Latest News
Sep 2023 - We bid farewell to our postdoc Max Yan who recently joined Ionic Mineral Technologies as a their Senior Engineer. All the best in your new position!
We welcome back Dr. Sarah Martell as our new postdoc and Alex Petkov as experiential learning student.
Aug 2023 - Green hydrogen research cluster has been established under the leadership of Mita Dasog and Michael Freund. The cluster received Dalhousie Next Wave grant to establish a hydrogen lab and develop educational resources.
July 2023 - Our collaborative work on photocatalytic water remediation with the He group was accepted in RSC Sustainability.
Congratulations to Sarah on successfully defending her PhD!
The lab received Springboard Proof of Concept grant to scaleup porous silicon production! Keep you eyes out for more on this soon.
June 2023 - Dreenan, Matt, Max, and Sarrah presented their work at the 2023 CSC Meeting in Vancouver.
May 2023 - Congratulations to Dreenan on winning Science Atlantic Communication Award for her presentation at ChemCon!
Dreenan and Sarrah presented their work at Atlantic ChemCon meeting. Sarah, Dreenan, and Sana also participated in the EDIA panel discussion to highlight work being done by the WIC group.
A warm welcome to our new group members, Toren, Lauren, and Katlyn!
Congratulations to Matt and Yashar on their in ACS Applied Optical Materials on plasmonic carbide materials.
Mar 2023 - Sarrah and Izzy perspective on silicon photocatalysts has been accepted in iScience. Congrats!
Congratulations to Dr. Yashar Monfared who got a new position with ACENET as their Training Instructor!
Feb 2023 - Dasog lab received funding from the Sloan Foundation to explore new carbon capture technologies.
Dasog lab hosted the Belgian delegation who visited Dalhousie University to discuss green hydrogen opportunities.
We welcome back Dr. Sarah Martell as our new postdoc and Alex Petkov as experiential learning student.
Aug 2023 - Green hydrogen research cluster has been established under the leadership of Mita Dasog and Michael Freund. The cluster received Dalhousie Next Wave grant to establish a hydrogen lab and develop educational resources.
July 2023 - Our collaborative work on photocatalytic water remediation with the He group was accepted in RSC Sustainability.
Congratulations to Sarah on successfully defending her PhD!
The lab received Springboard Proof of Concept grant to scaleup porous silicon production! Keep you eyes out for more on this soon.
June 2023 - Dreenan, Matt, Max, and Sarrah presented their work at the 2023 CSC Meeting in Vancouver.
May 2023 - Congratulations to Dreenan on winning Science Atlantic Communication Award for her presentation at ChemCon!
Dreenan and Sarrah presented their work at Atlantic ChemCon meeting. Sarah, Dreenan, and Sana also participated in the EDIA panel discussion to highlight work being done by the WIC group.
A warm welcome to our new group members, Toren, Lauren, and Katlyn!
Congratulations to Matt and Yashar on their in ACS Applied Optical Materials on plasmonic carbide materials.
Mar 2023 - Sarrah and Izzy perspective on silicon photocatalysts has been accepted in iScience. Congrats!
Congratulations to Dr. Yashar Monfared who got a new position with ACENET as their Training Instructor!
Feb 2023 - Dasog lab received funding from the Sloan Foundation to explore new carbon capture technologies.
Dasog lab hosted the Belgian delegation who visited Dalhousie University to discuss green hydrogen opportunities.
Jan 2023 - Congrats to Sarah on successfully completing her Seminar II.
Our work on green hydrogen was highlighted in a CBC article.
Dec 2022 - Congratulations to Fay on successfully defending her Masters thesis.
Nov 2022 - Congrats to Sarrah and Sana on successfully completing their Seminar I.
Congratulations to Mita on being selected as one of the Negative Emissions Science Scialog Fellow.
Oct 2022 - Congrats to Dreenan on successfully completing her PhD qualifying exam.
A warm welcome to our newest member, Dr. Max Yan who is joining as a postdoctoral fellow.
Our recent paper on UV plasmonic Cr2N nanoparticles in Journal of Chemical Physics is now online.
Sep 2022 - Congratulations to Sarah on securing first place for her pitch at the Falling Walls Lab Atlantic Canada! she is headed to Berlin in November.
July 2022 - Congratulations to Reem on successfully defending her PhD! Way to go Dr. Karaballi.
Congratulations to Mita on getting her tenure and being promoted to Associate Professor!
A warm welcome to Berthold Reis, visiting graduate student from Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden. He will be working on developing hybrid photocatalysts for solar-driven hydrogen generation.
