dr. robert mawhinney
program coordinator: bioinformatics
associate professor, graduate coordinator
associate professor, graduate coordinator
robert.mawhinney@lakeheadu.ca
+1 807-343-8010ext. 8245
+1 807-343-8010ext. 8914
cb-4062; lab: cb-4070
mon-fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
research areas:
academic qualifications:
- ph.d. university of guelph, canada
previous teaching/work:
- chem 1110 & 1111 (introductory chemistry i)
- chem 1130 (introductory chemistry ii)
- chem 2211(organic chemistry i)
- chem 2231 (organic chemistry ii)
- chem 2411 (physical chemistry i)
- chem 3131 (analytical chemistry ii)
- chem 3451 (physical chemistry iii)
- chem 4411 (physical chemistry iv)
- chem 4710/chem 5311 (computational chemistry module)
- chem 4131/chem 5490 (special topics: chemical bonding theory; computational quantum chemistry; advanced quantum chemistry)
research interests:
applications of computational quantum chemistry
exploring concepts related to the chemical bond and predicting molecular properties with an eye on designing molecules with properties tailored to a specific purposes.
chemical bonding, main group elements, alkyne analogs, substituent effects, multiple bonds, orbital interactions, resonance theory, reactivity, electron density topology, energy decomposition analysis