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DTSTAMP:20260212T151005
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Steering spin–valley polarizations through phonons and photons
DESCRIPTION:Control of spin and valley polarizations opens opportunities for spintronic and quantum information applications. Monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer an appealing platform to harness such polarizations. TMDs host excitons in valley-shaped regions of their band structure\, featuring well-defined carrier spins and obeying chiral optical selection rules. However\, the technological potential of excitons in TMDs is impeded by rapid spin–valley relaxation.\n\nI will present our theoretical/computational efforts to address and enhance spin–valley polarizations in TMDs through strong coupling to photons. Recognizing that chiral light is a manifestation of photonic spin\, I will show such strong coupling to allow for efficient spin transduction through the formation of \"chiral polaritons\". I will furthermore show how a breaking of chiral symmetry in optical cavities allows valley–spin relaxation to be suppressed in embedded TMDs.\n\nI will also discuss our efforts to unravel how spin–valley relaxation in TMDs is driven by lattice phonons. Towards this goal\, my group has advanced nonadiabatic methodologies that allow delocalized phonon modes and topological effects to be incorporated within a mixed quantum–classical framework. Results for TMDs indicate this approach to enable the modeling of solid-state phonon-driven processes at realistic dimensionalities.
UID:138400-21882903@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138400
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Physical Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260202T012801
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260312T180000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Poster Design Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to design a scientific poster with the Undergraduate Research Symposium!
UID:144898-21896114@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144898
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Conference,Design,Poster,Research,Research Symposium,Symposium,Undergraduate,Workshop,Writing
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260309T164923
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260316T134500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommUNITY Seminar with Sylvia Hurtado \"Strategies for Expanding Participation in STEM Research Training\"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Hurtado has two decades of NIH and NSF-sponsored research on a variety of campus practices to enhance participation in STEM research training at the undergraduate and graduate level. The projects move from student experiences toward understanding faculty as campus change agents\, and extending practices for organizational learning and institutional transformation. She will provide key features of recent published studies that focus on building long term change and extending program interventions to embed them in the culture and structure of the institution. Results are based on mixed methods designs that underscore the value of mentoring\, and leadership support for turning faculty-driven initiatives toward adoption as campus daily work. Implications for investment at the federal\, state\, and institutional level to train the next generation of diverse and innovative researchers are discussed.
UID:139514-21885679@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139514
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemical Education,Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260310T090929
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T143000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Ryan Van Daele - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Ryan Van Daele for their dissertation defense titled \"Chloride Mediation for Ethanol Oxidation with Particle and Electrochemical Catalysts\".\n\n*Date:* Tuesday\, March 17th\n*Time:* 1:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1706\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 97256923783\nZoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97256923783
UID:146388-21898982@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260212T143243
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260317T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Design of 3d Metal Complexes for Cooperative Catalysis & Mechanistic Insight
DESCRIPTION:Over the past 4 decades\, transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling and olefin functionalization reactions have transformed the discovery and manufacture of pharmaceuticals\, agrochemicals\, pigments\, and materials. However\, responsible sourcing of preferred precious metal catalysts (like Pd\, Rh\, or Ir) has become increasingly challenging with ongoing geopolitical conflict and inconsistent labor practices. This limited availability thus hinders the sustainability and economic viability of these processes. Despite the clear impetus to pursue reaction development with more terrestrially abundant elements\, first-row (3d) transition metals are not typically suitable as direct substitutes for their precious metal congeners. Nonetheless\, there is growing interest in exploring the unique reactivity of earth-abundant and relatively inexpensive 3d metals to generate novel products and/or take advantage of substrate combinations that remain difficult to access with established methods. However\, compared with the detailed understanding of the fundamental reactivity of precious metals informed by decades of mechanistic elucidation\, the identity\, speciation\, and controlling features of 3d metal catalysts remain poorly defined in many cases\, thus limiting their development. Here\, I will describe my team’s progress using well-defined nickel and copper precatalysts to tease apart the structural features and mechanistic steps necessary for achieving high activity and chemoselectivity in cross coupling and olefin functionalization reactions. Our work relies on a synergy between mechanistic study of and precatalyst design for homogeneous catalysis\, taking advantage of cooperative design principles informed by heterogeneous and biological catalysis. These insights are translated into the design of novel catalyst structures and synthetic transformations with enhanced efficiency.
