Fall 2023 seminar schedule

Welcome to the 23/24 academic year.

Note that we have an exciting schedule of seminars this Fall - see below - starting THIS week. Thursday @ 3:30 PM with the traditional Chair's Welcome

Have a great first week of classes, and see you all on Thursday!

Course: CHEM 494/5940 (Chemistry Seminar)

Term: Fall 2023

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held on Thursdays, 3:30-4:20 PM in CHEM 109

All seminars are free and open to the public

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• 8/24 - Chair's Welcome
  Legrande.Slaughter@unt.edu
  

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• 8/31 - Amanda Chung - safety seminar
  Amanda.Chung@unt.edu
  

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• 9/7 - Liz Skellam - University of North Texas
  Host - Dr. Cundari
  Elucidating fungal specialized metabolism to discover novel molecules, enzymes, and mechanisms
  

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• 9/14 - Jerome Robinson - Brown University
  Host - Dr. Yan
  Catalyst RE-Design: Dynamic, Reactive, and Selective Systems for Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis
  

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• 9/21 - Amish Patel - University of Pennsylvania
  Host - Dr. Valsson
  Characterizing Protein Hydration to Inform its Interactions
  

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• 9/28 - Jeffrey Sperry - Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  Host - Dr. Chung
  Improving Lab Safety in Academia: Free and Inexpensive Methods to Identify High-Risk Chemistry
  

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• 10/5 - Jeetain Mittal - Texas A&M University
  Host - Dr. Valsson
  Revealing Molecular Language Underlying Biomolecular Condensates Using Computer Simulations
  

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• 10/12 - Jianfeng Cai - University of South Florida
  Host - Dr. Ma
  AApeptides: From Structure to Function
  

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• 10/19 - Kensha Clark - University of Missouri
  Host - Dr. Cundari
  Enabling the Unexpected with Ligands: Methane Activation and More with d10 Metal Centers
  

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• 10/26 - Seth Marder - University of Colorado
  Host - Dr. Wang
  The Role of Redox Doping in Organic Electronics and Opto-electronics
  

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• 11/2 - Amanda Garner - University of Michigan
  Host - Dr. Skellam
  Enabling Technologies for Revealing Druggable Paths in RNA Biology
  

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• 11/9 - Hedieh Torabifard - University of Texas at Dallas
  Host - Dr. Cundari
  Computational studies of novel microbial F- exporters
  

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• 11/16 - Jordan Harshman - Auburn University
  Host - Dr. Atkinson
  Chemistry Doctoral Education: Design, Perspectives, and Potential Reforms
  

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• 11/23 - Fall Break - no classes
  

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• 11/30 - Cong Liu - Argonne National Laboratory
  Host - Dr. Weber
  Understanding the dynamic evolution of the catalytic site under reaction conditions
  

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• 12/7 - Jonathan Lindsey - North Carolina State University
  Host- Dr. Wang
  Synthesis of Bacteriochlorins - Nature's NIR Pigments
  

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