Who we are

We are a young and enthusiastic team working hard on the development of tomorrow's multifunctional nanomaterials.
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We are also a member of uOttawa's Centre for Advanced Materials Research and Centre for Research in Photonics. Find out more about CAMaR and CRPuO by clicking on the logo.

What we do

We combine materials chemistry with physical and biomedical aspects to design and study novel lanthanide-based nanophosphors as multifunctional nanocarriers for near-infrared based bioimaging and energy conversion technologies.
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Lanthanide, cookie and chocolate lovers: Don't miss to check out Upconversion Photoluminescence and Materials Design Concepts for those with a Sweet Tooth!

News

  • 6 October 2022 - Welcome to our newest group member, Dr. Helliomar Barbosa, who joined the team as a postdoc to work on aptamer-modified lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. Time for a fall lunch picnic with the group!
  • 6 September 2022 - Excited to start the Fall Term 2022! Great to see so many students back on campus, including our new group members: Sabrina and Connor just kicked of their Honour's Thesis Projects, while high school student Ryan and physics undergrad Trinity take the opportunity to learn about lanthanide materials and optics. Welcome, everyone!
  • August 2022 - Eva was nominated uOttawa University Research Chair in Materials Chemistry. Feeling very honoured and grateful!
  • 21 July 2022 - Time for our summer retreat! Pictures say more than a thousand words... check them out here.
  • June-July 2022 - We had a great time when Kevin Soro and Dr. Loic Charbonnière from Université Strasbourg visited our lab! Thanks to FCRF for the support of this collaboration.
  • 15 June 2022 - Time of change: While we are sad that Deepika left the team, we are welcoming our newest group members: Postdoc Christian as well as summer volunteers Gabrielle and Alexandre!
  • 12 May 2022 - Our paper on Phytoglycogen Encapsulation of Lanthanide-Based Nanoparticles as an Optical Imaging Platform with Therapeutic Potential is finally online at Small. Congrats to everyone involved!
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Announcements

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The RISE program supports summer student exchanges among many universities across Canada. The RISE Group is a collection of scientists at nineteen institutions in Canada, whose research emphasizes the study of chemical or biochemical reaction mechanisms. See attached information and application form.
For more information and the application form see http://www.risecanada.ca and click here.