UID:138412-21882917@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138412
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260220T125244
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Clear Waters\, Hidden Plastics In Our Great Lakes Watershed
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch-and-learn seminar exploring the research on microplastics across Michigan’s diverse waterways—from the Great Lakes to rivers\, streams\, and inland lakes.  A U-M scientist who has studied this system with her lab since 2013 will share how these tiny pollutants challenge our freshwater resources\, looking upstream for potential solutions. The seminar will highlight the collective efforts of the  multidisciplinary U-M team of biologists\, chemists\, modelers\, and engineers who are unraveling the origins\, movement\, and effects of microplastics across the Great Lakes Basin and beyond. \n\nNOTE: LOCATION CHANGE to Chemistry 1706\n\nA light lunch will be served\, so please RSVP.\n\nAfter the talk\, there is an optional guided tour of a new Museum of Natural History exhibit focused on this topic from 1:00-2:00PM.
UID:145275-21896976@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145275
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ecology,Environment,environmental,environmental education,planet blue,Sustainability,Water
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260212T160317
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260319T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Precision Synthesis and Deterministic Placement of Quantum Dots for Quantum Light Technologies
DESCRIPTION:Realizing scalable quantum light technologies requires both atomically precise nanocrystal synthesis and deterministic single-particle positioning. This talk explores strategies to achieve these goals by leveraging the extremes of nanocrystal size. First\, we examine kinetically persistent cluster molecules\, which are intermediates in colloidal nanocrystal nucleation\, as high-fidelity models for understanding crystal growth mechanisms\, structure\, and reactivity. By understanding the structure\, formation\, and conversion of these clusters\, we gain insights into synthesis pathways that minimize ensemble heterogeneity and move us toward the chemist's dream of perfect nanocrystals.\nNext\, we address a critical challenge in quantum photonics: the scalable integration of colloidal quantum dots as single-photon emitters. We demonstrate two approaches that exploit QD size to enable deterministic placement into large-scale ordered arrays while preserving photostability and quantum emission properties. Specifically\, SiO2 and CdS shells expand QD size\, facilitating precise positioning via high-fidelity template-assisted self-assembly and electrohydrodynamic inkjet printing. We show that single “colossal” QDs maintain room-temperature antibunching behavior and can be deterministically coupled to photonic cavities\, advancing their viability for quantum technologies.
UID:138415-21882920@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138415
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Materials Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260310T091941
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T110000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Rahul Jha - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Rahul Jha for their dissertation defense titled \"Electrochemical Repurposing of Waste Poly(vinyl chloride)\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, March 20th\n*Time:* 9:00 AM\n*Where:* CHEM 1300\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 916 7430 5018\nPassword: 03202026
UID:146390-21898984@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146390
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260219T091256
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260320T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Molecular Kinetics of Gene Regulation
DESCRIPTION:During embryonic development gene expression patterns progressively emerge as cell fates are determined and the embryo takes form. The emergence of these expression patterns is coincident with changes in the spatial distributions of transcription factors\, chromatin remodelers\, and transcriptional machinery within nuclei.  The mechanisms that drive these changes in spatial distributions and their functional implications are not well understood. I will discuss the application of high-resolution light-sheet microscopy and single-molecule tracking in live pre-implantation mouse embryos and blastoderm stage Drosophila embryos to understand the emergence and functional implications of nuclear protein distribution patterns during development.  I will show data and simulations on the molecular diffusion and binding kinetics that underlie the appearance of high-local concentrations of transcription factors\, repressive complexes\, and transcriptional machinery\, and the functional impact of these high-local concentrations on transcription regulation during development. Finally\, I will discuss how our new insights on how the molecular kinetics of regulatory nuclear proteins drive changes in their spatial distributions challenge current models of transcription regulation and nuclear organization.
UID:136575-21878873@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136575
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biophysics
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260310T095410
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Capturing the Sequence of Events During the Catalytic Reaction using XFELs
DESCRIPTION:The water oxidation reaction in the Photosystem II (PS II) enzyme produces molecular oxygen\, which sustains life on Earth\, and releases four electrons and protons that are used downstream in other photosynthetic processes for generating ATP. Thus\, understanding how this reaction is catalyzed will help in development of energy conversion technologies. The catalytic center is a Manganese complex (Mn4CaO5) which gets oxidized progressively upon absorption of light before releasing the stored energy and oxidizing water. Structural studies of PS II have been limited at traditional synchrotron sources due to radiation damage of this complex. The emergence of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFEL) with intense femtosecond X-ray pulses have opened opportunities to collect structural data on PS II under physiological temperature. The time-resolved electron density changes at the Manganese complex reveal notable structural changes\, including the insertion of a new water OX\, which disappears upon completion of the reaction [1-3]. We are also able to follow the structural dynamics of the protein coordinating with the complex\, revealing well- orchestrated conformational changes in response to electronic changes at the Manganese cluster. The method described here can be applicable to other (metallo)enzymes by initiating reaction with different reaction-triggering methods.
