Engaging Undergraduates in Research Lecture Series
This lecture series, starting in the 2023-2024 academic year, aims to strengthen ties
between institutions in the greater New York and New England area conducting high-level
research with a primarily-undergraduate student body and the Department of Chemistry.
We recognize the importance of undergraduate research experience in developing the
next generation of chemists and the key role that PUIs serve in this endeavor. As
part of this program, Department of Chemistry faculty will host a professor from a
local PUI for a seminar visit at SBU and then reciprocate by visiting the PUI for
a seminar, both funded by the Department of Chemistry. In this way, both scientific
and interpersonal relationships can be developed between faculty in the Department
of Chemistry and at local PUIs, ideally leading to opportunities for collaboration
and student research experiences.
Spring 2026
Apr. 10
Prof. André Isaacs (Holy Cross) – BSD/GCS Student-Invited Seminar
"Engaging Undergraduates in Research Lecture Series."
Spring 2025
Apr. 16
Cheyenne Brindle (Trinity College)
Host: Jeffrey Gustafson
May. 7
Danielle Dube (Bowdoin College)
Host: Elizabeth Boon
"Chemical tools to discover and alter glycans on pathogenic bacteria"
Fall 2024
Nov. 16
Anthony Chianese (Colgate University)
Host: Quinton Bruch
"How does Milstein's Catalyst really work? Identifying the active catalyst in ruthenium-catalyzed
hydrogenation reactions"
Mar. 1
Geneva Laurita (Bates College)
Host: Karena Chapman
"Local Distortions and Long-Range Polarity in Pyrochlore Oxides from Total Scattering"
Fall 2023/Spring 2024
Nov. 16
Ellen J. Robertson(Union College)
Host: Amy Marschilok
"Preparation of Alkanethiol-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Incorporation into
Peptoid Nano-Sandwiches"
Mar. 1
Christopher Koenigsmann(Fordham University)
Host: Stanislaus Wong
"One-Dimensional Bimetallic Architectures as Multifunctional Electrocatalysts in Alkaline
and Acid Conditions"
Mar. 7
Mariana Torrente(Brooklyn College, City University of New York)
Host: Jessica Seeliger
"Histone Post-Translational Modifications in ALS/FTD: New Opportunities in Neurodegenerative
Disease"
Apr. 18
Abby O'Connor(The College of New Jersey)
Host:Quinton Bruch
"Examining the effects of pyridinesulfonamide-based ligand scaffolds in catalysis"
May 3
Camille Jones(SUNY Old Westbury)
Hosts: Esther and Kenneth Takeuchi
"Neutron Scattering and 19F-NMR Studies of Clathrate Hydrate Compounds"