Seminars and Events
Spring 2018
January 23, 2018
Katherine Plass
Franklin & Mashall College
Vacancy Formation In Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles: The Joy And The Pain
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Katherine Plass
Franklin & Mashall College
Vacancy Formation In Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles: The Joy And The Pain
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
January 25, 2018
Ian Tonks
University of Minnesota
Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions: Harnessing the TiII/TiIV Redox Couple for New Organic Methods
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Ian Tonks
University of Minnesota
Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions: Harnessing the TiII/TiIV Redox Couple for New Organic Methods
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
February 1, 2018
Joseph Subotnik
University of Pennsylvania
Finding Intuition For Photo-Excited And Electrochemical Processes
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Joseph Subotnik
University of Pennsylvania
Finding Intuition For Photo-Excited And Electrochemical Processes
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
February 13, 2018
Sarah Trimpin
Wayne State University
Emerging Developments in Ionization Technologies for Mass Spectrometry
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Sarah Trimpin
Wayne State University
Emerging Developments in Ionization Technologies for Mass Spectrometry
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
February 15, 2018
David Michaelis
Brigham Young University
Synthetic Applications of Enzyme-Inspired Catalysts
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
David Michaelis
Brigham Young University
Synthetic Applications of Enzyme-Inspired Catalysts
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
February 20, 2018
John D. Tovar
Johns Hopkins University
Repurposing Aromaticity For Organic Electronics: Making, Breaking And Stacking Pi-Circuits
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
John D. Tovar
Johns Hopkins University
Repurposing Aromaticity For Organic Electronics: Making, Breaking And Stacking Pi-Circuits
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
February 22, 2018
Eric Anslyn
University of Texas – Austin
Three Tales of Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
Eric Anslyn
University of Texas – Austin
Three Tales of Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
March 1, 2018
Bryce Sadtler
Washington University – St. Louis
Semiconductor Photocatalysts for Methane to Methanol Conversion
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Bryce Sadtler
Washington University – St. Louis
Semiconductor Photocatalysts for Methane to Methanol Conversion
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
March 2, 2018
Alakesh Bisai
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (Bhopal)
Total Syntheses of Architecturally Intriguing L-Tryptophan Derived Alkaloids
3 – 4 PM, TBD
Alakesh Bisai
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (Bhopal)
Total Syntheses of Architecturally Intriguing L-Tryptophan Derived Alkaloids
3 – 4 PM, TBD
March 8, 2018
Catherine Grimes
University of Delaware
Breaking Down Bacterial Cell Walls To Understand Inflammation
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Catherine Grimes
University of Delaware
Breaking Down Bacterial Cell Walls To Understand Inflammation
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
March 13, 2018
Renee Frontiera
University of Minnesota
How Environment Controls Chemistry: Raman Spectroscopic Probes Chemical Reactivity On The Nanoscale
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
Renee Frontiera
University of Minnesota
How Environment Controls Chemistry: Raman Spectroscopic Probes Chemical Reactivity On The Nanoscale
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
March 15, 2018
Michael Shirts
University of Colorado
Why Can't We Engineer Drugs On A Computer? And What Can Be Done About It?
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Michael Shirts
University of Colorado
Why Can't We Engineer Drugs On A Computer? And What Can Be Done About It?
