Seminar Series

Spring 2020

Date/Host	Speaker	Title
Wednesday 15 January Prof. Travis Holman Reiss 262, 3:30 pm	Prof. Jon Steed University of Durham	“Control and Crystallization in Supramolecular Gels”
Thursday 16 January Prof. Nag Gavvalapalli Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Luis Campus Columbia University	“The Exciton Bond in Organic Molecules: Concepts for Catalysis and Solar Cells”
Tuesday 28 January Prof. Rodrigo Maillard Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Ms. Sahar Foroutannejad Thesis Seminar	“Single-Molecule Analysis of the Role of FAD in the Conformational Landscape of Drosophila Cryptochrome”
Thursday 6 February Prof. Karah Knope Reiss 262, 2:00 pm	Prof. Suzanne Bart Purdue University	“Making, Breaking, and Elucidating Uranium-Nitrogen Multiple Bonds”
Thursday 13 February Prof. Paul Roepe Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Kateri H. DuBay University of Virginia	“Modeling Self-Assembly within Spatially Complex and Temporally Variant Environments”
Thursday 20 February Prof. Kaveh Jorabchi Reiss 112, 2:00 Seminar canceled	Prof. Matthew Lockett University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	“Quantifying oxygen’s role in promoting aggressive cancer phenotypes with a paper-based 3D culture platform”
Thursday 27 February Prof. Miklos Kertesz Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Kelling Donald University of Richmond	“Sigma-Hole Interactions and Their Roles in M-H Activation and Other Reactions in Model Systems”
Tuesday 3 March Profs. Kaveh Jorabchi Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Israel Schechter Technion University	TBA
Thursday 19 March Prof. Rodrigo Maillard Reiss 112, 2:00 Seminar Canceled	Prof. Giuseppe Melacini McMaster University	“Allosteric Regulation of Protein Kinases”
Tuesday 31 March Prof. Timothy H. Warren Reiss 112, 2:00 Seminar Canceled	Prof. Rhett Kempe University of Bayreuth	“Catalysis for a More Sustainable Chemistry”
Thursday 2 April Prof. Karah Knope Reiss 112, 2:00 Seminar Canceled	Prof. Benny Chang The College of New Jersey	Canceled
Thursday 9 April Prof. Rodrigo Maillard Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Matthew Comstock Michigan State University	“Angstrom-resolution optical tweezers: Seeing structure and function of biological molecular machines in real-time.”
Thursday 16 April Prof. Nag Gavvallapalli Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Malika Jeffreys-El Boston University	TBA
Tuesday 21 April Prof. Christian Wolf 2:00 pm	Ms. Yushra Thanzeel Thesis Seminar	TBA
Tuesday 28 April Graduate student invited speaker, Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Harry Gray Caltech	TBA
Thursday 30 April Prof. Rodrigo Maillard Reiss 112, 2:00 pm	Prof. Genevieve Sauve Case Western Reserve University	“Novel conjugated materials for organic photovoltaics”