Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry @westernu.ca 👨‍🔬 🇨🇦 | Organometallic & Main Group Chemistry 🧪 Group webpage: www.droverlab.ca/publicationshttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mombuytlfk2l🚀 Grateful to be working alongside this wonderful group of talented team members! Welcome to Laura from Cardiff & Dante from UBC-O who are joining us for the Summer! ☀️19 Jun 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mombuytlfk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mmyubhffrc2wLooking forward to hosting Antoine Simonneau today from the LCC CNRS in Toulouse! @lcc-smac.bsky.social29 May 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyubhffrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mmw6fj64e22e🚀 🔥 Great CSC meeting in Toronto this week! Thanks to all the organizers, volunteers, and sponsors — especially those of the General Inorganic Division: Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Dalton Transactions, and Western Chemistry! @western-chemistry.bsky.social @westernu.ca28 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmw6fj64e22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mmfalaqzzc25Excited to be amongst this year’s funded NFRF-E projects! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfalaqzzc25https://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mmf5cmz67s2fLooking forward to the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) meeting in Toronto next week. If you're around, many of the group are attending - be sure to say hi! 👏21 May 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf5cmz67s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mlelozv77c2gAwesome to meet! Thanks for the great day and for all the discussions! 🍺 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlelozv77c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mlb7mw6zss2jGreat time this week visiting colleagues and students at LIKAT, FU Berlin and HU Berlin! Next up, Chemnitz and Wurzburg, then back to 🇨🇦! Thanks to 🇩🇪 for the awesome science and hospitality so far!!!07 May 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb7mw6zss2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mlaymvvfxs2r🚀 Our team's latest: "A Dual-Metal Strategy for N-Heterocycle Coordination Using Nickel and Aluminum” Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org Work done by PhD student, Gabe! 💪 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/cc/d6cc01343k07 May 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaymvvfxs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mji5cavcdc2nHeaded to Germany in early May to give a few talks (Rostock, Berlin, Würzburg) - have a few unscheduled days, would be great to meet folks, while I’m around! Shoot me an email :)14 Apr 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji5cavcdc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mj7qjshm4c2j🖊️ 🚀 Our latest @chemistryeurope.bsky.social article, led by Dina: "An Electron-Poor Nickel Diphosphine Complex: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Ni(dFppe)2", now out in CEJ. 👏 Check it out! tinyurl.com/5ef3axbs11 Apr 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7qjshm4c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mj3ac4kbg227👏 Congrats to Alex on delivering an awesome 4491 thesis presentation! @western-chemistry.bsky.social @westernu.ca09 Apr 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3ac4kbg227https://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mijnenocl22b🚀 Our latest review: "Optical Detection of Hydrogen Gas using Organic Dyes and Metal-Based Activators: A Review” w/ @simonrondeaugagne.bsky.social ✏️ & our first article in - @rscsustainability.rsc.org! 🍃 Work led by PhD student, Mark Potter! 💪 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/su/d6su00135a02 Apr 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijnenocl22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mhq2qgsrtk2qCongrats to Alex for Best Oral Presentation by a Student in the Inorganic Division! 👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq2qgsrtk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mhdwzfh7522t🚨 Our dept. is hiring an X-ray Facility Manager / Research Scientist. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a state-of-the-art X-ray facility (SCXRD/PXRD). Reach out if you have any questions! 💼 Apply here: lnkd.in/eYnH-j2318 Mar 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdwzfh7522thttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mhdikaqktk2o🌊🌊 Our latest @chemcomm.rsc.org Journal cover - a Rh-boraindene complex catches some waves for Issue 21! Credit to artist, Renee Man for the design! 🔗 OA article here: lnkd.in/gerrq2yB18 Mar 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdikaqktk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marcuswdrover.bsky.social/post/3mgugej3ucs2c🚀 Our latest: "Backbone Deprotonation Defines a Hidden Decomposition Pathway of Diphosphine Ligands” Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org! Work done by graduate student, Logan Taylor! 💪 @western-chemistry.bsky.social 🔗 url: lnkd.in/eT5bgjdP12 Mar 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:bmcgojpzzhlt7k72c2tkvtb2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgugej3ucs2c