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10:00am-11:15am

May 7th, 2026

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September 11th

3:35pm

October 2nd, 2026

Departmental Colloquium: Yangguang Ou

University of Vermont (Host: Ashley Ross)

"Modifying the Surface of Carbon Fiber to Design

and Optimize Electrochemical Biosensors"

Third Year Seminars: Krishna Pokhrel,

Ananda Karki and Feihu Wang

Third Year Seminar: Suranjana Dam

PhD Open Defense: Tulsi Bhandari

"Enhancing the analysis of modified

nucleosides and their oxidative products

under photo-oxidative stress by LC-MS/MS"

Third Year Seminar: Esther Agbaje 

*Due to the inclement weather,  Esther’s 3rd-year

talk will be held virtually tomorrow, January 27th

at 12:30 pm. 

Third Year Seminar: Ruizhi Li

*Moved to virtual due to weather

PhD Open Defense: Dinindu Mendis

"Elucidating the Role of Reactive 

Intermediates in the Solution and Solid State:

 From Mechanistic Photochemistry to the

Photodynamic Behavior of Organic Crystals”

Third Year Seminar: Rakib Mahmud

Departmental Colloquium: Luke Baldwin

Air Force Resesarch Lab

(Host: Pietro Strobbia)

Title TBA

Second Year Seminar: Leonard Marc Ramos

Second Year Seminar: Carter St. Clair

PhD Open Defense: Jack McGrath

"The Design, Synthesis, and Application of High

Potential Organic Catholytes in Non-Aqueous

Redox Flow Batteries"

Second Year Seminar: Yaru Peng

Third Year Seminar: Thepuni Kalu Arachchillage

Second Year Seminar: Md Nurnobi Islam

Departmental Colloquium: Shiliang Tian

Purdue University (Host: Hairong Guan) 

Visualizing Reactive Intermediates: Radical and

High-Valent Chemistry Across Biological and 

Synthetic Catalysis

Second Year Seminar: Camila Jaillita

Graduate Recruitment Weekend

Second Year Seminar: Oreoluwa Adeogun

Second Year Seminar: Ellen Joy Pandan

Departmental Colloquium: Tsuyoshi Minami

Second Year Seminar: Pragti

Second Year Seminar: Samson Fashanu

Second Year Seminar: Jordi Markovic

Second Year Seminar: Jacob Schulze

First Year Seminar: Clint Johnson

PhD Open Defense: Lutfun Naher

"Translating SERS Biosensors for in-situ

Detection of Pathogens and Water Contaminants"

Second Year Seminar: Dave Fernando

PhD Open Defense: Fiona Wasson

"Extraordinary Crystal Responses to Light and

Mechanistic Studies of Azides and Peroxides in the 

Solid State, Solution, and Cryogenic Matrices"

Departmental Colloquium: Ioan Andricioaei

University of California, Irvine (Host: George Stan)

Title TBA

Second Year Seminar: Lily Bambalas

First Year Seminar: Eliska Whitted

Committee Meeting: Robama Tariq

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Churro Taylor

*Not Open to Public

Departmental Colloquium: Chuck Henry

Colorado State University (Host: CGSA)

"Capillary-Flow Platforms for Point-of-Need 

Diagnostics: From Water Quality Monitoring 

Monitoring to Disease Detection"

Committee Meeting: Korina Beran

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Olayinka Adanlawo 

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Robert Magdaug

*Not Open to Public

Second Year Seminar: David Okai

Committee Meeting: Shahed Ahmed

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Anusha Biswas

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Son Do

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Balamani Guduru

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Ye Chen

*Not Open to Public

Second Year Seminar: Eric Treinen

Committee Meeting: Maria Akhtar

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Md Ruhul Amin

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Katie Lord

*Not Open to Public

Departmental Colloquium: Andrea Locke

Vanderbilt University (Host: Pietro Strobbia)

"Point-of-care biosensing of the human

microbiome"

Second Year Seminar: Samuel Olubode

Second Year Seminar: Chloe Hering

Second Year Seminar: Megan McGuire

Committee Meeting: Annaliese Andsager

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Aniket Chaudhari

*Not Open to Public

Departmental Colloquium: Dr. Gongfang Hu 

Colgate University (Host: Jianbing Jiang)

Title TBA

Fourth Year Seminar: Alaa Hassan

Committee Meeting: Md Ariful Islam

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Erin DeJan

*Not Open to Public

Third Year Seminar: Fatima Anwar

Committee Meeting: Cass Ryan

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Tina Ho

*Not Open to Public

Third Year Seminar: Pooja Shrestha

Committee Meeting: Abdulafeez Adetunmbi

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Pawan Wishmith

*Not Open to Public

PhD Open Defense: JPI Dulmini Jayawardhena

Committee Meeting: Owen Focht

*Not Open to Public

Fourth Year Seminar: Swankita

Committee Meeting: Sarah Connolly

*Not Open to Public

Chemistry Awards Day

Committee Meeting: Kay Carter

*Not Open to Public

Fourth Year Seminar: Sushila Thapa

Committee Meeting: Chrishmika Don

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Ashley Campbell

*Not Open to Public

Committee Meeting: Thilini Gunawardana

*Not Open to Public

Second Year Seminar: Md Bappy Hawlader

Zimmer Scholar Awardee Presentation

Awardee: Jack Clegg (University of Queensland,

Australia)

Oesper Symposium 2026

Braunstein 300

Old Chem 785

Old Chem 785

Virtual (Teams)

Virtual (Zoom)*

Virtual (Zoom)*

Zimmer 305

Old Chem 785

Braunstein 300

Braunstein 309

Old Chem 785

Zimmer 305

Zimmer 413

Old Chem 785

Braunstein 309

Braunstein 300

Braunstein 309

Baldwin 741

Old Chem 785

Braunstein 300

Braunstein 309

Old Chem 785

Old Chem 685

Baldwin 741

Zimmer 312

Zimmer 413

Old Chem 785

Old Chem 685

Braunstein 300

Clifton Court Hall

2140

Old Chem 785

Swift 720

Old Chem 685

Braunstein 300

Clifton Court Hall

2140

Old Chem 560

Old Chem 785 

Swift 719

Old Chem 785

Braunstein 325

Old Chem 560

Zimmer 312

Old Chem 685

Swift 719

Old Chem 560

Old Chem 785

Zimmer 305

Braunstein 300

Swift 720

Zimmer 305

Braunstein 309

Zimmer 305

Swift 820

Braunstein 300

Clifton Court Hall 

2110

Old Chem 785

Old Chem 685

Braunstein 309

Zimmer 312

Old Chem 785

Old Chem 560

Old Chem 685

Swift 820

Old Chem 785

Old Chem 685

Old Chem 785

Braunstein 325

Nippert Stadium

Rieveschl 518

Rieveschl 518

Rieveschl 518

Old Chem 560

Old Chem 560

Old Chem 785

TBA

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