Chemistry Seminar Presented by Prof. Ekaterina V. Pletneva
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Prof. Ekaterina V. Pletneva, Dartmouth College
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Dr. Kaipeng Hou: "Artificial Enzymes: From Porous Materials to De Novo Protein Catalysts"
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, February 20, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Kaipeng Hou, University of California San Francisco
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Prof. Andrés Montoya-Castillo
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Prof. Andrés Montoya-Castillo, University of Colorado Boulder
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Prof. Eric Nacsa
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, March 04, 2025
11:40 am - 1:10 pm
Eric Nacsa, Penn State University
Chemistry Defense: Addison Duda
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Addison Duda
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Prof. Sally Hunnicutt
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Prof. Sally Hunnicutt, Virginia Commonwealth University
Defense: Anna Truong- Interrogation of Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme 13 in Plasmodium Parasites
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Defense: Leah Bontreger-“At the Crossroads of Histidine and Copper: Structures, Mechanisms, and Scope of Oxidative Reactivity on Biologically-Relevant Peptides"
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, June 26, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Leah Bontreger
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Professor Scott Miller, Yale University
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Scott Miller
Connor Bischak(University of Utah
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Chemistry Seminar Presented Professor Yang Hai University of California Santa Barbara
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Yang Hai University of California Santa Barbara
Chemistry Seminar Prof. Yang Yang (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Prof. Yang Yang
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Professor Mia Huang (Scripps Research)
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Mia Huang (Scripps Research)
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Professor Neal Devaraj (UCSD): Making, Breaking, and Replicating Lipid Membranes in Synthetic Cells
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, October 07, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Neal Devaraj (UCSD)
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Professor Sijia Dong (Northeastern University)Computational Strategies for Photoenzyme Design: Physics-Based Simulations, Data-Driven Approaches, and Quantum Computing
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Sijia Dong (Northeastern University)
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Professor Christopher Newton (University of Georgia) Design and Application of New Pericyclic Strategies
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, November 04, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Christopher Newton (University of Georgia)
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Professor Connor Bischak University of Utah Leveraging Structural Dynamics in Emerging Semiconductors
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, November 06, 2025
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Professor Connor Bischak University of Utah
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Dr. Xiaoyu Zhang
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Dr. Xiaoyu Zhang
Chemistry Seminar Presented by Prof. Adrian Figg (VaTech)
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
11:40 am - 12:40 pm
Prof. Adrian Figg(VaTech)





