Lab Members

 Darrin Richeson

(PhD Cornell University)
Full Professor University of Ottawa 
In graduate school I worked in the lab of Klaus Theopold on Cr(III) organometallic chemistry. 
I then carried out postdoctoral research with Tobin Marks at Northwestern University.
In the Marks lab I worked on MOCVD routes to high-Tc superconducting oxides. 
These two mentors taught me the enjoyment of discovery and implementing my ideas and the breadth of inorganic chemistry.
Since 1991 I have had the pleasure of exploring chemistry with a wonderful team of postdocs, grads and undergrads at the University of Ottawa. 
I have great fun coming to the lab and interacting productively with my co-workers.

PhD Candidates

Josh Brown   

Josh completed  his  undergraduate degree at the university of Ottawa. He started off studying proton reduction electrocatalysis from a Cobalt (II) ‘PN3P’ pincer ligand complex during his honours degree in the  Richeson group.  Now a PhD student in the lab,  he has finished the work that was started in his honours project. Future work will focus on electro- and photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction, from a variety of organometallic complexes.

Eman M KH Mohamad

Eman is from Tobruk, Libya. She joined the Richeson Lab as a PhD student in January 2021. She did her master's degree in Analytical Chemistry, with a specialization in separation science at Northeastern Illinois in Chicago, USA, and graduated in May 2016. She enjoys swimming, playing with her daughters, and hanging out with her family.

Jake Thibodeau

Jake is from Fredericton, New Brunswick, where he completed his undergraduate degree at the University of New Brunswick. He has a specialization in polymer science, working with hydrogels for mechanical and electrochemical characterization. Other work includes low temperature resiliency for the hydrogels, and incorporation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Jake joined the Richeson Lab in May 2021. In 2024, Jake graduated from the University of Ottawa with an MSc, where he studied heterogeneous hydrogen evolution.  Jake enjoys travel, rock climbing and fencing.

Undergraduate Researchers

From left to right Cindy Dejardins, Charlie Lee, and Émilien Roman, are pictured holding some glassware in the Richeson lab. They are undergraduate researchers who have been working on the synthesis and electrochemical anaylsis for a variety of organometallic complexes in the summer of 2024 (2nd summer for Emilien).

Recent Graduates/Past Members

Somayeh Norouziyanlakvan - PhD Graduate (2024)

Jonathan Ferguson - MSc Graduate (2024)

Nicolas Brazeau - Honours BSc Graduate (2024)

Joseph Costello - Honours BSc Graduate (2024)

Jincheng (Frank) Hong - Honours BSc Graduate (2023)

Sarah Osterholm - MSc Graduate (2021)

Brianne Bedard - Honours BSc Graduate (2021)

Patrick Berro - MSc Graduate (2021)

Ayni Sharif - Honors BSc Graduate (2020)

Sara Ahmadi - MSc Graduate (2019)

Yasmeen Hameed - PhD Graduate (2019)