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 Cancelled	Prof. Giuseppe Melacini McMaster University	“Allosteric Regulation of Protein Kinases”
Tuesday 31 March Prof. Timothy H. Warren Reiss 112, 2:00 Seminar Cancelled	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 Seminar cancelled	Prof. Matthew Comstock Michigan State University	“Angstrom-resolution optical tweezers: Seeing structure and function of biological molecular machines in real-time.”
Tuesday 21 April Prof. Christian Wolf, 2:00 pm	Ms. Yushra Thanzeel Thesis Seminar	“Accelerated asymmetric reaction screening & sensing of biomolecules using small molecular probes”
Thursday 30 April, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM	Dr. Stuart Cantrill Chief Editor of Nature Chemistry	“The Nature of Chemistry Publishing”
Tuesday 26 May. Prof. Jong-in Hahm 11:00 AM	Mr. Johnson Truong Thesis Seminar	“Investigating the Fundamental Optical Properties of Single Zinc Oxide Nanorods as an Optical Waveguide for Biomedical Applications” Join via zoom: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/95708089107?pwd=YVBWclV5ODlvNElNY0JpdFpxd09wdz09 (new window)
Tuesday 23 June. Prof. Timothy Warren 2:00 pm	Prof. Jen Heemstra Emory University	“You belong: finding confidence in the face of self-doubt and impostor syndrome” Join via zoom: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/91302149041?pwd=YUM2YmVEMWN0RFZmVFRrS2R1ZlNiQT09 (new window)
Thursday 25 June. Prof. Karah Knope 2:00 PM	Ms. Jennifer Wacker Thesis Seminar	“Harnessing Noncovalent Interactions Towards the Stabilization of Actinide Complexes and Clusters” Join via Zoom: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/93994325554?pwd=QVhsRXkyWTRRR0d0N2lGSEVsNGR5QT09 (new window)
Thursday 30 July. Prof. Christian Wolf 2:00 pm	Ms. Samantha Plicer Thesis Seminar	“Synthesis, and High-throughput Applications of Small Molecule Chiroptical Probes” Join Zoom Meeting https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/95870279142?pwd=ek8wNHkrUXg5OEpKOVlxZ1VpWUg5dz09 (new window)
Thursday 20 August. Prof. Timothy H. Warren 2:00 pm	Ms. Christine Greene Thesis Seminar	“Mechanistic Insights into Catalytic Bond Formation and Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation” Join Zoom Meeting: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/2476344613?pwd=Qyt0c2dYU0F0eFJibkxaelpxTEFIdz09 (new window)