Events
February 2018
Friday, February 2nd, 2018
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Monday, February 5th, 2018
8:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Elucidating the Role of [4Fe4S] Clusters in DNA Replication and Repair
Phillip Bartels,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BELS
Microfluidics for 3D Tissue Engineering and Personal Health Diagnostics
Samuel Sia,
Professor,
Biomedical Engineering,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Proteins in nanoporous hydrogels: adsorption, diffusion, and folding
Lydia Kisley,
Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology,
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
The Electronic-Structural Barrier to Higher Photoconversion Efficiency in Semiconductors
Scott Cushing,
DOE EERE Postdoctoral Fellow ,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Eric Ashley, Ph.D.; Danielle Schultz, Ph.D.; Christopher Sinz, Ph.D. ,
Merck,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate Change in the West African Monsoon: Confusion, Consensus, and the Way Forward
Michela Biasutti,
Lamont Associate Research Professor,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Exciton-phonon interactions: theoretical techniques for light-induced structural changes
Thursday, February 8th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Seminar: Young Investigator Lecture in Engineering and Applied Science
How vegetation impacts erosion
Qingjun (Judy) Yang,
PhD Candidate,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, February 9th, 2018
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Interplay of Proton Transfer, Electron Transfer and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Transition Metal Mediated Nitrogen Fixation
Benjamin Matson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar
From Imaging Excitons at the Nanoscale to Emerging Device Applications
Lea Nienhaus,
Dr.,
Department of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Monday, February 12th, 2018
9:00am
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Engineering new functions with consideration of the host cell"
Tom Ellis,
Reader and Group Leader,
Centre for Synthetic Biology and Department of Bioengineering,
Imperial College, London,
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Metals, Minerals, Microbes, and Mussels: The Chemical Biology of Catechol in Siderophores and Adhesive Proteins
Alison Butler,
Distinguished Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
2D electron-hole condensate in a van der Waals heterostructure photocell
4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Digital Light Synthesis to Drive Additive Manufacturing: Convergence of Hardware, Software, and Molecular Science (Technical Lecture)
Joseph M. DeSimone,
Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at UNC,
William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at NC State and of Chemistry at UNC,
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Convergent Research to Address Societal Needs (General Lecture)
Joseph M. DeSimone,
Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at UNC,
William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at NC State and of Chemistry at UNC,
Friday, February 16th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Palladium Catalyzed Aromatic C-H Flurination
Kumiko Yamamoto,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Caltech,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Monday, February 19th, 2018
8:00am
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Unusual Redox Properties of π-Conjugated, Planar, Anti-Aromatic Hexapyrrolic Porphyrinoids
Chang Hee Lee,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Kangwon National University,
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
9:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Long Range Propagation of Ocean Swell
William Young,
Professor, Physical Oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Illuminating Developmental Biology with Photochemistry
James K. Chen,
Professor and Chair, Chemical & Systems Biology,
Stanford School of Medicine,
Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
8:00am
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Ongoing
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
"Ultraparamagnetic iron mineralization for noninvasive imaging and magnetic capture of microbes"
Pradeep Ramesh,
Graduate Student, Shapiro Research Group ,
CCE,
Caltech,
Monday, February 26th, 2018
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Single-molecule catalysis: nanoparticles and polymers
Peng Chen,
Peter J. W. Debye Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry & Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
9:00am
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10:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Exploring Synthetic Elemental 2D Materials
Andrew Mannix,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Chicago,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Single-molecule chemistry: from transcription regulation to solar energy conversion
Peng Chen,
Peter J. W. Debye Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The nonequilibrium dynamics of electrons and holes in disordered molecular semiconductors
Adam Willard,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Aerosol in the Arctic Summertime: Particle Formation and Growth, Clouds, and Melting Sea Ice
Jon Abbatt,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Disorder Effects on Vibrational Transport in Energy Materials
Elif Ertekin,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Science & Engineering,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Sirtuins and novel PTMs in cell signaling and cancer
Hening Lin,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,