The 46th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC46) was hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University’s Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry on March 24, 2018 in Waterloo, Ontario.
Attended by more than 200 undergraduate researchers, graduate student volunteers, and academic and industrial representatives, the conference featured 32 poster presentations and 103 oral presentations in five symposia: Inorganic & Materials Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Physical, Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; and Biological & Medicinal Chemistry plus a General Session. The keynote address was delivered by Cathleen Crudden, professor at Queen’s University, who spoke about the importance of taking risks throughout one’s career.

Top photo: Student volunteers made SOUSCC46 a huge success! Bottom photo: A total of 32 students presented their research during the poster session, in addition to 103 oral presentations. Photos by Kayla Samms and Dana Sowa.
The conference organizers would like to thank all sponsors of the event, particularly the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) through its Chemical Education Fund, the volunteer judges, the small army of undergraduate student volunteers organized by the Laurier Chemistry Association (LCA) that made the conference such a success, and the undergraduate researchers who presented their work with pride and professionalism. Congratulations to all award winners!
SOUSCC46 Award Winners
Analytical Chemistry
1st place: Baian Almusned, Western University
2nd place: Alexandra Deckert, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
3rd place: Abhilash Kavuru, York University
Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
1st place: Jessica Chorolovski, Trent University
2nd place: Evan Shepherdson, University of Waterloo
3rd place: Reta Bodagh, University of Toronto
4th place: Jeffrey Palumbo, University of Waterloo
Honourable mention: Ruqaiya Qureshi, York University
General Session
1st place: Menandro Cruz, University of Toronto
2nd place: Greg Yousif, University of Windsor
Honourable mention: Elida Bani, York University
Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
1st place: Jade Poisson, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2nd place: Hlib Razumkov, University of Toronto
3rd place: Matthew McLaughlin, University of Windsor
4th place: Kathy Nguyen, University of Windsor
Honourable mention: Kyle Classen, Western University
Organic Chemistry
1st place: Jacklyn Liu, University of Toronto
2nd place: Scott Sammons, University of Guelph
3rd place: Michael Botelho, Western University
4th place: Lucas Kapeniak, Queen’s University
Honourable mention: Benjamin Bridge, Western University
Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
1st place: Sydney Legge, Western University
2nd place: Maya Olechnowicz, Western University
3rd place: Ruben Mirzoyan, University of Toronto
4th place: Xinyu (Linda) Ye, Western University
Poster Session
1st place: Nina Farac, University of Toronto
2nd place: Luke Kyne, University of Toronto
3rd place: Yuelang Chen, University of Toronto
Honourable mention: Michael Fish, Wilfrid Laurier University