Past Events

Portrait of Dr. Yousong Ding, speaker

Fe-Containing Enzymes and ATP-Grasp Enzymes for the Biosynthesis of Bioactive Natural Products

Dr. Yousong Ding, Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry (University of Florida)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Catherine Murphy, guest speaker

A Golden Time for Nanotechnology

Prof. Catherine J. Murphy, Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Peter Schreiner, Distinguished Alumnus and seminar speaker

London Dispersion in Molecular Chemistry[1]

Prof. Peter Schreiner, Professor/Liebig Chair, Institute of Organic Chemistry (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Shivani Nagode, speaker

Synthesis and Application of Functional Nanoparticles for Precision Drug Delivery

Shivani Nagode, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Jana Carpenter, speaker

The Great ESKAPEE: Multi-Omic Methods for Bacterial Profiling Using HILIC-IM-MS

Jana Carpenter, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Phuong Tran, speaker

Emerging Chemistry of Main Group Element-Based Dithiolene Complexes

Phuong Tran, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Ronald Bercaw, speaker

Instrumentation and Precursor Development for Infrared Helium Nanodroplet Isolation Spectroscopy

Ronald Bercaw, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Nohora P Manovacia Moreno, speaker

Cellulose Nanocrystals: Preparation, Modification and Applications

Nohora P. Manovacia Moreno, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of Yan-Ting (Tim) Ke, speaker

Total Synthesis of Gelsemium Alkaloids and Synthesis of Ketohydroperoxides

Yan-Ting Ke, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Ryan Poland, speaker

Approaches for Quantifying Aerosol Mixing State Using Single-Particle Mass Spectrometry

Ryan Poland, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of James Begley, speaker

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations for Heterogeneous Catalysis

James Begley, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of graduate student Bradley Norvell, speaker

Characterization and Thermal Decomposition of Sub-allotrope Violet Phosphorus-21

Bradley Norvell, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of Ishanka Manatunga, speaker

Enzymatic Catalyzation of Diazo Compounds for the Formation of Lactones: An Intramolecular C–H Functionalization Strategy

Ishanka Manatunga, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Hannah Hynds, speaker, presenting a poster

Traveling Wave-Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry for Multi-Omics Studies

Hannah Hynds, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Todd Eliason, speaker

In-Source High-Resolution Spectroscopy Using an Integrated Tunable Raman Laser

Todd Eliason, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of graduate student Jose Garcia, speaker

Aerogels – Light Solids with Heavy Impacts

Jose Garcia, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Image of Anna Batchelor, speaker, in a physical chemistry lab setting

Advancements in X-Ray Spectroscopy of Biologically Relevant Transition Metal Catalysts using X-Ray Free Electron Lasers

Anna Batchelor, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of graduate student Yahya Absalan, speaker

Application of MOFs as Photocatalysts for Removing Textile Dyes from Water

Yahya Absalan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of Thomas Buckley, speaker

Synthesis of Erythropoietin

Thomas Buckley, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of graduate student Amber Birt, speaker

Quantification of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from PM2.5 using LC-MS

Amber Birt, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Tina Salguero, speaker

Harnessing the Potential of Metal Chalcogenide van der Waals Materials

Prof. Tina Salguero, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Hayden Evans, guest speaker

From Point Source CO2 Capture to Grid-Scale H2 Storage – The Promise and Science of the Ultramicroporous Adsorbent Aluminum Formate (ALF)

Dr. Hayden Evans, Research Chemist (National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Eric Betzig, guest speaker

New Windows Into The Secret Lives of Cells

Dr. Eric Betzig, Professor and 2014 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (UC Berkeley, Janelia Research Campus, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Alexander Greer, guest speaker

Mechanistic Underpinnings of Phototoxicity and Photobluing: Using Organic Photochemistry and DFT to Help Solve Problems in Photomedicine and Photobiology

Prof. Alexander Greer, Professor, Department of Chemistry (The City University of New York, Brooklyn College)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of graduate student Elijah Roberts, speaker

Measuring Isotope Incorporation in Proteins Produced Using Uniform or Sparse Labeling with 13C and 15N

Elijah Roberts, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Melanie Reber, speaker

Frequency Combs as the Route to the Spectroscopic Trifecta: High Time Resolution, High Frequency Resolution, and High Sensitivity

Prof. Melanie Reber, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Xinning Lai, graduate student speaker

Suture Materials: Current and Emerging Trends

Xinning Lai, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of James Casey, speaker

The Evolution of Synthetic Techniques for Nitride Materials

James Casey, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of graduate student Wei-Chih Lo, speaker

Recent Advances of Metal Carbenoids: from Diazo Precursors to Safe Carbene Precursor

Wei-Chih Lo, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Cai Hong Li, speaker

Mass Spectrometry Application in Atherosclerosis (AS) Biomarkers Detection

Caihong Li, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Kelly Hines, speaker

Multi-Dimensional Separations for Bacteria Identifications and Investigations of Antimicrobial Resistance

Dr. Kelly Hines, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Matthew McDowell, guest speaker

Understanding Materials and Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries

Prof. Matthew McDowell, Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Maxwell McCray, speaker

Exploring Chitosan-Based Films: A Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Plastic Packaging

Maxwell McCray, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Picture of Patrick Foster, speaker, in a lab setting

Sulfur (VI) Fluoride Exchange (SuFEx) in Drug Discovery

Patrick Foster, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Ahmed Hamid, speaker

Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases by Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry

Prof. Ahmed Hamid, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Auburn University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb, guest speaker

Design Principles for Metalloprotein Chemistry

Prof. Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb, William R. Roush Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Michigan)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Andreas Bommarius, speaker

Improvement of α-amino Ester Hydrolase (AEH) Via Rational Design, Computational Design, and Machine Learning (ML)

Prof. Andreas Bommarius, Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Karen Ramirez Quintero, speaker

Characterization of the Interaction of the Regulator of G-protein Signaling 10 (RGS10) and the Calcium Signaling Protein Calmodulin

Karen Ramirez Quintero, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Adaeze Osakwe, speaker

Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs): Synthesis and Application

Adaeze Osakwe, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of Prof. Jón Njardarson, guest speaker

Guest Speaker: Prof. Jón Njardarson

Prof. Jón Njardarson, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Hope Long, speaker

An Interplay Between Pressure, Composition, and Magnetism

Hope Long, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of Nathaniel Kitzmiller, speaker

Creating Optimal Coordinates for Drastic Cost Reductions in Rigorous Ab Initio Quantum Chemistry Computations

Nate Kitzmiller, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Jianwen Li, speaker

7-Dehydrocholesterol Encapsulated Lipid Nanoparticles as a Radiation-activated Radiosensitizer

Jianwen Li, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of Dr. Ethan Hill, guest speaker

Secondary Interactions in Transition Metal Catalysis: Metal-Ligand Cooperativity and Beyond

Prof. Ethan Hill, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Auburn University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Erica Mitchell, speaker

Automatic Differentiation of Explicitly Correlated MP2

Erica Mitchell, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Anmarie Misterkiewicz, speaker

A Century of Teaching Inorganic Chemistry

Anmarie Misterkiewicz, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Room 345
Portrait of Prof. Boone Prentice, guest speaker

Imaging Biological Tissues at High Chemical and Spatial Resolutions Using Mass Spectrometry

Prof. Boone M. Prentice, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Florida)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Brandon J. Yik, faculty candidate

Making Sense of Reaction Mechanisms: Developing Assessment Tools for the Learning of Organic Chemistry

Dr. Brandon J. Yik, Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Lecturer (University of Virginia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Wei-Chen Chang, guest speaker

Studies of Non-Heme Iron Enzyme Catalyzed C-C and C-N Bond Forming Reactions

Prof. Wei-Chen Chang, Associate Professor and LORD Corporation Distinguished Scholar, Department of Chemistry (North Carolina State University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Zhizi Feng, graduate student speaker

Advances in Red Blood Cell-based Biomimetic Carriers for Drug Delivery

Zhizi Feng, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Daniil Ahiadorme, graduate student speaker

Synthesis, Evaluation, Mechanistic Studies of Thiasugars and Their Dithia Derivatives for Application in Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry

Daniil Ahiadorme, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Keerthi Appala, speaker

In vitro Insights of Exogenous Fatty acids and FASII Inhibitors on Lipid Profiles and Antibiotic Susceptibilities in Staphylococcus aureus

Keerthi Appala, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Alena Moon, guest speaker

Characterizing Students’ Engagement with Empirical Data

Prof. Alena Moon, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Bignan Li, graduate student speaker

Discovery of A New Subclass of Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase

Bingnan Li, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of graduate student speaker Ben Yosen

Hydrogen Evolution by Homoleptic Ni-Tetrathiolato Electrocatalysts

Benjamin Yosen, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Craig Taatjes, guest speaker

The 37th Annual Charles A. Coulson Lecture: Reactions and Interactions in Complex Chemical Systems

Dr. Craig Taatjes, Manager/Principal Investigator, Combustion Chemistry (Sandia National Laboratories)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Andrew Roberts, guest speaker

Natural Product-Inspired Peptide Cyclization Strategies and Their Therapeutic Applications

Prof. Andrew Roberts, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (University of Utah)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Amanda Patrick, guest speaker

Two Tales of Measuring More than Mass with Mass Spectrometers: Differentiating Hydroxyproline Isomers and Understanding Ionic Liquid Degradation

Prof. Amanda Patrick, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (Mississippi State University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Emmanuel Echeverri-Jiménez, Ph.D., guest speaker and faculty position candidate

Research Seminar: Dr. Emmanuel Echeverri-Jimenez

Emmanuel Echeverri-Jimenez, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry Education (University of Louisville)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Kenichi (Ken) Yokoyama, guest speaker

Mechanism of Controlling the Formation and Reactivities of Radicals in GTP 3’,8-cyclase in Molybdenum Cofactor Biosynthesis

Prof. Kenichi (Ken) Yokoyama, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology (Duke University School of Medicine)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Laura Olive, graduate student speaker

Competition between Solvent···Solvent and Solvent···Solute Interactions in the Microhydration of the Tetrafluoroborate Anion, BF4–(H2O)n=1,2,3,4

Laura Olive, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Mark Levin, guest speaker

Guest Speaker: Prof. Mark Levin

Prof. Mark Levin, Associate Professor of Chemistry (University of Chicago)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Kingsley Bimpeh, graduate student speaker

The MAW Method: A Rapid Single-Phase Extraction for Bacterial Lipidomics

Kingsley Bimpeh, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Huiming Wu, graduate student speaker

Self-healing Polymers: Characteristics and Applications

Huiming Wu, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of speaker Geeta Goyal at work in the lab

Asymmetric Anion-Pairing Catalysis

Geeta Goyal,
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Christian Freeman, speaker

Connecting Branched Isomer Distributions and Membrane Characteristics in Daptomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Using RPLC-IM-MS

Christian Freeman, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Liming Zhang, guest speaker, with a Chinese scroll in the backgroun

Guest Speaker: Prof. Liming Zhang

Prof. Liming Zhang, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of California at Santa Barbara)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Patrick Foster, graduate student speaker