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
March 22, 2018
Laura Dassama
Stanford University
Transport and Synthesis of a Bacterial Natural Product
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Laura Dassama
Stanford University
Transport and Synthesis of a Bacterial Natural Product
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
March 28, 2018
Student hosted seminar series
Peidong Yang
University of California – Berkeley
CO2 + H2O + Sunlight = Chemical Fuels + O2
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Student hosted seminar series
Peidong Yang
University of California – Berkeley
CO2 + H2O + Sunlight = Chemical Fuels + O2
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
March 29, 2018
Jie He
University of Connecticut
Polymer in Catalysis: Supporting Character but beyond as the Support
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Jie He
University of Connecticut
Polymer in Catalysis: Supporting Character but beyond as the Support
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
April 3, 2018
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Cornelius Van Galen
Lyu Zhigang
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Cornelius Van Galen
Lyu Zhigang
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
April 5, 2018
David Nesbitt
University of Colorado – Boulder
In Perpetual Search for the Simple! From Ultrafast Photoelectron Emission Studies of Plasmonic Nanostructures to Thermodynamics/Kinetics of RNA Folding at the Single Molecule Level
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
David Nesbitt
University of Colorado – Boulder
In Perpetual Search for the Simple! From Ultrafast Photoelectron Emission Studies of Plasmonic Nanostructures to Thermodynamics/Kinetics of RNA Folding at the Single Molecule Level
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
April 6, 2018
Dean's Distinguished Lecture series
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Combinatorial Nanoscience: Expanding the Materials Genome
2:30 - 3:30 PM, SERC 110A
Dean's Distinguished Lecture series
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Combinatorial Nanoscience: Expanding the Materials Genome
2:30 - 3:30 PM, SERC 110A
April 10, 2018
Doctoral Dissertation
Brenden Derstine
Photochemical and Titanium (II) Mediated Methods for the Synthesis of Complex Molecular Scaffolds
9 - 11 AM, BE 404
Doctoral Dissertation
Brenden Derstine
Photochemical and Titanium (II) Mediated Methods for the Synthesis of Complex Molecular Scaffolds
9 - 11 AM, BE 404
April 10, 2018
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Myriam Mikhael
Po-Cheng Yu
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Myriam Mikhael
Po-Cheng Yu
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
April 12, 2018
Thomas Teets
University of Houston
Synthetic Strategies to Optimize Photophysical and Photoredox Properties of Organometallic Complexes
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Thomas Teets
University of Houston
Synthetic Strategies to Optimize Photophysical and Photoredox Properties of Organometallic Complexes
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
April 17, 2018
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Zakey Buuh
Xinyan Dai
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Zakey Buuh
Xinyan Dai
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
April 19, 2018
Phillippe Guyot-Sionnest
University of Chicago
Low Energy Excitations in Colloidal Quantum Dot for Mid-IR Detection and Emission
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
Phillippe Guyot-Sionnest
University of Chicago
Low Energy Excitations in Colloidal Quantum Dot for Mid-IR Detection and Emission
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
April 24, 2018
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Tim Marshall
Di Wang
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Presentations
Tim Marshall
Di Wang
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
April 26, 2018
William Barford
Oxford University
Ultra-Fast Relaxation, Decoherence, and Localization of Photoexcited States in p-Conjugated Polymers
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
William Barford
Oxford University
Ultra-Fast Relaxation, Decoherence, and Localization of Photoexcited States in p-Conjugated Polymers
4 – 5 PM, BE 162
May 1, 2018
Jaume Balsells-Padros
Merck West Point
Synthetic Chemistry In The Pharmaceutical Industry: Case Stories At Merck
4 – 5 PM, BE 404
Jaume Balsells-Padros
Merck West Point
Synthetic Chemistry In The Pharmaceutical Industry: Case Stories At Merck
4 – 5 PM, BE 404
May 9, 2018
Ming-Yu Ngai
Stony Brook University
Development of Novel Chemical Tools for Accessing Unexplored Chemical Spaces
4 – 5 PM, BE 404
Ming-Yu Ngai
Stony Brook University
Development of Novel Chemical Tools for Accessing Unexplored Chemical Spaces
4 – 5 PM, BE 404
May 17, 2018
Kevin Brown
Indiana University
No Strain, No Gain: Advances in the Synthesis and Use of Cyclobutanes
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
Kevin Brown
Indiana University
No Strain, No Gain: Advances in the Synthesis and Use of Cyclobutanes
4 – 5 PM, BE 16
