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

Harnessing biosynthetic enzymes for macrocyclization: chemoenzymatic total synthesis and protein engineering

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
Thursday
November
14
5:00 pm
Scotiabank
Auditorium
Marion McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building
Professor Hemamala Karunadasa
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University
Improving perovskite solar-cell absorbers through chemistry for Walter J. Chute Lecture  J. Zwanziger
Friday
November
15
1:30 pm
Room 226
Professor Hemamala 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

Friday
January 24
1:30 pm
Virtual
Dr. Guihua Yu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
A Soft Material Paradigm To Address Water-Energy-Food Nexus Challenges S. Evans
Friday
February 14
1:30 pm
Room 226

Dr. Daniel Beach
National Research Council Canada

Mass Spectrometry Methods for Measuring Cyanotoxins and Their Application to the Study of Cyanobacteria in Atlantic Canada

A. Doucette

Friday
February 21
1:30 pm
Room 226
Dr. Juli Gibbs
Department of Chemistry
University of Alberta
Developing Rapid, Responsive DNA Systems that Operate At Room-Temperature: For Biodiagnostics and Beyond

M. Dasog

Friday
March 7
1:30 pm
Virtual

Dr. Ned Budisa
Department of Chemistry
University of Manitoba

Genetic Code Expansion via Directed Evolution: Tools for Biophysics, Materials Science, and Beyond

A. Baker

Friday
March 21
1:30 pm
Room 226
Dr. Locke Davenport Huyer
School of Biomedical Engineering
Dalhousie University
Degradable Polyesters with Backbone Monomer Release as Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutics

C. Charron

Friday
March 28
1:30 pm
Room 226
Dr. Nicoletta Faraone
Department of Chemistry
Acadia University
Chemistry in Motion: from Natural Products to Ecological Interactions

A. Baker

April 4
1:30 pm
Room 226
Dr. Cheryl Ann Carson
Eli Lilly and Company
Coffin Lecture: From Making Molecules to Making Medicines: Lessons Learned Along the Way

A. Thompson