Dr. Dipesh PremaAssociate Professor | Faculty of Science
Email: dprema@tru.ca
Phone: 250-828-5419
Interests
Sports, eating out, movies and gardening.
Research Interests
Synthetic organometallic/inorganic chemistry and catalysis; food chemistry; NMR; science and law; equity, diversity and inclusion in chemistry education.
Education
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, Nottingham Trent University (2001)
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Kansas State University (2007)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Oklahoma State University and Chevron Phillips CC (2007-2009)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Waterloo (2009-2011)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Thompson Rivers University (2012-2015)
Publications
PATENTS
US 8,907,031 B2
Rex E. Murray; LeGrande M. Slaughter; Dipesh Prema and Jinhui Chen. Imino Carbene Compounds and
Derivatives, and Catalyst Compositions Made Therefrom. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, The
Woodlands TX (US). Filed April 10 2012. Issued December 9 2014
BOOK CHAPTERS
Ruby Dhand and Dipesh Prema. Artificial Intelligence at the Intersection of Mental Health Care, Science
and the Law. Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law (1st Edition, Lexis Nexis Canada: Toronto,
2024).
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Dipesh Prema and Ruby Dhand. Inclusion and Accessibility in STEM Education Navigating the Duty to
Accommodate and Disability Rights. Can. J. Dis. Studies. 2019, 8(3), 121- 142
Dipesh Prema; Jessica Jensen; Jessica L. Pilfold; Tyler D. Turner; Kingsley K. Donkor; Bruno Cinel and
John S. Church. Rapid Determination of n-6 and n-3 fatty acid ratios in cereal grains and forages by 1H
NMR Spectroscopy. Can. J. Plant Sci. Can. J. Plant Sci. 2016, 96, 730-733
Tyler D. Turner; Ivan Hartling; Jessica Jensen; Jessica L. Pilfold; Dipesh Prema; Jonathan D. Van Hamme;
Bruno Cinel; Kingsley K. Donkor and John S. Church. Fatty acid profile of British Columbia suckler beef.
Can. J. Anim. Sci. 2016, 96, 91-94
Dipesh Prema; Yohan L. N. Mathota Arachchige; Rex E. Murray; and LeGrande M. Slaughter. Decarbonization
of an imino N-heterocyclic carbene ligand via triple benzyl migration from hafnium. Chem. Commun. 2015,
51, 6753-6756
Dipesh Prema; Tyler D. Turner; Jessica Jensen; Jessica L. Pilfold; John S. Church; Kingsley K. Donkor;
and Bruno Cinel. Rapid determination of total conjugated linoleic acid concentrations in beef by 1H NMR
spectroscopy. J. Food Comp. Anal. 2015, 41, 54-57
Tyler D. Turner, Jessica L. Pilfold; Jessica Jensen; Dipesh Prema; Kingsley K. Donkor; Bruno Cinel;
Donald J. Thompson; Michael E.R. Dugan and John S. Church. Comparison of fatty acids in beef tissues
from conventional, organic and natural feeding systems in western Canada. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 2015, 95,
49-58
Joseph P. Lynch; Dipesh Prema; Jonathan D. Van Hamme; Karen A. Beauchemin; John S. Church. 2014. Fiber
degradability, chemical composition and conservation characteristics of alfalfa haylage ensiled with
exogenous fibrolytic enzymes and a ferulic acid esterase-producing inoculant. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 2014,
94(4), 697-704
Tyler D. Turner; Jessica Jensen; Jessica L. Pilfold; Dipesh Prema; Kingsley K. Donkor; Bruno Cinel;
Jonathan D. Van Hamme; Jayson K. Galbraith and John S. Church. Fatty acid profiles of western Canadian
bison (bison bison) meat. J. Food. Res. 2014, 3, 146-155
Gilly C. C. Regev-Shoshani; Selvarani Vimalanathan; Dipesh Prema; John S. Church; Matt W. Reudink; and
Chris M. J. Miller. Safety, bioavailability and mechanism of action of nitric oxide to control bovine
respiratory disease complex in calves entering a feedlot. Res. Vet. Sci. 2014, 16, 328-337
Dipesh Prema; Jessica L. Pilfold; Jessica Krauchi; John S. Church; Kingsley K. Donkor and Bruno Cinel.
Rapid determination of total conjugated linoleic acid levels in Canadian cheese by 1H NMR spectroscopy.
J. Agric. Food Chem. 2013, 61, 9915-9921
Laiel C. Soliman; Kingsley K. Donkor; John S. Church; Bruno Cinel; Dipesh Prema and Mike E. R. Dugan.
Separation of dietary omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in food by capillary electrophoresis. J. Sep. Sci.
2013, 36, 3440-3448
Dipesh Prema; Kayode Oshin; John Desper and Christopher J. Levy. Mono and dinuclear nickel(II) complexes
of resolved Schiff-base ligands with extended quinoline substituents. J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans 2012.
41, 4998-5009.
Dipesh Prema; Alexander V. Wyznicia; Benjamin M. T. Scott; Jessica Hillborn, John Desper and Christopher
J. Levy. Dinuclear zinc(II) complexes of symmetric Schiff-base ligands with extended quinoline sidearms.
J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2007, 42, 4788-4796.
Employment History
Research Chemist, Digital Specialty Chemicals, Toronto, ON (2012)
Sessional Laboratory Faculty, University of Waterloo (2011)
SR&ED consultant, 2011
Courses Taught
Chem 1500: Chemical Bonding and Organic Chemistry
Chem 2160: Structure, Bonding and Spectroscopy
Chem 3310: Inorganic Chemistry 1
Chem 3320: Inorganic Chemistry 2
Chem 3330L: Inorganic Chemistry Lab
Chem 4410L: Advanced Inorganic lab
Chem 4320: Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
Professional Affiliations
Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Inorganic Division
