Gomberg Lecture: Ruminations in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry by a Grumpy Old Man
Peter Wolczanski (Cornell University)
This lecture will be a potpourri of chemistry that reflects: 1) teachings that are either inaccurate or puzzling; 2) attempts to broaden the...
Bonding and Reactivity in Low-Coordinate Late Transition Metal Complexes
Joseph Sadighi (Georgia Tech)
Low-coordinate complexes of the late transition metals exhibit unusual bonding and reactivity. The N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand...
3rd Year Student Seminar - Materials Cluster
On Wednesday, April 2nd from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present....
Combining Vibronic and Environmental Effects with Machine Learning in Simulations of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectra: Resolving the Challenge of Modeling the Spectrum of GFP Chromophore in Water
Christine Isborn (UC Merced)
Including both environmental and vibronic effects is important for accurate simulation of optical spectra, but combining these effects...
Annika Tharp - Dissertation Defense
Advancing Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Innovative Approaches in Photoredox Catalysis and Late-stage Functionalization
Please join Annika Tharp for their dissertation defense titled "Advancing Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Innovative Approaches in Photoredox...
3rd Year Student Seminar - Materials Cluster
On Monday, April 7th from 4 to 5:00 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present....
The Radical Lives of Anaerobes and How to Fight Them
Brandon Greene (UCSB)
Pathogenic bacteria that infect the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract form biofilms that are largely anaerobic, modulating their...
Quantum Research Institute | A New Era in Quantum Optics: From Topological Photonics to Correlated Materials
Mohammad Hafezi, University of Maryland
In-person; West Hall 411...
Learning from the Heterogeneity at the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface via Electrochemical Correlative Microscopy
Hang Ren (University of Texas, Austin)
Understanding the structure-reactivity relationship at electrochemical interfaces is central to unraveling nearly all electrochemical...
From Helicases to CRISPR: How RNA Stability and Specificity Shape Biology
Rick Russell (UT Austin)
The fundamental properties of the RNA double helix—high structural stability and strict base-pairing specificity—have profoundly...
Dominique Blackmun - Dissertation Defense
Development of Visible Light Mediated and Transition Metal Catalyzed Methods to Access Azetidines and Azetines
Please join Dominique Blackmun for their dissertation defense titled "Development of Visible Light Mediated and Transition Metal...
Electrocatalysis for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing and Defluorination of Forever Chemicals
Astrid Mueller (University of Rochester)
Electrocatalysis presents a transformative opportunity for producing chemicals and consumer goods sustainably by replacing fossil fuel-based...
Professors Zhan Chen, Anna Kirkland, and Anne McNeil, Collegiate Professorship Inaugural Lecture
This event will take place both in person and virtually....
