Ian Manners Research Group
@MannersResearch
Main group polymers, catalysis, block copolymers, and crystallization-driven self-assembly @chemistryatuvic @uvic
Check out our recent work by Etienne on the synthesis and trapping of a transient cationic phosphaborene, just published in @ChemEurJ! doi.org/10.1002/chem.2…
The Manners Group will be at CSC 2025 in Ottawa! Come check out our latest work:

Check out our recent work by Harvey, Sam, and Yifan on the heteroepitaxial growth and self-sorting of segmented co-micelles with chemically distinct crystalline cores, just published in @angew_chem! doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…
Check out our recent work by Etienne on the reduction of hexachlorophosphazene to low-valent PN hétérocycles, just published in @ChemicalScience! doi.org/10.1039/D4SC07…
Check out our recent work by Hannah and Chuanqi on the first example of biocompatible two-dimensional platelets with tunable sizes from polycarbonate-based block copolymers, just published in @PolymChem! doi.org/10.1039/D5PY00…
Check out our recent work by Steve, Diego, and Hayley on the synthesis, CDSA, and cellular uptake of precision stealth nanofibers, in collaboration with @DrWillerth, just published in @ChemEurJ! doi.org/10.1002/chem.2…
Congratulations to Hayley for winning the @UVicCAMTEC's October Breakthrough of the Month for this work!
Check out our recent work by Hayley on the use of nanofibers for delivery of Paclitaxel to glioblastoma tumor cells, in collaboration with @DrWillerth's group, just published in @BioMaterSci! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
Congratulations to the 2025 AGWIC and AURIC winners! AGWIC-D: Joseph Zurakowski (@marcuswdrover) AGWIC-D Honourable mention: Matthew Wiebe (@MannersResearch) AGWIC-M: Mitchell Demchuk (@marcuswdrover) AURIC: Jonah Nelson (@RolandRoesler)
Congratulations to Hannah @HannahSchnicke for passing her PhD candidacy exam today!! @chemistryatuvic
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Wiebe @MatthewWiebe17 for passing his oral thesis defense!!
I'd like to share that my poster presentation won 1st place at the UVic Excellence in Graduate Research Symposium! Thanks to UVic GSS for organizing, and @UVicLib and @robinGhicks at FGS for funding and supporting graduate student research! @MannersResearch @chemistryatuvic
“His passion for science, his enthusiasm for science, his positivity, it was contagious. It really was.” —Ali Nazemi, former student Read the research story about Ian Manners, Canada 150 Research Chair: canada150.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/news_room-sall… @uvic @ISED_CA #C150
Congratulations to Harvey @harv_mac for presenting his final PhD talk at Graduate Student Research Day! @UVicScience @chemistryatuvic

Thanks to @UVicCAMTEC for the recognition and for supporting research and students @uvic @UVicResearch @chemistryatuvic @MannersResearch
CAMTEC Breakthrough of the month winners for July 2024 - Harvey Mackenzie! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
Check out our recent work by Hayley on the use of nanofibers for delivery of Paclitaxel to glioblastoma tumor cells, in collaboration with @DrWillerth's group, just published in @BioMaterSci! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
Congratulations to Dr. Hayley Parkin for passing her oral thesis defense!!


Congratulations to Hannah for winning the Best Oral Presentation Award at #CSC2024 on behalf of the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Division of @CIC_ChemInst!
We will be hosting a memorial symposium for my former PI, Prof. Ian Manners (@MannersResearch) at @uvic on August 23rd. You can register for free for this hybrid event at the following link: forms.office.com/r/6wDLk709Kn (Deadline 9th August). Please share! Thanks😊 #CDSA #MainGroup
Check out our recent work by Harvey on the fabrication of noncentrosymmetric nanostructures, just published in @J_A_C_S! doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4…
The Manners Group will be at #MACRO2024! Come check out some of our recent work: Inorganic Tues Jul 2nd 3:15pm (Room S018) - Harrison Self-Assembly Thurs Jul 4th 12:00pm (Room OC104) - Hayley