Current Seminars
Spring 2026
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 12 |
Reserved for faculty candidate interviews |
| January 19 |
No Seminar – Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| January 26 |
Reserved for faculty candidate interviews |
| February 2 |
Reserved for faculty candidate interviews |
| February 9 |
Reserved for faculty candidate interviews |
| February 16 |
Reserved for faculty candidate interviews |
| February 23 |
Adam Nielander – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory "Probing dynamics and degradation at electrified catalytic/ionomeric interface" |
| March 2 |
Naoto Hoshi – University of California, Irvine "Search for Kv7 channel modulators by in silico screening" |
| March 9 |
Jing Gu – San Diego State University "Chiral induced spin selectivity influence on oxygen evolution reaction pathways and intermediates" |
| March 16 |
Adam Hoffman – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Tracking catalyst structure evolution using in-situ/operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy and statistical deconvolution methods |
| March 23 |
No Seminar – Spring Break/ACS |
| March 30 |
Bruce Gibb – Tulane University Separations with, and reactions inside, yocto-liter (10–24 L) capsules assembled via the hydrophobic effect |
| April 6 |
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Froude – United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases The blueprint for a better antibody: Co-optimizing biophysical properties and function against critical pathogens |
| April 13 |
Christine Payne – Duke University Understanding, engineering, and predicting the interaction of nanomaterials with biological systems |
| April 20 |
No Seminar – Honors Day Symposium |
| April 27 |
Greg Tschumper – Missouri University of Science and Technology Two new tales to tell for classic hydrogen bonding prototypes |