Events
May 2018
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
2:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Introduction to Small Angle X-ray Scattering at APS and Its Application for Studies of DNA Colloidal Particle Assembly
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
8:00am
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5/8
5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Rain over tropical continents: linear theories, abrupt changes, and monsoons
William R. Boos,
Professor,
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Perspectives on Nucleotide Research for Antiviral Drugs and Expanding Access
John Martin,
Ph.D., CEO,
Gilead Sciences, Inc.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, May 4th, 2018
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Harnessing Biological Tools of Protein Transport and Catalysis
Camille McAvoy,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Harnessing Biological Tools of Protein Transport and Catalysis
Camille McAvoy,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Cyclic Polyolefins via Ring-Expansion Metathesis Polymerization
Julian Edwards,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Inorganic Chemistry in Cell Cycle Control: Quantitative Mapping of Subcellular Transition Metal Fluctuations
Thomas V. O'Halloran,
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor,
Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Monday, May 7th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Catalytic Modification of Methane in Non-Conventional Media
Pedro J. Perez,
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry,
Research Center in Quimica Sostenible (CIQSO) Building Robert H. Grubbs, Campus of the Carmen,
University of Huelva, SPAIN,
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
9:00am
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9:30am
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American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry, Virtual Symposium
Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Natural Products and the Chemistry They Inspire
Sarah E. Reisman,
Professor of Chemistry,
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
9:30am
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10:00am
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American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry, Virtual Symposium
Studies in Natural Product Total Synthesis
Phil S. Baran,
Darlene Shiley Chair in Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Modeling the Physical Processes Underlying Chromosomal Organization and Dynamics
Andy Spakowitz,
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Materials Science ,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Hydrologic dynamics of the Greenland ice sheet
Vena Chu,
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Strategies and methods for the synthesis of neuroactive disulfide-linked peptides
Jennifer L. Stockdill,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Wayne State University,
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Biologically Fabricated Materials Composed of Engineered Biofilm Matrix Proteins
Neel Joshi,
Associate Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering; Wyss Institute,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
Protein Dynamics in Signaling: NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins and Amyloids
Ann McDermott,
Esther Breslow Professor of Biological Chemistry,
Departments of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, and Chemical Engineering,
The Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University,
Friday, May 11th, 2018
8:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, May 12th, 2018
9:30am
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5:00pm
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Monday, May 14th, 2018
9:00am
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9:00am
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"Examination of Selenium Incorporation and Product Formation in the Nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor."
Renee Arias,
Graduate Student, Rees Lab,
Caltech ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Ligand Influences on Base Metals for Multi-Electron Transformations
Alison R. Fout,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
University of Illinois Urbana,
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
9:30am
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4:00pm
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
TBD
John T Reager,
Research Scientist,
Surface Hydrology,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Data-driven discovery of functional materials utilizing a 2D electronic structure database
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, May 17th, 2018
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Coupling Molecular Design to Structure and Activity of Sequence-Defined Macromolecules
Christopher A. Alabi,
Assistant Professor & Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Cornell University,
Friday, May 18th, 2018
10:15am
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11:15am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Copper carbazolides in photoinduced C-N couplings
Joe Ahn,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery of Therapeutics across the Blood-Brain and Blood-Tumor Barriers to Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
Emily A. Wyatt,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, May 21st, 2018
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Advancing the Protein Catalyzed Capture Agent Technology to New Frontiers
Amy McCarthy,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemistry Club
Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrofunctionalization
Stephen L. Buchwald,
Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018
8:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Global Signatures of Phytoplankton Physiology
Michael Behrenfeld,
Professor,
Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology,
Oregon State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Exploring the 3D Nano and Atomic World: Coherent Diffractive Imaging and Atomic Electron Tomography
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
When Chemistry asks Biological Questions: Total Synthesis on the Driving Seat
Nuno Maulide,
Professor,
Department of Organic Chemistry,
University of Vienna,
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
8:00am
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Ongoing
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Liquid-liquid Phase Separation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Effects of Charge Connectivity, Ion Association, and Backbone Hydrophilicity
Jian Qin,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Friday, May 25th, 2018
9:30am
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10:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Development of Stereoselective Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Methods
Samantha Shockley,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
A Synthetic Nitrogenase: Insights into the Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by a Single-Site Fe Catalyst
Niklas Thompson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, May 28th, 2018
8:00am
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2018
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Atom-by-Atom Engineering with 2D Materials
Andrew Mannix,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Chicago,
Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Identification of Wiz, a novel Lenalidomide and Pomalidomide dependent substrate
Helen Yu,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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