UID:138395-21882893@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138395
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260313T072550
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260324T193000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:GEICO Corporate Information Sessions
DESCRIPTION:3/24/2026 | 6:30 pm | DOW 1018 (FOOD PROVIDED: Cottage Inn Pizza)\nMajors:  All Engineering Majors\nPositions: Full Time\, Intern\nDegrees: Bachelors\, Masters\n\nResumes Collected\nUS Citizenship or Permanent Resident\n\nGEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a leading American auto insurer\, ranking as the second-largest in the U.S. A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary founded in 1936\, it specializes in direct-to-consumer private passenger auto insurance\, offering policies online and by phone. GEICO also covers motorcycles\, RVs\, homeowners\, and renters.
UID:146554-21899265@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146554
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Aerospace Engineering,Biomedical Engineering,Career,Career Fair,Chemical Engineering,Civil and Environmental Engineering,Civil Engineering,Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering,College Of Engineering,Computer Engineering,Computer Science,Computer Science And Engineering,Corporate,Corporate Event,Data Science,Electrical And Computer Engineering,Electrical Engineering,Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,Engineering,Food,Free,free food,Full Time,Graduate,Graduate Students,In Person,Industrial and Operations Engineering,Information and Technology,Internship,Masters Students,Materials Science,Materials Science And Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,Networking,north campus,Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences,Professional Development,Recruiting,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1018
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260303T100857
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260325T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Gomberg Lecture with Connie Lu \"Synergizing p- and d-Block Elements for Catalysis\"
DESCRIPTION:Many challenging chemical reactions require precious metal catalysts to proceed. Our research group develops main-group metalloligands (Groups 13 and 14) as an electronic lever for tuning a reactive transition metal active site via a direct metal–metal interaction. This approach has allowed for the development and optimization of highly efficient transition metal-main group bifunctional catalysts in various catalytic applications. The bimetallic catalysts display remarkably enhanced activity compared to the analogous single metal centers. In this talk\, I will detail the roles of the main group support in substrate binding\, activation of strong bonds (C−F and C−H)\, and catalysis.
UID:138387-21882886@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138387
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260310T135230
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260326T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260326T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Reactive Microdroplet Mass Spectrometry for In-Depth Lipidomics
DESCRIPTION:Microdroplet chemistry has received increasing attention for accelerated reactions at the air/solution interface in recent years. This talk will discuss our progress toward microdroplet strategies which include (i) a voltage-controlled interfacial microreactor that allows acceleration of electrochemical reactions for the first time\; (ii) novel interfacial reactions that address various long-standing isomeric problems in lipidomics\; (iii) novel mass spectrometry imaging platform for cancer studies
UID:138405-21882909@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138405
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260219T083320
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260330T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260330T171500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Willard Lecture: Chemistry and Impacts of Environmental Interfaces: A Focus on Atmospheric Aerosols
DESCRIPTION:Chemistry provides the underlying mechanisms for understanding the impacts of surfaces in the environment. These environmental interfaces play pivotal roles in processes that affect air quality\, water quality\, climate\, and HEALTH (planetary\, ecosystem\, and human health). For the Willard Lectureship in Analytical Chemistry\, my presentation will focus on the chemistry and impacts of atmospheric aerosols as well as larger aqueous microdroplets found in clouds and fog. Aerosol and microdroplet surfaces represent important components of the Earth’s atmosphere where chemical reactions can occur. Utilizing molecular-based tools\, we have gleaned mechanistic details of how these reactions proceed to better understand their global impacts.
UID:138426-21882931@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138426
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260304T142805
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260331T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Catalysts for Change: Cultivating a Culture for Chemistry Graduate Student Success
DESCRIPTION:This project investigates how departmental culture shapes chemistry graduate students’ belonging\, development\, and access to opportunity. The project responds to documented challenges in doctoral education including unclear success criteria\, inconsistent mentoring\, and hidden cultural norms and seeks to generate actionable\, evidence-based pathways for systemic improvement. We designed and deployed a mixed-methods pilot survey to chemistry graduate students measuring six domains informed by prior graduate-education and equity scholarship: (1) graduate milestones\, (2) research competency\, (3) teaching competency\, (4) advisor support (academic and emotional)\, (5) peer and departmental culture\, and (6) academic and demographic background. This talk will center on the qualitative data which is founded on academic citizenship\, which is a set of behaviors\, responsibilities\, and relational practices through which members of an academic community contribute to its collective functioning\, integrity\, and well-being beyond their individual scholarly outputs. It includes activities such as mentoring\, service\, collaboration\, care work\, and stewardship that sustain learning environments\, support colleagues and students\, and advance the shared mission of the institution and discipline. Findings show that academic citizenship is unevenly distributed across student groups and is most strongly predicted by research competency and access to departmental resources. Advisor emotional support and advisor skill dynamics emerged as significant contributors to academic citizenship. Results informed department-level interventions\, including (1) a redesigned first-year experience course integrating research\, teaching\, communication\, and wellness\, and (2) a multidimensional mentoring model grounded in sociopolitical noticing and disciplinary metaphors (chemist\, family\, coach). The project demonstrates that departmental culture can be surfaced\, measured\, and intentionally reshaped to create conditions where graduate students thrive because of rather than in spite of our systems.
