Happening @ Michigan

CommUNITY Seminar with Sylvia Hurtado "Strategies for Expanding Participation in STEM Research Training"

Sylvia Hurtado (UCLA)

Dr. Hurtado has two decades of NIH and NSF-sponsored research on a variety of campus practices to enhance participation in STEM research...

Ryan Van Daele - Dissertation Defense

Chloride Mediation for Ethanol Oxidation with Particle and Electrochemical Catalysts

Please join Ryan Van Daele for their dissertation defense titled "Chloride Mediation for Ethanol Oxidation with Particle and...

Design of 3d Metal Complexes for Cooperative Catalysis & Mechanistic Insight

Rose Kennedy (Rochester University)

Over the past 4 decades, transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling and olefin functionalization reactions have transformed the discovery and...

Daisy Haas - Dissertation Defense

An Exploration of Equity in Chemical Education: Noticing and Dreaming to Transform Teaching

Please join Daisy Haas for their dissertation defense titled "An Exploration of Equity in Chemical Education: Noticing and Dreaming to...

Precision Synthesis and Deterministic Placement of Quantum Dots for Quantum Light Technologies

Brandi Cossairt (University of Washington)

Realizing scalable quantum light technologies requires both atomically precise nanocrystal synthesis and deterministic single-particle...

Rahul Jha - Dissertation Defense

Electrochemical Repurposing of Waste Poly(vinyl chloride)

Please join Rahul Jha for their dissertation defense titled "Electrochemical Repurposing of Waste Poly(vinyl chloride)"....

Thriving in STEM | Chemistry Majors & Mocktails

American Chemical Society, Department of Chemistry, Science Learning Center

Connect with current students majoring in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biomolecular Science.  Engage with your peers to learn about their...

Capturing the Sequence of Events During the Catalytic Reaction using XFELs

Junko Yano (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

The water oxidation reaction in the Photosystem II (PS II) enzyme produces molecular oxygen, which sustains life on Earth, and releases four...

Gomberg Lecture with Connie Lu "Synergizing p- and d-Block Elements for Catalysis"

Connie Lu (University of Bonn)

Many challenging chemical reactions require precious metal catalysts to proceed. Our research group develops main-group metalloligands...

Quantum Research Institute | Have we seen a demonstration of experimental quantum advantage?

Bill Fefferman (University of Chicago)

In-Person: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, 2301 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, PML2000...

Reactive Microdroplet Mass Spectrometry for In-Depth Lipidomics

Xin Yan (Texas A&M)

Microdroplet chemistry has received increasing attention for accelerated reactions at the air/solution interface in recent years. This talk...

Willard Lecture: Chemistry and Impacts of Environmental Interfaces: A Focus on Atmospheric Aerosols

Vicki Grassian (UC San Diego)

Chemistry provides the underlying mechanisms for understanding the impacts of surfaces in the environment. These environmental interfaces...

Catalysts for Change: Cultivating a Culture for Chemistry Graduate Student Success

Josie Nardo (Ohio State University)

This project investigates how departmental culture shapes chemistry graduate students’ belonging, development, and access to opportunity....

Building a Molecular Graphite from the Ground Up

Megan Jackson (UNC, Chapel Hill)

As global energy demand increases, there is an urgent need for inexpensive, efficient, sustainable batteries. Currently, Li-ion batteries...

CommUNITY Seminar with Molly Atkinson "Supporting Neurodiversity in Undergraduate Chemistry Education"

Molly Atkinson (University of North Texas)

Neurodiversity describes the limitless neurological variations among humans, with examples including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity...

Synthesis, Structure and Applications of Highly Microporous Organic Materials

James Bour (Wayne State University)

Porous organic polymers represent a rare class of materials that combine high internal surface area with broad-spectrum chemical stability....

Quantum Research Institute | Quantum Spin-Mechanics with Color Centers in Diamond: A Potential Platform for Quantum Computing

Hailin Wang (University of Oregon)

In-Person: West Hall 411...

Nanoelectrochemistry for Multi-Dimensional Bioanalysis

Mei Shen (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Nanoscale in-vivo studies on the signaling of a broad range of neurotransmitters are essential to understand brain functions and diseases....

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Interested in presenting your research? The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an accessible, multidisciplinary research forum for all...

Discovering and exploiting metabolic vulnerabilities in human pathogens

Laura Dassama (Stanford University)

Increased human exposure to pathogens couples with rising antibiotic resistance and slow antibiotic development to pose a nearly...

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Radicals: A Counterintuitive Periodic Trek

Gregory H. Robinson (University of Georgia)

This laboratory has long pursued the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of unusual molecules that prominently feature main group elements....

Suzanne Blum Seminar

Suzanne Blum (UC Irvine)

Title & Abstract TBD

Cody Ross Pitts Seminar

Cody Ross Pitts (UC Davis)

Title & Abstract TBD

Agilent Symposium

John McLean (Vanderbilt) and Howard Fairbrother (Johns Hopkins)

Title & Abstract TBD