Photoredox Catalysis in Late-Stage Aryl C(sp3 )−H Functionalizations

Patrick Foster, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Nathaniel Kitzmiller, speaker

Nitrogen Vacancy Centers as Quantum Sensors

Nate Kitzmiller, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Oleksandr Orlov, graduate student speaker

Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs): NMR Studies of IDPs

Oleksandr Orlov, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of guest speaker, Dr. Andrey Zakharchenko

Guest Speaker: Dr. Andrey Zakharchenko

Dr. Andrey Zakharchenko, Instructor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine (The University of Pennsylvania)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Jian Wang, guest speaker

Facile Synthesis of Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials to Discover New Compounds and Stabilize Metastable Modifications

Prof. Jian Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (Wichita State University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of guest speaker, Prof. Joseph Fournier, against a background of a colonnaded walkway

Vibrational Spectral Signatures and Ultrafast Dynamics of Strong H-bonds Investigated with Cryogenic Ion and 2D IR Spectroscopies

Prof. Joseph A. Fournier, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (Washington University in St. Louis)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Mehrnoush Taherzadeh, graduate student speaker

Direct Mass Spectrometry Technologies for Intraoperative Tissue Analysis and Surgical Margin Evaluation

Mehrnoush Taherzadeh, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Stephanie Jordan, graduate student speaker

Methanobactin: An Intriguing Copper-Chelating Peptide with a Unique Biosynthesis

Stephanie Jordan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Picture of Annabelle Webb, speaker, in a lab setting

Low Temperature Combustion of C5 Cyclic Molecules

Annabelle Webb, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Gregory Tschumper, guest speaker

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to High-Accuracy Computational Quantum Chemistry for Hydrogen Bonding, Halogen Bonding and other Non-Covalent Interactions

Prof. Gregory Tschumper, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of Mississippi)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Ian Beck, speaker

Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Theory, Production, and Application

Ian Beck, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Jarvis Hill, graduate student speaker

Pure and Applied Chemistry of Trisubstituted Hydroxylamines: From Reaction Discovery to Drug Design

Jarvis Hill, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Nicholas Cooper, speaker

Construction of a Cavity-Enhanced Transient Absorption Spectrometer for Ultrafast Molecular Beam Measurements

Nicholas Cooper, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Stephen Goodlett, speaker

Comparison of Multifidelity Machine Learning Models for Potential Energy Surfaces

Stephen Goodlett, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Nicolas Osorio, graduate student speaker

Strained Cyclic Allenes in Stereoselective Reactions and Total Synthesis of Lissodendoric Acid A

Nicolas Osorio Morales, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Divine Francis, graduate student speaker

Ultra-Low Fouling Coatings for Antimicrobial Biomaterials

Divine Francis, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Joshua Bledsoe, graduate student speaker

Heterogeneous Nucleation of Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate)

Joshua Bledsoe, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dahai Ding, graduate student speaker

“The field of organic chemistry is not exhausted”: Baeyer–Villiger Monooxygenases as a Tunable Biocatalyst

Dahai Ding, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Alexander Heide, graduate student speaker

Disagreement on the Degradation Mechanism and Applicability of Kinetic Models for Non-Platinum Group Metal Catalysts in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

Alexander Heide, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. John Richard, guest speaker, with a background of lab equipment on shelves

The Enabling Role of Substrate Driven Conformational Changes in Enzyme Catalysis

Dr. John Richard, SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry (University at Buffalo)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Group picture of SURO participants for Summer 2023, with the STEM-1 building entrance in the background

Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity (SURO) Symposium

iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Dr. Joost Bakker, guest speaker, working on lab equipment

Gas-Phase Copper Clusters: Model for the CO2 Reduction Catalyst?

Prof. Joost M. Bakker, Condensed Matter Physics (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
iSTEM Building 1, Room 1023
Portrait of Dr. Abishek K. Iyer, speaker, young man with dark hair and beard, standing in front of a coffee shop window

Design of Low-Dimensional Optical and Magnetic Chalcogenide Materials

Dr. Abishek K. Iyer , Kanatzidis Group, Non-linear Optics (Northwestern University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Francesco Evangelista, guest speaker.

The 38th Robert S. Mulliken Lecture: Molecular Electronic Structure at the Nexus of Classical and Quantum Computing

Prof. Francesco Evangelista, Professor of Chemistry (Emory University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Headshot portrait of speaker, Prof. Mingji Dai

Guest Speaker: Prof. Mingji Dai

Prof. Mingji Dai , Asa Griggs Candler Professor, Department of Chemistry (Emory University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Evgeny Alekseev, speaker. Image is of a man wearing protective eyewear with a lab in the background.

Inorganic Chemistry of F-Elements in Oxo-Systems: from Normal to Extreme Conditions

Dr. Evgeny V. Alekseev, Senior Researcher, Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK) (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Wei Yang, seminar speaker, in a lab setting

Calcium Carbonate based Nanoparticles to Activate T cells for Anti-tumor Immunotherapy

Wei Yang, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of the speaker, Prof. László Kürti, in an organic chemistry lab setting

Advances In The Synthesis And Application Of Strained-Ring Compounds: Catalytic & Stoichiometric Approaches

Prof. László Kürti, Professor of Chemistry (Rice University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Sonal Priya, speaker

Characterization of Glycation and Other PTMs in Biotherapeutics Using HILIC-MS

Sonal Priya, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
photo of speaker, Dr. Wayne Suggs

Active Learning Approaches and Examples

Dr, Wayne Suggs, Senior Academic Professional, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Stefanie Milam, 2023 Alumni Lecture speaker

2023 Alumni Lecture

Dr. Stefanie Milam, Planetary Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Caitlin Cato Wood, speaker

Expedited Oral Solid Dosage Development

Caitlin Cato Wood, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Jeff Pilgrim, guest speaker and UGA Chemistry 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner

Seeking the Tricorder: Evolution of the NASA Anomaly Gas Analyzer

Dr. Jeffrey S. Pilgrim, Vista Photonics, Inc. (2023 UGA Chemistry Distinguished Alumnus Winner)
iSTEM Building 1, Room 1023
Portrait of Idris Olukoya, speaker

Molecular Editing via Nitrogen Deletion: A Strategy for Remodeling Molecules in Organic Synthesis

Idris Olukoya, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Prof. Andrew Wozniak, speaker

Effects of Production Conditions and Environmental Aging on Solid-Phase and Dissolvable Pyrogenic Organic Matter Characteristics

Prof. Andrew Wozniak, Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences and Policy (University of Delaware)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Elise Corbin, guest speaker

Adaptations of Cells and Tissues to Spatiotemporally Dynamic Mechanical Environments

Prof. Elise Corbin, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering (University of Delaware)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Rohan Bhavsar, speaker

An Analysis of Photo-CORM Di-(2-hydroxynaphtyl)cyclopropenone

Rohan Bhavsar, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Lauren Heidenreich, speaker

Investigating Analytical Techniques for Microplastic Characterization and Quantification

Lauren Heidenreich, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Zhe Yang, speaker

Alginate Gels Structure-Thermodynamic Relationship with Water and Counterions

Zhe Yang, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Sayani Roy Chowdhury, speaker, in a lab setting

Design of a Novel Photocleavable Metal-Organic Framework

Sayani Roy Chowdhury, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Mingrui Sun, speaker

Measuring Photolytic Mass Loss of Humic Substances with a Quartz Microbalance(QCM)

Mingrui Sun, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Ronald Bercaw, speaker

Field-Free Molecular Alignment and Orientation

Ronald Bercaw, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of speaker Asiri Hettikankanamalage Don

Synthesis of N,N,O-Trisubstituted Hydroxylamines (Hydroxalogs) and Other Projects

Asiri Hettikankanamalage Don, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Amanda Frossard, speaker

Chemical and Physical Properties of Surfactants in Seawater and Aerosol Particles and Their Influence on Particle Hygroscopic Growth

Prof. Amanda Frossard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Headshot of speaker, Prof. Jian Hu

Unzipping the ZIPs: Transport Mechanism and Substrate Specificity of ZIP Metal Transporters

Prof. Jian Hu, Associate Professor, Chemistry/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Michigan State University)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Photo of Zach McQueen, speaker

Optical Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols from the G-WISE Campaign

Zachary McQueen, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Weihao Ma, speaker, with a lab background

From “Intentional Avoidance” to “Resurgence” - Development of Covalent Inhibitors in Drug Discovery

Weihao Ma, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. Jace Jones, guest speaker

The Pursuit of How Structure Impacts Function: from Lipids to Oligonucleotides

Prof. Jace Jones, Assistant Professor/Associate Director, Mass Spectrometry Center (University of Maryland School of Pharmacy)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Prof. John Gladysz, guest speaker

From Molecular Gyroscopes to Homeomorphic Isomerization: Molecules that Turn Themselves Inside-Out

Professor John A. Gladysz, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry (Texas A&M University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Xena Mansoura, speaker

Modernity in Ancient Times: Copper Silicate Pigments from Historical Significance to Modern Applications

Xena Mansoura, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of speaker Nathan Thacker standing by a fume hood in an organic chemistry lab

Developing a Methodology for Probing Student Comprehension of Organic Chemistry Using Eye Tracking Technology

Nathan Thacker, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of Dr. Carla Hadden, guest speaker

The UGA Center for Applied Isotope Studies: What We Do and Why

Dr. Carla Hadden, Director & Research Scientist (Center for Applied Isotope Studies (CAIS), University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Poster for "To What Remains" documentary, depicting underwater scene, silhouette of saluting soldier, and tagline "More than 80,000 Americans missing in action. One mission: bring them home."

Documentary Screening: “To What Remains” with UGA Chemistry Alum Dr. Pat Scannon

Dr. Pat Scannon, (Project Recover)
271 Russell Special Collections Libraries Auditorium
Photo of Prof. Marcus Müller, speaker

Diblock Copolymer Membranes: What Can We Learn from Computer Simulation?

