Events
October 2022
Monday, October 3rd, 2022
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Ordered Inorganic Materials: from Transparent Hole Conductors to MOFs
Professor Jay A. Switzer,
Chancellor's Professor; University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center,
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Ordered Inorganic Materials: from Transparent Hole Conductors to MOFs
Jay A. Switzer,
Chancellor"s Professor; University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Senior Investigator, Materials Research Center,
Department of Chemistry,
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
10:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Engineering and rapid prototyping with biology in extreme conditions
Joseph Meyerowitz,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Rainbands of the SouthEast Asian Summer Monsoon
Inez Fung,
University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Superconductivity, Strong Correlations, and Flat Electronic Bands in (un)-Twisted Graphene Multilayers
Friday, October 7th, 2022
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The development and evolution of CO2 capture solvents: Learnings from theory and experiment, and application to Direct Air Capture
Roger Rousseau,
Physical Sciences Directorate,
Chemical Sciences Division,
Oakridge National Laboratory,
Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou,
Distinguished Scientist,
Computational Sciences and Mathematics Division,
Oakridge National Laboratory,
Monday, October 10th, 2022
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Kara Bren,
Richard Eisenberg Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Department of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Noncanonical amino acid synthesis by evolved tryptophan synthases
Patrick Almhjell,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Wednesday, October 12th, 2022
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Defense
Towards Ab Initio Simulations of High-Temperature Superconductivity
Zhihao Cui,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar Series: Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin
Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin,
Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cell Research, Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience at Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Metabolomics-enabled molecular insights on organic carbon cycling dynamics in bacterial cells, soil pores, and river processes.
Ludmilla Aristilde,
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Understanding Human Genetic Variation with Precision Genome Editing Tools
Alexis Komor,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California - San Diego,
Thursday, October 13th, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Characterization of a Novel Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Protein Insertase in Human Cells "
Taylor Stevens,
Voorhees Group,
Friday, October 14th, 2022
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, October 17th, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
Development and Evaluation of a Quantitative Sequencing Method for Absolute Quantification of Fungal Communities
Reid Akana,
Graduate Student, Ismagilov Lab,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Charge Transfer Processes at Biological Interfaces and Across Biopolymers
Nadav Amdursky,
Associate Professor,
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED – Chemical Engineering Seminar
Ravi Jagadeeshan,
Professor,
Chemical & Biological Engineering,
Monash University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Electrosynthesis of Ferrate(VI/V/IV) Oxidants for Decentralized Water Treatment Applications
Sean McBeath,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Atomic Dynamics in Energy Materials: Vibrations, Diffusion, and Phase Transitions
Thursday, October 20th, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Desiccation and Recognition: Competing Pressures at the Periphery of a Social Insect Colony"
Thomas Naragon,
Parker Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
An interplay between order and disorder in proteins regulates transcription elongation
Vaclav Veverka,
IOCB Prague,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
"Ion Transport in Charged Polymer Electrolytes: The Pursuit of High Li+ Transference Number"
Bryan D. McCloskey,
Department Chair and Warren & Katharine Schlinger Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering,
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
Monday, October 24th, 2022
4:00pm
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Defense
The Development of Ni-Catalyzed Methods for Application in Total Synthesis
Alexander M. Shimozono,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Ab initio approaches to nonequilibrium interactions and transport in matter
Prineha Narang,
Howard Reiss Development Chair,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
8:00am
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Ongoing
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3:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate: Insight from Manipulating Adsorbate Affinity
Kesley A. Stoerzinger,
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering,
Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering,
Oregon State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Party in the microbe dorms: Microbial element cycling in sediment of the oxygen-deficient Santa Barbara Basin
Tina Treude,
UCLA,
Thursday, October 27th, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine
"In situ Structural Biology Using Cryo-Electron Tomography"
Mohammed Kaplan,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Jensen Group,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Crystallography and Cryo-EM : At odds or in harmony?
Gabriel Lander,
Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology,
Scripps,
Friday, October 28th, 2022
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Christian Johansen,
Graduate Student (Peters Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 31st, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
Controls on porewater calcite dissolution kinetics from novel in-situ dissolution experiments
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The Critical Role of Energy Storage in Advancing Decarbonization
Esther S. Takeuchi,
William and Jane Knapp Chair in Energy and the Environment and SUNY Distinguished Professor; Director, Center for Mesoscale Transport,
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering,
Stony Brook University,