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Muralee Murugesu, PhD
Full Professor, 
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Ottawa Research Chair, Nanotechnology
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​​Email: ​m.murugesu@uottawa.ca
Phone: +1 (613) 562-5800 ext. 2733
Office: Room 401, D'Iorio Hall
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Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences

STEM Complex, Room 342
University of Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
Muralee Murugesu was born in Negombo, Sri Lanka, but spent most of his younger years in Paris, France. He studied chemistry at the University of Denis Diderot-Paris 7, graduating in 1997. He went on to study at the University of East Anglia in England under the guidance of Prof. Annie K. Powell, and obtained his M.Sc. in 1999. His postgraduate studies were carried out at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany under the supervision of Prof. A. K. Powell, and he obtained his Ph.D. in 2002 with top honours. His first postdoctoral appointment was in magnetism, specifically Single-Molecule Magnets or SMMs, at the University of Florida under the guidance of Prof. George Christou from 2003 to 2005. 

Muralee subsequently undertook a second postdoctoral position, from 2005 to 2006, working jointly between the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, San Francisco under the supervision of Prof. Jeffrey R. Long and Nobel Laureate Prof. Stanley B. Prusiner. 

In August 2006, Muralee became an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa, followed by Associate Professor in July of 2011, and full Professor in March of 2015. His research focuses on the design and development of new synthetic methods towards molecular materials.

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Awards and Recognitions
2021
CIC Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry – Canada
Howard Alper Award for Excellence in Research – University of Ottawa

2018
JSPS Fellowship Award, Kyushu University – Fukuoka, Japan
NSERC DG Accelerator Award – Canada                     
NSERC DG-DND Award 
– Canada
MINCyT Visiting Professorship – Buenos Aires, Argentina

2017
AMADEus Visiting Professorship 
–  Bordeaux, France

2016
Elected Member to the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Visiting Professor, UNICAMP
– Campinas, Brazil

2015
CSC Strem Chemicals "Award for Pure or Applied Inorganic Chemistry"
University Research Chair in Nanotechnology 
– University of Ottawa

2013
"Young Researcher of the Year" Award
– University of Ottawa

2009
"Early Researcher" Award
– Ontario, Canada          
"Vision 2010" Award 
– University of Ottawa, Canada       

FROM THE BEGINNING

...TO WHERE WE ARE NOW

Established in 2006 at the University of Ottawa, we began by focusing our attention on developing lanthanide-based molecular nano magnets termed Single-Molecule Magnets (SMMs). Since then, we continue to venture in many areas of chemistry including Energetic Materials (EMs), Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs), luminescent molecular systems and conducting materials.
The group has grown since our humble beginnings. We are dedicated to developing these research topics using our knowledge in synthetic chemistry and physics. Our approach is unorthodox. It consists of developing novel materials, using a bottom-up approach and tailor made design.

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CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Dr. Diogo Alves Galico
Email: dalvesga@uottawa.ca ​
​​Topic of Research: Luminescent materials, molecular magnetism, magneto-optical studies, and molecular clusters

Academic Background:
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Instituto de Química da Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Campinas, Brazil. 2018
M.Sc. Science and Technology of Materials, UNESP Universidade/Bauru - São Paolo, Brazil. 2014
B.Sc. Chemistry, UNESP Universidade/Bauru -
São Paolo, Brazil. 2012

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Dr. Alexandros A. Kitos
Email:
akitos@uottawa.ca
Topic of Research: Coordination chemistry, molecular magnetism, and hybrid luminescent-magnetic materials

​Academic Background:
Ph.D. Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Patras - Patras, Greece. 2018
M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry (Nanotechnology), Dept. of Chemistry, University of Patras - Patras, Greece. 2012
B.Sc. Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Patras - Patras, Greece. 2010

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Dr. Airton Germano Bispo Junior
Email: 
agermano@uottawa.ca​ 
Topic of Research: Luminescent materials, lanthanide spectroscopy, solid-state lighting, materials chemistry, coordination chemistry

Academic Background:
Ph.D. Chemistry, Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp) – Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil. 2018

B.Sc. Chemistry, School of Technology and Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil. 2015

Ph.D. Students

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Neha Bajaj
Email: nbaja043@uottawa.ca
Topic of Research: Coordination and organometallic chemistry, molecular magnetism  

Academic Background: 
Integrated BSMS Chemistry w/ Minor in Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Mohali, India. 2021 
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​Claudia Calado
Email: csant092@uottawa.ca
Topic of Research: Luminescencent molecular cluster-aggregates and lanthanide-based magneto-optical materials  

Academic Background: 
M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry, Inst. of Chemistry, State University of Campinas - Campinas, Brazil. 2021
B.Sc. in Technological and Industrial Chemistry, Inst. of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Federal University of Alagoas - Maceió, Brazil. 2019 
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Roberto Diaz-Rodriguez
​Email: rdiaz030@uottawa.ca
Topic of Research: Molecular magnetism, opto-magnetic materials, organometallic chemistry