Prof. Marcus Müller, Institute for Theoretical Physics (Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of guest speaker Prof. Zachary Wickens

Selective Synthesis Using Light and Electricity

Prof. Zachary Wickens, Assistant Professor of Chemistry (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Rachel Bramblett, speaker

Characterizing Surface Active Organics in Sea Spray Aerosol and Their Influence on Cloud Microphysics

Rachel Bramblett, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Erica Mitchell, speaker

Controversy on Venus: The Existence of Phosphine

Erica Mitchell, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of speaker Yizhi Cui

Palladium Catalyzed C−H Lactonization of Aliphatic Acids

Yizhi Cui, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Yixuan Wu, speaker

Monitoring of Spent Nuclear Fuel Treatment Steps by Analytical Methods to Improve Efficiency

Yixuan Wu, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of speaker Ethan Stinchcomb posed next to a poster presentation of the subject

Investigation On The Enzymatic Degradability Of Glycoloic Urthanes Via Fluorescence Assay

Ethan Stinchcomb, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of guest speaker Prof. Roman Manetsch

Confronting Pathogens with a Combination of Synthetic and Analytical Chemistry

Prof. Roman Manetsch , Associate Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Northeastern University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Image of speaker, G. Asher Newsome

Sampling, Ambient Mass Spectrometry, and the Philosophy of Damage in a Museum Setting

G. Asher Newsome, Research Physical Scientist (Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Speaker Yohannes Abate in lab setting

Spectroscopy and Imaging at the Nanoscale in the Range Visible to Terahertz Frequencies

Prof. Yohannes Abate, Susan Dasher and Charles Dasher MD Professor of Physics (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Jay Lawrence, speaker, in a lab setting

Metal–Hydrogen Atom Transfer (MHAT)-Initiated Intramolecular Giese Reactions in Total Synthesis

Jay Lawrence, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Photo of Dr. Chengshan Wang, speaker, seated at his desk

Quantitatively Evaluate the Orientation of the Axis of α-Helical α-Synuclein(61-95) in Monolayer with Residue Level Resolution by pMAIRS

Dr. Chengshan Wang, Associate Professor of Chemistry (Middle Tennessee State University)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Picture of Skyler Hollers, speaker, in a lab setting

Total Synthesis of the Herqulines

Skyler Hollers, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Head shot of Prof. Katlyn Meier, woman with long brown hair and a black sweater, outdoor background

Defining the Roles of Metals in Mediating Structural Changes and Protein-Protein Interactions

Prof. Katlyn Meier, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Miami)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Shuyue Zhan, speaker, in lab setting

Sodium Chloride Nanoparticles as Bladder Cancer Therapeutics

Shuyue Zhan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
image depicts causasian woman with long brown hair, standing in front of a laboratory fume hood

Cycloadditions Enabled by Chromium(III) Photoredox Catalysis

Avery Smith, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Head Shot of Ariana Deegan, caucasian woman with long dark hair

Obtaining Ambient Organic Aerosol Volatility Using the Filter Inlet for Gas and Aerosol Phase (FIGAERO)

Ariana Deegan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Adrian Torres, speaker, man with dark hair and patterned shirt

Biochemically Responsive MRI Contrast Agents

Adrian Torres, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Yi Liu, Asian woman with black hair and glasses

Mechanistic Investigation Towards Catalytic NO2– Reduction by Nonheme Fe(II)-Nitro Complexes

Yi Liu, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Nicholas Dewey, speaker; white male with brown hair

Strategies for the Reduction of Detailed Chemical Kinetics Mechanisms

Nicholas Dewey, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Image depicts young man in a lab, peering at the contents of a tube

Reductive Cross-Coupling: From Humble Beginnings to a Dynamic Revival

Christopher DeAngelis, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
image depicts Dr. Stephen Klippenstein, caucasian male with short blond hair

Combustion in a Sustainable World: From Molecules to Processes

Dr. Stephen J. Klippenstein, Argonne Distinguished Fellow in Theoretical Chemistry (Argonne National Laboratory)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Image of speaker, Dr. Parastoo Azadi

Use of Permethylation for Structural Characterization of Glycoconjugates

Dr. Parastoo Azadi, Associate Director of CCRC –Service and Training (Complex Carbohydrates Research Center, University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Portrait of speaker, Prof. Gloria Borgstahl

Direct Detection of Coupled Proton and Electron Transfers in Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase

Prof. Gloria Borgstahl, Professor (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Image depicts Dr. Christopher Barrett, bearded caucasian man in a black shirt

Applications of Material Science in Support of Nuclear Forensics and Non-Proliferation

Dr. Christopher Barrett, Program Manager (Savannah River National Laboratory)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Headshot of Jandi Kim, speaker, Asian woman with dark hair

Identification of Glycosaminoglycans with MS-Based Analytical Techniques

Jandi Kim, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of speaker; female with dark hair and eyes, wearing white shirt and navy blue jacket

Cooperative Activation of O2 by Heteronuclear Assemblies

Prof. Shabnam Hematian, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Jason Colley, white male with curly blond hair, beard, and glasses; background of books in a library

Photodissociation Spectroscopy of Carbon Cluster Cations

Jason Colley, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Image depicts blonde caucasian woman in black sweater

Guest Speaker: Prof. Kami Hull

Prof. Kami Hull, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Texas at Austin)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Head shot of Ngan H Thai, Asian woman with long dark hair, wearing a black jacket and lace blouse

Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry Application in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Ngan H Thai, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Head shot of Stephen Goodlett, man with glasses and short brown hair, wearing a blue shirt

Quantum Computers for Quantum Chemistry: Making the Best of a Limited Technology

Stephen Goodlett, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Image is headshot of young Asian man

Synthesis and Application of Piperazinone Alpha-Helical Peptidomimetics

Jonathan Lin, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
image depicts Prof. Juergen Gauss, male with gray hair, glasses, and red sweater

Computation of Magnetic Properties

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gauss, Professor, Theoretical Chemistry (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Head shot of Alexandra Burke, woman with glasses and long blonde hair

Energetics and Kinetics of Various Cyano Radical Hydrogen Abstractions

Alexandra Burke, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Head shot of Prof. Kensha Clark, African-American woman wearing reddish-orange blouse

A Nonoxidative Approach to Methane Functionalization: Efforts Towards Realizing the Methanol Economy

Prof. Kensha Clark, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of Mississippi)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Henry Mull, speaker, brown-haired man wearing a polo shirt

Four Isomers of In2H2: a Careful Comparison Between Theory and Experiment

Henry Mull, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Head shot of Nicolas Osorio-Morales, Latinx man wearing a blue shirt

Controlling the Side Chain Conformation and the Anomeric Selectivity in Gluco- and Galacto-hexopyranosyl Donors with the Aid of a Dummy Ligand

Nicolas Osorio-Morales, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Jana Carpenter, speaker, Black woman wearing glasses

Reverse Metabolomics: An Answer for Characterizing the Functional Relationship of Bile Acids and the Gut

Jana Carpenter, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of speaker Robert Gilliard, African-American man wearing white shirt and tan jacket

Borafluorenes, Borepins, and High Order Boraacenes: From Fundamental Redox Chemistry to Thermochromic Materials

Prof. Robert Gilliard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Virginia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Image is Asian man wearing glasses and a blue shirt

Improving Ischemic Stroke Treatment with Functional Magnetic Nanomotor

Prof. Yiping Zhao, Distinguished Research Professor of Physics (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Hannah Hynds, speaker, blonde woman wearing blue shirt

The Evolution of C=C Position Elucidation in Lipid Fatty Acyl Chains

Hannah Hynds, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
image depicts Dr. Sergiy Minko, caucasian male with short gray hair and blue eyes

Polymeric Biointerfaces for Tailored Interactions with Cells

Prof. Sergiy Minko, Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM Building 2, Room 1218
Black-and-white head shot of Prof. Sherburn, dark-haired caucasian man wearing a striped shirt

Guest Speaker: Prof. Michael Sherburn

Prof. Michael Sherburn, Professor, Research School of Chemistry/ANU College of Science (Australian National University)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Prof. Jennifer Brodbelt, guest speaker, woman with blonde hair, wearing glasses and a dark red top

New Frontiers in Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry: Challenges and Solutions

Prof. Jennifer Brodbelt, Department Chair, Department of Chemistry (University of Texas at Austin)
ONLINE ONLY
Head shot of bearded man with glasses; river and partial skyline in the background

The Analytical Chemistry of Sports Doping Control

Dr. Tom Brenna, Professor, Department of Pediatrics (University of Texas at Austin)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Guest speaker Prof. Ian Webb

Exploiting Chemical Modifications for Structural Elucidation by Mass Spectrometry

Prof. Ian Webb, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI))
Interdisciplinary STEM Research Building 2, Room 1218
Image is head shot of Jon Amster, caucasian male with curly hair and glasses, wearing a blue shirt

Forensic Analysis for Ricin in the 2011 Case of the Georgia Militia

Prof. I. Jonathan Amster, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Haofan Ji, Asian man wearing glasses and a white shirt

Enantiospecific Heteroatom-Tethered 1,6-Enyne Cycloisomerizations

Haofan Ji, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Headshot of Prof. Geoff Smith: man with brown hair and glasses, wearing a blue and white striped shirt

Allinger Lecture: The Development of an Optical Classification Model for Ambient Aerosols

Prof. Geoffrey D. Smith, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-2 Building, Room 1218
Group photo of presenters (L-R) Dawson Templin, Victoria Li, and Jordan Stubblefield

Flashcards—Their Use in Chemistry

Victoria Li, Undergraduate Researchers, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia) , Jordan Stubblefield, Undergraduate Researchers, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia) , Dawson Templin, Undergraduate Researchers, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Cole Nguyen, speaker

Probing the Influences of a Lewis Acid on Mn (IV)-Oxo Bonds: A Guide Towards O-O Bond Formation

Cole Nguyen, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Laura Andreola, graduate student speaker

Importance of Favorable Non-Covalent Contacts in the Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Chromanone

Laura Andreola, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Keerthi Appala, speaker

Graphene Oxide Quantum Dots as a Sensing Platform for the Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria

Keerthi Appala, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Brianna Blevins, speaker

Rheology Behind the Scenes

Brianna Blevins, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Jonathan Caranto, guest speaker

Metalloenzyme-Catalyzed Oxidations of Nitric Oxide in Biosynthesis and Nitrosative Stress Protection

Prof. Jonathan Caranto, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (University of Central Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Kale King, speaker

HENDI Spectroscopy of the Butyl Radicals

Kale King, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Vinayak Agarwal, guest speaker

Looking Back and Building Forward: Natural Products Biosynthesis

Prof. Vinayak Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Kingsley Bimpeh, speaker

Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) for Rapid Aptamer Selection

Kingsley Bimpeh, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Dr. Jason Locklin in his lab

2022 Alumni Lecture: The Future of Plastics and The New Materials Institute at the University of Georgia

Prof. Jason Locklin, Department of Chemistry/New Materials Institute (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Headshot of Nicholas Dewey, speaker

Development of Sub-Mechanisms for Cyclic Ethers: Alkyl-Substituted Oxiranes

Nicholas Dewey, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Shrey Patel, speaker

Light-Induced Nucleophilic Substitution by Photo-activation of a Leaving Group

Shrey Patel, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Christian Freeman, seminar speaker

Evaluating Extraction Techniques for Quantifying Residual Antibiotics Found in Honey using Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

Christian Freeman, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Chemical Recycling To Monomers

Ethan Stinchcomb, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Jordan Ernst, speaker

Photodynamic Therapy: Illuminating a Cure for Cancer?

