Current Seminars

Spring 2025

Mondays from 3:00 to 3:55 PM in CHEM 144. Reception before the seminar starting at 2:30 PM, and after the seminar until 5:00 PM.

Date Presenter
January 13

Reserved for faculty candidate interviews

January 20

No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 27

Reserved for faculty candidate interviews

February 3

Reserved for faculty candidate interviews

February 10

Sarah Hesse – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

"Illuminating Polymer Structure and Behavior with Synchrotron X-rays"

February 17

Zhenhua Zeng – Purdue University

"Precise Computational Design of Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis"

February 24

R. Kip Guy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

"Discovery and Early Development of a Novel Antimalarial"

March 3

Lyle Isaacs, University of Maryland

"Molecular Containers: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications"

March 10

Peter Njoki – Hampton University

"Engaging Undergraduate Students in Heterostructure Nanomaterials Research"

March 17

Michael Johnson – University of Kansas

"Zebrafish as a Model of Neuronal Function and Disease"

March 24

No Seminar – Spring Break/ACS

March 31

Shutang Chen – Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.

"Optimizing Fuel Cell Catalyst’s Performance to Support Practical Application Goals"

April 7

Joseph DuChene – University of Massachusetts Amherst

"Sustainable Living Through Electrochemistry"

April 14

PULAY LECTURE: Harry F. King – University at Buffalo

"History of Molecular Electronic Theory"

April 21

No Seminar – Honors Day Symposium

April 28

Tim Arthur, Toyota Research Institute of North America