Visiting Speakers Seminars
2017/18 Schedule
All seminars are held in Chemistry room 226 unless otherwise indicated.
Date/time |
Speaker/Institution |
Title/Sponsorship |
Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday June 8 1:30 pm |
Professor Philip Egberts Schulich School of Engineering The University of Calgary |
Wetting Transparency of Two Dimensional Films Characterized through Atomic-Scale Friction and Adhesion Measurements and Simulations | E. Johnson |
| Friday April 20 1:30 pm |
Dr. Ulrike Werner-Zwanziger Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University |
New Solid State NMR Research from Dalhousie University and Beyond |
N.P. Schepp |
| Friday April 13 1:30 pm |
Professor Jillian Buriak Department of Chemistry University of Alberta |
CANCELLED | M. Dasog |
| Friday April 6 1:30 pm |
Professor Philip Jessop Department of Chemistry Queen’s University |
Reducing Environmental Impact by using CO2-Switchable Materials and Surfaces | L. Ellis |
| Wednesday April 4 1:30 pm |
Dr. M. Arshad Siddiqui President and CEO Paraza Pharma Inc., Montreal |
Discovery of Novel Kinesin Spindle Protein (KSP) Inhibitors | K. Lund |
| Wednesday March 28 1:30 pm |
Professor Bruce A. Arndtsen Department of Chemistry McGill University |
New Classes of Transition Metal Catalyzed Bond Forming Reactions Powered by CO | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday March 23 1:30 pm |
Professor Anthony Tong Department of Chemistry Acadia University |
Analytical Chemistry of Food and Beverages | P.D. Wentzell |
| Friday March 16 1:30 pm |
Professor Jenny J. Yang Department of Chemistry Georgia State University |
Designing Metalloproteins for Precision Diagnostics and Medicine | P. Zhang |
| Friday March 9 1:30 pm |
Professor Daniel J. Weix Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Cross-Electrophile Coupling: Principles and New Reactions | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday March 2 1:30 pm |
Professor Tristan H. Lambert Department of Chemistry Cornell University |
Catalyst Design with Aromatic Ions | A. Speed |
| Friday February 23 1:30 pm |
Prof. Guojun Liu Department of Chemistry Queen's University |
Nanostructured Polymer Materials for Applications | P. Zhang |
| Friday February 16 1:30 pm |
Professor Robert D. Singer Department of Chemistry Saint Mary’s University |
Catalysis in Ionic Liquids | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday February 9 1:30 pm |
Prof. Danielle Tokarz Department of Chemistry Saint Mary’s University |
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Molecules for Microscopy | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday January 26 1:30 pm |
Dr. Brian Fahie Senior Director, Technical Development at Biogen, MA |
Analytical Chemistry: The Key to Successful Drug Development in the 21st Century | A.A. Doucette |
| Friday January 19 1:30 pm |
Dr. Paula N. Brown Director Natural Health & Food Products BC Institute of Technology |
The Role of Analytical Methods in Assuring Botanical Product Quality, Safety and Efficacy | P.D. Wentzell |
| Friday December 8 1:30 pm |
Professor Andrei Yudin Department of Chemistry University of Toronto |
Chemical Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules | Graduate Students |
| Wednesday December 6 1:30 pm |
Professor Jennifer Love Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia |
Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday December 1 1:30 pm |
Professor Timothy Berkelbach Department of Chemistry University of Chicago |
Quantum Chemistry for Condensed-phase Spectroscopy | A. Kelly |
| Wednesday November 29 1:30 pm |
Professor Tom Baker Department of Chemistry University of Ottawa |
Base Metal Catalysis Approaches to Greener Hydrofluorocarbon Synthesis | M. Stradiotto |
| Friday November 24 1:30 pm |
Professor Pierre D. Harvey Department of Chemistry Sherbrooke University |
When BODIPY and Porphyrin Work Together : From Molecular Models to Solar Cells | A. Thompson |
| Friday November 17 1:30 pm |
Professor Dennis Hall Department of Chemistry University of Alberta |
Exploiting Reversible B–O Bonds in Organocatalysis and Chemical Biology | A. Speed |
| Friday November 10 1:30 pm |
Professor Mark Nitz Department of Chemistry University of Toronto |
Chemical Biology Probes from the Bottom of the Periodic Table | D.L. Jakeman |
| Friday November 3 1:30 pm |
Professor Viktor N. Nemykin Department of Chemistry University of Manitoba |
Ferrocene-containing Porphyrins, Subphthalocyanines, BODIPYs, and Aza-BODIPYs for Molecular Electronics, Redox Activated Fluorescent Sensors, and Light-harvesting | A. Thompson |
| Friday October 27 1:30 pm |
Professor Graeme M. Day Department of Chemistry University of Southampton |
Computational Approaches for the Prediction and Design of Functional Molecular Crystals | E. Johnson |
| Friday October 20 1:30 pm |
Professor Fikile R. Brushett Department of Chemical Engineering MIT |
Connecting system targets with material properties: Application-informed fundamental science of redox flow batteries | J.R. Dahn |
| Friday October 13 1:30 pm |
Dr. Doug MacLaren Section Head Sarnia Applied Process Research Sarnia Technology Applications & Research Imperial Oil Ltd. |
Insights on a Career in Industrial R&D – Lessons Learned at Dalhousie Carl C. Coffin |
N.P. Schepp |
| Friday September 29 1:30 pm |
Professor Erin R. Johnson Department of Chemistry Dalhousie University |
Dispersion-Corrected Density-Functional Theory, Molecular Crystals, and Polymorphism | N.P. Schepp |
| Friday September 22 1:30 pm |
Christopher Miles Measurement Science and Standards National Research Council Canada |
The Microcystin Group of Freshwater Algal Toxins, and the Role of the thia-Michael Reaction in their Toxicology, Metabolism and Analysis | N.P. Schepp |
| Friday September 15 7:30 pm Scotiabank Auditorium |
Professor Amir H. Hoveyda Department of Chemistry Boston College |
Public Lecture Increasing Challenges in Catalytic Chemistry:Implications Regarding the Future Walter J. Chute |
N.P. Schepp |
| Friday September 15 1:30 pm Chemistry 226 |
Professor Amir H. Hoveyda Department of Chemistry Boston College |
Research Lecture Small-Molecule Organoboron Catalysts for Enantioselective Synthesis Walter J. Chute |
N.P. Schepp |
| Tuesday August 22 1:30 pm |
Professor Ying S. Meng Jacobs School of Engineering UC San Diego |
From pico Wh to mega Wh – New Perspectives for Electrochemical Energy Storage | M. Obrovac |
| Friday August 18 1:30 pm |
Professor Khaldun M. Al Azzam Visiting Scientist Al-Ghad International Colleges for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia | Separation and Sample Preparation: Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Approaches | A.A. Doucette |