Chemistry

Organic/CBS Seminar
Speaker: Roya Kashfi, Graduate Student
Title: Applying Nanoparticles in Medicine

Join us in celebrating 35 years of our NIH Protein Biotechnology Training Program by attending our annual Research Symposium on Thursday, April 4th from 8:30am to 4:30pm in the Elson Floyd Cultural Center. This year our Symposium theme is Breaking the PhD Mold where we will be celebrating unique, inspirational and diverse PhD journeys that do not follow the traditional academic/industry routes. We will be enjoying poster and oral presentations from current program trainees and external speakers.

Chemistry Final Defense
Speaker: Elvin Cabrera
Title: Compressing Experimental Timescales in Drift Tube Ion Mobility – Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry

PChem Seminar
Speaker: Faraz Abounorinejad
Title: Solvatochromism and Rigidochromism of Red-Emitting Silicon and Germanium Rhodamine Dyes

The conformation and rigidity of the backbone of organic macromolecules are pivotal factors determining the properties of these polymers, as well as their associated supramolecular assemblies and materials. For instance, when designing and synthesizing conjugated polymers for electronic and optical applications, a primary objective is often to achieve a rigid, coplanar molecular conformation. This can be realized by fusing the aromatic backbone building blocks into a ladder-type structure, thereby creating a conjugated ladder polymer.

Graduate Student Shamila Gopalakrishnan in Dr. Sharma’s group is giving a talk about Designing Dendrimers and Dendritic Polymers for Targeted Drug Delivery.

Graduate student Suvanker Saha is giving a talk about Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products – potential environmental contaminants and their removal options. Please come out and join the AER/I Seminar in Fulmer 125 at 3:10pm.

Graduate student, Rachael Bergman, is giving a talk about Radiolysis Derived Hydrogen Gas from Alumina Species in Nuclear Waste. The Seminar will take place in Fulmer 125 during AER/I Seminar.

Dept. of Chemistry Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Shelley Minteer, University of Utah
Title: Enzymatic Bioelectrocatalysis for Electrosynthesis

Prelim Defense given by graduate student Shinhyo Bang from the Department of Chemistry. Title: A Study on the Impact of Dopants on Uranium Dioxide Degradation

AER/I seminar featuring two Graduate students: Kenita Dahal from Dr. Guo’s Group and Raphael Adewale from Dr. Moreau’s Group.

Department of Chemistry Seminar
Hosting Lingfeng He from North Carolina State University
Title: Advanced Characterization of Irradiated Nuclear Fuels

Doctoral Preliminary Oral Exam by Natalie Yaw. Natalie is a graduate student of Chemistry in Dr. Guo’s group. The presentation title: The effect of cation substation and valency on formation energetics of brannerite ceramics for nuclear waste applications.