Dr. Peter Mahaffy, FCIC - invited talks & papers

Peter Mahaffy

Professor of Chemistry
A210, 780-465-3500 x8043
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Invited Talks & Other Papers

  • “Communicating the Chemistry of Climate Change,” 20th International Conference on Chemistry Education, Mauritius, Aug 3-8, 2008 (plenary speaker)
  • “Climate Change – A Chemist’s View,” V Jornadas Internacionales Para la Enseñanza Preuniversitaria y Universitaria  de la Química (5th International Meeting on Chemistry Teaching at College and Pre-College Levels), Santiago de Chile, November 14-17, 2007 (plenary speaker)
  • “Visualizing the Unseen,” 57th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Symposium on Chemical Engineering Education, Edmonton, AB, Oct 28-31, 2007. (invited keynote lecture)
  • “Chemical Reactivity – Human Activity,” XVIII Mendeleyev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry - Symposium on Green chemistry, Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility of Chemists, Moscow, Russia, 23-28 September 2007 (invited lecture)
  • Peter Mahaffy (chair), Leiv Sydnes (moderator), “Round Table Discussion for IUPAC Council on the Public Understanding of Chemistry”, 44th International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry General Assembly, Torino, IT, August 9, 2007.
  • Alastair Hay, Peter Mahaffy, Natalia Tarasova, “Ethical Issues in Science and Education:  Multiple Uses of Chemicals,” 41st International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry World Chemistry Congress, Torino, IT, August 8, 2007 (workshop)
  • “Chemistry - Human Activity: Chemical Reactivity,”  Chemed 007 - combined conference of the New Zealand Association of Science Educators and the Chemistry Education Divisions of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Auckland, NZ, July 2, 2007 (invited plenary lecture)
  • Peter Mahaffy & Bob Bucat, "The 21st Century Chemistry Textbook - Agent of  Understanding?"  Combined conference of the New Zealand Association of Science Educators and the Chemistry Education Divisions of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Auckland, NZ, July 3, 2007 (workshop)
  • Peter Mahaffy, Brian Martin, et al. “Tipping Points: the Chemistry underlying Climate Change,” 90th Canadian Society for Chemistry conference, Winnipeg, MB, May 2007 (invited lecture)
  • “The Role of Undergraduate Research,”  90th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Winnipeg, MB, May 2007 (invited lecture).
  • Brian Martin and Peter Mahaffy, “Visualizing the Science of Global Climate Change,” Alberta Teacher’s Association Science Council Conference, Kananaskis, AB, November 17, 2006.
  • “Multiple Uses of Chemicals – Bringing Ethical Issues Before the Public” International Symposium on Education and Outreach Regarding the Chemical Weapons Convention, Bologna, IT, September 21, 2006,  (invited lecture).
  • “Seeing & Understanding: The 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education,”  NSF Invitational Workshop, Washington DC, Sept. 24, 2006.
  • Mike Stieff, Peter Mahaffy, Brian Martin, Rob Simmons, and David Geelan, “Visualizing the Science of Climate Change,” NSF Invitational Workshop, Washington DC, Sept. 24, 2006 (poster).
  • Peter Mahaffy, “Seeing and Understanding the Chemistry of the Atmosphere,” Symposium on Visualizations for Public Understanding of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, August 24, 2006 (invited opening plenary lecture)
  • Brian Martin and Peter Mahaffy, “Geowall – A Low Cost Three Dimensional Visualization Suite,” CRYSTAL Alberta Seminar Series, University of Alberta, Feb. 6, 2006.
  • Guiding Visualization Research in Science and Education,” National Science Foundation Invitational Workshop for Principal Investigators, Washington DC, Dec. 7-8, 2005.
  • “Chemists and the Public: The Role for Science Education in Achieving Mutual Understanding,” International Conference on Chemical Education: Responsible Stewardship, Dmitri Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology, Moscow, November 1, 2005 (invited  plenary lecture).
