Upcoming Events for Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Friday, December 13, 2019
9:00 am - 10:00 am	PhD Thesis Defense Broad 100 Facilitating miniaturized bioanalytical assays in microfluidic devices Dmitriy Zhukov, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,

Thursday, December 19, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) RNA Methylation in Gene Expression Regulation Chuan He, John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago,

Monday, January 6, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Characterization and Application of Lattice-Confined Intermediates for Hydrocarbon Upgrading David C. Powers, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University,

Friday, January 10, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) A Study in Bubbles: The Behavior of Electrochemically Generated Gases in Solar Fuels Devices Paul Kempler, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Thursday, January 16, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Ruth & Eddie Hughes Lecture Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Seminar Title Pending Nieng Yan, Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University,

Friday, January 17, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Novel Chemistry of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Nitric Radicals and New Ambiphilic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Professor Eunsung Lee, Visiting Associate in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Friday, January 24, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) What Makes a Good Molecular Qubit? Ruben Mirzoyan, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Friday, February 7, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Dr. Alec Follmer, Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry, Department of Chemistryt, Caltech,

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Chemical Physics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Wei Xiong, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego,

Friday, February 14, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) James Lawniczak, Graduate Studentd, Department of Chemistryt, Caltech,

Wednesday, February 19, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Universal Alkene Functionalization as an Aspirational Driver Keary M. Engle, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,

Monday, February 24, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Solid-State Molecular Organometallic Chemistry: "Impossible" Alkane Complexes, Catalysis and More Andrew Weller, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford,

Tuesday, February 25, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Chemical Physics Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Jose Mendoza-Cortes, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Scientific Computing, Material Sciences & Engineering Program; High Performance Materials Institute and Condensed Matter Theory at the National High Magnetic Field Lab, Florida State University,

Wednesday, February 26, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) C-H and C-O Functionalization via Radical Chaperones David A. Nagib, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University,

Friday, February 28, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Michael Mazza, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, March 2, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Targeting Energy Solutions: From Fundamental to Applied Inorganic Redox Chemistry Gabriel Menard, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara,

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Synthesis of Glycopolymers and Responsive Materials for Therapeutic Protein Delivery Heather Maynard, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles,

Friday, March 6, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Anna Scott, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, March 9, 2020
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Chemical Physiology of Antibody Conjugates and Natural Products Gonçalo Bernardes, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge,
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Unearthing Periodicity in the Tuning of Chemical Reactivity by Lewis Acids: From 3d to 5f James D. Blakemore, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of Kansas,

Tuesday, March 10, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Chemical Physics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Lawrence Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University,

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Howard Hang, Richard E. Salomon Family Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Biology, Rockefeller University,

Thursday, March 12, 2020
3:00 pm - 4:45 pm	BMB Winter Rotation Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Monday, March 16, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Dow Lecture in Organometallic Chemistry Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) TBA Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy and Chair Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong,

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Scott Sternson, Group Leader, Department of Chemical Biology and Neuroscience, HHMI, Janelia Research,
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Megasupramolecules: When Disaster Leads to Discovery Beckman Auditorium Julia A. Kornfield, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Caltech,

Friday, March 20, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Shuoyan (Sam) Xiong, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Friday, March 27, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Alexandra T. Barth, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, March 30, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Catalyst-Controlled Selectivity in Iridium-Catalyzed Alkyl Ester Cleavage Nathan D. Schley, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, Vanderbilt University,

Tuesday, March 31, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Chemical Physics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Eric Potma, Professor (Joint Appointment) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Chemistry, University of California, Irvine,

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Robert Phipps, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge,

Monday, April 6, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Heavy Metal Chelation: Applications in Industry and Medicine Justin J. Wilson, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Ellen M. Sletten, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles,

Friday, April 10, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Christian Marinelli Johansen, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, April 13, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) The Many Forms and Functions of Coordination Capsules Jonathan R. Nitschke, Professor and EPSRC Leadership Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge,

Wednesday, April 15, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) TBD Jefferson Chan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,

Friday, April 17, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Alexander (Alex) Cusumano, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, April 20, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Rethinking Biomimicry in Synthetic Non-Heme Iron Complexes David C. Lacy, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, North Campus,

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Chemical Physics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Martin F. Jarrold, Professor and Robert & Marjorie Mann Chair, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University,

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Alison Narayan, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago,

Friday, April 24, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Skyler Ware, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Synthetic Biology Approaches to Study and Exploit RNA Regulation Bryan Dickinson, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago,

Friday, May 1, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Dr. Trevor Lohrey, Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, May 4, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Ellen Matson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester,

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Xin Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University,

Friday, May 8, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Ryan Ribson, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, May 11, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Chemistry Club Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Teri W. Odom, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University,

Tuesday, May 12, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Harden M. McConnell Lecture Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Professor Dame Carol Robinson, Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford,

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Beckman Lecture Jeffrey Moore, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,

Thursday, May 14, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Translating RNA Sequence Into Lead Small Molecule Medicines Matthew Disney, Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute - Florida,

Friday, May 15, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Meaghan Bruening, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, May 18, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Heterogenized Molecular Catalyst Materials for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Conversion Hailiang Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Energy Science Institute, Yale University,

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Chemical Physics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Marcus Cicerone, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Instititute of Technology,
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Dr. Luke Lavis, Senior Group Leader, Molecular Tools and Imaging, HHMI, Janelia Research,

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Todd Hyster, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University,

Friday, May 22, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Dr. Manar Shoshani, Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Jennifer Heemstra, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University,

Friday, May 29, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Angela Shiau, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, June 1, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Impacts of Surface Chemistry in Metal and Metal-Like Nanoparticle Synthesis, Structure, and Performance Jill Erin Millstone, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemical Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh,

Tuesday, June 2, 2020
3:00 pm - 4:45 pm	BMB Spring Rotation Seminar Crellin 151

Friday, June 5, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Charles (Charlie) Arnett, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, June 8, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Energy Conversion and Storage: Novel Materials and Operando Methods Hector D. Abruna, Emile M. Chamot Professor and Director, Energy Materials Center at Cornell, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Organic Chemistry Seminar Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) David Olson, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California - Davis,

Friday, June 19, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Hyungdo Cho, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

Friday, June 26, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall) Wendy Zhang, Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech,