All seminars are held at 4pm in room 304 in the Chemistry Building unless otherwise noted.
| Date | Speaker (Host) | Title |
| January 20 |
Professor Gary Gerfen Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Professors Linda Columbus and Bob Nakamoto) |
Radical Involvement in Enzyme Catalysis |
| 27 | Professor Paul Chirik Princeton University (Professor Brent Gunnoe) |
Modern Alchemy: Base Metal Catalysis |
| February 3 |
Professor Robert Davis UVA – Chemical Engineering (Professor Ian Harrison) |
Some Current Challenges in the Conversion of the Biomass-Derived Molecules over Supported Metal Catalysts |
| 24 | Professor Melanie Cooper Clemson University (Professor Charlie Grisham) |
How do Students learn to Use Representations in Chemistry |
| March 2 |
Professor Sam Cho Wake Forest University (Professor Cameron Mura) |
MD Simulations of Telomerase RNA Pseudoknot and Ribosome Assembly |
| 23* | Marie Payne Graham Lecture Professor Sir David A. King Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford (Professor John T. Yates, Jr.) |
Controlling Reactivity of Solid Surfaces: A Fundamental Approach |
| 23** | Marie Payne Graham Lecture Professor Sir David A. King Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford (Professor John T. Yates, Jr.) |
A Scientific Analysis of 21st Century Environmental and Economic Challenges |
| 30 | Jefferson Lecture Professor Jon Clardy Harvard University (Graduate Student Council) |
Expanding Our Knowledge of Nature’s Chemical Diversity |
| April 2*** |
Hecht Lecture Professor Laurence Hurley University of Arizona (Professor Sid Hecht) |
Can DNA Function as a Natural Molecular Switch in Cells? |
| 6 | Dr. Jennifer Lee National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Professor Dave Cafiso) |
Probing the α-Synuclein-Membrane Interface by Photons and Neutrons |
| 20 | Professor Tamar Seideman Northwestern University (Professor John Yates) |
Current- and Light-Driven Dynamics in Molecular-Scale Electronics |
*Please note this seminar is at 2pm in room 304 in the Chemistry Building
**Please note this seminar is at 4pm in room 203 in the Physics Building
***Please note this seminar is at 4pm in room 151 in Gilmer Hall
