All seminars begin at
4:15 pm in Reiss 262 unless otherwise noted.
| Date/Host |
Speaker |
Title |
Thursday 7 January
Profs. Kertesz & Stoll |
Dr. Miriam Freedman
University of Colorado at Boulder |
"Model Tropospheric Aerosols: Optical Properties and Internal Structure" |
Monday 11 January
Prof. Stoll |
Dr. Amber T. Krummel
Harvard University |
"Shedding new light on porous media: Visualizing flow in three-dimensions" |
Thursday 14 January
Prof. Wolf |
Mr. Phil Hagan
Georgetown University
Safety & Environmental Management |
Safety Seminar |
Tuesday 19 January
Prof. Yang |
Mr. Huiguo Lai
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar |
"Development of inhibitors against botulinum neurotoxin A" |
Monday 25 January
Prof. Roepe |
Dr. Jonathan Raff
University of California, Irvine |
"Atmospheric chlorine activation via surface-mediated reactions of NOx" |
Tuesday 2 February
Prof. Roepe |
Mr. John Alumasa
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar |
"New Insights on Designing Quinoline Antimalarial Drugs" |
Thursday 18 February
Prof. Wolf |
Prof. Carol Taylor
Louisiana State University |
"Complex Peptides: Challenging Targets for Total Synthesis" |
Thursday 25 February
Prof. Tong |
Dr. A. Alec Talin
Center for Nanoscience & Technology, NIST |
"Electronic transport in nanostructures: why size matters" |
Thursday 4 March
Prof. Holman
|
Prof. Amar Flood
Indiana University |
"Strong CH Hydrogen Bonds: The Newest Player in the Field of Anion Receptors" |
Thursday 18 March
Prof. Rubinson |
Prof. Terry Gullion
West Virginia University |
"Structural Characterization of Biological Solids, Polymer Blends, and Guest-Host Systems by High-Resolution, Solid-State NMR" |
Thursday 25 March
Prof. Kertesz |
Prof. Robert Haddon
University of California at Riverside |
"Advances in the Study of Phenalenyl-based Radical Conductors: Resonating Valence Bond and σ-Charge Density Wave Phases in a Benzannulated Phenalenyl Radical" |
Friday 26 March
Prof. Swift
Healy 104 |
Ms. Clare Yannette
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar |
"Molecular-level Growth and Adhesion Properties of Single Crystal Monosodium Urate” |
Thursday 8 April
Prof. Tong |
Dr. Nenad M. Markovic
Argonne National Laboratory |
"Energy (and Fuels) from Electrochemical Interfaces" |
Saturday 10 April
Prof. Rubinson
9:00 am, St. Mary’s 110 |
|
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS TALKS
|
Thursday 15 April
Prof. Kertesz |
Prof. Timo Thonhauser
Wake Forest University |
"Accurately Modeling Water with van der Waals DFT"
- Co-sponsored with the Department of Physics - |
Tuesday 20 April
Prof. Holman |
Ms. Sayon Kumalah
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar |
"Metal-Organometallic Frameworks Derived from Facially Metalated Arylcarboxylates" |
Thursday 22 April
Prof. Ichiye |
Mr. Jerez Te
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar |
"An Approximate Multipole Expansion for Molecular Interactions" |
Saturday 24 April
Prof. Kertesz
9:30 am, St. Mary’s 110 |
|
GRADUATE STUDENT LITERATURE SEMINARS |
Wednesday 28 April
Prof. Warren |
Prof. John E. Bercaw
California Institute of Technology
- Graduate Student Invited Lecture - |
"Hydrocarbon Upgrading to Fuels and Chemicals: New Conversion Technologies and Progress towards Homogeneous Catalysts" |
Thursday 6 May
Prof. Weiss
Location: TBD |
Dr. Ferenc Horkay
National Institutes of Health |
"Physical and Chemical Interactions in Cartilage Proteoglycan Assemblies" |
Friday 11 June
Prof. Weiss
Reiss 264 |
Prof. Anna Croft
Bangor University |
TBA |
Thursday 24 June
Prof. Yang
Location: TBD |
Dr. Jeffrey Forbes
National Institutes of Health |
"Intrinsic disorder and protein nanomechanics" |
Tuesday 3 August
Prof. Kertesz
Location: TBD |
Prof. Michael A Rogers
University of Saskatchewan |
"Assessing the Dimensionality of Crystal Growth, from Hollow Nano-Fibres to Spherulitic Spheres: Insights Provided by the Avrami Model" |
Friday 27 August
Prof. Warren
Location: TBD |
Prof. Gerhard Erker
University of Münster |
TBA |
