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Devin Latimer

Devin Latimer Title: Instructor
Phone: 204.786.9002
Office: 2RC033 - Lab: 3RC034, 3RC030
Building: Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex
Email: d.latimer@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

M.Sc. University of Sydney, 1992
B.Sc. University of Winnipeg

 

Biography:

Devin Latimer has been lecturing intro chemistry, organic chemistry and environmental chemistry courses at 91资源全集 for more than 20 years.  He also coordinates and teaches organic labs.

 

Courses:
CHEM 0100 Foundations in Chemistry
CHEM 1111 Introduction to Chemical Properties
CHEM 1112 Basic Principals of Chemical Reactivity
CHEM-2202 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2202 Organic Chemistry I - Lab
CHEM 2202L Organic Chemistry I - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 2203 Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 2203 Organic Chemistry II - Lab
CHEM 2203L Organic Chemistry II - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 2801 Environmental Issues Chemistry
CHEM-3204L Organic Structure Determination - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 3205L Organic Synthesis - Lab Coordinator
CHEM 3206 Advanced Organic Chemistry - Lab

 

Research Interests:

Devin has a number of publications in chemical education and is currently focused on education in green chemistry.

 

Publications:

Recent Publications:

Chemistry and the Environment, 2nd edition, Latimer, Devin R.; OpenStax/University of Winnipeg, 2022.

 

Journal Articles:

  1. Revisiting Elimination Reactions in the Pentanol and Bromopentane Series, Raza, R, Pattison, C., Zhou, W., Clarke, L., Latimer, D. and Merbouh, N.; J. Chem. Educ., 2023, 100 (8), 2999-3007.  
  2. Writing as a Mode of Learning: Staged Approaches to Chromatography and Writing in the Undergraduate Organic Lab, Clary-Lemon, J., Gervacio, R. and Latimer, D.; J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96 (5), 969-969.  
  1. Overcoming the hurdle from undergraduate lab to research lab: A guided inquiry structural characterization of a complex mixture in the upper-division undergraduate organic lab, Latimer, D., Ata, A., Forfar, C.P., Kadhim, M., McElrea, A. and Sales, R.; J. Chem. Educ., 2018, 95 (11), 2046-2049.  
  1. Greening the organic chemistry laboratory: A comparison of microwave-assisted and classical nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions; Latimer, D. and Wiebe, M.; Green Chem. Lett. Rev., 2015, 8 (2), 39-42.  
  1. The Study of Substitution and Elimination Reactions Using Gas Chromatography: An Examination of the Effects of Alkane and Base Structure on Product Distributions; Wharry, D. and Latimer, D. (Supplementary Information); J. Chem. Educ., 2011, 88 (12), 1720 (Supp Info).  
  1. The GC-MS Observation of Intermediates in a Stepwise Grignard Addition Reaction, Latimer, D.; J. Chem Educ., 2007, 84 (4), 699-701.  
  1. The Study of Elimination Reactions Using Gas Chromatography; Latimer, D.; J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (10), 1183-1184.  
  1. Bromination and Debromination of Cholesterol: An Inquiry-Based Lab Involving Structure Elucidation, Reaction Mechanism and 1H NMR; Grant, A. and Latimer, D.; J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (6), 670-671.

 

The Conversation

Green chemistry labs teach students a sustainable and innovative mindset; Latimer, D.; The Conversation, August 18, 2019. 

 

Presentations:

2019: New Perspectives in Science Education, Florence, Italy (March 21-22)

2018: The Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry (ABCCHEM), Cancun, Mexico (January 23-26)

2016: The International Writing Across the Curriculum (IWAC) conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (June 23-25)

2015: The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM), Honolulu, HI, USA (December 15-20)

2015: 5th Asia-Oceania Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, New Delhi, India (January 15-17)

2013: Chemistry in Context textbook dialogues, American Chemical Society conference, New Orleans (April 5-7)

2012: Chemistry in Context textbook dialogues, American Chemical Society conference, Orlando (December 12-14)