Seminar Archive
September '23
18 Joel Harris, University of Utah
25 Terje Dokland, University of Alabama at Birmingham
October '23
02 FRY LECTURE: Dennis Dougherty, California Institute of Technology
09 Susan M. Lunte, University of Kansas
16 No Seminar – Fall Break
23 Johanna Nelson Weker, Stanford University
30 John Vinson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
November '23
06 Michel Dupuis, University at Buffalo
13 Jie He, University of Connecticut
20 No Seminar – Thanksgiving Break
27 No Seminar – Department 3MT® Competition
January '24
22 No Seminar – Faculty candidate interviews
29 No Seminar – Faculty candidate interviews
February '24
19 Chenguang Fan, University of Arkansas
26 No Seminar – CHEM Graduate Student Town Hall Meeting
March '24
04 Daniel Higgins, Kansas State University
11 Stephen Lodmell, University of Montana
18 No Seminar – Spring Break/ACS
25 Heather Desaire, University of Kansas
April '24
01 Jing Li, University of Mississippi
08 No Seminar – Total Solar Eclipse in Arkansas
15 Justin Sambur, Colorado State University
22 PULAY LECTURE: Joseph S. Francisco, University of Pennsylvania
29 Joaquín Rodríguez López, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
September '22
26 Xin Cui, Mississippi State University
October '22
10 Huiyuan Zhu, University of Virginia
November '22
07 Lei (Leah) Guo, University of Arkansas
14 Ann Greenaway, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
December '22
05 Xingchen Ye, Indiana University Bloomington
January '23
23 Lane Baker, Texas A&M University
March '23
13 Clemens Heske, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | University of Nevada - Las Vegas
April '23
03 PULAY LECTURE: Hans-Joachim Werner, Institute for Theoretical Chemistry - University
of Stuttgart
10 Mark Baillie, University of Arkansas - Little Rock
17 Shelly Buffington, University of Texas Medical Branch
May '23
01 Jeffrey Dick, Purdue UniversitySeptember '21
13 Melanie Cooper, Michigan State University
20 MILLS LECTURE: Xiaogeng Peng, Zhejiang University
27 Daniel Weix, University of Wisconsin–Madison
October '21
04 Alex Adronov, McMaster University
November '21
01 Jerome Baudry, University of Alabama in Hunstville
08 Kenneth M. Merz, Jr., Michigan State University
February '22
07 Ming Chen, Auburn University
14 Tom Linz, Wayne State University
April '22
18 Kathryn Knowles, University of Rochester
25 PULAY LECTURE: Weitao Yang, Duke University
October '20
05 Mahmoud Moradi, University of Arkansas
12 Kristina Tschulik, Ruhr-University Bochum
19 Department 3MT Competition
26 FRY LECTURE: Tobias Ritter, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
November '20
09 Jiantao Guo, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
16 Mita Dasog, Dalhousie University
30 P. Andrew Karplus, Oregon State University
December '20
07 Peter E. Sues, Kansas State University
March '21
01 Alexandra Ros, Arizona State University
08 Seminar on CHBC'S DEI Plan
22 Gabriel Ortega, University of California–Santa Barbara
April '21
05 Michael Ibba, Chapman University
February '20
23 PULAY LECTURE: Martin Head-Gordon, University of California–Berkeley
March '20
02 FRY LECTURE: Tadhg P. Begley, Texas A&M University
09 Joshua Snyder, Drexel University
September '18
17 Jingyi Chen, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville
24 Andrew Boydston, University of Washington
October '18
01 PULAY LECTURE: Josef Michl, University of Colorado–Boulder
08 Jing Li, Rutgers University
November '18
12 Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota
26 Guoliang (Greg) Liu, Virginia Tech University
February '19
11 Kay W. Brummond, University of Pittsburgh
18 Olexander Isayev, University of North Carolina
25 MILLS LECTURE: Bob Griffin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March '19
05 Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology
25 Mingyi Xie, University of Florida
April '19
08 Michelle Personick, Wesleyan University
15 Jun Qi, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
28 Mukund Sibi, North Dakota State University
October '17
09 Austen Angell, Arizona State University
November '17
06 Bradley Pierce, University of Texas at Arlington
13 Melissa Reynolds, Colorado State University
January '18
29 Erin Baker, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
February '18
26 James Blakemore, University of Kansas
March '18
05 Daniel Zuckerman, Oregon Health & Science University