June 2022 - Congratulations to Reem and Dreenan on winning presentation awards at the CCCE 2022 meeting.
Congratulations to Sarah on winning a Poster Presentation Award at the Canada-UK Joint Symposium on Coordination Chemistry.
Congratulations to Emily on winning the Best Inorganic Oral Presentation Award at the Atlantic ChemCon meeting.
May 2022 - Our recent Perspective on plasmonic metal nitrides in Chemistry of Materials is now online.
Congratulations to Izzy on receiving 2021-22 Governor General`s Gold Medal for her Masters thesis work!
A warm welcome to summer research students Mark, Sam, and Victoria!
January 2022 - A warm welcome to DISP students Ally, Jaime, and Matthew.
Congrats to Yashar on his new paper accepted for publication in Plasmonics.
December 2021 - Congrats to Matt on successfully completing his PhD qualifying exam.
Congratulations to Izzy on successfully defending her Masters thesis!
November 2021 - Congrats to Reem and Dreenan on successfully completing Seminar II and I, respectively.
September 2021 - Congratulations to Matt and Izzy on winning Douglas E. Ryan Prize and Anna Wilson Scholarship, respectively. Congrats to incoming graduate students, Sana and Sarrah on winning Nova Scotia Graduate scholarships!
A warm welcome to graduate students, Sana and Sarrah and undergraduate Honors thesis student, Emily. We also welcome PhD student Max who is visiting from the University of Sheffield, UK.
Congratulations to Mita on being inducted into College of New Scholars, Royal Society of Canada.
August 2021 - We bid farewell to our summer students, Mark and Anastasiia. Thank you for all your contributions!
July 2021 - Congratulations to Mita on her appointment as the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Research Chair.
Congratulations to Matt, Sarah, and Dreenan for receiving Walter Sumner Fellowships.
June 2021 - Congratulations to our former postdoc, Evans on his new position with Solid State Pharma. We will miss you!
May 2021 - - Congratulations to Reem, Sarah, Isabel, and Matt on winning the 2021 Educational Leadership Award for Collaborative Teaching as part of the first-year chemistry teaching team.
A warm welcome to our summer research students, Mark and Anastasiia!
February 2021 - Congrats to Yashar on getting his paper accepted in Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
January 2021 - Congrats to Evans on getting his paper accepted in Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research.
Congrats to Isabel and Ryan on getting their paper accepted in Nanoscale.
November 2020 - A warm welcome to our newest group member, Naomi!
Congrats to Matt on getting his paper accepted in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
September 2020 - A warm welcome to our newest group member, Dreenan Shea!
Congrats to Matt for receiving Mitacs Accelerator Fellowship to pursue the Lab2Market internship program.
Congrats to Sarah and Isabel for receiving Gerry Dauphinee Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry and Douglas E. Ryan Prize for Excellence in Graduate Studies in Chemistry, respectively.
August 2020 - Congrats to Sarah on successfully completing her PhD qualifying exam. She is now officially a PhD candidate.
Congrats to Fay on successfully completing her Seminar I
July 2020 - Congrats to Matt on successfully completing his Seminar I
June 2020 - Congrats to Isabel on successfully completing her Seminar I
Congrats to Matt and Dreenan on receiving the Sumner Fellowship.
Our work on green hydrogen was highlighted in a CBC article.
Dec 2022 - Congratulations to Fay on successfully defending her Masters thesis.
Nov 2022 - Congrats to Sarrah and Sana on successfully completing their Seminar I.
Congratulations to Mita on being selected as one of the Negative Emissions Science Scialog Fellow.
Oct 2022 - Congrats to Dreenan on successfully completing her PhD qualifying exam.
A warm welcome to our newest member, Dr. Max Yan who is joining as a postdoctoral fellow.
Our recent paper on UV plasmonic Cr2N nanoparticles in Journal of Chemical Physics is now online.
Sep 2022 - Congratulations to Sarah on securing first place for her pitch at the Falling Walls Lab Atlantic Canada! she is headed to Berlin in November.
July 2022 - Congratulations to Reem on successfully defending her PhD! Way to go Dr. Karaballi.
Congratulations to Mita on getting her tenure and being promoted to Associate Professor!
A warm welcome to Berthold Reis, visiting graduate student from Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden. He will be working on developing hybrid photocatalysts for solar-driven hydrogen generation.
June 2022 - Congratulations to Reem and Dreenan on winning presentation awards at the CCCE 2022 meeting.
Congratulations to Sarah on winning a Poster Presentation Award at the Canada-UK Joint Symposium on Coordination Chemistry.
