Faculty Seminar Schedule — Department of Chemistry

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

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Host	Announcement
8/23	Kevin Basemann (Chemistry)	UofL 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		Magnetization and magnetic entropy dynamics under ultrafast laser excitation
9/13	Andrew Wilson	UofL Chemistry		Plasmons and magnetic fields in electrochemistry
9/20	Vance Jaeger	Speed School		Simulations of Lipid Membrane Structure and Function with Applications to Human Health
9/27	Jacek Jasinski	UofL Speed School		Electrochemical Intercalation for Modification and Processing of Phosphorene and Other 2D Materials
10/4	Morgan Balabanoff	UofL 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
11/1	J. Hupp	Northwestern	CGSA
11/8	Kevin Tidgwell	UK	Dr Luzzio	Natural Products as Leads for the Development of Non-Opioid Analgesics
11/15	Reserved
11/22	Reserved
11/29	Thanksgiving Break
12/6	Finals Week (No Seminar)