Visiting Seminar Series 2022-2025

  • Charles Mace, Tufts University
    "Paper-based microfluidic devices enable applications in point-of-care hematology"
  • Chris Ziegler, University of Akron
    "Innovation with an old reagent: Isoindoline as a platform for new materials"
  • David Vicic, Lehigh University
    "Solvated Nickel Complexes as Stoichiometric and Catalytic Trifluoromethylation Agents"
  • Bhavya Sharma, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    "Sensing through the Skull: Developing Surface-Enhanced Spatially-Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SESORS) for in vivo Neurochemical Detection"
  • Li Jia, University of Akron
    "Metal-catalyzed carbonylative polymerizations - A quest for sustainable commodity plastics"
  • Ralph & Helen Oesper Symposium honoring Martin Moskovits, UC, Santa Barbara
    Mattanjah de Vries, University of California, Santa Barbara
    "Shedding light on history: one molecule at a time"
    Katherine (Kallie) Willets, Temple University
    “Super-resolution imaging and plasmonics”
    George Schatz, Northwestern University
    "Plasmons, Molecules and Theory: where Bottom-up meets Top-down"
    Mubeen Syed, University of Iowa
    “Plasmonics and Electrocatalysis: A Friends with Benefits Saga”
    Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University
    "Quantum Metaphotonics"
    Peng Zhang, University of Cincinnati
    Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto
    "Mapping Atomic Motions with Ultrabright Electrons: Fundamental Space-Time Limit to Imaging Chemistry"
    Galen D. Stucky, University of California, Santa Barbara
    "Rational Component and Structure Design of Noble-Metal Composites for Optical and Catalytic Applications"
    Galen Stucky & Mattanjah de Vries, Univerity of California, Santa Barbara (ACS Cincinnati Local Section banquet speakers)
    "Martin Moskovits: Mentor for All”
  • Liviu Mirica, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    "A radical approach: Paramagnetic Ni and Pd species in organometallic catalysis"
  • Steven Liang, Emory University
    "Precision Radiochemistry & PET Biomarker Development"
  • Martin Kirk, University of New Mexico, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
    "The Molybdenum Cofactor, C-H Bond Activation, and Molybdoenzyme Catalysis"
  • Allison Swain, University of Colorado, Denver (Special seminar)
    “Roles of the m6A RNA modification in regulating cell states, from yeast to breast cancer”
  • Briana Simms, Duke University, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering (Special seminar)
    “Delivery beyond the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) via self-assembling PAMAM lipid nanoaggregates”
  • Emily Sekera, The Ohio State University (Special seminar)
    “A Picture Worth 1,000 Molecules: Gaining Biological Insight through Mass Spectrometry Imaging”
  • Fay Nicolson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Special seminar)
    "Surface-Enhanced Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SESORS) for Deep Optical Imaging of Cancer in Vivo"
  • Neal Mankad, University of Illinois at Chicago
    "Earth-abundant metal catalysts for radical carbonylation reactions"
  • Norman Lu, Taipei Tech
    "Synthesis and chemistry of fluorinated ligands and their metal complexes (Pt, Pd, Zn etc): From catalysis to unusual C-H bond change induced by non-covalent bond"
  • Moon-Soo Kim, Western Kentucky University
    "Sequence-specific DNA detection utilizing engineered DNA-binding proteins, CRISPR/Cas, and graphene oxide"
  • Isiah M. Warner, UC Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, Boyd Professor of LSU System
    "GUMBOS: A Materials Approach to Analytical Chemistry"
  • Hans & Marlies Zimmer International Scholar honoring Panche Naumov, NYU Abu Dhabi
    “Organic crystals - a new class of engineering materials”
  • Andrea Kravats, Miami University, Ohio
    "Insights into the function and dynamics of the Grp94 molecular chaperone"
  • Jack Norton, Columbia University (CGSA Speaker of the Year)
    "Norton Group Chemistry — Then and Now"
  • Ellen Matson, University Rochester
    "Modeling Charge Transfer and Compensation at Metal Oxide Surfaces using Polyoxovanadate Clusters"
  • Hans & Marlies Zimmer International Scholar honoring Daniele Leonori, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    "Novel synthetic methods using halogen-atom transfer and photoexcited nitroarenes"