Jordan Ernst, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Albert Padwa, guest speaker

Guest Speaker: Prof. Albert Padwa

Prof. Albert Padwa, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry (Emory University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Virginia Weber, graduate student speaker

Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Paper and Paperboard Food Packaging

Virginia Weber, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
iSTEM-1 Building, Room 1023
Shelby Parrott, speaker

A Mechanistic Study of Coproheme Decarboxylase

Shelby Parrott, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Marshall Liss, speaker

Total Synthesis of Dithiodiketopiperazine Natural Products

Marshall Liss, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Lily Birx, speaker

Analysis of N- & O-linked Glycopeptides

Lily Birx, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Philip D. Kiser

Structural Basis for Catalytic Diversity in the Carotenoid Oxygenase Superfamily

Prof. Philip D. Kiser, Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics (University of California, Irvine)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Jianwen Li, graduate student speaker

Cell-Derived Nanoparticles as Cancer Vaccines

Jianwen Li, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Kyle Minder, speaker

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Recent Advances in Site-Specific Conjugation Offers Payload Diversity

Kyle Minder, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Tret Burdette, seminar speaker

Characterizing Surfactants in Marine Water using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Tret Burdette, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Fangchao Jiang, speaker

X-ray Induced Photodynamic Therapy with CsI(Na)@MgO Nanoparticles and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid for Cancer Treatment

Fangchao Jiang, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Value-Added Reutilization, Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries

April Rains, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Rob Williams, doctoral candidate

Expanding the Toolbox for Structural Biology of Glycoproteins: Combining NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry

Robert Williams, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
CCRC Auditorium
Anthony Schaefer, speaker

New Tools for Making Computational Quantum Chemistry Simpler

Anthony Schaefer, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Dr. Dohyung Kim, Materials Chemistry candidate

BEYOND SURFACE Facilitates Electrocatalytic Reactions of Renewable Carbons

Dr. Dohyung Kim, Chemical Engineering (Stanford University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Guest speaker Prof. Andrew Lawrence

Guest Speaker: Prof. Andrew Lawrence

Prof. Andrew Lawrence, Personal Chair of Organic Synthesis, School of Chemistry (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Guest speaker Prof. Sotiris Xantheas

The Many-Body Expansion in Chemistry

Prof. Sotiris Xantheas, Advanced Computing, Mathematics and Data (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Portrait of Prof. Robin Macaluso, guest speaker

Unlocking the Power of Group 16 (and 17) in the Solid State

Prof. Robin Macaluso, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of Texas at Arlington)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Materials Chemistry candidate Dr. Vladislav Klepov

Crystal Growth from Exploratory Synthesis to Functional Device Fabrication

Dr. Vladislav Klepov, Department of Chemistry (Northwestern University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. John M. Herbert, Coulson Lecture guest speaker

Neat, Simple, and Wrong: Electrostatic Fallacies Regarding Noncovalent Interactions

Prof. John M. Herbert, Department of Chemistry (Ohio State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Katherine Davis, guest speaker

Structure and Dynamics of Enzyme-Ligand Interactions

Prof. Katherine Davis, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (Emory University)
ONLINE ONLY
Chemistry Graduate Student Organization (CGSO) logo

CGSO Roundtable: A Discussion on Personal Development and Networking in Graduate School

Chemistry Graduate Student Organization (CGSO), Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Pfizer Medicinal Chemistry Seminar

Dr. Sheneika Jackson, (Pfizer) , Dr. David Blakemore, (Pfizer) , Dr. Anne-Marie Dechert Schmitt, (Pfizer)
ONLINE ONLY
Xu Yang, speaker

Capture the 5,000,000 Missing Pieces in Proteomics Enrichment by FAIMS

Xu Yang, Graduate Student, Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Shubham Sharma, speaker

Advancing Photo-Click Chemistry towards Macrocyclization and Sequence-defined Oligomers

Shubham Sharma, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Zhengwei Cao, speaker

Calcium Nanoparticles to Stimulate Dendritic Cell and Boost T cell Immunity Against Cancer

Zhengwei Cao, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Franklin Leach, speaker

Technology Developments to Expand the Utility of MS Imaging in Interdisciplinary Studies

Prof. Franklin E. Leach III, College of Public Health and the Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Nicholas Sesing, speaker

Advances in Carbon-Supported, Iron-Containing Oxygen Electrocatalytic Cathodes in Zinc-Air Batteries

Nicholas Sesing, Graduate Student, Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Travis Jones, speaker

A Helium Nanodroplet Instrument for Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Ions

Travis Jones, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Ayesha Nisathar

Comparative Study of Photochemically Generated Conjugated Ortho- and Para-Quinone Methide Reactivity

Ayesha Nisathar, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Eman Abdelrahman, speaker

Near-Infrared Luminescent Materials: From Archaeological Significance to Biomedical Applications

Eman Abdelrahman, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Casey Rowe, speaker

Bismuth Nanoparticle Incorporated Composites for Lightweight Radiation Shielding

Casey Rowe, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Kale King, speaker

Shocks on a Benchtop: The Study of Shocked Energetic Materials with Ultrafast Dynamic Ellipsometry

Kale King, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Prof. Vincent Lindsay, speaker

Stereoselective Synthesis and Applications of Sulfonylcyclopropanols as Modular Cyclopropanone and Homoenolate Equivalents

Prof. Vincent Lindsay, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry (North Carolina State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Gabrielle Dwyer, speaker

Methods for Quantifying Toxic Preservatives in Hair Care Products

Gabrielle Dwyer, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Matt Seivert, speaker

Crystal Growth of Group IV Transition Metal Di- and Tritellurides

Matthew Seivert, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Anthony Schaefer, speaker

Machine Learning Methods for Studying Complex Potential Energy Surfaces

Anthony Schaefer, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Zichun Ren

Mechanistic Study and Application of Decarbonylation of Cyclopropenone

Zichun Ren, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Brianna Garcia, speaker

Method Development for Unknown Compound Identification in Mass Spectrometry-based Untargeted Metabolomics

Brianna Garcia, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Dr. Jessica Jensen, speaker

General Chemistry Teaching Demonstration

Dr. Jessica Jensen, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Qiu Wang, speaker

Guest Speaker: Prof. Qiu Wang

Prof. Qiu Wang, Robert R. & Katherine B. Penn Associate Professor ( Duke University)
Chemistry Building, Room 553

Cyclic Carbonates and Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes: CO2 as a Building Block for High-Performance Polymers

Ryan Maynard, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Eden Tanner, speaker

Ionic Liquids as Antifouling Polymeric Nanoparticle Coatings

Prof. Eden Tanner, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry (University of Mississippi)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Prof. Kai He, guest speaker

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Li-ion and Beyond-Li Batteries

Prof. Kai He, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Clemson University)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Chen Zhao, speaker

In Situ Cross-linkable Hydrogel via Strain-Promoted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition

Chen Zhao, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Jonathan Choi, speaker

2D Mass Spectrometry: A Novel Method to Analyze Complex Samples

Jonathan Choi, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553

Synthesis And Assays of SAM-Based Inhibitors of Methyltransferases

Weihao Ma, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Simon Blakey, speaker

Beyond Cp* - Mechanism Guided Design of a New Rhodium Complex for Enantioselective C-H Functionalization

Prof. Simon Blakey, Department of Chemistry (Emory University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
DeMichael Winfield, speaker

Semi-Aromatic Biobased Polyesters Derived From Lignin and Cyclic Carbonates

DeMichael Winfield, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Chris Molnar, speaker

Mono-cyclopropenone Caged Dibenzocyclooctyne Triazole Derivatives: Fast-reacting, Water Soluble SPAAC Reagents

Chris Molnar, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Robert Williams, speaker

Expanding the Toolbox for Structural Biology of Glycoproteins: Combining Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry

Robert Williams, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Prof. Mattia Pistone, guest speaker

Magmas and volcanoes: Decoding the chemical signals leading to magma unrest and eruption

Prof. Mattia Pistone, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Prof. Peter Chen

The 34th Annual Charles A. Coulson Lecture

Prof. Peter Chen, Department of Chemistry (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Po-Sen Tseng

Total Syntheses of Pepluanols A and B

Po-Sen Tseng, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Analytical Seminar: Thesis Presentations

Chemistry Building, Room 553
Tyler Fletcher, speaker

Analytical Approaches for Measuring the Safety of Biotherapeutic Drugs

Tyler Fletcher, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 553
Cynthia Tope

Regulation of G-Protein Signaling: Physical Studies on the Interaction of RGS10 and Calmodulin

Cynthia Tope, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Yassamin Ghafouri

Transition Metal Trichalcogenides for Electronics Applications

Yassamin Ghafouri, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Tyler Nungesser

Design, Development and Planned Proof of Concept for a Gate Functionalized Drug Delivery Metal Organic Framework (MOF)

Tyler Nungesser, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Tyler Fletcher

Analytical Approaches for Measuring the Safety of Biotherapeutic Drugs

Tyler Fletcher, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Shelby Parrott

Overview of Porphyrin Distortions and Their Impact on Protein Function

Shelby Parrott, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Prof. John F. Stanton

Vibronic Spectra and Brute-Force Quantum Chemistry

Prof. John F. Stanton, Chemistry – Quantum Theory Project (University of Florida) , William R. Kenan Professor, Chemistry – Quantum Theory Project (University of Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Examining Cyclic Ether Consumption in Low-Temperature Oxidation

Anna Doner, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Jarvis Hill

The Total Synthesis of Daphniphyllum Alkaloids

Jarvis Hill, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Chelsea Desbiens

Dynamic Isotopic Detection of Aminosugars With Glutamine (IDAWG) for Released Glycans and O-GlcNAc Modified Proteins

Chelsea Desbiens, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Phuong Tran

Molecular Catalysis for Ammonia Oxidation

Phuong Tran, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Henry Mull

Extracting Kinetic Data from Reactive Molecular Dynamic Simulations

Henry Mull, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Bradley Gall

Advances in Chromium(III) Photocatalysis: Catalyst Design and Reaction Development

Bradley Gall, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Yongwook Kim

A Switchable Interface with Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brushes for Rare Cell Isolation and Cell Detachment

Yongwook Kim, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Walker Jones

Attosecond Transient Absorption “Spooktroscopy”: Using entanglement to overcome spectral instability in Xray Free Electron Lasers

Walker Jones, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Joshua Bledsoe

The Valorization of Lignin and its Roles in the Landscape of Bio-Based Materials

Joshua Bledsoe, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Mya Brown

Analysis of Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds Using Solid Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Mya Brown, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Dr. Stanislaus Wong

Solution-based Synthesis and Applications of Multi-functional Nanoscale Systems

Dr. Stanislaus Wong, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry (SUNY at Stony Brook)
ONLINE ONLY
Ian Webster

Photochemical Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Dimers

Ian Webster, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Elijah Roberts

Analytical Chemistry Techniques in the Field of Art Conservation

Elijah Roberts, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Alexandra Burke

Experimental Catalyst Design Aided by Machine Learning

Alexandra Burke, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Daniil Ahiadorme

Recent Advances in Electrocatalytic C-H Activation

Daniil Ahiadorme, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Yiqing Zhang

X-ray absorption spectroscopy and its application: X-ray fluorescene imaging

Yiqing Zhang, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Victoria Ingman

AaronJr: Automates Any Reaction or Optimization, Normally Just Right

Victoria Ingman, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Mark Wolf

Insights Into Molecular Structure Via Atomic Force Microscopy

Mark Wolf, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Ashley Carter

Synthesis of Chemical Tools for the Study of Protein O-Mannosylation

Ashley Carter, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Gustavo Ribeiro Aroeira

Coupled Cluster Externally Corrected by Adaptive Configuration Interaction

Gustavo Ribeiro Aroeira, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Dylan Orr

Gaseous SO2 and H2O Droplets: A Deep Dive Into Surface-level Interactions

Dylan Orr, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Grant Crane

The use of heterogeneous and melt miscible nucleating agents for the improvement of the crystallization rate of Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate)

