Dr. Craig MacKinnon
Department:
Email:
cmackinn@lakeheadu.ca
Phone Number:
+1 807-343-8010ext. 8327
+1 807-343-8010ext. 8496
Office Location:
CB-4038 (office)
CB-2031A (lab)
Academic Qualifications:
- 1992 BSc (Honours) in Chemistry, Dalhousie University
Honours Project Supervisors: Neil Burford, Russell J. Boyd
Thesis: Non-Octet Pnicogen Centres: Cationic Carbene Analogues
- 1997 PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, Guelph-Waterloo
Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry, Guelph Campus
Supervisor: Richard T. Oakley
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterisation of Molecular Conductors
Date joined Lakehead:
2001
Previous Teaching/Work:
- 2006 - Present - Associate Professor of Chemistry, Lakehead University
- 2013 - 2014 - Assistant Dean of Science and Environmental Studies
- 2001 - 2005 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Lakehead University
- 1999 - 2001 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Trent University
- 1997-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary
Supervisor: Warren E. Piers, Project: Catalytic Dehydrocoupling of Tellurium with Stannyl Hydrides
- 1992 NSERC Summer Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Donald R. Arnold
Project: Photochemistry of Trimethylsilylbenzene
- 1991 Summer Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Neil Burford
Project: Geometry of Divalent Oxygen Centres
Research Interests:
We are looking at a number of compounds called oligomers for the purpose of finding new semiconducting materials. Oligomers are short-chain polymers, in our case they contain less than 10 monomer units. Our research can be subdivided into a number of projects:
- attachement of functional groups (nitrile, aldehyde, etc.) to well-known oligomers (oligothiophene, -phenyl, etc.) to determine influence of functional group on solid-state packing patterns
- synthesis of new, synthetically challenging oligomers that contain only one type of monomer
- coordination and organometallic chemistry of end-capped oligomers with transition metals
For more information, see my Research Program!
Memberships:
Member: Canadian Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society
Member at large (Undergraduate Curriculum), Division of Inorganic Chemistry, CSC
Check out the Inorganic Lab Bank