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Seminars

Date and Location Seminar Type Seminar Details
Date: 09/08/2026 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: Urey Hall 2102 - Urey Room

PHD Thesis Defense

Speaker Rashmi, Richa


Title: Molecular Origins of Vibrational Spectra in Aqueous Systems: Data-Driven Quantum Many-Body Simulations

Committee:
Francesco Paesani, Chemistry (Chair)
Shaowei Li, Chemistry
Zhou, Yuen Zhou, Chemistry
Tod Pascal, Nanoengineering

Date: 09/10/2026 (Thu), 01:00 PM

Location: Tata Hall 3301

PHD Thesis Defense

Speaker Hatcher, Wesley David


Title: Investigating Diboron and Silylboron Reactivity in Oxidative Decomposition and Multicomponent Coupling Reaction

Committee:
Erik Romero, Chemistry (Chair)
Stanley Lo, Cell and Developmental Biology
Patricia Jennings, Chemistry
Tadeusz Molinski, Chemistry
Joseph O'connor, Chemistry

Date: 09/14/2026 (Mon), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Guy Bertrand


Title: Low-valent carbon species as transition metal surrogates

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 09/15/2026 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Adrian Jinich


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 09/17/2026 (Thu), 10:00 AM

Location: Urey Hall Addition 3060 - CAICE Room

PHD Thesis Defense

Speaker Karla Rojas Garcia


Title: Laboratory studies of nitrous acid (HONO) formation in indoor and outdoor environments via multiphase heterogeneous chemistry

Committee:
Vicki Grassian, Chemistry (Chair)
Jonathan Slade, Chemistry
Joel Yuen-Zhou, Chemistry
Katharine Ricke, Sch of Global Policy & Strategy

Date: 09/21/2026 (Mon), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Nathan Romero


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 09/22/2026 (Tue), 01:00 PM

Location: PacHall 4500

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Haiwang Yong


Title: Visualizing Ultrafast Molecular Dynamics in Space and Time with X-rays and Electrons

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 09/29/2026 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Hsing-Ta Chen


Title: TBA

Hosted by:
Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou

Date: 09/30/2026 (Wed), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Colleen Mchugh


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 10/02/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Kent Griffith


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 10/05/2026 (Mon), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Jeffrey Rinehart


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 10/05/2026 (Mon), 01:00 PM

Location: Urey Room 2102

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Vicki Grassian


Title: Chemistry and Impacts of Environmental Interfaces

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 10/06/2026 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Andrew Pun


Title: Photochemistry Across Spin States for Photon Upconversion and Photocatalysis

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 10/09/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Akift Tezcan


Title: Chemical and Computational Design of Metalloenzymes

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 10/16/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: Kavli Auditorium- Tata Hall

Department Colloquia

Speaker Professor Alina Schimpf


Title: TBA

Hosted by:
Chemistry Department

Date: 10/20/2026 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Physical Chemistry

Speaker Professor Sarah King


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Wei Xiong

Date: 10/23/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Robert Waymouth


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joseph O'Connor

Date: 10/30/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Ioannis Spanopoulos


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Kent Griffith

Date: 11/05/2026 (Thu), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Biochemistry,Endowed Lecture

Speaker Professor Cathy Royer


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Alex Guseman

Date: 11/06/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Brandon Barnett


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joshua Figueroa