Graduate Student Seminar Schedule

Student Seminars are a graduate level requirement that affords students the opportunity to perfect and demonstrate their research as well as organization, writing, and presentation skills.

Graduate Student Seminars: Spring 2024

Student seminars are typically held on Thursdays @ 12 pm (noon) in Chemistry Building LL16 unless noted.
** denotes a second seminar on the same day

Date/Time Speaker  Advisor Type Title
Feb 8 Rameesa Darul Amne Syed Mohammed PhD Dissertation AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE STRUCTURAL FEATURES THAT CONTROL FACTOR XIII STABILITY AND SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY

Feb 9

 Deborah S. Ogulu Sachin Handa PhD Dissertation Sustainable Methodologies for Synthesis of Small Organic Molecules Using Micellar Catalysis

Feb 22

 Md Touhidul Islam Jinjun Liu Research Seminar

Spectroscopic Studies of Asymmetric-Top Ca-1-Propoxide Free Radicals by Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) and Dispersed Fluorescence (DF) Techniques
Feb 29 Rajan Lamichane Jinjun Liu Literature Seminar Spectroscopic Investigations of Nonlinear Molecules as Candidates for Laser Cooling

Mar 7

 Amandeep Kaur Andrew Wilson Literature Seminar Metal-ion mediated electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction: Mechanistic insights and pathway optimization strategies
Mar 7 (1:30PM) Hoang Gia An Tran Lee Thompson Literature Seminar Partitioning chemical systems to capture static correlation
Mar 11-15 SPRING BREAK

Mar 28

 Christine Burgan PhD Defense Utilizing Metal Ligand Cooperativity to Activate Small Molecules

Mar 28

 Md Al Amin Andrew Wilson Research Seminar Understanding the origin and effect of local heating in plasmon-assisted electrochemistry
Apr 4 Salawat Lateef Morgan Balabanoff Literature Seminar Support for Student: Enhancing Conceptual Understanding through Science Practices 
Apr 11 Parisa Naji Farshid Ramezanipour Literature Seminar Lithium-ion conductivity in solid state electrolytes

Apr 15 1:00PM

Vogt 311

 Kinithi Wickramaratne Farshid Ramezanipour Dissertation Defense Synthesis, Electrical Conductivity, Electrocatalytic Activity for Water Splitting, and Pseudocapacitive Properties of Perovskite Oxide Derivatives
Apr 18 Amanda Borden M. Balabanoff/A. Wilson Literature Seminar Promoting Conceptual Chemistry Understanding through Engaging and Relevant Laboratory Experiences
Apr 18 (1:30 pm) Fredrick Mufoyongo Andrew Wilson Literature Seminar

Recent strategies for electrocatalytic
C-N bond formation for urea synthesis