Grant Crane, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Matt Christianson

Combustion Chemistry of Cyclic Ether Radicals

Matt Christianson, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Yan-Ting Ke

Road to Phorbol

Yan-Ting Ke, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Karen Quintero

Improving the Chemical Synthesis of Peptides and Proteins

Karen Quintero, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Gustavo Ribeiro Aroeira

Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy study of the Fenna-Matthews-Olson photosynthetic protein

Gustavo Ribeiro Aroeira, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Sheneika Jackson

The Design of Molecular Scaffolds for C-H Functionalization

Sheneika Jackson, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Sonal Priya

Overview of Reverse Transcription Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Sonal Priya, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Prof. Nathan Kidwell

Mapping (Photo)Chemical Pathways using State-Resolved Imaging

Prof. Nathan Kidwell, Department of Chemistry (William & Mary)
ONLINE ONLY
Asiri Hettikankanamalage

Glycosylation Methods in the Total Synthesis of Complex Glycosylated Natural Products

Asiri Hettikankanamalage, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Jia Hwei Cheong

The synchronization of cellular clocks in Neurospora crassa

Jia Hwei Cheong, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Harshani Rathnaweera

Tetrasilicates with Cr(II), Fe(II) and Other Divalent Transition Metals in Square-Planar Coordination

Harshani Rathnaweera, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Jie Zhan

Singlet Fission Copolymer Design: An Approach toward building Third Generation Solar Cells

Jie Zhan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Emmanuel Onobun

Probing the Mechanism(s) of Sialidation Reactions Using Cation Clocks

Emmanuel Onobun, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Tanvir Ahmed

Analysis of Heterogeneous and Higher Molecular mass analytes using Charge Detection Mass Spectrometry

Tanvir Ahmed, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Sameera Arachchige

Influence of the Side Chain Conformation on Glycosylation Selectivity in Furanosides

Sameera Arachchige, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Rachel Bramblett

Techniques and Applications in Characterizing Atmospheric Particles through Chemical Imaging

Rachel Bramblett, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Mark Wolf

Theoretical Analysis of Group 15 Periodic Trends in the Highly Strained PnC3H3 Molecule

Mark Wolf, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Dr. Jessica Jensen

Application of Kinetic Doping of Silica Sol-Gel Thin Films to Internal Coating of Capillary Tubes and Doping of Branched Polyethylenimine

Dr. Jessica Jensen, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Anthony Schaefer

Alternatives to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances for Food Packaging

Anthony Schaefer, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Mingrui Sun

Application of Polarimetry in Ocean Color Sensing

Mingrui Sun, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Jonathan Quirke

Aminoglycoside Antibiotic Derivatization and Glycosidase Transition State Stabilization through Substrate Side Chain Restriction

Jonathan Quirke, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Ian Webster

Nanocars: Transit for Nanoscale Construction

Ian Webster, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Jacob Garber

Higher Order Cycloadditions Accomplished Using Transition Metal Catalysis

Jacob Garber, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Apisata Holt

Bio-based and Biodegradable Glutarate Polyesters from Lignocellulosic Biomass

Apisata Holt, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Yutian Ke

Organo Boronates, Phosphates, and Sulfates Synthesized by Fluoride Exchange Reaction and Their Applications in Vitrimer System

Yutian Ke, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Xueyuan Yang

Nanoparticles to enhance PDT-mediated cancer immunotherapy by targeting the indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) pathway

Xueyuan Yang, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Holli Threlkeld

Investigation of Manganese-based Catalysts for Carbonyl Hydrosilylation

Holli Threlkeld, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Kun Wang

Light-Induced Hydrogen Sulfide Release from o-Naphthoquinone Methide Precursors (NQMPs)

Kun Wang, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Tyler Fletcher

Porous Polymer Monoliths and Their Chromatographic Applications

Tyler Fletcher, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Vladimir Popik

Introduction to the Organic Seminar

Vladimir Popik, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Dr. Richard Morrison

From the Ground Up: The Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Comprehensive Curriculum Redesign for Organic Chemistry

Dr. Richard Morrison, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Dr. Steven Wheeler

Toward a Comprehensive Predictive Model of Stacking Interactions

Dr. Steven Wheeler, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Austen Scruggs

Austen Scruggs - Research Seminar

Austen Scruggs, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Ayesha Nisathar

Cis/trans Photoisomerization: From Photoswitches to Light-Activated Molecular Rotary Motors

Ayesha Nisathar, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Emma Iradukunda

Developing novel lead compounds for kynurenine-3-monooxygenase inhibition

Emma Iradukunda, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Timothy Henkel

TBA - Timothy Henkel

Timothy Henkel, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Chaebin Lee

Ultrasmall Gd@Cdots as a Radiosensitizer to Enhance Radiotherapy Against Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma

Chaebin Lee, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Jason Colley

TBA - Jason Colley

Jason Colley, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY

Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: A Broad Range of Possibilities

Nicholas Cooper, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Tung Than Dinh

Applying X-Ray crystallography for elucidating enantioselective alcohol dehydrogenase/carbonyl reductase enzyme – substrate interactions

Tung Than Dinh, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Xue Wang

Establish enzyme complex with polymer and DNA scaffolds to improve enzyme catalytic activity and thermal stability

Xue Wang, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Sydney Hallenbeck

CO Releasing Complexes Using Two Photon Excitation for Therapy

Sydney Hallenbeck, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Mitchell Lahm

Mitchell Lahm - Literature Seminar

Mitchell Lahm, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Jeff Costello

TBA - Jeff Costello

Jeff Costello, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Lauren Pepi, Ph.D. Candidate

Advances in Tandem Mass Spectrometry Approaches for the Structural Characterization of Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans

Lauren Pepi, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY
Lindsey Howell

Destroying Toxic Amyloid-beta Aggregation with Photoactive Transition Metal Complexes

Lindsey Howell, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
ONLINE ONLY

Going Where Few Dare To: Investigating the Reactivity and Structure of Uranium Species Using Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

Dr. Michael van Stipdonk, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Duquesne University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Shuyue Zhan

Next-generation sequencing technologies and their applications

Shuyue Zhan, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Stephen Kuebler

Laser-Based Nanoscale 3D Printing: Chemistries, Materials, and Functional Optical Devices

Professor Stephen M. Kuebler, Department of Chemistry and CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics (University of Central Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 430
Professor Alexey Silakov

Unexpected oxygen tolerance in an efficient hydrogen-producing [FeFe] hydrogenase from Clostridium beijerinckii

Professor Alexey Silakov, (Penn State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Sarah Elliot

Sarah Elliott - Literature Seminar

Sarah Elliott, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Improvement of Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate Nucleation for Use in Waterborne and Biologically Degradable Polymer Coating

Scott Tull, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 453
Yang Liu

Ferrohydrodynamic Cell Separation on a Microfluidic Chip

Yang Liu, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Gary Glish

Differentiating Sugars Stereoisomers with a Simple Mass Spectrometry Method

Gary Glish, Department of Chemistry (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Benjamin Yosen

Improving Selectivity and Catalytic Rate of Iron Porphyrin Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Benjamin Yosen, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Stefan Grimme

Computational Spectroscopy with Efficient Quantum Chemistry Methods

Professor Stefan Grimme, Department of Chemistry (The University of Bonn)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Wei Yang

Positron Emission Tomography (PET): Fundamentals and Clinical Applications

Wei Yang, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Daniel Singleton, Mulliken speaker

Dynamic Effects and Machine-Learning Transition State Theory

Prof. Daniel Singleton, Department of Chemistry (Texas A&M University)
Chemistry Building, Room 430 *please note room change and time*
Dr. Christian Kerpal

Magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions – from bird navigation to chemical compasses and novel spectroscopic tools

Dr. Christian Kerpal, (Furman University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Daniel Savin

Laboratory Astrochemistry Studies along the Cosmic Cycle of Gas

Daniel Wolf Savin, Ph.D., (Columbia University)
Chemistry Building, Room 453
Madison Smith

Polarized Optical Microscopy: Understanding crystalline morphology and manipulations in biopolymer Polylactic acid (PLA)

Madison Smith, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Overcoming Fundamental Challenges in Organic Chemistry Through Methods Development Across Length Scales

Jessica Lamb,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Glenn Millhauser

How Metal Ions in the Brain Tip the Toxic Balance of the Killer Prion Protein

Prof. Glenn Millhauser, (University of California - Santa Cruz)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Will the Real Finite-Temperature Perturbation Theory Please Stand Up?

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Caitlin Cato

Breaking through the diffraction limit: Super Resolution Microscopy as a chemistry tool

Caitlin Cato (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Joseph Meisel

Proteomimetic Foldamers for Biomolecular Recognition

Joseph Meisel,
Chemistry Building, Room 453 *please note room change*
Facundo Fernandez

New Developments in Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics

Dr. Facundo Fernandez, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Professor Anne McCoy

Stories that are encoded in vibrational spectra: Obtaining insights into the spectroscopy of water from studies of ion-water complexes

Professor Anne B. McCoy, Department of Chemistry (University of Washington)
Chemistry Building, Room 453 *please note room change*

Probing Aerosol Proxy Surfaces Using Sum-Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy

Zachary McQueen (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Shawn Owen

Building Superior Biomolecules: Enhancing ADCs, Replacing ELISA, and Resurrecting ADEPT

Shawn Owen, Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Utah)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

(Towards) The Rapid Generation of Structural Complexity

Christopher Newton,
Chemistry Building, Room 430 **please note new location**

Michael Bowman - Research Seminar

Chemistry Building, Room 400 (please note time change)

Controlling Chemical Reactivity: From Small Molecules to Polymers

Aaron Teator,
Chemistry Building, Room 453 *please note room change*

Inherent Electric Fields, Hydration and Ion Pairing at the Air/Water Interface: Ocean and Aerosol Surface

Prof. Heather Allen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (The Ohio State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Mechanistic Insights Facilitate the Development of Transition Metal Catalyzed Processes

Andy Thomas,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
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Advances in the Quantitative Detection of Hydrogen Sulfide

Divine Francis,
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Design of Targeted Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery

Tatiana Bronich, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine (University of Nebraska )
Chemistry Building, Room 400
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Thioferrates as a source of Fe and S for cluster assembly

Chemistry Building, Room 400
""

Advances in Tuning of Ferromagnetism in MoS2 Nanosheets

Chemistry Building, Room 400
""

High–Temperature Chemical Physics Using Shock Tubes

Chemistry Building, Room 400
""

Cooperation of Experiment and Theory in Enzyme Design

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Peter Sisk

Electrochemical deposition of chalcogenide semiconductor films: InSe and GeTe

Peter Sisk,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Renee Stein

Technical study of an Egyptian Mummy Portrait in the Carlos Museum

Dr. Renee Stein, (Chief Conservator, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Anna Doner

Automated PES Exploration for Combustion Chemical Kinetics

Anna Doner,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Avery

New Strategies in Radical-Based Aliphatic C-H Fluorination

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Michael Pogash

Validation and Application of a UV-Vis Broadband Cavity-Enhanced Spectrometer for Aerosol Extinction Measurement

Michael Pogash,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Jared Weidman