12 Arsalan Mirjafari, Florida Gulf Coast University
April '18
09 Doug E. Frantz, University of Texas at San Antonio
30 Thomas A. Bobik, Iowa State University
August '16
29 JC Gumbart, Georgia Tech University
September '16
12 Xuefei Huang, Michigan State University
19 Victor Salvador Batista, Yale University
26 David Vivec, Lehigh University
October '16
03 Fu-Sen Liang, University of New Mexico
10 Rong Huang, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy
17 No Seminar – Fall Break
24 Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Three-Minute Thesis Competition
31 Peng George Wang, Georgia State University
November '16
07 Sean Burrows, Oregon State University
14 Peter Panizzi, Auburn University
21 No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday
28 Young-Hoon Ahn, Wayne State University
December '16
05 Bor Yann Liaw, Idaho National Laboratory
January '17
16 No Seminar - Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
23 No Seminar - Interviews
30 No Seminar
February '17
06 No Seminar
13 No Seminar - Biophysical Society meeting
20 Shane Ardo, University of California - Irvine
27 Ming An, Binghamton University, State University of New York
March '17
06 Hui Wang, University of South Carolina
13 Hao Chen, Ohio University
20 No Seminar - Spring Break
27 Bryce Sadtler, Washington University
April '17
03 No Seminar - ACS Meeting
10 Fry Lecture - Bruce Lipschutz, University of California Santa Barbara
17 No Seminar - Honors Week
24 Dieter Söll, Yale University
May '17
01 Gang Zheng, University of Toronto
August '15
24 No Seminar – First week of classes
31 Carol M. Taylor, Louisiana State University
September '15
07 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
14 Oleg Larionov, University of Texas at San Antonio
21 Qing Lin, University at Buffalo
28 Zhihong Nie, University of Maryland
October '15
05 Katherine Willets, Temple University
12 Mark Maupin, Colorado School of Mines
19 No Seminar – Fall Break
26 Marc D. Porter, The University of Utah
November '15
02 FRY LECTURE: Kendall N. Houk, University of California, Los Angeles
09 Stephan Link, Rice University
16 Erin Carlson, University of Minnesota
23 No Seminar – Thanksgiving Week
30 Alexandre Shvartsburg, Wichita State University
December '15
07 Gopan Krishnan, Oklahoma State University
14 No Seminar – Finals Week
January '16
04 No Seminar – Interviews
11 No Seminar – Interviews
18 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
25 No Seminar – Interviews
February '16
01 No Seminar
08 No Seminar
15 No Seminar
22 Filipp Furche, University of California, Irvine
29 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
March '16
07 David Crich, Wayne State University
14 Erich Leitner, Graz Technical University, Austria
21 No Seminar – Spring Break
28 Edward Valeev, Virginia Tech University
April '16
04 Jonathan Rocheleau, University of Toronto
11 Barry Snider, Brandeis University
18 No Seminar - Honors Seminar Day
25 Rendy Kartika, Louisana State University
August '14
24 No Seminar – First week of classes
September '14
01 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
08 Dhyan Chandra, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
22 Ulrich H. E. Hansmann, University of Oklahoma
29 Steven J. Sucheck, University of Toledo
October '14
06 Kathryn M. Fichter, Missouri State University
13Alex Wei, Purdue University
20 No Seminar – Fall Break
27 Joseph Ready, University of Texas Southwestern
November '14
03 Shaowei Chen, University of California, Santa Cruz
10 Justin Ragains, Louisiana State University
17 Richard Briggs, Georgia State University
24 No Seminar – Thanksgiving Week
December '14
01 Edward F. Valeev, Virginia Tech University
08 John Turner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
January '15
12 No Seminar – First week of classes
19 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
26 Jin Zhang, University of California, Santa Cruz
February '15
02 Toru Shiozaki, Northwestern University
09 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
16 Stephan Link, Rice University
23 Xiaodong Shi, West Virginia University
March '15
02 Robert Griffin, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
09 Song Jin, University of Wisconsin - Madison
16 Elvin T. Price, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
23 No Seminar – Spring Break
30 Les Johnson, RRD International
April '15
13 Teri Odom, Northwestern University
20 No Seminar – Honors Day Symposium
27 Abraham Lee, University of California, Irvine
