Visiting Speakers Seminars
2018/19 Schedule
All seminars are held in Chemistry room 226 unless otherwise indicated.
Date/time |
Speaker/Institution |
Title/Sponsorship |
Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday September 7 1:30 pm |
Professor Janis Louie Department of Chemistry The University of Utah |
Adventures in Fe and Ni Catalysis | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday September 14 1:30 pm |
Professor Roger Linington Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University |
Integrated Methods for Bioactive Natural Product Discovery | A. Thompson |
| Wednesday September 19 1:30 pm |
Professor Stephen G. Newman Department of Chemistry University of Ottawa |
New Cross-Coupling Reactions by C-O Bond Activation: A High Throughput Approach to Reaction Discovery | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday September 28 1:30 pm |
Professor Christopher N. Rowley Department of Chemistry Memorial University |
The Right Method for the Right Problem: Modeling Ions, Membranes, and Covalent-Modifiers | E. Johnson |
| The Coffin Lecture (Oct. 19) has been postponed – date TBA. | TBA | The Coffin Lecture (Oct. 19) has been postponed – date TBA. | N.P. Schepp |
| Friday October 26 1:30 pm |
Professor Barry A. Blight Department of Chemistry University of New Brunswick |
Using the Hydration of Zirconium MOFs to Develop New Functional Materials | M. Dasog |
| Friday November 2 1:30 pm |
Sir Shankar Balasubramanian Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge |
Walter J. Chute Research Lecture The Structure and Function of the DNA Quadruplex Helix - G Quadruplex |
N.P. Schepp |
| Friday November 2 5:00 pm Scotiabank Auditorium |
Sir Shankar Balasubramanian Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge |
Walter J. Chute Public Lecture Decoding Human Genomes on a Population Scale |
N.P. Schepp |
| Friday November 9 1:30 pm |
Professor Samuel A. Johnson Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Windsor |
The Fab Five: Cooperative C−H, C−S, C-C, and C−O Bond Activation by Nickel | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday November 16 1:30 pm |
Professor Jeff R. Dahn Departments of Physics & Atmospheric Science and Chemistry Dalhousie University |
Challenge, Some Success, Heartbreak, More Success and Still Much More to be Done: A Personal Story About Positive Electrode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries | M. Obrovac |
| Wednesday November 21 1:30 pm |
Mr. Toby Bond Industrial Scientist Canadian Light SourceSaskatoon |
Inside the Black Box: The Power of In-Situ Synchrotron Techniques | P. Zhang |
| Friday November 23 1:30 pm |
Professor Albert Stolow Departments of Chemistry & Physics University of Ottawa |
Coherent Nonlinear Optical Raman Microscopy: Label-free, Chemical-specific Imaging for Biology, Mineralogy and Material Science | J.W. Zwanziger |
| Monday November 26 1:30 pm |
Professor Warren E. Piers Department of Chemistry University of Calgary |
First Row Transition Metal Complexes of a Dianionic Pentadentate Ligand: Metal Oxos, Oxyls and Hydroxides | L. Turculet |
| Wednesday December 5 1:30 pm |
Prof. Himanshu Jain |
Driving ~Perfect Disorder to ~Perfect Order in Solids | J.W. Zwanziger |
| Friday December 7 1:30 pm |
Professor Adam P. Willard Department of Chemistry MIT |
The Statistical Mechanics of Hydrogen Bonding at the Liquid Water Interface | A. Kelly |
| Friday December 14 1:30 pm |
Dr. Gregory Hughes Merck & Co., Inc. | The Development of a Biocatalytic Approach to Unnatural Nucleosides Therapeutics | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday January 11 1:30 pm |
Professor Sean Barry Department of Chemistry Carleton University |
Organometallic Gold Compounds for Atomic Layer Deposition: How Do They Compare? | E. Johnson |
| Friday January 18 1:30 pm |
Professor Alexander T. Radosevich Department of Chemistry MIT |
Geometric Deformation in the Design of Organophosphorus Catalysts | A. Speed |
| CANCELLED Friday January 25 1:30 pm |
Professor Eva Zurek Department of Chemistry University at Buffalo State University of New York |
Chemistry Under Pressure | E. Johnson |
| Thursday January 31 12:00 pm |
Professor Hiroshi Naka Research Center for Materials Science Nagoya University |
(Photo)catalytic Conversion of Water and Alcohols for Selective Chemical Synthesis | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday February 8 1:30 pm |
Professor Robert H. Coridan Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Arkansas |
All Else Being Equal: Hierarchical Structure in Electrochemical Materials | M. Dasog |
| Friday February 15 1:30 pm |
Professor Curtis P. Berlinguette Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Biological Engineering University of British Columbia |
Ada: A Self-driving Laboratory for Accelerating Materials Discovery | M. Freund |
| Friday February 22 1:30 pm |
Professor Ignacio Franco Departments of Chemistry and Physics University of Rochester |
Molecules under Torture: Lasers, Forces, Voltages, and Beyond | A. Kelly |
| Friday March 1 1:30 pm |
Professor Randall V. Martin Departments of Physics & Atmospheric Science and Chemistry Dalhousie University |
Two Short Stories in Atmospheric Chemistry and Planetary Health | N.P. Schepp |
| Friday March 15 1:30 pm |
Professor Glen Briand Department of Chemistry Mount Allison |
Exploring the Coordination Chemistry and Reactivity of Heavy Main Group Metal Complexes | A. Speed |
| Monday March 18 1:30 pm |
Professor Lisa Rosenberg Department of Chemistry University of Victoria |
Diverse Roles of the M-PR2 Fragment in homogeneous catalysis | L. Turculet |
| Friday March 22 1:30 pm |
Professor Leonard R. Mac Gillivray Department of Chemistry University of Iowa |
Crystal Engineering the Covalent Bond: Opportunities in Organic Synthesis and Materials Science | E. Johnson |
| Friday March 29 1:30 pm |
Professor Robert W. Schurko Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Windsor |
NMR Across the Periodic Table: Observing "Invisible" Nuclides in Solid Materials | J.W. Zwanziger |
| Friday April 5 1:30 pm |
Professor Robert R. Knowles Department of Chemistry Princeton University |
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Organic Synthesis | A. Speed |
| Friday April 12 1:30 pm |
Professor Audrey Moores Department of Chemistry McGill University |
Solvent-free Approaches to Nanoparticles Synthesis and Polymer Functionalization and Plasmonic Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions | M. Dasog |
| Thursday May 23 1:30 pm |
Professor Sarah Styler Department of Chemistry University of Alberta |
Dirty Cities and Smoky Skies: Chemistry and Photochemistry at the Surface of Tomorrow’s Urban Particulate Matter | M. Dasog |
| Monday June 24 1:30 pm |
Professor Irina Paci Department of Chemistry University of Victoria |
Modelling of Nanostructured Materials: Capabilities and Challenges | E. Johnson |