Canadian Chemistry Conference

Cathleen Crudden was born in Belfast, N. Ireland, and raised in Toronto, Canada. She obtained B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at the University of Toronto, a Ph.D. at the University of Ottawa and carried out an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She is currently A.V. Douglas Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. In 2022 she started as Scientific Director of the Carbon to Metal Coating Institute. She also holds a Research Professorship and runs a satellite lab at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) in Nagoya, Japan. Dr. Crudden held a visiting professorship in the labs of Professor Noyori (Nobel Prize 2001) and a Global Center of Excellence Professor at Kyoto University. She served as President of the Canadian Society for Chemistry in 2012/2013 and on the Board of Directors. She was Chair of the Chemical Institute of Canada in 2021-2022.

Jishyra Serrano (She/Her) is the Program Manager for International Student Chapters at the American Chemical Society. Dr. Serrano holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Antillean Adventist University and a PhD in Translational Biomedical Science from the University of Rochester, where her research focused on the biological effects of stress during pregnancy and its relation to childhood temperament. After completing her degree, Serrano’s work has focused on managing communities within scientific organizations. She previously worked on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the American Association for the Advancement in Science, and currently manages the 138 International student chapters at ACS.