
Programme
VENUE: SCIENCE LECTURE THEATRE 3 (SLT3)
MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026
Morning
8:30 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 10:10 Opening Ceremony and Announcements
Opening Remarks: Dr Peter Ruddock (Chairperson)
The University of the West Indies, Mona
Welcome and Remarks: Professor Marvin Reid
Director,Research, Development & Innovation,
UWI, Mona
Remarks: Professor Michael Taylor
Dean, Faculty of Science & Technology, UWI, Mona
Remarks: Dr Donna Minott Kates
Head, Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona
Announcements: Professor Paul Reese
Organising Secretary, Mona Symposium
10:10 – 10:40 Coffee Break
Chairperson: Peter Ruddock
10:40 – 11:20 Plenary Lecture #1:
Edward Anderson
Thiophene S,S-Dioxides as Tools for Asymmetric Synthesis
11:20 – 11:30 Question and Discussion Period
11:30 – 11:50 Short Paper #1:
Gabriel Rique
Computational Assay of an Azole-Mediated, Prebiotic Nucleoside
Synthesis
11:50 – 11:55 Question and Discussion Period
11:55 – 12:15 Short Paper #2:
Ricardo Roopnarine
Synthesis of Cyclodextrin Esters and their Evaluation as Green Plasticizers
12:15 – 12:20 Question and Discussion Period
12:20 – 2:00 Lunch Break
Afternoon
Chairperson: Alexa Redway
2:00 – 2:40 Plenary Lecture #2:
M. Christina White
Site-selective C—H oxidation
2:45 – 2:55 Question and Discussion Period
2:55 – 3:15 Short Paper #3:
Prithivi Dharamdass
The Seven-Step Synthesis of Trehalulose
3:15 – 3:20 Question and Discussion Period
3:20 – 3:40 Coffee Break
3:40 – 4:20 Plenary Lecture #3:
Martin Burke
Blocc Chemistry: Imagine a World where Anyone can make Molecules
4:20 – 4:30 Question and Discussion Period
4:30 – 4:50 Short Paper #4:
Savita Seecheran
The Design, Synthesis, and Antibacterial Evaluation of
N-formyl hydroxylamine derivatives as novel antibacterial agents
4:50 – 4:55 Question and Discussion Period
4:55 –5:15 Short Paper #5:
Theodore Wynter
Synthesis, Characterization and Surface Modification of Silica
Nanoparticles for the Sensing of Imidacloprid: A Computational
and Experimental Study
5:15 – 5:20 Question and Discussion Period
6:00 – 8:00 Reception