Congratulations to Emily on winning the Best Inorganic Oral Presentation Award at the Atlantic ChemCon meeting.
May 2022 - Our recent Perspective on plasmonic metal nitrides in Chemistry of Materials is now online.
Congratulations to Izzy on receiving 2021-22 Governor General`s Gold Medal for her Masters thesis work!
A warm welcome to summer research students Mark, Sam, and Victoria!
January 2022 - A warm welcome to DISP students Ally, Jaime, and Matthew.
Congrats to Yashar on his new paper accepted for publication in Plasmonics.
December 2021 - Congrats to Matt on successfully completing his PhD qualifying exam.
Congratulations to Izzy on successfully defending her Masters thesis!
November 2021 - Congrats to Reem and Dreenan on successfully completing Seminar II and I, respectively.
September 2021 - Congratulations to Matt and Izzy on winning Douglas E. Ryan Prize and Anna Wilson Scholarship, respectively. Congrats to incoming graduate students, Sana and Sarrah on winning Nova Scotia Graduate scholarships!
A warm welcome to graduate students, Sana and Sarrah and undergraduate Honors thesis student, Emily. We also welcome PhD student Max who is visiting from the University of Sheffield, UK.
Congratulations to Mita on being inducted into College of New Scholars, Royal Society of Canada.
August 2021 - We bid farewell to our summer students, Mark and Anastasiia. Thank you for all your contributions!
July 2021 - Congratulations to Mita on her appointment as the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Research Chair.
Congratulations to Matt, Sarah, and Dreenan for receiving Walter Sumner Fellowships.
June 2021 - Congratulations to our former postdoc, Evans on his new position with Solid State Pharma. We will miss you!
May 2021 - - Congratulations to Reem, Sarah, Isabel, and Matt on winning the 2021 Educational Leadership Award for Collaborative Teaching as part of the first-year chemistry teaching team.
A warm welcome to our summer research students, Mark and Anastasiia!
February 2021 - Congrats to Yashar on getting his paper accepted in Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
January 2021 - Congrats to Evans on getting his paper accepted in Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research.
Congrats to Isabel and Ryan on getting their paper accepted in Nanoscale.
November 2020 - A warm welcome to our newest group member, Naomi!
Congrats to Matt on getting his paper accepted in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
September 2020 - A warm welcome to our newest group member, Dreenan Shea!
Congrats to Matt for receiving Mitacs Accelerator Fellowship to pursue the Lab2Market internship program.
Congrats to Sarah and Isabel for receiving Gerry Dauphinee Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry and Douglas E. Ryan Prize for Excellence in Graduate Studies in Chemistry, respectively.
August 2020 - Congrats to Sarah on successfully completing her PhD qualifying exam. She is now officially a PhD candidate.
Congrats to Fay on successfully completing her Seminar I
July 2020 - Congrats to Matt on successfully completing his Seminar I
June 2020 - Congrats to Isabel on successfully completing her Seminar I
Congrats to Matt and Dreenan on receiving the Sumner Fellowship.
May 2020 - Congrats to Reem on being selected to attend the ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy in 2021.
A warm welcome to out NSERC USRA students Samantha and Seth.
Apr 2020 - Congrats to Reem and Yashar on getting their photothermal paper accepted in Langmuir.
Congratulations to Sarah on receiving an NSERC CGS-D fellowship.
Congratulations to Yashar on receiving Ocean Frontiers Institute International Postdoctoral Fellowship to develop plasmonics sensors.
Mar 2020 - Congratulations to Reem on successfully completing her Seminar I exam and getting her NSERC PGS-D upgraded to a CGS-D.
Congrats to Mita on being selected as one of the new members of Global Young Academy.
Feb 2020 - Congrats to Emily, Reem, and Yashar on getting their desalination paper accepted in ACS Applied Nano Materials
Congrats to Reem and Yashar on getting their plasmonics review paper accepted in Chemistry - A European Journal
A warm welcome to undergraduate students Omar and Mark.
Congratulations to Sarah on successfully completing her Seminar I.
Jan 2020 - Congrats to Yashar on receiving Mitacs Globalink Research Award.
We welcome back Yiqi to the lab as an RA.
Dec 2019 - Dasog lab receives seed fund from the Ocean Frontiers Institute to perform plasmonic desalination.
Dasog lab receives seed fund from Canadian Center for Electron Microscopy.
Oct 2019 - Congrats to Sarah on getting her paper accepted in Faraday Discussions.