UID:138425-21882930@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138425
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemical Education,Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260330T140958
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Spatially resolved mechanistic insights into electrode-electrolyte and gas-liquid interfaces
DESCRIPTION:Interfaces play critical roles in governing chemical reactivity across many systems ranging from fuel cells to batteries to atmospheric aerosols\, yet the molecular-level processes occurring at these boundaries remain poorly understood. This talk will highlight how spatially resolved techniques can provide detailed insights into two complex interfacial environments. In the first part of this talk\, I will discuss how combining spatially resolved electrochemistry with complementary scanning probe methods reveals which sites in transition-metal dichalcogenides are electrocatalytically active and why. In the second part\, I will show how confocal fluorescence microscopy can measure how molecules localize\, orient\, and react at gas–liquid interfaces\, providing a molecular picture of interfacial reactivity.
UID:138417-21882921@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138417
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Materials Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260304T164815
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260403T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260403T141500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommUNITY Seminar with Molly Atkinson \"Supporting Neurodiversity in Undergraduate Chemistry Education\"
DESCRIPTION:Neurodiversity describes the limitless neurological variations among humans\, with examples including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)\, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)\, and Dyslexia. These neurotypes reflect natural and valuable variations of cognitive function within humans\, with specific strengths that are often considered assets in STEM fields. However\, the study of the learning experiences of neurodivergent students is currently limited within the field of chemistry. This seminar will focus on qualitative research that explores the experiences of neurodivergent undergraduate chemistry students in lecture settings through semi-structured interviews with participants from across the United States. Through interpretative phenomenological analysis – a participant-oriented approach that seeks to understand how participants make sense of their lived experiences while also recognizing the researcher’s role in interpreting those perspectives – our research focuses on understanding how neurodivergent students describe their lived experiences within chemistry lecture settings and what these experiences reveal about how they think\, perceive\, engage\, and learn within these settings. Grounded in the Neurodiversity Paradigm\, this research challenges the societal construct of “normal” cognitive functioning and recognizes neurodiversity as an essential\, valuable form of human diversity. Findings and implications aim to provide rich descriptions of experiences through a neurodivergent lens to help educators design more inclusive learning spaces and inspire systemic change to better support neurodivergent students across the chemistry curriculum.
UID:139513-21885678@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139513
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemical Education,Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260327T100432
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260406T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260406T140000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Jake O’Hara - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Jake O’Hara for their dissertation defense titled \"The Interplay Between Chemical Reactivity and Dopants in Tungsten Oxide Catalysts\".\n\n*Date:* Monday\, April 6th\n*Time:* 12:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1640
UID:147127-21900409@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147127
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260331T101935
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260406T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260406T172000
SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - Materials/Organic Seminar
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, April 6th from 4:00 to 5:20 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Time:* 4:00-4:20 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Abby Ayala\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Andy Ault\n*Title of Talk:* Determination of Atmospheric Aerosol Composition and Diversity in New York City Using Optical Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy\n\n*Time:* 4:20-4:40 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Shae Hagler\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Bart Bartlett\n*Title of Talk:* Understanding the Effects of Stack Pressure on Cycling-Induced Structural Changes in LiMn2O4 for Solid-State\, Li-ion Batteries\n\n*Time:* 4:40-5:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Nihal Khatiwoda\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Ageeth Bol\n*Title of Talk:* Improving the Crystallinity and Conformality of ALD grown MoS2\n\n*Time:* 5:00-5:20 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Will Kidder\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Adam Matzger\n*Title of Talk:* Approximating Heats of Formation of Porous Metal-organic Frameworks
UID:147269-21900616@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147269
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260303T093908
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260407T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Synthesis\, Structure and Applications of Highly Microporous Organic Materials
DESCRIPTION:Porous organic polymers represent a rare class of materials that combine high internal surface area with broad-spectrum chemical stability. These features make them attractive for applications where surface-guest interactions and durability dictate performance\, including corrosive gas storage\, water purification\, energy storage\, and catalysis. In many cases\, performance can be improved by fine-tuning bulk microporosity\, yet factors affecting this key property remain poorly understood. This seminar describes efforts to identify how synthetic pathways shape microporosity in amorphous porous networks. Using a network disassembly approach\, we show that pathway-dependent porosity is largely driven by defects arising from incomplete cross-linking. Implications for synthetic design and selected biomedical applications of highly microporous organic polymers will also be discussed.