  • Peter Mahaffy, Alastair Hay (UK), and Natalia Tarasova (Russia) Workshop for secondary and tertiary teachers from Russia and the Republics, “Chemical Synthesis: The Point of Bifurcation,” D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Oct 30, 2005.
  • “Seeing and Understanding Chemistry,” International Symposium on the Promotion of College Science Teaching, Taipei, Taiwan, August 3-4, 2005, (invited opening plenary lecture).
  • Megan Rosborough and Peter Mahaffy. “Identifying IUPAC’s Niche in the Public Understanding of Chemistry: A Research Base.” 40th IUPAC Congress, Beijing, China, August 10, 2005.
  • Naomi Jackson*, Samuel Zondervan, Alice Aradi, Grace Greidanus-Strom, and Peter Mahaffy“Bringing Life to the Organic Chemistry Laboratory in the form of Garlic, the Stinking Rose.” 88th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, June 1, 2005. (Recipient of Reg Friesen Award, profiled in the September/October 2005 issue of Canadian Chemical News).
  • Peter Mahaffy, Anthony Ashmore, Bob Bucat, Choon Do, and Megan Rosborough. “Chemists and ‘the Public’: IUPAC’s Role in Achieving Mutual Understanding,” Presentation and workshop leader for the IUPAC General Assembly, Beijing, China, August 14, 2005.
  • "Chemistry Education: The Shape of Things to Come", plenary speaker for the 18th International Conference on Chemical Education, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2004. (Chemical & Engineering News Story, October 4, 2004)
  • Alice Aradi, Samuel Zondervan, Grace Strom, and Peter Mahaffy. “2D TLC Bioautography for detection of Antimicrobial Compounds in Natural Products”. 18th Annual Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Winnipeg , MB , May 8, 2004.
  • Peter Mahaffy, aka Minty. “The Chemistry of Chocolate,”  Co-sponsored by the King’s University College and the local section of the Chemical Institute of Canada, Feb. 9, 2004. This “tasteful evening” was profiled in the July 2004 issue of Canadian Chemical News.
  • "Moving Chemical Education into a Third Dimension: The Case for a Tetrahedron of Understanding", Union Carbide Award Lecture, 39th IUPAC Congress/86th CSC Conference, Ottawa, ON, August 2003
  • Peter Mahaffy, Zafra Lerman, Brian Martin, Nathan Lewis, Clarence Joldersma, Leanne Willson, Natalia Tasarova. "Cross-Cultural Issues in Building Science Education Capacity through Visualizations in Chemistry and Physics", 2003 Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, July 2003, Oxford University, UK.
  • "Collaborative Science Research for Development", International Symposium on the Role of Research in Nation Building, Asmara, Eritrea, June 2002.
  • Nate Wood, Peter Mahaffy. "Isolation of Betulin from Betula papyrifera", 16th Annual Western Canada Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Calgary, AB, May 2002.
  • Peter G. Mahaffy, Gordon Conference on Science Education and Visualization: International, August 2001, South Hadley, MA.
  • Christine DeVries, Peter Mahaffy. "Determination of NOx and CO Levels in Indoor Ice Arenas". 15th Annual Western Canada Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Burnaby, BC, May 2001.
  • Shayne Janzen, Grace Greidanus, Peter Mahaffy. "A Survey of Lichen Bioaccumulation of Selected Metals in Central Alberta", 15th Annual Western Canada Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Burnaby, BC, May 2001.
  • Kristopher Ooms, Eric Brouwer, John Ripmeester, Peter Mahaffy, Grace Greidanus, Ken Newman. "Characterization of the Structural Changes of t-Butylcalix[4]arene with Toluene Due to Changes in Host-Guest Ratio", 15th Annual Western Canada Undergraduate Chemistry Conference, Burnaby, BC, May 2001. (Award, Best Organic Paper)
  • "Integrated Strategies for Molecular Modeling", University of Lethbridge Workshop on Molecular Modeling: April 2001.
  • "Visualizing Chemistry for Majors and Non-Majors", 16th International Conference on Chemical Education, Budapest, August 2000.

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