
Coupling exergonic and endergonic oxidation-reduction reactions through electron bifurcation
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Friday, June 15, 2018
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Professor John Peters, Director (Washington State University, Institute of Biological Chemistry)

Thieme Chemistry Roadshow - Science of Synthesis
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Dr. Toby Reeve, Scientific Editor

Selective Oxidation of Strong and Weak Bonds: New Catalytic and Synthetic Methods
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, September 04, 2018
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Michael K. Hilinski (University of Virginia, Department of Chemistry)

High power insects: The biomechanics of jumping and striking
Sponsor(s):
Biology
Monday, September 10, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Gregory Sutton, The Royal Society (UK)

New Antibiotics from Nature's Chemical Inventory
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Timothy A. Wencewicz (Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Chemistry)

How development and environment shape the brain: Lessons from the fly olfactory system
Sponsor(s):
Biology
Monday, September 17, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Pelin Volkan, Duke University

New Methods for Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Functionalization
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Friday, October 05, 2018
2:40 pm - 4:10 pm
Professor Olafs Daugulis (University of Houston, Department of Chemistry)

Building and Breaking Molecular Ladders to Develop Antiaromatic and Force-Responsive Materials
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Yan Xia (Stanford University, Department of Chemistry)

New Actinide Chemistry and Connections to Future Nuclear Energy Challenges
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor John Arnold (University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemistry)


How fast is evolution? Â And why this matters
Sponsor(s):
Biology
Monday, October 29, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Phil Gingerich, University of Michigan

Rapid evolution across different temporal scales
Sponsor(s):
Biology
Monday, November 05, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Emily Behrman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Keeping pace with climate: Ecological change in the 21st century
Sponsor(s):
Biology
Monday, November 12, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Leander Anderegg, University of California-Berkeley

Interference, Decoherence, and Quantum-Classical Path Integral Simulations with Thousands of Atoms
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Nancy Makri (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Chemistry)

Plants in the fourth dimension: The intersection of time, temperature, and a changing climate
Sponsor(s):
Biology
Monday, November 26, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Colleen Doherty, North Carolina State University

Getting Something for Nothing: Classical and Machine-Learning Methods for Quantum Simulation
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Thomas F. Miller, III (California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)

Approaching Challenges in Physics with Inorganic Chemistry
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Danna Freedman (Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry)

Advancing Coordination Chemistry in Materials Science
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Monday, December 10, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy (University of California at Berkeley, Department of Chemistry)

Chemistry Beyond Small Molecules: Bridging Molecular and Nano-sciences with Diamondoids
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Hao Yan (Stanford University, Stanford Inst. for Materials and Energy Sciences)

Advancing Coordination Chemistry in Materials Science
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, December 13, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy (University of California at Berkeley, Department of Chemistry)

Designer Metal-Organic Frameworks: Exploiting Molecular Chemistry in the Solid State
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Jihye Park (Stanford University, Department of Chemical Engineering)

New Chemistry of Ru-Alkylidenes from Metathesis to Arynes
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Daesung Lee (University of Illinois, Chicago, Department of Chemistry)

Designing Earth-Abundant Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Conversion of Energy and Chemicals
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Song Jin (University of Wisconson-Madison, Department of Chemistry)

New Modes of Anion-Binding Catalysis
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
SIGMA-ALDRICH LECTURE: Professor Eric N. Jacobsen (Harvard University, Department of Chemistry)

Molecular Informatics and Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, February 07, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Jun Xu (Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Stereoselective Functionalization of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Uttam Tambar (University of Texas-Southwestern, Department of Biochemistry)

Illuminating the Interaction Between Small Molecules and Cell Membranes
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Tessa R. Calhoun (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dept. of Chemistry)

Simple Dynamics of Complex Systems: from Nuclei to Fish
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Martin Gruebele (University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry)

Chemical Biology Approaches for Interrogating the Contributions of Altered Circadian Rhythms and Macrophages to Cancer Aggression
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, February 28, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Michelle Farkas (University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Chemistry)

Faculty Colloquium - How can Infra-red Excitation both Accelerate and Slow Charge Transfer in the Same Molecule?
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Friday, March 01, 2019
3:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Dr. Peng Zhang (Duke University, Department of Chemistry

Hydrogen-Mediated C-C Bond Formation
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, March 05, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Michael Krische (University of Texas, Austin, Department of Chemistry)

Cornucopian Copper Rocks the House of Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Friday, March 08, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Oliver Reiser (University of Regensburg, Institute of Organic Chemistry)

CANCELLED: Metabolic Enzymes as Drug Targets in Parasitic Protozoa: the Tale of Pseudoenzymes in the Polyamine Pathway of Trypanosomatids
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Margaret Phillips (Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med Center, Dept. of Biochemistry)

Gold Catalysis Enabled by Designed Bifunctional Ligands
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Liming Zhang (University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

Visualization of Metals in Biological Systems
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, March 21, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Martina Ralle (Oregon Health Science University, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics)

Stereocontrol in Photochemical Reactions
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Tehshik Yoon (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry)

The Electron Spin and Molecular Chirality- from Spintronics to Enantio-selectivity
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, March 28, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute, Israel, Department of Chemical Physics)

Efficient Dyes with Unexpected Colors for Dye-sensitized Cells
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, April 11, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor C-Y Lin (National Chi Nan University, TAIWAN)

Oxygen Driven Fragment Coupling by Activation of C-H, N-H, and O-H Bonds
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Marisa Kozlowski (University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry)

Catalytic Enantioselective Redox-Neutral Processes for Efficient Chemical Synthesis
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Professor Yu Zhao (National University of Singapore, Department of Chemistry)
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