Sep 2019 - A warm welcome to new graduate students Izzy, Matt, and Fay.
Congratulations to Reem on receiving Donald R. Arnold Scholarship.
Aug 2019 - Congratulations to Sarah, Yiqi, and Emily on getting their paper accepted in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
Congrats to Maxine on successfully defending her Masters thesis.
July 2019 - Congratulations to Reem Karaballi on successfully passing her PhD qualifying exam.
June 2019 - It has been a busy conference season. Dasog lab members representing at the Atlantic Chemcon, CCCE, and CTRI Research Day.
A warm welcome to out NSERC USRA students Samantha and Seth.
Apr 2020 - Congrats to Reem and Yashar on getting their photothermal paper accepted in Langmuir.
Congratulations to Sarah on receiving an NSERC CGS-D fellowship.
Congratulations to Yashar on receiving Ocean Frontiers Institute International Postdoctoral Fellowship to develop plasmonics sensors.
Mar 2020 - Congratulations to Reem on successfully completing her Seminar I exam and getting her NSERC PGS-D upgraded to a CGS-D.
Congrats to Mita on being selected as one of the new members of Global Young Academy.
Feb 2020 - Congrats to Emily, Reem, and Yashar on getting their desalination paper accepted in ACS Applied Nano Materials
Congrats to Reem and Yashar on getting their plasmonics review paper accepted in Chemistry - A European Journal
A warm welcome to undergraduate students Omar and Mark.
Congratulations to Sarah on successfully completing her Seminar I.
Jan 2020 - Congrats to Yashar on receiving Mitacs Globalink Research Award.
We welcome back Yiqi to the lab as an RA.
Dec 2019 - Dasog lab receives seed fund from the Ocean Frontiers Institute to perform plasmonic desalination.
Dasog lab receives seed fund from Canadian Center for Electron Microscopy.
Oct 2019 - Congrats to Sarah on getting her paper accepted in Faraday Discussions.
Sep 2019 - A warm welcome to new graduate students Izzy, Matt, and Fay.
Congratulations to Reem on receiving Donald R. Arnold Scholarship.
Aug 2019 - Congratulations to Sarah, Yiqi, and Emily on getting their paper accepted in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
Congrats to Maxine on successfully defending her Masters thesis.
July 2019 - Congratulations to Reem Karaballi on successfully passing her PhD qualifying exam.
June 2019 - It has been a busy conference season. Dasog lab members representing at the Atlantic Chemcon, CCCE, and CTRI Research Day.
Congratulations to Mita on winning President’s Research Excellence Emerging Investigator Award.
Congratulations to Reem on winning Chemistry of Materials Outstanding Presentation Prize and Maxine on securing second place for her oral presentation at the CCCE meeting in Quebec City.
A warm welcome to our postdocs Evans and Yashar.
Congratulations to Sarah on winning E. Gordon Young Award for best overall graduate student presentation at the Atlantic ChemCon 2019.
Mita's recent interview with ACCN magazine.
May 2019 - Dasog lab was successful in receiving NSERC Engage grant and will be collaborating with Elcora Corporation to develop next generation energy storage materials.
A warm welcome to our summer students Emily and Ryan.
April 2019 - Dasog lab was successful in receiving the NFRF Exploration Fund.
Congratulations to Reem, Sarah, and incoming student Fay on receiving NSERC PGS-D, NSERC CGS-M, and NSGS fellowships. Congrats to our incoming postdoc, Evans on getting the Killam fellowship.
February 2019 - Congratulations to Logesh, Yiqi, and Mita on winning the 2019 CJC Best Paper Award for their paper on heat sinks for magnesiothermic reduction.The award will be presented during the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE2019) in Quebec City in early June.
January 2019 - Congratulations to Mita on being selected to represent the element silicon in the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists.
Congrats to Reem, Govinda, and Ben on getting their work on ceramic plasmonic nanoparticle synthesis accepted in Angewandte Chemie.
We welcome our newest member, Jessica Sperryn to the Dasog group.
December 2018 - Maxine's paper on water oxidation electrocatalyst was accepted in ChemCatChem and selected as a Highly Important paper. Congrats!
The lab members celebrated the end of a productive year. Looking forward to an exciting 2019.
Congratulations to Reem on winning Chemistry of Materials Outstanding Presentation Prize and Maxine on securing second place for her oral presentation at the CCCE meeting in Quebec City.
A warm welcome to our postdocs Evans and Yashar.
Congratulations to Sarah on winning E. Gordon Young Award for best overall graduate student presentation at the Atlantic ChemCon 2019.