UID:138411-21882916@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138411
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260304T143449
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Nanoelectrochemistry for Multi-Dimensional Bioanalysis
DESCRIPTION:Nanoscale in-vivo studies on the signaling of a broad range of neurotransmitters are essential to understand brain functions and diseases. In this talk\, I will first describe our efforts in the development and creation of versatile electroanalytical liquid-liquid junction probes to enable the detection of redox-inactive transmitters. By using the liquid/liquid approach\, we circumvent the challenges in the measurement of non-redox-active neurotransmitters using nano-electroanalytical methods. In addition\, I will share our recent efforts in developing dual-channel nano-carbon-liquid/liquid junction electrodes for multi-modal analysis of both redox-active and non-redox-active analytes. Then I will present our studies on high spatiotemporal bioanalysis using model living organisms. We employed scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) to position our nanoprobes accurately with nm spatial resolution. Our results show that our nanoprobes\, with sizes as small as 15 nm in radius\, can detect and quantify the acetylcholine neurotransmission in real time\, at a high spatiotemporal resolution\, with a high signal-to-noise ratio\, and in biologically relevant fluids. The nano/micro-electroanalytical platform we developed is enabling a variety of new measurements on signaling dynamics across a diverse range of length scales\, i.e.\, at single cells\, at single synapses\, in living mice brains\, and will create exciting opportunities in studying transmission from various neuronal models and in our understanding of neurological disorders from a distinctive perspective. \n  \n\nAcknowledgment: I am grateful to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation\, National Science Foundation\, National Institutes of Health\, Research Corporation for Science Advancement\, Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation\, The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group\, Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago\, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for the support of our research. All the work that I will present is not possible without the hardworking and dedicated efforts of Shen group members.
UID:138406-21882911@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138406
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260321T102331
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T160000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Undergraduate Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Interested in presenting your research? The Undergraduate Research Symposium is an accessible\, multidisciplinary research forum for all undergraduates at the University of Michigan to showcase their work. Top presenters will receive up to $500 in travel grants to support attendance at external conferences! Additionally\, workshops will be hosted leading up to the symposium to help participants prepare. The UR Symposium will be held on April 10th from 11 AM to 4 PM in the Chemistry Building Atrium. To register\, fill out the registration form by March 20th.
UID:144896-21896112@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144896
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Conference,Research,Research Symposium,Symposium,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260327T122909
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T140000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Alivia Mukherjee - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Alivia Mukherjee for their dissertation defense titled \"Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Investigations of Cobalamin Photochemistry: Implications for a Photoreceptor Protein CarH\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, April 10th\n*Time:* 12:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1706\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 992 7536 6578\nPassword: VitaminB12
UID:147136-21900417@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147136
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260325T151359
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Spatial Organization of Epigenetic Information by Phase Separation
DESCRIPTION:The spatial compartmentalization of the genome through phase separation has emerged as a key mechanism in controlling genetic output. This talk explores the life cycle of Polycomb condensates—from molecular birth to functional impact. I will first detail the nucleation of these assemblies\, identifying the number of proteins required for initiation through single-molecule imaging. I will then demonstrate how the resulting condensate landscape is intrinsically linked to the epigenetic memory marker H3K27me3. To conclude\, I will present live-cell single-molecule tracking data that reveals how the condensed state alters the search and binding kinetics of nuclear factors. Ultimately\, I aim to illustrate how the interplay between molecular biophysics and nuclear architecture organizes epigenetic information in the nucleus.
UID:136576-21878874@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136576
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biophysics
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260331T102717
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T172000
SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - Materials/Organic Seminar
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, April 13th from 4:00 to 5:20 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Time:* 4:00-4:20 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Lauren Meagher\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Anne McNeil\n*Title of Talk:* Metathesis of Polydienes to Make Value-Added Copolymers\n\n*Time:* 4:20-4:40 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Ally Tonsberg\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Stephen Maldonado\n*Title of Talk:* Quantitative Analysis of Redox Adsorbates on Semiconductor Electrodes via Cyclic Voltammetry \n\n*Time:* 4:40-5:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Zeyuan Zhu\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Yuki Kobayashi\n*Title of Talk:* Ultrafast Spectroscopy on 2D Materials\n\n*Time:* 5:00-5:20 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Allison Gatz\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Anne McNeil\n*Title of Talk:* Stability Assay for Identifying Non-aqueous Redox Flow Battery Materials
UID:147272-21900619@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147272
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260312T110628
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260414T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Discovering and exploiting metabolic vulnerabilities in human pathogens
DESCRIPTION:Increased human exposure to pathogens couples with rising antibiotic resistance and slow antibiotic development to pose a nearly insurmountable human health challenge. My group’s work aims to discover proteins critical for pathogen survival\, to reveal important insights into their mechanisms of action\, and to develop chemical tools that precisely modulate their functions. By focusing on pathogens with limited or unique metabolic capabilities\, we aim to reveal novel biomarkers and antibiotic targets that are less likely to evade inhibitors. This talk will describe our multipronged approach that employs metabolomics\, protein biochemistry\, biophysics\, and data science to accelerate the proteome-wide discovery of critical metabolite handling proteins in human pathogens. Furthermore\, ongoing efforts to identify effective narrow-spectrum anti-infectives will be described.
