PhD Chemistry (Queen's University of Kingston) B.Sc. Honours SSP Chemistry (Queen's University of Kinsgston)\

Celeste MacConnachie is an Associate Professor whose background is in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis. Her PhD work involved the study of metal-centred radical species. She has worked as a researcher in oil upgrading and processing and in Polymer Chemistry and has been teaching for seven years. Celeste has been actively involved in the promotion of science and scientific literacy since her time in graduate school and science education is her passion.