Visiting Speakers Seminars

2024/25 Schedule

Date/time

Speaker/Institution

Title/Sponsorship

Host

Friday
September 6
1:30 pm
Room 226

Professor Alex Speed
Department of Chemistry Dalhousie University

There and Back Again: Sulfur Hexafluoride Reduction as Inspiration for the Discovery of New Radical Catalysts

H. Andreas

Friday
September
27
1:30 pm
Room 226
Professor Paul A. Johnson
Department of Chemistry
Laval University

Strong Correlation in Molecules: Valence Bonds and Cooper Pairs

J. Zwanziger

Friday
October
4
1:30 pm
Room 226
Professor Christopher N. Boddy
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Ottawa

TBA

C. Charron

Friday
October
11
1:30 pm
Room 226
Professor Yonghoon Kwon
Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry
Seoul National University
A new cascade method for the synthesis of highly substituted arenes A. Speed
Friday
October
18
1:30 pm
Room 226
Professor Khaled Benis
Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science
Dalhousie University

Closing the Loop: Waste Valorization for a Circular Economy

M. Dasog

Friday
November
1
1:30 pm
Room 226
Dr. Bruno Garrido
National Research Council Canada

Reproducible science and the role of metrology in ensuring traceable and accurate chemical measurements

A. Doucette
Friday
November
15
1:30 pm
Room 226
Professor Hema Karunadasa
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University

The molecular chemistry of extended solids

J. Zwanziger

Friday
November
22
1:30 pm
Room 226
Professor Andrei Yudin
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto

Synthetic Half-Reactions

C. Charron