UID:138423-21882928@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138423
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemical Biology,Chemistry,Science
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260413T100322
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T180000
SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - Physical Seminar (Part II)
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, April 15th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in CHEM 1300 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Time:* 4:00-4:30 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Kanchan Shaikh\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Yuki Kobayashi\n*Title of Talk:* Light-dressed states in MoS2 monolayer\n\n*Time:* 4:30-5:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Paras Boruach\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Paul Zimmerman\n*Title of Talk:* Exploring the reach of Cl-initiated oxidation of VOCs in the Arctic via RNB-GSM\, a quantum chemical deep reaction network builder.\n\n*Time:* 5:00-5:30 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Kapil Sharwankar\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Zhan Chen\n*Title of Talk:* Investigating Protein Orientation and Conformation at Polymer Interfaces Using Sum-Frequency Generation (SFG) Vibrational Spectroscopy and Discontinuous Molecular Dynamics (DMD) Simulations\n\n*Time:* 5:30-6:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Hamidur Rahman\n*Research Advisor:* Co-Advised by Professor Ageeth Bol and Professor Paul Zimmerman\n*Title of Talk:* Thickness-Controlled Synthesis of 2D MoS2 Thin Films by Sulfurizing Atomic Layer Deposited MoCx
UID:147664-21901481@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147664
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1300
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260310T140251
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260415T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Radicals: A Counterintuitive Periodic Trek
DESCRIPTION:This laboratory has long pursued the synthesis\, structure\, and reactivity of unusual molecules that prominently feature main group elements. These efforts resulted in several significant milestones including the experimental realization of “metalloaromaticity\" (the concept that metallic rings may also display traditional aromatic behavior as exhibited by benzene)\, synthesis of the first molecule containing a boron-boron double bond—the first “diborene”\, and synthesis of the first molecule containing a triple bond between two main group metals (the gallium analog of acetylene). Research efforts have also concerned carbene stabilization of highly reactive main group molecules such diphosphorus (P2)\, diarsenic (As2)\, and disilicon (Si2). This presentation will prominently highlight our efforts to synthetically augment the molecular template of N-heterocyclic carbenes and their surprising conversion to stable dithiolene-based chemical radicals\, which have shown promise in the activation of small molecules\, such as ammonia.
UID:146197-21898647@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146197
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260331T105316
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T172000
SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - Materials/Organic Seminar
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 16th from 4:00 to 5:20 p.m. in CHEM 1640 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Time:* 4:00-4:20 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Julia Donovan\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Adam Matzger\n*Title of Talk:* Imparting Switchable Impact Sensitivity to Workhorse Explosives\n\n*Time:* 4:20-4:40 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Kate Kaplin\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Joerg Lahann & Professor Julie Biteen\n*Title of Talk:* Utilizing Click Chemistry to Enhance Synthetic Protein Nanoparticle Crosslinking\n\n*Time:* 4:40-5:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Elizaveta Karchuganova\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Markos Koutmos\n*Title of Talk:* Structural and Functional Studies of Human tRNA Isopentenyltransferase I (TRIT1)\n\n*Time:* 5:00-5:20 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Yulia Rakova\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Adam Matzger\n*Title of Talk:* Solid Guests in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Capacity Limits and Structural Effects on Loading Kinetics
UID:147275-21900622@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147275
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260407T110203
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T140000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Taylor Spiller - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Taylor Spiller for their dissertation defense titled \"New Methods for Fluorination and Radiofluorination of Aryl (Pseudo)halides\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, April 17th\n*Time:* 12:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1706\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 94196377987
UID:147492-21901106@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147492
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260325T152032
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Two extremes of liquid-liquid phase separation in membranes: minimal\, artificial membranes with only two lipids vs. living\, biological membranes with hundreds of components
DESCRIPTION:Amidst longstanding excitement about liquid–liquid phase separation in biological contexts\, fundamental questions have persisted about exactly which molecules are required for this transition in lipid membranes. The Keller Group applies those questions to both artificial and biological membranes. In simple membranes\, enormous progress has been made in understanding large-scale\, liquid-liquid phase separation in membranes with as few as three components: a sterol\, lipid with ordered chains\, and a lipid with disordered chains. How low can we go? Are three components really necessary? Our group set out to discover a truly minimal system with only two components. Inspired by reports that sterols interact closely with lipids with ordered chains\, we found that phase separation can robustly occur in bilayers in which a sterol and lipid are replaced by a single\, joined sterol–lipid. Next\, we turned our attention to natural membranes. Micron-scale liquid-liquid phase separation occurs in vacuole membranes of budding yeast (S. cerevisiae) at their growth temperature when the yeast switch from the log stage of growth to the stationary stage. The membrane phases are functionally important – they play a role in enabling the yeast to survive periods of stress. We found that yeast actively regulate this phase transition to hold the membrane transition of their membrane ~15C above the yeast growth temperature. They must do so by changing their lipidome. When yeast enter the stationary stage (and their membranes phase separate)\, the fraction of one lipid type (PC-lipids) doubles\, and lipids of that type have higher melting temperatures\, which is consistent with phase separation occurring in membranes containing a sterol\, lipids with ordered chains\, and lipids with disordered chains.
