Professor Mohammad Seyedsayamdost, Princeton University "Natural Product Discovery and Biosynthesis in the Post-genomic Era" Abstract: Microbial natural products have served as a dominant source of pharmaceutical agents and comprise some […]
Professor Elizabeth Elacqua, PennState University "Merging Organic Synthetic and Polymer Chemistry: Toward Accelerated Catalysis, Sequence Definition, and Architecturally-Diverse Sp3-Enriched Polymers" Abstract: Efforts to develop synthetic methods that achieve robust materials (e.g., sequenced organic electronics, polymerizable […]
Professor Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, University of Utah "Chirality-, Ionic-, and Spin- induced electronic transfer in organometal halide semiconductors" Abstract: Organometal halide semiconductors (OMHS) while highly desirable for a host of applications, […]
**CANCELLED - RESCHEDULED DATE AND TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON** Professor Justin Caram, University of California, Los Angeles "Exploring the extremes of excitonic photophysics" Abstract: We investigate the chemical physics […]
Dr. Ellen Matson, University of Rochester Charge Compensation and Transfer in Molecular Metal Oxides ABSTRACT: Atomistic understanding of charge transfer processes at redox active transition metal oxide surfaces are central […]
Associate Professor Mark Wilson, University of Toronto “Advancing nanocrystal-sensitized, triplet-fusion upconversion (photochemistry)” The ability to efficiently up-convert broadband, low-intensity light would be an enabling technology for volumetric 3D printing, background-free […]
Professor Matthias Heyden, Arizona State University “Making Sense of the “Jiggling and Wiggling of Atoms” in Molecular Simulations” Vibrational spectroscopies at mid-infrared frequencies provide excellent probes to characterize functional groups […]
Associate Professor Sarah Slavoff, Yale University "Dark Matter of the Human Proteome" Advanced methods in next-generation sequencing and proteogenomics have revealed thousands of previously invisible human protein-coding genes, increasing the […]
Dr. Grant E. Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory “Investigating Atomically-Precise Materials Prepared Using Ion Soft Landing” ABSTRACT: Scientific challenges that underlie efficient energy storage, chemical conversions and separations, and quantum […]
Professor Matthew R. Golder, University of Minnesota “Masquerading Soft Materials: Anomalous Behavior in Macromolecular Design” In the first half of this talk, the control of basic structural features in polymers, […]
Professor Michael Freeman, University of Minnesota “Biosynthetic insights into α-N-methylated peptide natural products” Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) provide biosynthetic routes to peptide modifications not often observed in […]
Professor Todd Hyster, Cornell University “Photoenzymatic Catalysis - Using Light to Reveal New Enzyme Functions” Enzymes are exquisite catalysts for chemical synthesis, capable of providing unparalleled levels of chemo-, regio-, […]