Academic Background:
MSc. Chemistry, Dalhousie University - Halifax, Canada. 2020
BSc. Chemistry, Dalhousie University - Halifax, Canada. 2018
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Dylan Errulat
Email: 
derru063@uottawa.ca 
Topic of Research: 4f-Organometallic chemistry, multinuclear complexes, and molecular magnetism
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​Academic Background:
B.Sc. Biopharmaceutical Sciences (Medicinal Chemistry), University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Canada. 2016

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Niki Mavragani
Email: 
nmavr078@uottawa.ca 
Topic of Research: Coordination and organometallic chemistry, and molecular magnetism

​Academic Background:
M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry (Nanotechnology), University of Patras - Patras, Greece. 2018
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Patras - Patras, Greece. 2016


M.Sc. Students

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Laurence Yeh
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Email: hyeh100@uottawa.ca
Topic of Research: Lanthanide and uranium chemistry, molecular magnetism


Academic Background:
Hons. B.Sc. Chemistry, Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario. 2021

Undergraduate Students


MURUGESU GROUP ALUMNI

​Former Postdoctoral Fellows

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Tomasz Witkowski
Leader of Projects,
Research & Development
Rheinmetall Defense, Germany

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Shyamapada Nandi
Postdoctoral Researcher, ICGM
​Université de Montpellier, France

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Tomoko Aharen
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kyoto University, Japan

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Christopher M. Clouthier
Field Application Specialist
Hamilton Company, Canada


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Dania Rahal

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Walace Doti do Pim
​Research Review Officer
Mitacs, Canada
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Amélie Pialat
MBA Candidate
HEC Montréal, Canada
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Cyril Cook
Scientific Researcher
​CanAm Bioresearch Inc., Canada


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Matthew Jeletic
Associate Research Scientist
Dow Corning, USA


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Jérôme Long
Assistant Professor, ICGM
Université de Montpellier, France

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James Vance
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Bristol, England

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Riccardo Marin
Marie-Curie Fellow
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
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Damir A. Safin​
Director, Institute of Chemistry
University of Tyumen, Russia

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Irina Kühne
Postdoctoral Researcher, SCCB
University College Dublin, Ireland

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Mohamad Yusuf
Professor
Punjabi University, India

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Mohamed Abboud
Assistant Professor
King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia


Former Ph.D. Students

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Gabriel Brunet
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California @ Berkeley

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Po-Heng Lin
Associate Professor
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

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Fatemah Habib
MD Candidate,
Department of Medicine

University of Toronto, Canada

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  Paul Richardson
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Research Facilitator,
  Faculty of Engineering & Design
  Carleton University


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Rebecca J. Holmberg
Inspector of Explosives,
Western Region
Natural Resources Canada

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Maykon A. Lemes
Postdoctoral Fellow
Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil

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Katie Harriman
Research Facilitator,
Faculty of Engineering & Design
​Carleton University 

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Jennifer J. Le Roy
Director of Research and Development
​BioCellection Inc., USA

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Judith Caballero-Jiménez
Postdoctoral Fellow
Benemérita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico

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Christopher Bamforth

Former M.Sc. Students

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Elena Sebastiao
Research Technician
NOVA Chemicals, Canada

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Yixin Zhang

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Carolyn E. Burrow

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Darren Herweyer
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Thomas Lacelle
Technical Officer
National Research Council, Canada


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Yuting Jiang
Director of Operations
MOLBASE Chemical E-Commerce, China


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Yiran Li

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Didier Savard
Technical Support (Analytical Instruments)
Agilent Technologies, Canada

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Thushan Pathmalingam
Internal Medicine
Weiss Memorial Hospital, USA

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Monjur Hussain


​Former Undergraduate Students

Nabeelah Ahmed
Anirudh Agarwal
Aman Bahatti
Melanie Brulotte
Amokrane Chebini​
Sarah Eastman
Carl Farah
Michael John Christian Forberg 
Joseph Fleming
​Maxim Hajek
​Rayyan Ebrahim
​Clara Zwanziger

​Milad Hamwi
Bashir Hussain
​​Amy-Jane Hutchings

Edward Inch
​Marika Kay
Romeo Kidi
Maria Kilmento
​Benoît Mongeau
Isidora Ntienjem

Ide Pamir
​Rayan Ramdani
​Hussein Canoe

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Frédéric A. Perras
​Mohammed Rashid
Chouaib Redouane
Allyson Ripley
Sarah Sadek
Hilarie Stein
Siena Wong
Di Zeng
Sébastien Marcotte 
Felix Cob


​Former Visiting/Exchange Students

Anissa Benhamida
Bruno Bibard
Will Blackaby
Benjamin Bouny
Rolando Carabello
Salim Chenouf
​Candice Cottrez
Hakan Dogan
Mathilde Gilbert
German Gomez

​Mohamed Hadj-Bashir
​Mariana Hamer
Antonin Keller
Irina Kühne​
​Daniel Martins
​Jaime Ocana Martins
Emilie Molina
Valerie Paprocki
Sarah Petit
Qi (Adam) Sun
Virgile Trannoy
Fanny Thorimbert
​Linda Zuckerman



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