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Upcoming Seminars & Events

Student Invited Lecture Series: Benjamin Lear

Professor of Chemistry
Associate Department Head for Facilities
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry

Driving Chemical Transformations with Nanoscale Heat: From Polymer Degradation to Ceramic Formation

Wed, Mar. 18, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: SILS
Catalysis / Synthesis

Christopher Hendon

Associate Professor
Computational Materials Chemistry
University of Oregon

Hydrogenic Defects In Covalent Materials

Thu, Mar. 26, 2026, 3:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Mircea Dinca
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials

Joshua Kretchmer

Assistant Professor
Georgia Tech
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

TBA

Mon, Mar. 30, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Will Jacobs
Theoretical Chemistry

Edoardo Baldini

Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Physics

TBA

Tue, Mar. 31, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Alice Kunin
Spectroscopy / Physical Chemistry

Squire J. Booker

Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Eberly Family Distinguished Chair in Science
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Pennsylvania State University

TBA

Mon, Apr. 6, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Jose Roque
Catalysis / Synthesis

Rose Kennedy

James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

TBA

Tue, Apr. 7, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Jose Roque
Inorganic Chemistry

Kauzmann Symposium: Hiroaki Suga

Professor of Chemistry
University of Tokyo
Department of Chemistry

From Genetic Code Reprogramming to Therapeutic Innovation

Wed, Apr. 8, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Tom Muir
Chemical Biology

Matthew B. Francis

Aldo DeBenedictis Distinguished Professor
T.Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry Chair
University of California, Berkeley

TBA

Thu, Apr. 9, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Chris Chang
Chemical Biology