August '13
26 No Seminar – First week of classes
September '13
02 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
09 No Seminar – ACS Meeting
16 Peter Andreana, University of Toledo
23 Marc Knecht, University of Miami
30 Alexei V. Demchenko, University of Missouri - St. Louis
October '13
07 Mark Biscoe, City College of New York
14 Theresa Reineke, University of Minnesota
21 No Seminar – Fall Break
28 Corey Stephenson, University of Michigan
November '13
04 B. Jill Venton, University of Virginia
11 Shing Ho, Colorado State University
18 No Seminar
25 No Seminar – Thanksgiving Week
December '13
02 Sarah E. Skrabalak, Indiana University
09 No Seminar – Inclement weather
January '14
13 No Seminar – First week of classes
20 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
27 Donald Watson, University of Delaware
February '14
03 Hong Yang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
10 Mukund Sibi, North Dakota State University
17 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
24 Krzysztof Szalewicz, University of Delaware
March '14
03 Marcia Levitus, Arizona State University
10 So Hirata, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
17 No Seminar – ACS Meeting
24 No Seminar – Spring Break
31 John T. Yates Jr., University of Virginia
April '14
07 Jeffrey Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
14 Jiye (James) Fang, State University of New York at Binghamton
21 Amit Basu, Brown University
28 Mike Harmata, University of Missouri
August '12
20 No Seminar – First week of classes
27 No Seminar
September '12
03 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
10 No Seminar
17 Bradley Smith, University of Notre Dame
24 David Case, Rutgers University
October '12
01 Catherine Murphy, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
08 Mark Tuckerman, New York University
15 No Seminar – Fall Break
22 Peter Crooks, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
29 Catharine H. Larsen, University of California - Riverside
November '12
05 No Seminar
12 Ken Jordan, University of Pittsburgh
19 No Seminar – Thanksgiving Week
26 No Seminar
January '13
14 No Seminar – First week of classes
21 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
28 Jennifer Kohler, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
February '13
04 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
11 No Seminar
18 Hedi Mattoussi, Florida State University
25 Carey Johnson, University of Kansas
March '13
04 No Seminar – Cancellation
11 Adrian Michael, University of Pittsburgh
18 No Seminar – Spring Break
25 Guozhong Cao, University of Washington
April '13
01 FRY LECTURE: Ronald Breslow, Columbia University
08 No Seminar – ACS Meeting
15 Lingjun Li, University of Wisconsin–Madison
22 Younan Xia, Georgia Institute of Technology
29 Raymond Schaak, Pennsylvania State University
August '11
22 No Seminar – First week of classes
29 Sunney Chan, California Institute of Technology
September '11
05 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
12 Haw Yang, Princeton University
19 Scott Feller, Wabash College
26 Paul Williard, Brown University
October '11
03 Richmond Sarpong, University of California - Berkeley
10 No Seminar – Faculty/staff meeting
17 No Seminar – Fall Break
24 Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin
31 Susanne Striegler, Auburn University
November '11
07 Greg Hartland, University of Notre Dame
14 Michio Kurosu, University of Tennessee
21 No Seminar – Thanksgiving Week
28 Tom Goodwin, Hendrix College
January '12
16 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
23 Seymour Wang, Boston University
30 Aaron Aponick, University of Florida
February '12
06 Masaru Kuno, University of Notre Dame
13 Jiali Gao, University of Minnesota
20 No Seminar
27 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
March '12
05 Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University
12 Yugang Sun, Center for Nanoscale Materials - Argonne National Laboratory
19 No Seminar – Spring Break
26 No Seminar – ACS Meeting
April '12
02 FRY LECTURE: Michael Krische, University of Texas
09 Annaliese Franz, University of California - Davis
16 Christine Keating, Pennsylvania State University
23 Thomas E. Prisinzano, University of Kansas
30 Shouheng Sun, Brown University
August '10
23 No Seminar – First week of classes
30 Wonpil Im, University of Kansas
September '10
06 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