2023-2024

  • Isiah M. Warner, UC Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, Boyd Professor of LSU System
    "Transformation of the LSU Chemistry Graduate Program"
  • Netz Arroyo, Johns Hopkins University
    "Enabling Continuous Molecular Monitoring in the Body via Implantable and Wearable Electrochemical Aptamer-based Sensors"
  • Yang Yang, University of California, Santa Barbara
    "New Strategies for Stereoselective Radical Biocatalysis"
  • Mei Shen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    "High Spatiotemporal Resolution Electroanalysis to Probe Neurotransmitter Dynamics"
  • Prof. Xiaoliang Wei, IUPUI
    "High Solubility Enabled by Composition Engineering for Traditional Redox Compounds"
  • Rena Robinson, Vanderbilt University
    "High-throughput ‘Omics to Advance Equity in Alzheimer’s Disease"
  • Xiaoting Zhang, PhD., Professor & John and Gladys Strauss Endowed Chair of Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
    “Targeting Transcriptional Coactivator MED1 in Breast Cancer Treatment Resistance by RNA Nanotherapeutics”
  • Prof. Craig Grapperhaus, University of Louisville
    "Metal-Ligand Cooperativity for CO2 Capture from Dilute Sources"
  • Oesper Symposium Honoring Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, UCLA
    "Exploring the Frontiers of Chemical Dynamics with Molecular Nanocrystals: From Green Chemical Synthesis to Quantum Chains and Qubit Pairs" 
    Prof. Luis Campos, Columbia University (speaker)
    Prof. Marino Resendiz, University of Colorado (speaker)
    Prof. Jean-Luc Ayitou, University of Illinois, Chicago (speaker)
    Prof. Braulio Rodriguez Molina, UNAM (speaker)
    Prof. Ken Houk, UCLA; banquet speaker
    “Amphidynamic MGG!”
    Prof. Chris Bardeen, University of California, Riverside (Virtual speaker)
    Prof. Anna Gudmundsdottir, UC (speaker)
  • Rob Hart, Shepherd Chemical Company
    “What do Spandex, Airbags, and Spray Insulation Have in Common?”
  • Charlisa Daniels, Northern Kentucky University
    “Understanding the Role of Stimuli Responsive Polymers in PPM Stationary Phases”
  • Leeanne Taylor, Owens Corning, NA Chemistry & Size Development Leader, Composites Chemistry Center of Excellence
    "Owens Corning Science and Technology: Our People and Products Make More Possible"
  • Elizabeth Parkinson, Purdue University
    "Utilizing biocatalysis and synthetic chemistry to access new natural products"
  • Prof. Philippe Buhlmann, University of Minnesota
    "Electroanalytical Sensors with Polymeric Receptor-Doped Sensing Membranes"
  • Brent Sumerlin, University of Florida
    "Photoactivation for polymerization, depolymerization, and additive manufacturing"
  • Hailiang Wang, Yale University
    "Solar Fuel Production from Carbon Dioxide Using Cobalt Phthalocyanine Molecular Catalysis"
  • Robbyn Anand, Iowa State University
    "Microscale Surface Ion Conduction for Point-of-Care Diagnostics"
  • Zhongyue "John" Yang, Vanderbilt University
    "Development and Application of Mutexa for Enzyme Engineering"
  • Professor Ciara O'Sullivan, ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) Engineering Sciences
    2024 Hans & Marlies Zimmer Scholar
    "Next Generation Tools for the Emerging and Future Paradigm of Clinical Diagnostics"

2024-2025

  • Christine Thomas, The Ohio State University
    "Designing First-Row Transition Metal Catalysts"
  • Shiva Moaven, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
    “Pnictogen Bonding: An immerging tool in supramolecular chemistry”
  • Elisa Franco, University of California, Los Angeles
    "Programmable artificial RNA condensates in mammalian cells"
  • Charles McCrory, University of Michigan,
    "Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with Polymer-Catalyst Composites: Modulating Activity and Selectivity by Controlling the Catalyst’s Microenvironment"
  • Isaac Garcia-Bosch, Carnegie Mellon University
    "Regioselective C-H hydroxylation of ketones using copper, hydrogen peroxide and bidentate directing groups"
  • Julien Panetier, Binghamton University
    "Understanding the Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase Model Systems for CO2 Reduction"
  • 2024 Oesper Symposium Honoring Claudia Turro, The Ohio State University
    “Excited States of Transition Metal Complexes for Applications in Solar Energy and Photochemotherapy”
    Prof. Jeffrey Rack, University of New Mexico (speaker)
    Prof. Jeremy Kodanko, Wayne State University (speaker)
    Prof. Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech (speaker)
    Prof. Joel Rosenthal, University of Delaware (speaker)
    Prof. Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University (speaker)
    Prof. James McCusker, Michigan State University (speaker)
    Prof. Anne Co, The Ohio State University (speaker)
    Prof. Daniel Nocera, After-dinner speaker, Harvard University
    “Claudia Turro and the Creation of PCET”
  • Demyan Prokopchuk, Rutgers University
    "Ligand Based C-H Bond Weakening for Synthesis and Electrocatalysis with Earth-Abundant Metals"
  • Emily Pentzer, TAMU
    "Leveraging Polymer Chemistry and Emulsions for Energy Applications"

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