Scholar
jwalwyn@uwo.ca
B.Sc. Western University, in progress
Current Position:
3rd year RISE Scholar
jwalwyn@uwo.ca
Project: Mechanistic Studies of O-Abstraction Reactions of Silylenes with Oxiranes
Claire Browne
B.Sc. McMaster University, in progress
Current Position: 1st year summer student
Email: brownecp@mcmaster.ca
B.Sc. McMaster University, in progress
Current Position: 1st year summer student
Email: brownecp@mcmaster.ca
Project: The Reactivity of Silylenes with Ketones