UID:136577-21878875@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136577
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biophysics
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260402T083817
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T123000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Lunch & Learn with LSA and Dr. Kathryn Schertz
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch-and-learn seminar exploring the research on nature’s influence on how we think and feel. A U-M post-doc with the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory will share her research background and current projects that focus on the physical environment and how it influences our feelings and thoughts. Projects include a wayfinding app for the greenest and safest walks (instead of the fastest)\, studies conducted in the Nichols Arboretum looking at how spending time in nature can improve attention and change people’s mood\, and an ongoing collaboration with Matthaei Botanical Garden and Nichols Arboretum using reflection journals to better understand the experience of visitors to those spaces.
UID:147343-21900852@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147343
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mindfulness,Nature,planet blue,Sustainability
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260407T121357
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T140000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Xiaofeng Dai - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Xiaofeng Dai for their dissertation defense titled \"What Does It Feel Like in the Nucleoid? The Biophysical Properties of the Bacterial Chromosome\".\n\n*Date:* Wednesday\, April 22nd\n*Time:* 12:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1706\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 93579278960\nPassword: 199099
UID:147495-21901110@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147495
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260409T163235
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T150000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Soumik Das - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Soumik Das for their dissertation defense titled \"Atomistic Modeling of Reaction Pathways: From Quantum Chemical Methods to Machine Learned Potentials\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, April 24th\n*Time:* 1:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1706\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 972 7498 3650\nPassword: GSM
UID:147607-21901334@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147607
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260417T095937
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T173000
SUMMARY:Presentation:3rd Year Student Seminar - ChemBio Seminar
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 30th from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. in CHEM 1400 please join us in watching the following third years present.\n\n*Time:* 1:00-1:30 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Anusha Vajrala\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Ryan Bailey\n\n*Time:* 1:30-2:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Pui Ki Tsang\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Matt Soellner\n\n*Time:* 2:00-2:30 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Isabel Solowiej\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Wenjing Wang\n\n*Time:* 2:30-3:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Maddy Zamecnik\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Kristin Koutmou\n\n*Time:* 3:00-3:30 PM\nBreak\n\n*Time:* 3:30-4:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Jolie Kan\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Alison Narayan & Professor Paul Zimmerman (Co-Advised)\n\n*Time:* 4:00-4:30 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Courteney Dufrene\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Brandon Ruotolo\n\n*Time:* 4:30-5:00 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Marcella Grillo\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Charles Brooks\n\n*Time:* 5:00-5:30 PM\n*Student Presenter:* Cybele Lemuh Njimoh\n*Research Advisor:* Professor Nicolai Lehnert
UID:147828-21902014@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147828
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1400
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260330T145928
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Imaging Chemical Reactions and Processes
DESCRIPTION:Imaging chemical reactions under synthetically relevant conditions can reveal mechanistic information that is inaccessible with traditional analytical techniques. Our laboratory develops fluorescence microscopy methods—including fluorescence intensity and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)—to understand chemical reactivity and physical processes in complex reaction media with spatial and temporal resolution. We examine aqueous–organic reactions\, oxidative addition to metal powders\, and catalytic polymerization. These systems present particular challenges to traditional characterization methods: aqueous–organic emulsions are heterogeneous and optically opaque\, organometallic surface intermediates in oxidative–addition reactions do not substantially build up\, and many growing polymers are insoluble or spatially heterogenous. In these systems\, FLIM reveals object sizes\, catalyst localization and environments\, the role of reagents\, and the physiochemical reasons underpinning catalytic turnover rates. For example\, droplet-to-droplet differences in emulsions under cross-coupling conditions suggest that individual droplets function as distinct reaction vessels.