Mita's recent interview with ACCN magazine.
May 2019 - Dasog lab was successful in receiving NSERC Engage grant and will be collaborating with Elcora Corporation to develop next generation energy storage materials.
A warm welcome to our summer students Emily and Ryan.
April 2019 - Dasog lab was successful in receiving the NFRF Exploration Fund.
Congratulations to Reem, Sarah, and incoming student Fay on receiving NSERC PGS-D, NSERC CGS-M, and NSGS fellowships. Congrats to our incoming postdoc, Evans on getting the Killam fellowship.
February 2019 - Congratulations to Logesh, Yiqi, and Mita on winning the 2019 CJC Best Paper Award for their paper on heat sinks for magnesiothermic reduction.The award will be presented during the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE2019) in Quebec City in early June.
January 2019 - Congratulations to Mita on being selected to represent the element silicon in the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists.
Congrats to Reem, Govinda, and Ben on getting their work on ceramic plasmonic nanoparticle synthesis accepted in Angewandte Chemie.
We welcome our newest member, Jessica Sperryn to the Dasog group.
December 2018 - Maxine's paper on water oxidation electrocatalyst was accepted in ChemCatChem and selected as a Highly Important paper. Congrats!
The lab members celebrated the end of a productive year. Looking forward to an exciting 2019.
November 2018 - Dr. Dasog served as a guest editor for the Nano-Hybrid Materials special issue of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
October 2018 - Dasog lab research is highlighted as one of the three stories of Dal's third century at the 200th anniversary celebrations.
October 2018 - Dasog lab research is highlighted as one of the three stories of Dal's third century at the 200th anniversary celebrations.
September 2018 - Dasog lab welcomes its newest member, Sarah Martell.
Congratulations to Govinda on getting his paper accepted in Advanced Energy Materials
August 2018 - Dasog group gets together to celebrate a productive summer.
June 2018 - Congratulations to Mita on winning the Educational Leadership Award for Collaborative Teaching as part of the First Year Chemistry teaching team.
Congratulations to Maxine (CIC Best Materials Graduate Poster), Govinda (CIC Best Materials Undergraduate Poster) and Yiqi (Science Atlantic Best Overall Undergraduate Poster) on winning presentation awards at the 2018 ChemCon meeting.
Congratulations to Logesh and Yiqi on getting their paper accepted in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry as part of the Nano/Hybrid Materials Special Issue.
Congratulations to Yiqi Lai on graduating and receiving the Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award.
Congratulations to Yiqi Lai on graduating and receiving the Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award.
April 2018 - Dasog lab welcomes Emily Traver.
March 2018 - Dasog lab welcomes its newest member, Sungwoo Song.
Yiqi's work on porous Si was published in Chemistry - A European Journal and Maxine's work on Si and Ge quantum dot synthesis is published in ChemNanoMat
Feb 2018 - Dasog lab research gets highlighted in Dal Magazine
Jan 2018 - Dasog lab welcomes PhD student, Reem Karaballi.
Dec 2017 - Dasog lab holiday dinner.
April 2018 - Dasog lab welcomes Emily Traver.
March 2018 - Dasog lab welcomes its newest member, Sungwoo Song.
Yiqi's work on porous Si was published in Chemistry - A European Journal and Maxine's work on Si and Ge quantum dot synthesis is published in ChemNanoMat
Feb 2018 - Dasog lab research gets highlighted in Dal Magazine
Jan 2018 - Dasog lab welcomes PhD student, Reem Karaballi.
Dec 2017 - Dasog lab holiday dinner.
Oct 2017 - Dr. Dasog addresses the members of World Energy Cities. Maxine and Dr. Dasog demonstrate the solar fuels technology to the delegates from around the world. Photo credit: Danny Abriel
Oct 2017 - Dr. Dasog addresses the members of World Energy Cities. Maxine and Dr. Dasog demonstrate the solar fuels technology to the delegates from around the world. Photo credit: Danny Abriel
Sep 2017 - Congratulations to Dr. Dasog. She was chosen as one of the top 150 Canadian women in STEM by hEr VOLUTION organization.
Maxine, Govinda, and Yiqi present their work at the Dalhousie Research Day Symposium.
Congratulations to Maxine on winning Belle Crowe scholarship.
Dasog lab welcomes back Maxine, Yiqi, and Govinda to the new academic year.
July 2017 - Dasog lab welcomes high school student Logesh Khanna for the summer.
Nova Scotia's Minister of Labour and Advanced Education, Hon. Labi Kousoulis visits Dasog lab.