Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule

Course: CHEM 4940/5940 (Chemistry Seminar)

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held on Thursdays from 3:30-4:20 p.m. in CHEM 109

All seminars are free and open to the public

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• 8/21 – LeGrande Slaughter, PhD, UNT
  Title: Chair’s state of the Department address

• 8/28 – Prof. Hao Yan, UNT
  Title: Probing matter-force interactions at molecular level
  Host: Prof. Cundari

• 9/4 –Chris Erickson, Todd Germain, UNT
  Title: Safety Seminar

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• 9/11 – Dr. John Peters, OU
  Title: The Mechanistic Determinants of Catalytic Bias in Cofactor-based Enzymatic Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
  Host: co-hosting with BDI

• 9/18 – Prof. Pengyu Ren, UT
  Title: Understanding and Modeling Molecular Interactions
  Host: Prof. Valsson

• 9/25 – Prof. Pilar Cossio, Flatiron Institute
  Title: Probability Distributions using Cryo-electron Microscopy Images
  Host: Prof. Valsson

• 10/2 – Prof. Tian Qin, UTSW
  Title: Into the Next Dimension: Pharmaceutically Relevant sp3-Rich Scaffolds
  Host: Prof. Cui

• 10/9 – Prof. Chris Arnatt, St. Louis U.
  Title: Orphan GPCRs: Untapped Targets for Neuropathic Pain
  Host: Prof. Afosah

• 10/16 – Prof. Jacinta Mutambuki, Marquette U.
  Title: Incorporating Real-World Contexts into the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum: The Effects on Students’ Cognitive and Affective Learning Outcomes
  Host: Prof. Moon

• 10/23 – Prof. Yosuke Kanai, UNC
  Title: First-Principles Theory Study of Catalyst-Functionalized Photoelectrodes for CO2 Reduction
  Host: Prof. Ko

• 10/30 – Prof. Huiliang Wang, UT
  Title: Developing Non-Invasive Nanoparticle-Based Delivery Strategy for Genetically Targeted Neuromodulation
  Host: Prof. Yan

• 11/6 – Prof. Jier Huang, BC
  Title: Structure and Mechanism of Light Harvesting and Charge Separation Materials for Photocatalytic Applications
  Host: Prof. Wang

• 11/13 –Prof. Alena Moon, UNT
• Host: Prof. Cundari

• 11/20 – Prof. Paul Bagus, UNT
  Title: The Chemistry of Azines, Pyridine, Pyrazine, and Pyrimidine, Deduced from their XPS: Combining Theory and Measurement
  Host: Prof. Cundari

• 11/27 – Thanksgiving – no classes

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• 12/4 - Prof. Matteo Dal Perero, EPF de Lausanne (hosted via Zoom)
  Title: AI Tools for Structural Biology and Molecular Design
  Host: Prof. Petros