Horace Luong Instructor Ph.D., University of Victoria, 2008 B.Sc., Dalhousie University, 2003

Photo Courtesy of Maureen Paisley

Contact Information: Dr. Horace Luong Department of Chemistry University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2 Office: Parker 264B Phone: (204) 474-7916 Fax: (204) 474-7608 e-mail: luong@cc.umanitoba.ca

About Horace Luong

Horace was born and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He completed a BSc (Honours) at Dalhousie University in 2003 and a Ph.D. at the University of Victoria in 2008. Spending almost five years under the supervision of Professor Tom Fyles, Horace conducted research in the area of solid-phase synthesized ion channels. Following his graduate studies, he then worked with Professor Cornelia Bohne (University of Victoria) for a short post-doctoral fellow term before relocating to the University of Manitoba.

While Horace was living in British Columbia, he challenged himself by entering the world of competitive ballroom dancing. Having trained with many of the exceptional ballroom and latin dance teachers in Vancouver, he and his partners competed in British Columbia and in California.

For over two decades, Horace has been training in tai chi as a martial and healing art. He enjoys practicing the soft, flowing forms of Yang and Sun styles as well as the explosive Chen style.

Horace has brought his love for ballroom dance and tai chi to the University of Manitoba, where he currently teaches tai chi and ballroom dance classes.

Scientific Interests:

Supramolecular chemistry, chemical education, synthetic ion channels, green chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry.

Teaching Responsibilites:

CHEM 1320: University 1 Chemistry: An Introduction to Organic Chemistry

CHEM 2210: Introductory Organic Chemistry 1: Structure and Function (Laboratory)

CHEM 2220: Introductory Organic Chemistry 2: Reactivity and Synthesis (Laboratory)

CHEM 4600: Advanced Chemical Techniques

Professional Experience

July 2008 – Present Instructor II

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

March 2008 – June 2008 Research Associate/ Post Doctoral Fellow

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Winter 2008 Sessional Lecturer – First-Year Chemistry

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

2003 –2008 Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Assistant

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Spring 2007 Sessional Lecturer and Lab Instructor – Organic Chemistry

Camosun College, Victoria, British Columbia

Academic Volunteer Duties

Reviewer, Journal of Chemical Education

CSC 2010 (Toronto, Ontario) – Co-chair for symposium on Safety Education in Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Program

Chair – Chemistry Instructors Committee. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. August 2009 – August 2011

Coordinator – EPIC (Enrichment Program in Chemistry) - Present

Volunteer - Let’s Talk Science. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. September 2008 – Present.

Volunteer - UVic Experience. University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. May 2008.

Volunteer - ISMSC 2006 (International Symposium of Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry), Victoria, B.C. June 2006.

Seminar Program Chair – WCUCC 2005 (Western Canada Undergraduate Chemistry Conference), Victoria, B.C. May 2005

Webmaster/Committee Member – Dalhousie Student Symposium, Halifax, N.S. October 2002

Membership on International, National and Provincial Professional Bodies and Societies:

Member, Chemical Institute of Canada (Canadian Society for Chemistry – Chemical Education division)

Member, American Chemical Society (Chemical Education division)

Publications:

Jonathan K.W. Chui, Thomas M. Fyles and Horace Luong. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1562-1569.

Thomas Murray Fyles and Horace Luong. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 725.

Thomas Murray Fyles and Horace Luong. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 733.

Thomas M. Fyles, Chi-Wei Hu, Horace Luong. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 8545-8551.

Horace Luong, Melanie D. Eelman, and Mark Stradiotto.  Can. J. Chem. 2004, 82, 533-538.

Awards:

University of Manitoba Science Student’s Association Teaching Award (2009-2010)

Let’s Talk Science Faculty Participation Award (2008-2009)

Andy Farquharson Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching (2007)

Nora and Mark Degoutiere Memorial Scholarship (2006)

University of Victoria Fellowship (2003-2006)

Lewis J. Clark Memorial Fellowship (2004-2005)

Useful Links

U of M’s Undergraduate Chemistry Club

University of Manitoba Tutor Registry

Last updated: December 6, 2011

Faculty of Science

Department of Chemistry

Chemical Institute of Canada

American Chemical Society

Photo taken at a Let’s Talk Science outreach activity

held in March 2010 at St.Vital Mall.