Assistant Professor Peter E. Sues

H.B.Sc., University of Toronto (2009)
Ph.D., University of Toronto (2014)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016)

Peter Sues joined the chemistry department at Kansas State University in August 2017. A native Torontonian, he received an Honours Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto while majoring in Chemistry and Biochemistry. As an undergraduate student, he worked in the laboratory of Prof. Douglas W. Stephan exploring the chemistry of Frustrated Lewis Pairs.

He continued his education at the University of Toronto earning a doctorate under the mentorship of Prof. Robert H. Morris. His Ph.D. research focused on a variety of projects including the development of iron-based hydrogenation catalysts and the chemistry of ruthenium complexes with highly strained phosphine ligands.

Peter subsequently joined the laboratory of Prof. Richard R. Schrock at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral research associate. There, he expanded his chemical knowledge while working on tungsten- and molybdenum-based olefin metathesis catalysts.

Using his skills as an inorganic and organometallic chemist, he currently studies the development of novel catalytic systems for renewable energy applications and olefin metathesis that make use of sustainable resources.