clara argentino
Email: clara.argentino@mail.mcgill.ca
Phone: N/A
Office: PP-111
Phone: N/A
Office: PP-111
Current Position: Ph.D. Student
Education
B.Sc, Chemical Biology (Honours), McMaster University, Canada, September 2020 – June 2025
Honors/Awards
Dean’s Honour List, McMaster University, 2020-2025
First Place Thesis Award (Environmental), McMaster University, 2024
Environmental Category Award, Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference, 2024
Honours Entrance Award, McMaster University, 2020
First Place Thesis Award (Environmental), McMaster University, 2024
Environmental Category Award, Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference, 2024
Honours Entrance Award, McMaster University, 2020
CONFERENCES/presentations
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
C. Argentino, N. Noor, A. Schouten, M. LeBreton, D. Higgins (2024) Understanding the Effect of Electron-Donating and Withdrawing Functional Groups on Molecular Catalysts for Electrochemical NO3R, McMaster University Chemistry Colloquium Day 2024, Hamilton, April 11, 2024. (First Place Winner-Environmental $150)
C. Argentino, N. Noor, A. Schouten, M. LeBreton, D. Higgins (2024) Understanding the Effect of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing functional groups on Phthalocyanine-based Molecular Catalysts in NO3R, 52nd Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry, London, April 6, 2024. (Environmental Category Award Winner $100)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Argentino, C., Noor, N., Ruggles, G., Schouten, A., Alnoush, W., Higgins, D. (2023) Tandem Iron and Copper based Molecular Catalysts for Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia, McMaster University Society for Engineering Research Poster Showcase, Hamilton, Aug. 17, 2023.
Argentino, C., Noor, N., Ruggles, G., Schouten, A., Alnoush, W., Higgins, D. (2023) Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on an Iron Atomically Dispersed Catalyst, Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CsCHe), Calgary, Oct. 29 – Nov 1, 2023.
C. Argentino, N. Noor, A. Schouten, M. LeBreton, D. Higgins (2024) Understanding the Effect of Electron-Donating and Withdrawing Functional Groups on Molecular Catalysts for Electrochemical NO3R, McMaster University Chemistry Colloquium Day 2024, Hamilton, April 11, 2024. (First Place Winner-Environmental $150)
C. Argentino, N. Noor, A. Schouten, M. LeBreton, D. Higgins (2024) Understanding the Effect of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing functional groups on Phthalocyanine-based Molecular Catalysts in NO3R, 52nd Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry, London, April 6, 2024. (Environmental Category Award Winner $100)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Argentino, C., Noor, N., Ruggles, G., Schouten, A., Alnoush, W., Higgins, D. (2023) Tandem Iron and Copper based Molecular Catalysts for Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia, McMaster University Society for Engineering Research Poster Showcase, Hamilton, Aug. 17, 2023.
Argentino, C., Noor, N., Ruggles, G., Schouten, A., Alnoush, W., Higgins, D. (2023) Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia on an Iron Atomically Dispersed Catalyst, Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CsCHe), Calgary, Oct. 29 – Nov 1, 2023.