Chemistry

Seminar Schedule 2018

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Spring 2018 

 

1/25/2018 

Functional Polymer Materials Designed for Advanced Applications and Sustainability

Speaker:  Karen L. Wooley (Texas A&M University)
Host: Jon Rudick

 

1/26/2018 

Developing and Applying New Tools to Understand Now Materials for Li and ‘Beyond-Li’ Batteries and Supercapcitors Function                  

Speaker:  Clare P. Grey (University of Cambridge)
Host: Jon Rudick

**FRANKLIN AWARD LECTURE                           
(3PM @ WANG CENTER THEATER)

 

1/31/2018

Two-Dimensional Polymers Based on the Anthracene and Triptycene Motifs

Speaker:  Benjamin T. King (University of Nevada, Reno) 

 

2/1/2018 

Computational Studies of Functionalization of C-H, C-C Bonds and Olefins

Speaker:  Peng Liu (University of Pittsburgh)

 

3/2/2018 

Void-Containing Molecular and Supramolecular Structures

Speaker:  Bing Gong (University of Beffalo)

 

3/27/2018 

Chemical Biology-Enabled Tools and Strategies for Studying Breast Cancer

Speaker:  Michelle E. Farkas (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

 

3/29/2018 

New Tools for Catalysis

Speaker:  Tomislav Rovis (Columbia University)

 

 

4/12/2018

Strategies for Promoting Nickel-Catalyzed Alkene Functionalization

Speaker:  Tianning Diao (New York University)

 

4/19/2018 

Simulating Biophysical Processes from Nanometers to Microns: From Proteins and Nucleosomes to Cellular Scale Cytoskeletal Dynamics

Speaker:  Garegin A. Papoian (University of Maryland) 

 

 

4/26/2018 

Cesium Effect: Mild & Efficient Formation of Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds and Synthesis towards Cancer Therapeutics, Antivirals, and Parkinson's Disease Metabolites

Speaker:  Ralph N. Salvatore  (Southeastern University) 

 

 

5/3/2018 

Chemical Strategies for Visualizing the Brain's Circuitry

Speaker:  Scott T. Laughlin  (Stony Brook University) 

 

 

5/4/2018 

Exploring Uncharted Regions of Atmospheric Reaction Pathways

Speaker:  Marsha I. Lester (University of Pennsylvania)  

 

5/10/2018 

A Structural Approach to Determine Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Flavoprotein Photoreceptors

Speaker:  Jarrod B. French  (Stony Brook University)  

 

 

5/15/2018 

A Multi-targeted Approach to Improving Chemistry Education

Speaker:  Lisa Shah  (Stony Brook University)  

 

 

5/16/2018 

Development of Novel Chemical Tools for Accessing Unexplored Chemical Spaces

Speaker:  Ming-Yu Ngai  (Stony Brook University)