UID:145683-21897695@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145683
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1200
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260417T094331
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260501T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260501T170000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Sara Jovanovski - Dissertation Defense
DESCRIPTION:Please join Sara Jovanovski for their dissertation defense titled \"Probing Intermediate States and Their Role in the Nonlinear and Quantum Optical Properties of Organic Conjugated Molecules\".\n\n*Date:* Friday\, May 1st\n*Time:* 3:00 PM\n*Where:* CHEM 1706\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 926 9922 4313\nPassword: 171810
UID:147827-21902013@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147827
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260414T094917
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260505T200000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Fueling for endurance – from keto to carbs!
DESCRIPTION:Day: Tuesday\, May 5\, 2026\nTime:  7 pm to 8 pm\nLocation: U-M Chemistry Bldg.\, Room 1400\n\nDr. Burke is a sports dietitian with 45 years of experience in the education and counselling of elite athletes.  She worked at the Australian Institute of Sport for thirty years\, first as Head of Sports Nutrition and then as Chief of Nutrition Strategy and now serves as Chair in Sports Nutrition in the Mary MacKillop Institute of Health Research at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne.\n \nTalk Summary: Carbohydrates have powered endurance performance for a century—from early race-day sugar use to modern glycogen-loading and sports nutrition products. Yet the rise of ketogenic/LCHF approaches has sparked debate and confusion for athletes and coaches. This session cuts through the hype to explore what the evidence says\, why context matters\, and how to build a more nuanced\, “unifying” approach to fueling endurance performance.\n\nRegister at:  https://tinyurl.com/Louise-Burke
UID:147690-21901601@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147690
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Nutrition,Professional Development,Staff,Talk,Well-being
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1400
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260325T140233
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260528T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260528T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Co-Fractionation ‘Multi-omics’ Mass Spectrometry for Lipid-Protein Interactome Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Lipids play essential roles in regulating various biological processes through functional interactions with integral or peripherally associated proteins and protein complexes. While mass spectrometry (MS)-based strategies have enabled global lipidome and proteome identification and quantitative profiling\, high-throughput strategies to investigate the lipid-protein ‘interactome’ at the systems level are currently lacking. Here\, I will first describe the development of advanced ‘shotgun’ lipidomics data acquisition workflows\, including the use of ion-mobility for selective enrichment of low abundance lipid classes\, and UV-photodissociation MS/MS to enable complete lipid structural characterisation [e.g.\, Anal. Chem. 2024\, 96\, 12296-12307.\; Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2020\, 412\, 2339–2351.]\, and their application to characterise a novel cause of autosomal regressive multisystem mitochondrial disease resulting from deleterious variants in cardiolipin synthase 1 (CRLS1) [Human Mol. Genetics. 2022\, 31\, 3597-3612.]. Next\, using an integrated ‘multi-omics’ workflow for comprehensive lipidome and proteome profiling\, I will report that the knockout of non-mitochondrial genes in peroxisome\, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi organelles also results in mitochondrial dysfunction\, caused by unexpected alterations in ether-glycerophospholipid metabolic pathways [Nature. Cell Biol. 2024\, 26\, 57-71]. Finally\, to investigate the lipid–protein interaction relationships in these systems\, a novel Co-Fractionation Multi-Omics Mass Spectrometry (CF-MOMS) strategy will be described to characterise global alterations in the lipid-protein ‘interactome interactomes in WT and CRLS1KO cell lines\, and to highlight the functional involvement of cardiolipin-protein interactions in maintaining the assembly/stability and activity of mitochondrial membrane proteins.
UID:146965-21899887@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146965
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Analytical Chemistry,Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1640
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260414T142643
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260618T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260618T171500
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:CommUNITY Juneteenth Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Title & Abstract TBD
UID:147737-21901667@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147737
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251201T105915
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260731T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260731T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 CHARMM Developers' Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Charles L. Brooks III\, and his group are hosting the 2026 CHARMM Developers Meeting\, being held from Friday\, July 31\, 2026 to Sunday\, August 2\, 2026\, on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor\, MI.
UID:142278-21890348@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142278
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251201T105915
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260801T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260801T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 CHARMM Developers' Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Charles L. Brooks III\, and his group are hosting the 2026 CHARMM Developers Meeting\, being held from Friday\, July 31\, 2026 to Sunday\, August 2\, 2026\, on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor\, MI.
UID:142278-21890349@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142278
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251201T105915
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260802T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260802T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:2026 CHARMM Developers' Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Charles L. Brooks III\, and his group are hosting the 2026 CHARMM Developers Meeting\, being held from Friday\, July 31\, 2026 to Sunday\, August 2\, 2026\, on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor\, MI.
UID:142278-21890350@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142278
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260414T142009
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260828T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260828T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Building-wide Safety Refresher
DESCRIPTION:Title & Abstract TBD
UID:147736-21901666@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147736
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chemistry
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab
CONTACT:
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