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Organometallic Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials
Group Members - Alumni



Alumni

Lisa Lamouline

MSc (2011)
co-supervised with Armand Soldera


Designing chiral liquid crystals exhibiting non-linear optical properties


Lisa was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richlieu, on the south shore of Montréal. After completing her DEC in Natural Science, she discovered the city of Sherbrooke and its chemistry department. During her BSc, Lisa completed 4 internships in organic chemitry at Saint-Jean Photochimie (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc), AstraZeneca (Montréal, Qc) and Eisai (Massachusetts, USA). Lisa's MSc projets consist of the development of new materials for liquid crystals and working on new phosphorescent iridium complexes for application in visual display technology. Lisa likes to travel, to cook for more than 6 people and to have good conversation over a glass of good Pinot Noir.


Synthèse organique et caractérisation physico-chimique de cristaux liquides ferroélectriques conçus pour l'optique non linéaire


Lisa is currently working at Sorinco



Etienne Levert

MSc (2012)
co-supervised with Armand Soldera


Understanding the interplay between structure and properties of chiral liquid crystals


Etienne was born in the city of Sherbrooke in the Eastern Townships. He went back to high school at the age of 19 after five years off and obtained his degree in less than a year. Afterwards he went to Cégèp de Sherbrooke for a college diploma in Pure and Applied Sciences where he started his crush on chemistry. After a one year break he decided to enroll for a bachelosr degree in chemistry at the Université de Sherbrooke where he had the opportunity to complete several internships. He first worked in the laboratory of Pr. Armand Soldera on liquid crystals designed for non-linear optics. Then he went twice to Connecticut to work at Pfizer Global Research and Development on ligand design for palladium cross-coupling using Suzuki-Miyaura coupling as a benchmark reaction. His internships at Pfizer were directed to the optimization of two novel synthesic routes for AtorVastatin (Lipitor). At the end of his degree he became interested in beer brewing and decided to try an internship at Siboire, a micro brewery in Sherbrooke where he became an assistant brewer. Since that summer he is an active member of SherBroue, a group of students working on the brewing process at Université de Sherbrooke where he was the master brewer in the fall of 2009. Today Etienne is working on liquid crystal synthesis. His work consists aims to develop a more intimate understanding of how minor modifications in structure affect the stability of the smectic C phase.


Influence de la structure moléeculaire sur les propriétés mésogèeniques et les transitions de phases de mélanges de cristaux liquides smectrogènes


Etienne is currently a PhD student with Armand Soldera at the Université de Sherbrooke



Ahmed M. Soliman

MSc (2012)


Designing heterometallic polymers for WOLED applications


Ahmed was born in the United Arab Emirates but has lived most of his life in Egypt. He graduated from the faculty of pharmacy at Cairo University and finished pre-masters courses in pharmaceutical chemistry from the same university. Ahmed's affinity for scientific subjects comes from his parents: his father, who is a pediatrician, and his mother, who is a chemist. Currently Ahmed has veered into the world of synthetic chemistry with an interest in organometallic polymers for application as WOLEDs (white organic light-emitting diodes). Aside from chemistry, Ahmed likes practicing drums and jamming with his bandmates, listening to different genres of rock music, reading and working out twice per week.


The Synthesis and the Photophysical Properties of New Heterometallic Platinum(II)-Iridium(III) Complexes and their Polymers


Moez is currently a PhD student at McGill University with Prof. Karine Auclair



Gabriel St-Pierre

MSc (2011)


Designing hemicage and bis(hemicage) complexes


Gabriel was born near Granby, Québec, but eventually moved further east to St-Bonaventure, near Drummondville. After completing CEGEP in Pure Sciences at Drummondville, where he first developed a passion for organic chemistry, he moved on to UdeS where he completed his bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical chemistry. Gabriel is currently working on the synthesis of new bis(hemicages) and their metal complexes for his MSc. While not in the lab, Gabriel loves to get out into the countryside and enjoy Nature.


Synthèse et étude des ligands hémicages et de leurs complexes. Progrès vers la synthèse de bis(hémicages) portant une architecture cyclophane


Gabriel is currently working at Belisle Solution Nutrition



Other Graduate Students
Céline Denis (03/2011 - 12/2011)
Xiaorong Wang (09/2011 - 12/2011)
Maxime Mercier (01/2008 - 04/2009)


Internship Students:
Constance Eve (05/2012-09/2012)
Victor Crivianu-Gaita (05/2012-09/2012) - NSERC USRA scholar
Mathieu Racine (05/2011-09/2012)
Philippe Abel (04/2011-06/2012)
Shawn Gallagher-Duval (05/2011-09/2011) - NSERC USRA scholar
Maxime Romain (02/2011-06/2011)
Kim Proulx (05/2010 - 09/2010) - co-supervised avec Armand Soldera - NSERC USRA scholar
Anisa Braïki(05/2010 - 07/2010) - Explo'RA Sup scholar
Gabrielle St-Pierre (05/2009 - 04/2010)
Simon H. Drouin (05/2009 - 09/2009) - co-supervised with Armand Soldera
Alexandre Romanens (05/2008 - 09/2008) - co-supervised with Armand Soldera


Honours Project Students:
François Mathieu (09/2009 - 12/2009)
Lisa Lamouline (09/2008 - 12/2008)
Nadine Borduas (09/2008 - 12/2008)
Olivier Hirwa (09/2008 - 12/2008)
Marie-Michèle Cournoyer (09/2008 - 12/2008) - co-supervised with Claude Spino
Sébastien Ladouceur (09/2007 - 12/2007)
Maxime Mercier (09/2007 - 12/2007)
Gabriel St-Pierre (09/2007 - 12/2007)
Sophie Schwabl (09/2007 - 12/2007)
David Doyon (09/2007 - 12/2007)
 
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