Past Events

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 …

July 21, 2026

Join AbbVie representatives for an information session on their science in discovery, process chemistry, and operations! Located in room 9341 at 9am.

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 …

Jimin Han
June 29, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Jimin Han’s Thesis Defense

June 24, 2026

Bristol Myers Squibb will host an info session followed by interviews for graduate students.

Zhe Liu
June 22, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Constrained Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Theory and Nuclear Quantum Effects

Lee Fuller
June 17, 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Leveraging the electrochemical interface for the valorization of light hydrocarbons and CO2