Chemistry Colloquium & Seminar – AY 2024/25
Special Endowed Colloquium Lecture Series
Chemistry Colloquium (CHEM 6920/8920)
- Colloquium is the venue for presentations by invited speakers, public thesis and dissertation defenses, and presentations by departmental faculty to incoming graduate students (mandatory only for first year graduate students).
- Colloquium presentations are typically held at 4 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.
- This academic year colloquium presentations will be held either in person in WO 1205 or virtually via WebEx. You will receive a link to the virtual talks in advance via e-mail.
- Please email Dr. Michal Marszewski (Fall and Spring) or Dr. Wei Li (Summer) with questions related to Chemistry Colloquium or to schedule a colloquium presentation.
Chemistry Seminar (CHEM 6930/8930)
- Seminar is the venue for 2ⁿᵈ and 4ᵗʰ year research presentations by graduate students.
- Seminar presentations are at noon on Mondays and Wednesdays (in Fall and Spring only).
- This academic year seminar presentations will be held in person in WO 1205.
- Please email Dr. Dragan Isailovic (Fall and Spring) with questions related to Chemistry Seminar or to schedule a seminar presentation.
Fall 2024
Monday, August 26
Noon: __________ + __________ (Faculty talks)
4 pm: Dr. Peter Andreana + __________ (Faculty talks)
Wednesday, August 28
Noon: __________ + __________ (Faculty talks)
4 pm: __________ + Dr. Michael Young (Faculty talks)
Monday, September 2
Noon: Labor Day
4 pm: Labor Day
Wednesday, September 4
Noon: Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs + __________ (Faculty talks)
4 pm: Dr. Joe Schmidt + Dr. John Bellizzi (Faculty talks)
Monday, September 9
Noon: Dr. Wei Li + __________ (Faculty talks)
4 pm: __________ + Dr. Jianglong Zhu (Faculty talks)
Wednesday, September 11
Noon: Dr. Dragan Isailovic + __________ (Faculty talks)
4 pm: __________ + __________ (Faculty talks)
Monday, September 16
Noon: Dr. Michal Marszewski (Faculty talks)
4 pm: Dr. Mark Mason (Faculty talks)
Wednesday, September 18
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4 pm: Waters Corporation Seminar, hosted by NOBCChE, (this seminar will take place in BO1059)
Monday, September 23
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Wednesday, September 25
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Monday, September 30
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Wednesday, October 2
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Monday, October 7
Noon:
4 pm: Dr. Geoff Tranmer, University of Manitoba, hosted by Dr. Peter Andreana (via WebEx)
Wednesday, October 9
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Monday, October 14
Noon: Fall Break
4 pm: Fall Break
Wednesday, October 16
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Monday, October 21
Noon:
4 pm: Dr. Adam Jaffe, University of Notre Dame, hosted by Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs
Wednesday, October 23
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Monday, October 28
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Wednesday, October 30
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4 pm: Dr. Webster L. Santos, Virginia Tech, hosted by Dr. Michael Young
Monday, November 4
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4 pm: Dr. Udaya Jayasundara, University of Maine at Presque Isle, hosted by UTStACS (via WebEx)
Wednesday, November 6
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Monday, November 11
Noon: Veterans Day
4 pm: Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 13
Noon: Yohan Sudusingha hosted by Dr. Dragan Isailovic (2nd year presentation)
4 pm:
Monday, November 18
Noon: Alex Nguyen hosted by Dr. Wei Li (4th year presentation)
4 pm: Nicklaus M. Fleming hosted by Dr. Peter Andreana (literature presentation)
Wednesday, November 20
Noon:
4 pm: Matt Lohman hosted by Dr. Peter Andreana (public dissertation defense)
Monday, November 25
Noon:
