2023-2024 Seminar Schedule:
- September 29 - Dr. Sarah Smith (Bucknell University)
- The design of helical peptides for metal-binding, cellular entry, and antibiotics
- October 13 - Dr. Alex Ayzner (UC Santa Cruz)
- February 2 - Dr. Shan Wu (Santa Clara University)
- Fantastic spin-charge phenomenon in metallic transition metal dichalcogenide
- February 9 - Dr. Kana Takematsu (Bowdoin College)
- Moving protons to harness light energy
- April 12 - Dr. Eric Bloch (Indiana Unversity)
- April 18 - Isabella Whitworth (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
- April 26 - Dr. Miles Johnson (University of Richmond)
- May 3 - Matt Hartings (American University)
2022-2023 Seminar Schedule:
- September 23 - Dr. Morgan Hawker (California State University, Fresno)
- Solid, liquid, gas, and ____: using the forgotten state of matter to transform silk material surfaces
- September 30 - Dr. Jeff Farner (University of Alberta)
- Everything Happens at the Surface: Micro- and Nanoplastic in Aquatic Environments
- October 14 - Dr. Katie Mouzakis (Loyola Marymount University)
- Applying Basic Science Research in Pursuit of SARS-CoV-2 Antivirals
- November 4 - Dr. Aaron LeConte (Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges)
- High-Throughput Approaches to Understanding and Engineering Firefly Luciferase
- January 13 - Timothy Chapman '17 (Dartmouth College)
- Understanding Myelin Degeneration in Aging and Disease
- January 20 - Dr. Sharon Neufeldt (Montana State University)
- Pushing Metals out of their Comfort Zone: Switching Selectivity in Cross-Coupling Reactions
- January 27 - Dr. Sun C. Nyguen (University of California, Merced)
- Engineering Colloidal Nanoparticles for Better Catalysis
- February 10 - Dr. Joya Cooley (California State University, Fullerton)
- Investigating Controllability of Thermal Expansion in Earth-Abundant Materials
- February 24 - Radhiyah Himawan, M.S. (US DEA Pleasanton, CA Office)
- Forensic Chemistry at the DEA
- May 12 - Dr. Kimberly Carter-Fenk (Stanford University)
- Mulling Over Molecular Mixtures: Ultrafast Spectroscopic Studies of Aqueous & Organic Liquid Dynamics
- May 19 - Dr. Noah Burns (Stanford University)
- Natural Products as Inspiration for New Approaches to Chemical Synthesis
- May 26 - Dr. Mark Mavin-DiPasquale (Earth Systems Processes Division USGS)
- Mercury: Magic, Mining and Menace
- June 2 - Dr. Natalia Powers-Riggs (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
- Beyond photosynthesis: Exploring the relationship between structure and light absorption in non-covalent molecular interactions and self-assembly