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Upcoming Seminars & Events

Student Invited Lecture Series: Chong Fang

Patricia Valian Reser Endowed Faculty Scholar
Professor of Chemistry
Oregon State University
Department of Chemistry

An Ever-Expanding Canvas for Molecular Movies by Ultrafast Electronic and Raman Spectroscopies: Fluorescent Proteins, Biosensors, Photocatalysts, Water and Beyond

Wed, Apr. 22, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: SILS
Spectroscopy / Physical Chemistry

Xiongyi Huang

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
John Hopkins University

Unlocking New Possibilities of Biocatalytic Transition Metal Catalysis

Thu, Apr. 23, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: John T. Groves
Catalysis / Synthesis

Danna Freedman

Frederick George Keyes Professor of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

TBA

Tue, Apr. 28, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Leslie Schoop
Materials

Ji-Xin Cheng

Distinguished Professor
Boston University

Chemical Bond Imaging: Decoding The Chemistry Of Life Using Molecular Fingerprints

Thu, Apr. 30, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Herschel Rabitz
Spectroscopy / Physical Chemistry

Ke Xu

Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley

TBA

Tue, May. 5, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Chris Chang
Spectroscopy / Physical Chemistry
Chemical Biology

Spring Colloquium: Joshua Rabinowitz

Professor of Chemistry and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Director, Ludwig Princeton Branch
Princeton University

TBA

Thu, May. 7, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Paul Chirik
Chemical Biology

Maksym Kovalenko

Professor of Functional Inorganic Materials
ETH Zürich
Department of Chemistry

My Quantum Dot Journey: From Water To Infrared, And Finally To Luminescent Salts

Mon, May. 11, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Mircea Dincă
Materials

Alison Butler

Distinguished Professor
Department Chair
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

TBA

Tue, May. 12, 2026, 4:30pm
Taylor Auditorium, Frick Chemistry Lab B02
Host: Jose Roque
Inorganic Chemistry