4 pm: Md. Mahbubul Haque Hasan hosted by Dr. Steve Sucheck (literature presentation)
Wednesday, November 27
Noon: Thanksgiving Break
4 pm: Thanksgiving Break
Monday, December 2
Noon: Ela Verhoff hosted by Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs and Anam Dewani hosted by Dr. Dragan Isailovic (Honors thesis presentation)
4 pm: Kendra Kumar Shrestha hosted by Dr. Michael Young (public dissertation defense)
Wednesday, December 4
Noon: Sanduni Meegahamadiththe Gedara hosted by Dr. Dragan Isailovic (public dissertation defense)
4 pm:
Spring 2025
Monday, January 13
Noon: __________ + __________ (Faculty talks)
4 pm: __________ + __________ (Faculty talks)
Wednesday, January 15
Noon: __________ + __________ (Faculty talks)
4 pm: __________ + __________ (Faculty talks)
Monday, January 20
Noon: Martin Luther King Day
4 pm: Martin Luther King Day
Wednesday, January 22
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Monday, January 27
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Wednesday, January 29
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Monday, February 3
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Wednesday, February 5
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Monday, February 10
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Wednesday, February 12
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4 pm: Dr. Jared L. Anderson, Iowa State University, hosted by Dr. Jon R. Kirchhoff (Arthur H. Black Science Education & Research Lecture)
Monday, February 17
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Wednesday, February 19
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Monday, February 24
Noon:
4 pm: Dr. Joshua Buss, University of Michigan, hosted by Dr. Michael Young
Wednesday, February 26
Noon: Sahar Nazeer hosted by Dr. Cora Lind-Kovacs (2nd year presentation)
4 pm: Tim Niederkorn, UT EHRS Department, hosted by the ACS GSO Safety Team (safety seminar)
Monday, March 3
Noon: Spring Break
4 pm: Spring Break
Wednesday, March 5
Noon: Spring Break
4 pm: Spring Break
Monday, March 10
Noon:
4 pm: Geraud Valentin hosted by Dr. Peter Andreana (public dissertation defense)
Wednesday, March 12
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Monday, March 17
Noon: Nithya Ariyasena hosted by Dr. Timothy Mueser (2nd year presentation)
4 pm:
Wednesday, March 19
Noon:
4 pm: Dr. Christopher Vanderwal, University of California, Irvine, hosted by Dr. Michael Young
Monday, March 24
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Wednesday, March 26
Noon: Chinedu Okwuosa hosted by Dr. John Bellizzi (4th year presentation)
4 pm:
Monday, March 31
Noon: Tharusha Wickramarathne hosted by Dr. John Bellizzi (4th year presentation)
4 pm: Dr. Erik Romero, University of California San Diego, hosted by Dr. Michael Young
Wednesday, April 2
Noon: Temitope Alonge hosted by Dr. Jon Kirchhoff and Buddhima Peiris hosted by Dr. Dragan Isailovic (2nd year presentations)
4 pm:
Monday, April 7
Noon: Kristi Shrestha and Zhichang Yin hosted by Dr. Wei Li (2nd year presentations)
4 pm: Dr. Joey Cotruvo, Penn State University, hosted by Dr. Jon R. Kirchhoff (Frontiers in Chemistry Lectureship Series)
Wednesday, April 9
Noon: Oreoluwa Adeyemo and Radha Kondapalli hosted by Dr. Michael Young (2nd year presentations)
4 pm: Public defense slot
Monday, April 14
Noon: Public defense slot
4 pm: Dr. Raymond Schaak, Penn State, hosted by Dr. Michal Marszewski
Wednesday, April 16
Noon: Awe Omoniyi Babajide hosted by Dr. Dragan Isailovic (public thesis defense)
4 pm:
Monday, April 21
Noon: Undergraduate Honors Thesis Presentation (hosted by Dr. John Bellizzi)
4 pm:
Wednesday, April 23
Noon: Undergraduate Honors Thesis Presentation (hosted by Dr. John Bellizzi)
4 pm: Veronica Martin hosted by Dr. Timothy Mueser (public thesis defense)
Friday, April 25
4 pm: Honors Tea
Summer 2025
Monday, May 5
Noon:
4 pm: Dr. Scott Denmark, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, hosted by Dr. Wei Li
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