Monte Carlo methods in ab initio quantum chemistry: FCIQMC and its precursors

Jared Weidman ,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Sayani

Towards automation in oligosaccharide synthesis

Sayani Roy Chowdhury,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Jandi Kim

Electrochemical Sensors for Sensitive Detection of Urea Based on Moleculary Imprinted Polymers

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Mcgill

Designing, Implementing, and Assessing a New Four-Year Undergraduate Curriculum

Tracy McGill, Department of Chemistry (Emory University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Zichun

Synthesis and Bioimaging applications of Aggregation induced emission Nanoparticles

Zichun Ren,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Myke Scoggins

Who We Are, What We Do, and Why We Do It

Myke Scoggins, (Director, Product Development Recro Gainesville LLC)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Brent

Using Lasers to Poke at Timescales in Simple and Complex Systems

Professor Brent Koplitz, Department of Chemistry (Tulane University )
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Mengqi

Incorporation of Benchtop NMR into Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories: Bringing Multi-Outcome Experiments to a New Level

Mengqi Zhang,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Michael Bowman

Characterization of Dynamical Resonances using cryo-SEVI Transition State Spectroscopy

Michael Bowman,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
andrew

Recent advances in Z-selective Olefin Metathesis

Andrew Ephron,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
shiyi

Fibroblast-Activation-Protein-Targeted Ferritin-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy

Shiyi Zhou ,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Professor Philip P. Power

Bonding in Heavier Group 14 Element Multiple Bonded Species: London Dispersion Force Effects and Charge-Shift Character

Professor Philip P. Power, Department of Chemistry (University of California at Davis)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Yi Liu

Targeting the Efficiency and Selectivity Challenges for Molecular Electrocatalysts that Reduce CO2 to Formic Acid

Yi Liu,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Boyi Zhang

Bootstrap Embedding: A Fragmentation Approach for Molecules

Boyi Zhang,
Chemistry Building, Room 400

DAD: A Novel Reaction or an Old Dog with New Tricks

Kenneth Roberts,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Lily Birx

Instrumental Methods for the Field Detection of Fentanyl

Lily Birx,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Scott Warren

2D Heterostructures for Energy Storage and Electronics: Exploring the Limits of Weak and Strong Interlayer Interactions

Chemistry Building, Room 400
adam abbott

Automatic Differentiation and Computational Chemistry

Adam Abbott,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Professor Yu Wang

Mechanism of the enzymatic synthesis of furan-containing compound

Professor Yu Wang, (University of North Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Pauline Howell

Development of Electrochemical Atomic Layer Deposition (E-ALD) Methods for IV-VI Semiconductors

Pauline Howell,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Milkovska

Magnesium Incorporation and Exfoliation of Lanthanum and Calcium Hexaboride

Monika Milkovska,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Saleh

Combustion aerosols: A complex story of air quality and climate

Prof. Rawad Saleh,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Seth Marder

Applications of Molecular Dopants and Interface Modifiers for Electronic and Opto-Electronic Applications

Prof. Seth Marder, (Georgia Tech)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Christopher Johnson

Leveraging structural biology to dissect calcium modification of ion channel function

Prof. Christopher Johnson, (Vanderbilt University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Yi Liu

Targeting the Efficiency and Selectivity Challenges for Molecular Electrocatalysts that Reduce CO2 to Formic Acid

Yi Liu (University of Georgia)
Chem 400
Peter Franke

Theoretical & Experimental Studies of Small Molecules in Helium Nanodroplets: Anharmonic Modeling and Infrared Spectroscopy

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Adam Barb

The Structural Role of N-Glycosylation in interactions between Antibodies and Receptors

Prof. Adam Barb, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (UGA)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Elfi Kraka

Performing Chemical Experiments on the Computer – Past, Present and Future

Elfi Kraka,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Kelly Hines

Exploration of the Bacterial Lipidome using Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography and Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Professor Gary Douberly

Infrared Spectroscopy of Alkyl Radicals in Helium Droplets and Solid para-Hydrogen

Professor Gary Douberly, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Eugene Nikolaev

Multi electrode harmonized Kingdon traps as mass analyzers for FT based mass spectrometers

Prof. Eugene Nikolaev, Department of Chemistry (Skoltech Institute of Science and Technology - Moscow)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Geraldine (Geri) Richmond

Surf, Sink or Swim: Understanding Environmentally Important Processes at Water Surfaces

Prof. Geraldine (Geri) Richmond, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of Oregon)
Chemistry Building, Room 400 - Alumni Lecture
Whitney James Morgan

Universal Potential Energy Surfaces

Whitney James Morgan , Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Dean J. Tantillo

Post-Transition State Bifurcations are Gaining Momentum - Implications for Synthesis and Biosynthesis

Prof. Dean J. Tantillo, Department of Chemistry (University of California, Davis)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Robert Reese

Interaction between heparan sulfate and the Roundabout receptor at the single-molecule level

Robert Reese, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Henry La Pierre

Electron Delocalization in the f-Block

Prof. Henry La Pierre, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Peter Franke

Photoisomerization Dynamics of Stilbenes: Evidence for the Perpendicular Phantom State

Peter Franke, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Qing Lin

Reactivity-Based Chemical Tools for Biomedical Research

Prof. Qing Lin, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University at Buffalo)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Zhengwei Cao

Giant Magnetoresistance Based Spin Valve Sensor for Biomolecule Detection

Zhengwei Cao, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Lee Woodcock

PETase: Engineering and characterization of a plastic "eating" enzyme

Prof. Lee Woodcock, Department of Chemistry (University of South Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Tamanna Azam

Mitochondrial Fe-S cluster assembly in Arabidopsis thaliana

Tamanna Azam, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Nathan Thacker

Overcoming Drug Shortages: The Importance of Alternative Synthetic Routes to Anesthetics

Nathan Thacker, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Fangchao Jiang

Chemical exchange and saturation transfer (CEST) based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Fangchao Jiang, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Robert P. Hausinger

Lactate Racemase and its Novel Nickel-Pincer Nucleotide Cofactor

Prof. Robert P. Hausinger, Department of Chemistry (Michigan State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Adam Abbott

PES-Learn: An Open-Source Software Package for the Automated Generation of Machine Learning Models of Molecular Potential Energy Surfaces

Adam Abbott, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Victoria Ingman

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Tuning Assembly for Improved Crystallinity and Porosity

Victoria Ingman, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Matthew Christianson

Nanoparticle Synthesis using Shock Tubes

Matthew Christianson, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Ashley Holland

Characterization of [2Fe-2S] Clusters in Monothiol Glutaredoxin-BolA Complexes and ASP1 a Novel Phosphatase/Kinase

Ashley Holland, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Boyi Zhang

Janus: An Extensible Open-Source Software Package for Adaptive QM/MM Methods

Boyi Zhang, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Tret Burdette

Analysis of Water and Soil Samples using Portable Instruments

Tret Burdette, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Bradley Norvell

Molybdenum Oxides and Neuromorphic Computing

Bradley Norvell, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Jonathon Misiewicz

Sulfurous Acid: Predicting a Spectrum and Setting the Surface Straight

Jonathon Misiewicz, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Benjamin Cline

Iodine Based Nanotherapeutics

Benjamin Cline, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Laura Gagliardi

Accurate Quantum Chemical Methods for Excited Electronic States and Transition-Metal Compounds

Prof. Laura Gagliardi, Department of Chemistry (University of Minnesota)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Russ Hille

Ancient enzymology. Formate dehydrogenases and the reduction of CO2

Prof. Russ Hille, Department of Biochemistry (University of California, Riverside)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. William Jorgensen

Computer-Guided Efficient Discovery of Potent Enzyme Inhibitors

Prof. William Jorgensen, Department of Chemistry (Yale University)
Chemistry Building, Room 430
Prof. Tessa Calhoun

Illuminating the interaction between small molecules and cell membranes

Prof. Tessa Calhoun, (The University of Tennessee )
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Davita Watkins

Supramolecular Approaches to Advanced Functional Materials

Prof. Davita Watkins, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of Mississippi)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Richard E. Partch

Particle Surface Modification for Improved Properties and Applications

Prof. Richard E. Partch, Department of Chemistry (Clarkson University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Judy I-Chia Wu

When Counting Electrons Matter: Tuning Noncovalent Interactions with Aromaticity

Prof. Judy I-Chia Wu, Department of Chemistry (University of Houston)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Avery Wiens

TBA

Avery Wiens, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
David Fischler

Characterization of Hydrophilic Post Translational Modifications by LC-MS

David Fischler, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Alanna Koritzke

TBA

Alanna Koritzke, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. William H. Miller

Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Electronically Non-Adiabatic Processes

Prof. William H. Miller, Department of Chemistry (University of California at Berkeley)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Bryan Soto

Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding: Application, Competition, and Control

Bryan Soto, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Yongwook Kim

TBA

Yongwook Kim, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. May Xiong

Bio-Responsive Polyrotaxane-Based Nanochelators for Improving Transfusional Iron Chelation Therapy

Prof. May Xiong, College of Pharmacy (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Adam S. Veige

Transition Metal Catalyst Design and Application in the Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers

Prof. Adam S. Veige, (University of Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Michelle Coote

Catalyzing and Controlling Chemical Reactions with Electric Fields

Prof. Michelle Coote, (Australia National University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Alexander J. Grenning

The Original Cope Rearrangement: Fundamental Studies and Applications in Complex Molecule Synthesis

Prof. Alexander J. Grenning , Department of Chemistry (University of Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Mark Pederson

Recovering Unitary Invariance in Orbital-Dependent Density Functional and Wavefunction Formulations: Applications to Magnetic Molecules

Dr. Mark Pederson, Office of Science (U.S. Department of Energy )
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. George Burslem

TBA

Dr. George Burslem, (Yale University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Angela K. Wilson

A Walk Across the Periodic Table: Strategies for Energetic and Spectroscopic Prediction

Prof. Angela K. Wilson, (Michigan State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Stephen R. Leone

Ultrafast X-Ray Molecular Dynamics

Prof. Stephen R. Leone, (University of California - Berkeley)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Nicholas Borotto

Elucidating Protein Structure with Covalent Labeling and Unique Mass Spectrometry Approaches

Dr. Nicholas Borotto, (University of Michigan)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Maral Mousavi

Receptor-Doped Supramolecular Ion Sensors: From Point-of-Care Diagnostics to New Tools for Studying Neurotransmission

Dr. Maral Mousavi, (Harvard University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Hannah Shafaat

"Metaling" with Nature: Design and characterization of model metalloenzymes for small molecule activation

Prof. Hannah Shafaat, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (The Ohio State University )
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Laura Ackerman

Dual Metal Strategies for Catalytic C–C Bond Formation

Dr. Laura Ackerman, (Princeton University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Dr. Kelly Hines

Enhancing the dimensionality of lipidomics analyses for studies of antibiotic resistance

Dr. Kelly Hines, (University of Washington)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Gleb Yushin

Conversion-Type Electrodes and Ceramic Separators for Next Generation Li-Ion Batteries

Prof. Gleb Yushin, School of Materials and Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Brice Joseph

