Department of Chemistry
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Join us for lecture series and seminars spearheaded by leading scientific minds, and attend events to strengthen your connection to the college.

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2023 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 3
Tamma Carleton
Frontiers of Science, 2023 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/04 11:00 am - Sat, 2/04 12:30 pm
100 Thomas Building
Lecture Series Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
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2023 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 4
Bing Pan
Frontiers of Science, 2023 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/11 11:00 am - Sat, 2/11 12:30 pm
100 Thomas Building
Lecture Series Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
julia laskin
Mass Spectrometry: From Materials Science to Biology
Julia Laskin - Purdue University
Chemistry Department Colloquium Seminar Series Spring 2023
Tue, 2/14 2:30 pm - Tue, 2/14 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Nicholas Abbott
Liquid crystalline solvents at complex interfaces
Nicholas Abbott - Cornell University
Chemistry Department Colloquium Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 2/15 2:30 pm - Wed, 2/15 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Steven Zimmerman
An Organic Chemist’s Approach to Functional Polymers as Artificial Enzymes and Sustainable Plastics
Steven Zimmerman - University of Illinois
Chemistry Department Organic Seminar Series Spring 2023
Thu, 2/16 2:30 pm - Thu, 2/16 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
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2023 Ashtekar Frontiers of Science Lecture 5
Aleksandra Slavkovic
Frontiers of Science, 2023 Frontiers of Science
Sat, 2/18 11:00 am - Sat, 2/18 12:30 pm
100 Thomas Building
Lecture Series Eberly CollegeAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiochemistry and Molecular BiologyBiologyChemistryMathematicsPhysicsStatistics
Keary Engle
Alkenes as Universal Functional Group Progenitors
Keary Engle - Scripps Research Institute
Chemistry Department Colloquium Seminar Series Spring 2023
Tue, 2/28 2:30 pm - Tue, 2/28 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Carol Post
Syk tyrosine kinase association with immune receptors is regulated by phosphorylation via a unique entropy-driven mechanism
Carol Post - Purdue University
Chemistry Department Colloquium Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 3/01 2:30 pm - Wed, 3/01 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Sheila David
Dare to Repair: From DNA chemistry, metals and mechanism to cancer
Sheila S. David - UC Davis
Chemistry Department Colloquium Seminar Series Spring 2023
Tue, 3/14 2:30 pm - Tue, 3/14 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Eszter Boros
Capture, Excite, Release: Towards the Development of the Next Generation of (Radio) Metal-based Medicines
Eszter Boros - Stony Brook University
Chemistry Department Biological Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 3/15 2:30 pm - Wed, 3/15 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Glen Hocky
What can I get for one piconewton? How biological molecules respond to thermal scale mechanical forces
Glen Hocky - New York University
Chemistry Department Theoretical Seminar Series Spring 2023
Thu, 3/16 2:30 pm - Thu, 3/16 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Bart Bartlett
Anion Mediated Redox Approaches for Alcohol Oxidation Reactions
Bart M. Bartlett - University of Michigan
Chemistry Department Colloquium Seminar Series Spring 2023
Tue, 3/21 2:30 pm - Tue, 3/21 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Hemamala Karunadasa
The Molecular Chemistry of Extended Solids
Hemamala Karunadasa - Stanford University
Chemistry Department Materials Seminar Series Spring 2023
Thu, 3/23 2:30 pm - Thu, 3/23 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Rein Ulijin
Peptide-Based Complex Supramolecular Systems
Rein Ulijn, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center 
Chemistry Department Materials Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 4/05 2:30 pm - Wed, 4/05 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry
Lecture Series Chemistry
Shoji Hall
Atomic-scale Insights into Electrocatalyst Structure and Function
Shoji Hall - Johns Hopkins University
Chemistry Department Materials Seminar Series Spring 2023
Thu, 4/06 2:30 pm - Thu, 4/06 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Daniel Suess
Chemical Modification of Iron-Sulfur Cofactors
Daniel Suess - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chemistry Department Inorganic Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 4/12 2:30 pm - Wed, 4/12 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Jean Chung
Reaction kinetics of oxidation in lipid membranes
Jean Chung - Colorado State University
Chemistry Department Analytical Seminar Series Spring 2023
Thu, 4/13 2:30 pm - Thu, 4/13 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry
Lecture Series Chemistry
Erik Grumstrup
Probing Functionality in Disordered Materials with Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Erik Grumstrup - Montana State University
Chemistry Department Analytical Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 4/19 2:30 pm - Wed, 4/19 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry