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Macro/Molecular Main Group Chemistry

Canada Research Chair in Inorganic Polymers & Materials

Welcome!

Who we are: We're a synthetic inorganic chemistry group at the University of Victoria on the Pacific coast of Canada in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia!

What we do: We explore i) new types of inorganic polymers/materials for applications in green technologies, and ii) new concepts in metal coordination chemistry for making chemical synthesis more efficient.
Our most exciting discoveries emerge from systematic, curiosity-driven, fundamental studies of main group molecules and macromolecules, often with collaborators who bring complementary applied experience.



Latest News

February 2026

> Saurabh has been awarded the RSC Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator Lectureship. Official announcement to come soon!

> NSERC PDF Maryam's work on applying PN cage polymers as high temperature dielectric films has just been accepted in Advanced Functional Materials. Link coming soon!

> Huge congrats to PhD student Pinelopi Tsami who won the Best Poster Presentation Prize at the Graduate Student Research Day in our department for her exciting work on PN cage based MOFs!

> PhD student Tyler Hannah has been awarded the Award for Graduate Work in Inorganic Chemistry by the Inorganic Division of the CSC. This is a prestigious national recognition with only one awardee each year across Canada. Congrats Tyler!

January 2026

> We start the new year by welcoming three undergraduate studens (Ollie, Alex, and Ethan) to the lab! Looking forward to all their exciting discoveries.

> Saurabh gave a talk at the Nova Scotia Institute of Science Public Lecture series. A video recording can be found here.

"to sights unseen, and beyond"