Reactions in Helium Droplets: The Ethylperoxy Radical

Brice Joseph, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Steven D. Townsend

Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Defense Against Pathogens

Steven D. Townsend, Department of Chemistry (Vanderbilt University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Qiaohong Liu

Rapid and Robust Photochemical Attachment of Functional Polymer Films to Alkyl Surfaces via Benzophenone Crosslinking

Qiaohong Liu,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Jeffrey Agar

Novel Cross-linkers and Pharmacological Chaperones Inspired by In Vivo Protein Modifications

Prof. Jeffrey Agar, Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Northeastern University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Dong Qin

Investigating the Heterogeneous Nucleation in Nanocrystal Growth with an Isocyanide Probe by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Prof. Dong Qin, School of Materials Science and Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Drew Harding

Label-Free Biosensors Utilizing DNA-Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance

Drew Harding, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Yongwook Kim

Developing Ultrasensitive Library-Aliquot-based Droplet Digital PCR for detecting T790M

Yongwook Kim,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Alejandro Toro-Labbé

Discussion on Electronic Activity and Molecular Activation Processes in Chemical Reactions

Prof. Alejandro Toro-Labbé, Department of Chemistry (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Soshawn Blair

OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION AND REDUCTIVE REPAIR OF [4Fe-4S] CLUSTERS

Soshawn Blair, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Morgan W. James

The Curious Case of Cyclopropenylidene

Morgan W. James, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Robert W. Huigens III

Indole Alkaloids and Phenazine Antibiotics: New Platforms for Discovery

Prof. Robert W. Huigens III, College of Pharmacy (University of Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Brianna Garcia

Living Single-Cell Real Time Imaging via Plasmonic-Enhanced Rayleigh & Raman Spectroscopy

Brianna Garcia,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Rainer Volkamer

Atmospheric Chemistry of Small Molecules and Aerosols in the Anthropocene

Prof. Rainer Volkamer , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of Colorado at Boulder )
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Sharath Chandra Mallojjala

Mechanistic Dichotomy in Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions of Metal-Oxygen Species

Sharath Chandra Mallojjala, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Apisata Holt

TBA

Apisata Holt,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Mayra Pedraza

PbTiO3 Nanosheets from a Layered Titanate Precursor

Mayra Pedraza, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Chen Zhao

Self-immolative colorimetric, fluorescent and chemiluminescent chemosensors

Chen Zhao, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Jaclyn Lecaroz

Fabric Phase Sorptive Extraction on Emerging Contaminants in Environmental Waters

Jaclyn Lecaroz,
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Jerry L. Atwood

The Evolution of Host-Guest Chemistry: A Quarter Century Perspective

Prof. Jerry L. Atwood, (University of Missouri)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. C. S. Raman

Dark Matter of Energy Conservation: Evolving Novel Metalloprotein Supercomplexes to Perform Unexpected Life Chemistries

Prof. C. S. Raman, School of Pharmacy (The University of Maryland)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Rittgers Brandon

TBA

Rittgers Brandon, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Stephen A. Miller

Programming the Properties and Degradation of Sustainable Polymers

Prof. Stephen A. Miller , Department of Chemistry (University of Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Steven R. Beaupré

A methodological perspective on the reactivity of organic carbon in the sea

Prof. Steven R. Beaupré, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (Stony Brook University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Yisong (Alex) Guo

Spectroscopic and Kinetic Studies of Catalytically Versatile Non-Heme Iron Enzymes

Prof. Yisong (Alex) Guo, Department of Chemistry (Carnegie-Mellon University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Christopher Johnson

Disentangling the Intermolecular Interactions Governing Atmospheric New Particle Formation

Prof. Christopher Johnson, Department of Chemistry (Stony Brook University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Andrea Bootsma

Computer-Aided Synthesis Planning

Andrea Bootsma, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Li Chen

Versatile Polymer-based Glycosurface Fabrications for Gliding Motility of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae

Li Chen, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Eileen Kennedy

Targeting kinases with constrained peptide scaffolds

Prof. Eileen Kennedy, College of Pharmacy (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Morgan Stickney

Negative Electron Transfer Dissociation paired with Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry for the investigation of Glycosaminoglycan mixtures

Morgan Stickney, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. P. Eric Skaar

The intersection of nutrition and infection at the host-pathogen interface

Prof. P. Eric Skaar, School of Medicine (Vanderbilt University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Alaina Brown

Infrared Spectroscopy of Hydrocarbon Radicals via Helium Nanodroplet Isolation

Alaina Brown, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Emma Carine Iradukunda

Quantification of HIV-1 RNA in dried blood spots using real time quantitative PCR in resource limited settings

Emma Carine Iradukunda, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Stephen Raymond Miller

Analysis of Energy Localization in Decomposition Schema

Stephen Raymond Miller, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Lei Fang

Ladderizing Functional Organic pi-Systems

Prof. Lei Fang, Department of Chemistry (Texas A&M University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Yang Liu

Plasmonic Fluorescence Enhancement in Single Molecule-Based Detection with Nanoantenna

Yang Liu, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Mitchell Lahm

TBA

Mitchell Lahm, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Patience Sanderson

Threshold Activation Tandem Mass Spectrometry Coupled to Capillary Electrophoresis for the Structural Analysis of Glycosaminoglycan Mixtures

Patience Sanderson, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Melissa Woodard

Laser Synthesis of Ligand-Coated Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials

Melissa Woodard, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Binghe Wang

Chemical approaches to challenging drug delivery problems: From gasotransmitters to enrichment-triggered release

Prof. Binghe Wang, Department of Chemistry (Georgia State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Molly Atkinson

Explanation Construction and Affective Characteristics in an Active Learning Preparatory Chemistry Course

Molly Atkinson, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Jen Heemstra

Small-molecule detection and enantiopurity measurement using DNA-based sensors

Prof. Jen Heemstra, Department of Chemistry (Emory University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Glen P. Jackson

Hair Reveals what People Conceal: Biometric Traits from the Chemical Analysis of Human Hair

Prof. Glen P. Jackson, Chemistry Department (West Virginia University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Engineered Manganese-Based Nanoparticles as MRI Contrast Agents for Early Tumor Detection

Abdelrahman Eman, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Andreas Bommarius

Developing Biocatalysts for the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Amines

Prof. Andreas Bommarius, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering ( Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Alanna Koritzke

Probing QOOH-Mediated Reactions in Cyclohexene Oxidation using Photoionization Mass Spectrometry

Alanna Koritzke , Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Matthew Seivert

Advances in Polycrystalline P-type SnSe for Thermoelectric Applications

Matthew Seivert, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Cynthia Tope

Affibodies: Synthetic Protein Binders for Imaging HER2-Positive Breast Cancers

Cynthia Tope, Chemistry Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Vladimir Popik

Light Chemistry: a Journey from the Mechanistic Studies to the Development of Light-Controlled Biomedical Tools

Prof. Vladimir Popik, Department of Chemistry (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. John P. Maier

C60 Cations in Interstellar Space

Prof. John P. Maier, (University of Basel, Switzerland)
Chemistry Building, Room 400 ~ Alumni Lecture

Nanoparticle-laden Macrophage as a Tumor Tropic Drug Delivery System for Improved Cancer Treatment

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. David A. Mazziotti

Two-electron Reduced Density Matrix Theory: From Catalysts to Superconductors

Prof. David A. Mazziotti, (University of Chicago)
Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Paul Sigala

Unraveling Heme Metabolism in Malaria Parasites

Prof. Paul Sigala, (University of Utah )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Reaching the Extreme Covalent Bond Order: From Theory to Practice

Chemistry Building, Room 400

The Development and Implementation of Multi-Outcome Experiments for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Instructional Laboratories

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Mechanical and Chemical Recycling of Thermoplastics

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Markus W. Ribbe

Nitrogenase M-Cluster Assembly: Tracing the ‘9th Sulfur’ of the Nitrogenase Cofactor via a Semi-Synthetic Approach

Prof. Markus W. Ribbe, (University of California at Irvine )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Making Metal-Containing Materials with Laser Vaporization Flowtube Reactor

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Christopher Beaudry

Unraveled aromatic rings in chemical synthesis

Prof. Christopher Beaudry, (Oregon State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-based activatable probe for biological analysis

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Prof. Tadhg Begley

Flavin Hydroperoxide: New tricks from an old dog

Prof. Tadhg Begley, (Texas A&M University )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

High-level theoretical characterization of vinoxy radical oxidation

Chemistry Building, Room 400
Protozoan

A Drug Delivery Strategy for Trypanosomiasis

Daniel C. Whitehead, (Clemson University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Development of Molecular Probes for Viral and Bacterial Pathogen Detection Utilizing the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) of Gold Nanoparticles

Chemistry Building, Room 400

New roles for aerobic hydrogen metabolism: from enzymes to ecosystems

Prof. Chris Greening , (Monash University, Australia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Precision Infrared Spectroscopy in a Molecular Beam Experiment

Dr. Matin Kaufmann, (Universität Kassel, Germany)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Non-covalent interactions in chiral metal-phosphate catalysis

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Myristoylation promotes the encapsulation of Src family kinases into exosomes

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Signaling through Hydrogen Sulfide

Ruma Banerjee, (University of Michigan Medical Center)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Unraveling Complex Pressure-Dependent Reaction Mechanisms in Autoignition and in Atmospheric Chemistry

Dr. Leonid Sheps, (Sandia National Laboratories)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

TBA

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recent developments of 3D printing and applications in microfluidic analysis

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Toward Efficient Catalysts for Energy Conversion: from Enzymatic Function to Functional Mimics

Simone Raugei, (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recent Advances in Modeling Charge Separation of Conjugated Organics

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Macrocyclic 1,4-Diketones: Versatile Intermediates for the Chemical Synthesis of Complex, Congested and Constrained Molecules

Bradley L. Merner,
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recent Developments in Sample Preparation for Single Particle Cryo-EM

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Manganese coordination chemistry: opportunities and applications for magnetic resonance imaging

Eric Gale, (Harvard Medical School)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Quantifying Sources of Error in QM Computations of DNA Intercalation

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recent Advances in Direct (hetero) Arylation Polymerization for the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Advances in Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Parity Violation in Chiral Molecules: From Theory towards Spectroscopic Experiment and the Evolution of Biomolecular Homochirality

Martin Quack, (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Synthesis of Active Protein Polymer Hybrids

Saadyah Averick, (Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Neuroscience Institute )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Protein Engineering to Modulate Autoimmunity

Mingnan Chen, Pharmacy School (University of Utah)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Dynamics of Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Transition Metal Coordination Complexes Studied with XUV Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Importance of Electrostatic Effects in Stacking Interactions of Heterocyclic Drug Fragments

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Polymer Composites from Derivatized Lignin

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Synthesis of Carbene-Stabilized Silylenes and 1,3,2-Diazaborole-Derived Carbene Complexes

Chemistry Building, Room 400

DNA Damage. Structural and functional impact of single ribonucleotides in duplex DNA, the difference one atom makes

Markus Germann, (Georgia State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

One-particle many-body Green’s function theory: Algebraic recursive definitions, linked-diagram theorem, irreducible-diagram theorem, and general-order algorithms

So Hirata, (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Bringing Modern Data Analysis Tools to Physical Organic Chemistry

