Faculty Seminar Schedule

Faculty Seminars

The Department Seminar lead by faculty invitees is held on Fridays throughout the Fall and Spring semesters at 4:00 p.m. and will be in CB LL16.

 Note: *Virtual Seminar

Fall 2024

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Host

Announcement
8/23 Kevin Basemann (Chemistry) UofL Chemistry UofL Dept. of Chemistry

Sustainable Catalysts for the 21st century: Using first-row transition metals to advance C-H bond activation and C-C bond formation
8/30 No Seminar ----- ----- -----
9/6 Serban Smadici UofL Physics UofL Dept. of Chemistry

Magnetization and magnetic entropy dynamics under ultrafast laser excitation
9/13 Andrew Wilson UofL Chemistry UofL Dept. of Chemistry Plasmons and magnetic fields in electrochemistry
9/20 Vance Jaeger

Speed School

 UofL Dept. of Chemistry Simulations of Lipid Membrane Structure and Function with Applications to Human Health
9/27 Jacek Jasinski UofL Speed School UofL Dept. of Chemistry

Electrochemical Intercalation for Modification and Processing of Phosphorene and Other 2D Materials
10/4 Morgan Balabanoff UofL Chemistry UofL Dept. of Chemistry Development, evaluation, and implementation of an assessment instrument in general chemistry
10/11 Neeraj Kumar PNNL Dr. Kozlowski

AI Agents: Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models in Chemistry and Computational Science
10/18 Peyton Simpson UofL Literature Seminar
 Dr. Thompson

Influence of Spin-Orbit Coupling on Electronic Transitions in Organic and Inorganic Systems
10/25 Alexandra Zevalkink MSU Dr Ramezanipour High-temperature elastic moduli: a tool for understanding chemical bonding in thermoelectric materials
10/31 and 11/1 J. Hupp Northwestern CGSA Derby Lecture Series:  

10/31:  AIM-ing for Catalyst Synthesis with Single-atom Precision

11/1:  How to Destroy a Chemical Warfare Agent"
11/8 Kevin Tidgwell UK Dr. Luzzio

Natural Products as Leads for the Development of Non-Opioid Analgesics
11/15 Reserved ----- ----- -----
11/22

Liqing He

 UofL Dr. Zhang

Metabolism Changes and Biomarker Discovery in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
11/29 Thanksgiving Break ----- ----- -----
12/6 Finals Week (No Seminar) ----- ----- -----

SPRING 2025

01/11
                                                                                                  
1/10 Aaron Odom

Michigan State University

 Dr. Thompson High Oxidation State Metal Complexes: New Reactions, Applications, and Tools for Catalyst Development
1/17 Jacek Jasinski U of L Dr. Kozlowski

Electrochemical Intercalation for Modification and Processing of Phosphorene and Other 2D Materials
01/24 Francois Gabbai Texas A&M,
Dr. Baseman Ambiphilic ligands featuring carbenium ions: Modulating structure and reactivity across main group and transition metal systems
01/31 Piotr Mak
St. Louis Univ

Dr. Kozlowski

 Structure-function relationship in heme oxygenase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis - experimental evidence for new oxidizing intermediate

02/07

 Emily Mevers Virginia Tech Dr. Luzzio

Ecology Driven Natural Product Discovery
02/14 Badri Narayanan
U of L Dr. Thompson

Computationally Guided Design of Electrolytes for Low-Cost Rechargeable Battery Technologies

02/21

 Chris Uyeda Purdue U

Dr. Baseman

Catalytic N=N Coupling Reactions
02/28 Jiali Gao U Minnesota

Dr. Thompson

Allosteric Dynamics in Signal Perception and Electrobiocatalytic catalysis for NAD+ Regeneration
03/07 David Waldeck U Pittsburgh Dr. Wilson Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity and Its Implications in Chemistry
03/14 Spring Break ----- ----- -----
- Sachin Nedunghali U Nebraska Dr. Balabanoff Awaiting Rescheduling

03/28

 Luisa Whittaker-Brooks U Utah Dr. Ramezanipour Defects Chemistry as a Design Parameter to Enable Functional Electronics
04/04

Dr. Sashil Chapagain

 Sofab Inks UofL Dept. of Chemistry George R. Pack Graduate Student Award Symposium: Developing Nonaqueous SnO₂ Dispersion for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
04/11 Marco Caricato U Kansas Dr. Thompson

Quantum Chemistry Simulations of Chiral and Catalytic Materials
04/18 Jimmie Weaver Oklahoma State University Dr. Buchanan

Transducer Catalysis; Efforts towards Synthetic Photosynthesis