We are hiring!
Our group has two open Postdoctoral Fellow positions in fiber optic sensing and multiplexed fluorescence spectroscopy. Please click on the link to learn more.
Read moreMeet Canada's newest PhD!
The celebration in Kingston following Dr Amy MacLean’s successful PhD defense.
Read moreThat is what a newly-minted PhD looks like
Congratulations to Dr. Deniz Aydin for successfully defending her PhD thesis:!
Read moreNew cover article in the RSC Analyst
The M.Sc. work by Emily Groper has been published as a cover article in the RSC journal Analyst. Emily was working with former UG student Rory McEwen and collaborators at Laval University to develop a multi-channel emitter for electrospray ionization.
Read moreYou have never seen a lab so new and clean
Our new photonics lab is ready for moving in!
We are looking to hire undergraduate project students for September 2021 (yes, you will be working in that lab, and not remotely!)
We are always hiring graduate students!
Write to hploock@uvic.ca if you consider applying..
Read moreOutrageously fast multidimensional spectroscopy
These five scientists had a brilliant idea on how to simultaneously record 2D fluorescence spectra and absorption spectra.. Optical measurements of chemical kinetics would never be the same again. They demonstrated and patented this new spectroscopic technique.
You would not believe what happened next!
Read moreThe (temporary) lab is up(ish) and running
Unpacking boxes is fun - but it is more fun if you don’t know what is inside and you don’t have over 50 of them…! After many days of unwrapping our equipment we started setting up the first experiment at UVic and Deniz was able to obtain a signal with our fiber-optic vibration probe and test equipment. Now we just need an earthquake (no, not really)
Read moreAdam obtains M.Sc. degree
On May 7, 2020 and under the most adverse circumstances. Adam Bernicky successfully defended his M.Sc thesis on Hadamard Transform Fluorescence EEM spectroscopy!
All examiners were connected through teleconferencing software since the pandemic would not allow us to hold a defense face-to-face. Examiners were in two different timezones and covered a vast range of topics, yet Adam delivered a masterclass on how to excel in an M.Sc. defense.. Congratulations, Adam!
Read moreTurning droplets into lasers - Research Visit to Gagliardi's Group
Thank you to Dr. Gianluca Gagliardi and his group for welcoming Deniz and Peter to a 3-week stay in his lab to study brightly glowing liquid droplets! Our trip to the CNR – Istituto Nazionale di Ottica in Pozzuoli, Italy, included visits to Pompeii and Capri, lots of pizza, the best seafood on the planet, and some of the most “intense” traffic imaginable. Oh, and really awesome science, of course.
Read moreWe are moving to Victoria!
Almost the entire lab was boxed up and shipped across the country.
After 21 years at Queen’s University, Loock Laser Lab moves to the University of Victoria. For Peter it is wonderful (and weird) to return to the university where he graduated in 1996. The rest of the group is apprehensive. Are Victorians friendly? How is the new space? Can we afford living there? Only time will tell. But first we need to unpack a huge number of boxes..!
Read moreCollaboration with KPM is featured in CIM Magazine
Graduate Student Adam Bernicky holding the selfie stick at an authentic Bulgarian BBQ with collaborators from Aurubis, KPM, and Universidad de Concepción.
Read moreAll dressed up for CCCE 2019
Loock Laser Lab jocks and jockettes assemble during the 2019 CCCE conference in Quebec City, Quebec.
Read moreScience Rendezvous 2019 was 'lit'!
The Loock Laser Lab booth made another appearance at the annual Science Rendezvous Kingston on May 11, 2019. This year’s display featured our laser fountain, vanishing beads, a ‘stealth’ computer screen, and the ever-popular blue laser! A big thanks to the many volunteers who helped make this event a success.
More photos are available in our gallery here.
Read moreCongratulations to Adam Pejic (M.Sc. 2019)!
Who wore it better?
Adam Pejic defended his research thesis “Flow-through plasmonic sensing, based on Silicone-coated nanohole arrays” on April 25, 2019. Adam’s work was co-supervised by Carlos Escobedo (CHEE) and resulted in a close collaboration with members of the Escobedo Group. Adam is a visiting student from Frankfurt, Germany and the research project will count towards his German M.Sc. degree.
Read moreGraduate Students are now accepted into the CREATE MAPS program
Our group has joined a multidisciplinary team of researchers in the departments of Chemistry, Physics and Chemical Engineering to provide the best education to graduate students in the fields of Materials for Advanced Photonics and Sensing, MAPS. Funded through the CREATE program of NSERC our collaboration was awarded $1.6M to provide the interdisciplinary training and optical and material sciences. Please click on the link to the CREATE-MAPS site to learn more.
Read moreNew cover article in Advanced Sustainable Systems →
In our latest cover aarticle in Adv. Sus. Sys Hao Chen, John Saunders, Sogol Borjian and Xiaowei Wu were coating microphotonic tandem ring resonators with tetrasulfide‐functionalized mesoporous silica films to create remarkably sensitive and specific sensors for lead, Pb(II) in water.
Read moreArthur finishes his project at Aurubis in Hamburg
Arthur Stokreef (left) with colleagues and friends in Hamburg, Germany
Arthur Stokreef (M.Sc. candidate) celebrates the last day of his measurement campaign at the Aurubis smelter in Hamburg. Thanks to the Aurubis staff for giving us access to their infrastructure and allow us to collect data on their Cu-flash furnace.
Read moreAlumni return to Kingston - Oktoberfest ensues
From left: Sean, Adam, Andrew, Emily, Leo, Matthias, and Annica
When group alumni Annika, Sean, Nic and Yoon returned to Queen’s, we caught up over a BBQ with beer, sausages, pretzels and pretzel buns. Apparently our mini-Oktoberfest was approved by three German graduate students (can you spot them?).
Read moreThe Loock Lab does beach day laser tag
Despite the weather forecast changing our plans, the lab still made it out for a fun day of laser tag, all-you-can-eat sushi and a nice walk around Lemoine Point. Enjoying the sunshine from left to right: Dr. Peter Loock, Will Day, Cameron Reid, Amy MacLean, Travis Ferguson, Arthur Stokreef, Adam Bernicky.
Read moreCongratulations to our new graduates!
Five of our members graduated with their B.Sc. this past week. Congratulations to Sarah Denotter, Emily Groper, Cameron Reid, Andrew Williams and Omar Yaman. Cameron Reid (pictured) also picked up some extra hardware, earning both the Medal in Chemistry and the Prince of Wales Prize, given to the top chemistry graduate and top B.Sc graduate overall at Queen's!
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