Matthew S. Sigman, (University of Utah)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Alkyne annulations: A toolkit for accessing chemical diversity from terpenoids to conjugated materials

Wesley A. Chalifoux, (University of Nevada, Reno )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Peroxidase-mimicking Iron Oxide(Fe3O4) nanoparticles and their applications

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recent Advances in Computational Inorganic Chemistry: Actinides and Oxides

David Dixon, (University of Alabama)
n/a

A Critical Look at Safety Instruction in the General Chemistry Laboratory

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Transition Metal-Catalyzed Amination and Amidation Reactions

Kami L. Hull, (University of Illinois)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Iron-sulfur cluster proteins as biological switches

Nick Le Brun, (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Forensic Blood Analysis with Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Computational Prediction of Ligand Binding Affinity

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Design, Synthesis and Biological Screening of NOX4 Inhibitors

Amol Kulkarni, (Howard University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) Spectroscopy with Gold Nanoparticles for Diagnosis

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Cryogenic spectroscopy of biomolecular ions: From homo-chiral selection to carbohydrate analysis

Prof. Thomas R. Rizzo, (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

New potential energy surface for the Al + CO2 -> AlO + CO reaction

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Novel Applications of Photochemically Generated Quinone Methides and Naphthoquinone Methides in the Design of Metal Ion Chelators and Caged Fluorescent Dyes

Chemistry Building, Room 400

The Fascinating World of Metal Organic Frameworks: Modeling and Application

Prof. Timo Thonhauser , (Wake Forest University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

QDLEDs for Next Generation Lighting and Display Applications

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Studying the effect of CH stretching excitation on the reaction of CHD_3 + F

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Marine Biotoxins: Synthesis and Biological Impact

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Leverage Physiology for Bio-responsive Drug Delivery

Prof. Zhen Gu, (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Nano-Spectroscopic Imaging of Matter

Yohannes Abate, Physics Department (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Diversely-Functionalized Oligonucleotides: Discovery of Modified DNA Aptamers and DNAzymes

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Development of Potential Pulse Deposition (PPD) of CdTe and its application on Au nanorods

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Tapping into the Full Potential of Light to Enable Chemical Synthesis

Jimmie Weaver, (Oklahoma State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Noninvasive Wearable Electrochemical Glucose Sensors

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Framework materials for efficient harvest, conversion and transport of solar and electrochemical energy

Fernando Uribe-Romo, (University of Central Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Synthesis of CP-PAH Based Electron Accepting Materials and Highly-Ordered Polymer Nanostructures

Kyle Plunkett, (Southern Illinois University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Microfluidic Label-Free Ferrohydrodynamic Separation of Circulating Tumor Cells

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Photophysics of Metal-Organic Frameworks with Emphasis on Directional Energy Transfer

Natalia B. Shustova, (University of South Carolina)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Experimental Investigations into Singlet Fission Kinetics and Dynamics in Polycrystalline Thin Films of Pentacene

Chemistry Building, Room 400

DNA-templated peptide fragments in mimicking protein-protein interactions

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Structural DNA Nanotechnology: Complex Self-Assembly and Applications

Prof. Yonggang Ke , (Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University School of Medicine)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Turning Cartoons into Reality: Retrosynthetic Design Tools for Complex Inorganic Nanostructures

Prof. Raymond E. Schaak , (Pennsylvania State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

From a Malaria Vaccine to a Cancer Treatment

Thomas Clausen, (University of Copenhagen)
CCRC Auditorium

Structure-elucidation from ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry data: are detailed structures amenable?

Christian Bleiholder, (Florida State University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Triazole-Au(I) Catalysis: From stability to selectivity

Xiaodong (Mike) Shi, (University of Southern Florida)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of semiconductors

Chemistry Building, Room 400

The Application of Physical Organic Methods to the Investigation of Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms

Prof. Robert G. Bergman, (University of California, Berkeley)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Smart and Sweet Molecules: From Mannose to Self-Assembling Rods, Molecular Probes and Immunostimulatory Glycoclusters against Allergies and Cancer

Reko Leino, (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)
Chemistry Building, Room 400 ~ Special Organic Seminar

Stable carbenes and related species as powerful tools in organic, organometallic, and inorganic chemistry

Prof. Guy Bertrand, (University of California - San Diego )
Chemistry Building, Room 400 ~ Special Joint Inorganic-Organic Seminar

Negative thermal expansion and other anomalous properties of metal fluorides with ReO3-related structures

Prof. Angus P. Wilkinson, (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recent Efforts Toward Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Olefins

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Cu Dopants in Semiconductor Nanoparticles

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Thirty-five more years of trypto-fun

Robert Phillips (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Predictive, Automated Computational Combustion Chemistry

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Organic nitrates from nitrate radical oxidation of monoterpenes: Effects of dilution, temperature, humidity, and photochemical aging

Nga Lee (Sally), (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Decarboxylative Fluoroalkylation and Fluorination Strategies for Modulating Properties of Neurotherapeutics

Ryan Alan Altman, (University of Kansas Medicinal Chemistry)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Developing Cost Competitive Energy Conversion and Storage Systems: Solar Fuels and Solid Flow Batteries

Prof. Syed Mubeen, (The University of Iowa)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Chemical Thinking: A fresh look at the General Chemistry curriculum

VIncent Tlanquer, (The University of Arizona)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Theoretical Investigation of the Vibrational Spectrum of H2CN

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recent Advances in o-Benzyne Chemistry: Aryne C¬–C Bond Insertions, Regioselective Syntheses with Benzdiyne Equivalents, and the Hexadehydro–Diels–Alder Reaction

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Bioresponsive Nanomedicines for Cancer and Ischemic Brain Injury

Prof. Jinjun Shi, (Harvard University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTIONS AND DISEASE

Roland Pieters, (Utrecht University, Utrecht Netherlands)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Rheology of Chemical Reactions

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Hydrogen Bond (X-Z···Y, Z=H) and other weak Interactions (Z= any element of the Periodic Table)

Prof. Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

In situ spectroelectrochemical formation of germanene

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Delicate Violence of Dancing Electrons: Toward Better Quantum Chemistry

Prof. Edward Valeev, (Virginia Tech)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Designing Polymer Brushes: Promising platforms for Proteins Antifouling, Mesophilic Enzymes Thermal Stability, and Targeted Drug Delivery

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Density Cumulant Theory: Methods, Benchmarks, and New Directions

Henry Schaefer (University of Georgia)
Science Learning Center, Lecture Hall 085 ~ Alumni Lecture

Making DNA more Protein-like for Artificial DNA-Enzyme Discovery: Where Chemistry Meets Molecular Biology

Prof. David Perrin, (The University of British Columbia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Recently Developed Molecular Weight, Polydispersity and Structure Characterizations of Synthetic Polymers

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Novel intersection of mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and iron-sulfur biogenesis

Prof. Dennis Winge , (University of Utah)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Merged Molecular Beams: Investigating Cold Reaction Dynamics

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Generating morphologically and chemically diverse surfaces through post-polymerization modification of polymer brushes

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Gas Phase Studies of Criegee Intermediates

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Two-Photon-Induced Luminescence of Gold Nanoparticles: Experimental Design and Analysis

Chemistry Building, Room 400

The Secret Life of Thermophoresis in Liquid Environments

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Chromium(III) Photooxidative Catalysis: Radical Cation Cycloadditions of Diazo Species and Alkenes

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Surgical Suture: Manufacture, Characterization, and Emerging Trends

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Transition Metal Chalcogenides for Electronics Applications

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Understanding Ring Opening Dynamics of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene: Advances with X-ray Free Electron Lasers

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Microwave-Assisted Heterocyclic Compound Synthesis

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Assisting the Identification of Isomeric N-linked Glycans with Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography (HILIC) Retention Models

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Creating Complex Interfaces Using Surface-Initiated Polymerization and Post-Polymerization Modification

Jason Locklin (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Organic and Inorganic Compounds Synthesized by Laser Vaporization

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Characterizing HMGA Binding to DNA and Inhibition by Small Molecules

Prof. Karen L. Buchmueller, (Furman University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Transitioning to eBooks: an Investigation of Student Satisfaction and Use of Worked Examples

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Laser Spectroscopy of Radicals, Carbenes, and Molecular Clusters in Helium Droplets

Gary Douberly (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Photochemical reduction of redox enzymes for light-driven chemical reactions

Dr. Paul W. King, (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Golden, Colorado)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Creation of Formaldeyde and Acetaldehyde from n-butanol

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Bioorthogonal Chemistry: SPAAC and Tetrazine Ligation

Chemistry Building, Room 400

From solution to the gas-phase. What can we learn on the structure, dynamics and distribution of biomolecules?

Prof. Francisco A. Fernandez-Lima , (Florida International University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Coulomb Crystals: A Cool Way to Do Chemistry

Chemistry Building, Room 400

The Thiol-ene Reaction and Its Applications

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Synthesis and Speciation-Dependent Properties of a Multimetallic Model Complex of NiSOD that Exhibits Unique H-Bonding

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Computational Investigation of the Sulfur Analog of the Criegee Intermediate

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Probing Non-covalent Interactions in Asymmetric Multi-Catalytic Reactions using Computational Tools: A Mechanistic Voyage from Rationalizations to Predictions

Prof. Raghavan B. Sunoj, (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Isolated Transition Metal Clusters and Complexes: Flying Surfaces

Prof. Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg, (University of Kaiserslautern)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Innovations in Glycosaminoglycan Mass Spectrometry: Algorithms for Automated Interpretation and Sequence Analysis

Chemistry Building, Room 400

The Chemistry of Organic Aerosol, Clouds, and Climate

Amanda Frossard (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Molecular Electrocatalysts for Energy Storage - Fuel Production Selectivity and Mechanistic Insights

Dr. Noemie Elgrishi, (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Monitoring Greenhouse Gases from Orbit

Prof. Peter Bernath, (Old Dominion University)
Chemistry Building, Room 400 ~ Joint Seminar with Physics Department

From Nanoparticles to Cloud Droplets: Measurements of Aerosol Composition, Reactivity, and Surface Tension

Dr. Bryan Bzdek, (University of Bristol)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

High Performance Mass Spectrometry to Unravel Molecular Complexity

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Chirped Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy

Chemistry Building, Room 400

Mass Spectrometry, Ion Mobility, and Ion Chemistry: Tools for Characterizing the Structures of Proteins in Solution and in the Gas Phase

Prof. Matthew F. Bush, (University of Washington)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

The Roles of Functionalization, Fragmentation and Radical Chain Chemistry in the Formation and Transformation of Organic Aerosols

Dr. Theodora Nah, (Georgia Institute of Technology )
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Enabling Bioanalytical Microfluidics for Precision Cancer Diagnostics

Prof. Yong Zeng, (The University of Kansas)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

Testing the Predictive Power of Theory for Determining the Activity of Nanoparticle Catalysts

Dr. Long Luo, (The University of Texas at Austin)
Chemistry Building, Room 400

TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLE IMIDAZOLE ALKALOIDS ENABLED BY A UNIQUE CHEMOSELECTIVE OXIDATION

Chemistry Building, Room 400

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