McMaster Undergraduate Society for the Chemical Sciences Summer Research Symposium 2025 Abstract Booklet

Abstract

The McMaster Undergraduate Society for the Chemical Sciences (MUSCS) Summer Research Symposium is an undergraduate research symposium run for one day annually by undergraduate students. In McMaster University’s Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology (CCB), many undergraduate students participate in research during the spring and summer terms. For example, students contribute to research groups as scholarship recipients, research assistants, cooperative education students, and project course students. Despite the vast amounts of undergraduate research occurring, undergraduate students rarely have opportunities to communicate and display their work. The MUSCS Summer Research Symposium aims to give undergraduate students from McMaster University’s CCB Department a platform to share the research they conducted over the previous summer. The 2025 symposium was held on September 21st, 2025, with over 80 attendees, including nine students who presented their work from multiple fields of chemistry (e.g., organic chemistry, chemical biology, theoretical chemistry). The symposium also featured three keynote presentations from professors within McMaster University’s CCB Department. This was the second annual MUSCS Summer Research Symposium and the event will operate next year to include feedback from presenters, attendees, and professors. Abstracts within this abstract booklet were submitted by the undergraduate speakers on a voluntary basis.