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Louise N. Dawe

Dr. Louise N. Dawe

Professor

Small molecule X-ray crystallography.
Coordination chemistry.
Chemistry education.

Professor Dawe joined the Faculty of Science at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Chemistry and Biochemistry department in July 2013. She holds a Master's of Science from the University of Utah (2004), and both a Bachelor's degree in Intermediate and Secondary Education (2004), and a PhD in Chemistry (2008), from Memorial University of Newfoundland. In 2023 she completed a Masters Certificate in Leadership from York University (Ontario).

We are interested in working towards answers to the following questions:

Coordination Chemistry

How can we contribute to improved molecular design for (1) sensing environmental anions, and (2) producing magnetic molecules?
How can we ‘turn on’ and ‘turn off’ molecular magnetic properties?

Chemistry Education

How can learning outcome mapping be used to plan, monitor and evaluate student success?

2025: Laurier’s Faculty Award for Service Excellence and Community Engagement
2023: Faculty of Science (Established Career) Award for Teaching Excellence
2020-2028: NSERC Discovery Grant for "Coordination chemistry using strategic design of ligands"
2016: Faculty of Science Award for Teaching Excellence
2016: CFI-JELF for "Green Methods for the Preparation of New Materials" (with Ken Maly)
2015-2017: NSERC Discovery Development Grant for "Highly porous architectures through designed rational self-assembly"
Fall 2014: Laurier Residence Academic Partner Award

Please contact for available opportunities.

Joekar, D.; Englehart, S. A.; Hiscock, L. K.; Stephens, K. M. M.; Galejs, E.; Boyle, P. D.; Maly, K. E.; Blight, B. A.; Maley, S. M.; Dawe, L. N. Pyrazolylthiourea Ligands for Tunable Solid-State Photoluminescence and Quenching-Based Zinc(II) Sensing. Crystal Growth & Design 2026, 26(4), 1695–1705. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5c01511.
Anoliefo, K.; Brown, K.; Hiscock, L. K.; Boyle, P. D.; Dawe, L. N. Structural Adaptability and Hydrogen Bonding in a Dissymmetric Pyrimidine Thioether Ligand. Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem 2025, 81(11), 598-606. https://doi.org/10.1107/S205322962500823X.
Joekar, D.; Hiscock, L. K.; Dawe, L. N. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis of 3-Ferrocenyl-1-(Pyridin-2-yl)-1H -Pyrazol-5-Amine. Acta Crystallogr E Cryst Commun 2023, 79(10), 926–930. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989023008101.
Rodriguez, C.; Kiriakopoulos, R.; Hiscock, L. K.; Schroeder, Z.; Dawe, L. N. Pyridazinones from Maleic Hydrazide: A New Substrate for the Mitsunobu Reaction. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 2020, 98(6), 273–277. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2019-0474.
Hiscock, L. K.; Joekar, D.; Balonova, B.; Tomas Piqueras, M.; Schroeder, Z. W.; Jarvis, V.; Maly, K. E.; Blight, B. A.; Dawe, L. N. Structures, Phase Behavior, and Fluorescent Properties of 3-Phenyl-1-(Pyridin-2-yl)-1H-Pyrazol-5-Amine and Its ZnCl₂ Complex. Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58(24), 16317–16321. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02765.
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