The 2000 RISE Scholars

In the 1999/00 school year, over 40 applications were received from students at the twelve host institutions, an expansion from last year with the addition of Professor John Scheffer at the University of British Columbia and Dr. Linda Johnston at the National Research Council of Canada. The twelve 2000 RISE Scholars are listed below, along with their home institutions and the institutions at which their awards were held. Eleven of the students were also awarded NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, while the student at NRC was awarded an NRC Summer Studentship.  These awards are held concurrently with the RISE Scholarships.

Priscilla Brastianos * University of British Columbia E-mail: pkbrasti@hotmail.com Mechanistic Studies of Diaryl-a-Disulphones Using Laser Flash Photolysis with Dr. Tito Scaiano, University of Ottawa

Navjot Chahal * University of Alberta E-mail: navjot_c@hotmail.com Substituent Effects on the Mechanism of cis to trans Isomerization of Triazenes with Dr. Monica Barra, University of Waterloo

Adam Elwi * University of Alberta E-mail: adamelwi@hotmail.com The Reaction of Quinone Methides with Deoxyguanosine with Dr. Bob McClelland, University of Toronto

Jeremy Flowers University of Waterloo E-mail: jrfloweruw@hotmail.com The Nature of the Interaction Between Denaturants and Polypeptides with Dr. Anne English, Concordia University

Hughie Fraser * Dalhousie University E-mail: hfcfrase@is2.dal.ca Photophysical Studies of some Azulene Derivatives with Dr. Ron Steer, University of Saskatchewan

Sherman Hon * University of British Columbia E-mail: sshon@interchange.ubc.ca The Head-to-Tail [2+2]-Dimerization of Si=C Bonds with Dr. Willie Leigh, McMaster University

Ursula Kisiel * University of Windsor E-mail: Ursula@lfp.foto.chem.uvic.ca Complexation Dynamics of Pyrene with Cyclodextrins with Dr. Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria

Elisabeth Mader * University of Ottawa E-mail: eamader@is.dal.ca Time-Resolved Diffuse Reflectance Investigations of Electron and Hole Transport in NaY Zeolites with Dr. Fran Cozens, Dalhousie University

Jazmin Marlinga ** University of Victoria E-mail: jcmarl@uvic.ca Generation and Characterization of Diarylpentenol Radical Cations and Their Photocyclized Products via Laser Flash Photolysis with Dr. Linda Johnston, National Research Council

Matt Moran * McMaster University E-mail: moranm@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca The Photochemistry of 2-Benzoyl-2-phenylbicyclo[3.1.0]hexane in the Solid State with Dr. John Scheffer, University of British Columbia

Lise Murphy * University of Ottawa E-mail: lisemurphy@hotmail.com Photophysical Studies of 6-azaindole and 6-azatryptophan with Dr. Art Szabo, Wilfrid Laurier University

Anna Zavodni * McMaster University E-mail: zavodnae@hotmail.com Exploring the Vibrational Properties of Ferrocene Derivatives and Parallel Raman Spectroscopy with Dr. Glen Loppnow, University of Alberta