13 Michael Rubin, University of Kansas
20 Gianluigi Veglia, University of Minnesota
27 Paul Scola, Bristol-Meyers Squibb
October '10
04 Malika Jeffries-EL, Iowa State University
11 Patrick van der Wel, University of Pittsburgh School for Medicine
18 Elizabeth Rhoades, Yale University
25 Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago
November '10
01 Robert McFeeters, University of Alabama in Huntsville
08 Michel Dupuis, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
15 Amanda Haes, University of Iowa
22 No Seminar – Thanksgiving Break
29 Andrew Phillips, Yale University
January '11
17 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
24 FRY LECTURE: Donna G. Blackmond, Scripps Research Institute
31 No Seminar
February '11
07 Roger Koeppe, University of Arkansas
15 Seminar Cancelled
21 Warren Chan, University of Toronto
28 Ruifeng Liu, University of North Texas
March '11
07 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
14 Richard P. Hsung, University of Wisconsin
21 No Seminar – Spring Break
28 No Seminar – ACS Meeting
April '11
04 Margaret Faul, Amgen
11 Jared Shaw, University of California - Davis
18 Manfred Fink, University of Texas
25 Susan Schroeder, University of Oklahoma
May '11
02 Wuzong Zhou, University of St. Andrews
August '09
24 No Seminar – First week of classes
31 Paul Hanson, University of Kansas
September '09
07 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
14 David Collum, Cornell University
21 Jin-Quan Yu, The Scripps Institute
28 Michael Schaeferling, University of Regensburg
October '09
05 Mona Mohamed, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science - Cairo, Egypt
12 Nick Leventis, Missouri University of Science and Technology
19 Franklin Davis, Temple University
26 Wilfried Meyer, University of Kaiserslautern
November '09
02 Jonathan Clayden, University of Manchester
09 Roberto De Guzman, University of Kansas
16 Blanca Barquera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
23 Suresh Kumar, University of Arkansas
30 Z. Ryan Tian, University of Arkansas
December '09
07 Frances Ligler, Naval Research Laboratory
January '10
18 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
25 No Seminar – Faculty candidate interviews
February '10
01 No Seminar
08 No Seminar – Faculty candidate interviews
15 No Seminar – Special Screening of Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist
22 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
March '10
01 Blake Peterson, University of Kansas
08 John Gladysz, Texas A&M University
15 Iain Coldham, University of Sheffield
22 No Seminar – ACS Meeting
29 N. Rama Krishna, University of Alabama at Birmingham
April '10
05 John P. Wolfe, University of Michigan
12 Jerry Ware, University of Arkanas for Medical Sciences
19 W. Carl Lineberger, University of Colorado
26 FRY LECTURE: Dieter Seebach, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zürich
August '08
25 No Seminar – First week of classes
September '08
01 No Seminar – Labor Day Holiday
08 Steve Van Doren, University of Missouri
15 Robert J. Cotter, Johns Hopkins University
22 Al Padwa, Emory University
29 Bruce Bowler, University of Montana
October '08
06 Oliver Reiser, University of Regensburg
13 Larry Suva, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
20 Robert Powers, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
27 Babak Nikoobakht, National Institute of Standards and Technology
November '08
03 Ellen Fisher, Colorado State University
10 Liming Zhang, University of Nevada - Reno
17 Robert Gensure, Ochsner Health Systems
24 Robert Ben, University of Ottawa
December '08
01 Christy Landes, University of Houston
08 Olafs Daugulis, University of Houston
January '09
19 No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
26 Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University
February '09
02 John Stanton, University of Texas at Austin
09 Ken Balkus, University of Texas at Dallas
16 No Seminar – Postponed
23 Kenneth J. Klabunde, Kansas State University
March '09
02 No Seminar – Biophysical Society Meeting
09 Krishnan Raghavachari, University of Indiana
16 No Seminar – Spring Break
23 No Seminar – ACS Meeting
30 Carl Koval, University of Colorado at Boulder
April '09
06 Squire Booker, Pennsylvania State University
13 FRY LECTURE: Robert Grubbs, California Institute of Technology
20 Cynthia Larive, University of California, Riverside
27 Xiao Cheng Zeng, University of Nebraska - Lincoln