Physical Seminar – Prof. Daniel Tabor (Texas A&M)

@ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Prof. Daniel Tabor Title: Building Physics-Based and Data-Driven Methods for Efficient Polymer Design and Spectroscopy Simulations Abstract: Our research group focuses on building tools that enable inverse materials design and give new insights into the …

Physical Seminar – Prof. Kurt Brorsen (Missouri)

@ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Prof. Kurt Brorsen Title: Calculating Vibrationally Averaged Molecular Properties with Multicomponent Methods Abstract: Multicomponent methods are a rapidly emerging class of quantum-chemistry methods that inherently and directly include nuclear quantum effects such as zero-point energy …

Organic Sigma Seminar – Prof. Vy Dong (University of California-Irvine)

1315 Seminar Hall
@ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Prof. Vy Dong Title: Choose Your Own Adventures in Metal-Hydride Catalysis Abstract: Metal hydrides promote a wide-range of organic transformations that include both C-C bond making and C-C bond breaking processes. This lecture will highlight …

Physical-McElvain Seminar – Prof. Andrew Rappe (University of Pennsylvania)

@ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Title: New First-Principles Methods and Insights into Surface Catalysis: Reconstructions, Pathways, and Mechanochemistry Abstract: Theoretical understanding of chemical processes occurring at surfaces can enable new technological advances toward a future powered with renewable energy. In …

Materials Seminar – Prof. James Mayer (Yale University)

1315 Seminar Hall
@ 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm

Title: Redox Reactions of Colloidal Nanoparticles: Atom Transfers and Surface Heterogeneity Abstract: The formation and cleavage of surface–H and surface–O chemical bonds are central to many processes at metal and semiconductor interfaces. This seminar will …

Organic Seminar – Prof. Julian West (Rice University)

@ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Prof. Julian West Title: A Radical Approach to Organic Chemistry Abstract: Synthetic chemists need ever better tools to synthesize the molecules of modern life, from life-changing pharmaceuticals to next generation materials. Further, there is increasing …