Dr. Ryan Weeks, Johns Hopkins University “JHU Green Labs: Fostering a Culture of Sustainability in the Lab” The chemical, petrochemical, and healthcare industries are major contributors to global climate change, […]
Professor Veronica Vaida, University of Colorado “Chemistry in multiple phases and at interfaces in the contemporary and ancient Earth’s atmosphere” Inspired by atmospheric measurements, which have established that atmospheric chemistry […]
Professor Mark Levin, University of Chicago “Single Atom Logic for Skeletal Editing” Reactions which can manipulate the connectivity of the molecular skeleton are underexplored as tools for late-stage functionalization, in […]
Professor Donna Nelson, University of Oklahoma “My experiences as science advisor to the television show Breaking Bad” Dr. Nelson will discuss her activities as science advisor for Breaking Bad. This […]
“Nexus of Synthesis, Materials and Data Sciences”
Prof. Todd Martinez, Stanford University "Discovering Chemistry and Photochemistry From First Principles Molecular Dynamics"Pre-seminar refreshments 6:00 PM, Remsen BreezewayReception immediately following, Remsen Breezeway
Professor Itay Budin, University of Chicago, San Diego “How lipid chemistry shapes biology: from the organelles of our cells to the bottom of the earth’s oceans” Small changes in the structure […]
Professor Eric Gale, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University “Leveraging the Aqueous Iron Chemistry to Develop Imaging Probes and Drugs” In aqueous solution, iron (Fe) can adopt different oxidation states and […]
Professor Michael D. Schulz, Virginia Tech “Exploring the connections between chelating polymer structure and rare-earth element binding thermodynamics” Rare-earth elements (REEs: La–Lu, Y, and Sc) are integral to modern technology, […]
Professor Donald Hilvert, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. “Design can pave the way to fully programmable enzyme catalysts” Biocatalysis is emerging as a key enabling technology for […]
Professor Timothy A. Su, University of California Riverside “Sila-Diamondoids: Atomically Precise Nanoclusters of Crystalline Silicon” This talk will describe the synthesis, derivatization, and quantum transport properties of silicon diamondoids—atomically precise […]