Past Events Category: Thesis Defense

Owen Glaser
August 24, 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Claire Lundberg
Engineering Hall, Room 2239
August 19, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Jonah Eisenberg
Room S413
August 13, 2026 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Benjamin Ahern
August 3, 2026 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Title: C(sp2)–C(sp3) Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions of Challenging Electrophiles

Kailey Komnick
Room 1315
July 24, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Virtual Event on Zoom

Collette Sarver
virtual and Sterling 4421
July 22, 2026 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Virtual Event on Zoom

Ph.D. DISSERTATION DEFENSE: Collette C. Sarver Widicus Weaver Group Interstellar Complex Organic Molecules: From the Interstellar Medium to Star-Forming Regions This dissertation combines laboratory experiments, observational astronomy, and computational theory to study interstellar complex organic …

Miguel Betancourt Ponce
July 17, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Title: New synthetic routes to well-defined polydimethylsiloxane brushes and block copolymers

Holdson (Hao) Liang
July 16, 2026 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Title: MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER SPECTROSCOPY OF PREBIOTIC MOLECULES

Alex Fairhall
July 15, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Alex Fairhall’s Ph.D. Dissertation Defense regarding the construction of a single-molecule cryogenic microscope for molecular quantum interfaces.

Kathryn Weber
July 3, 2026 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Title: Visible Light-Mediated Single-Electron Activation of Carboxylic Acids Abstract: Carboxylic acids are widely abundant feedstocks, and their direct oxidation has enabled a variety of transformations. Because photoinduced electron transfer primarily results in rapid decarboxylation of …