FALL 2024 Seminar Speaker Series

9/6 – Dr. Tamir Gonen – UCLA – “MicroED solution to the lens MP20 enigma”

9/13 – Dr. John Kitchin – Carnegie Mellon – “Applications of Open Catalyst Project models in uncertainty quantification, geometry optimization and transition state search”

9/20 – Dr. Layara Akemi Abiko of the University of Basel – ” The use of NMR to determine structure-property relationships in complex chemical environments”

9/27 – Dr. Nina Goodey – Montclair State – ” Rosles of Active Site Residues in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Indole-3-glycerol Phosphate Synthase, a Potential Target for Antitubercular Agents”

10/11 – Dr. Deepak Koirala – UMBC – “RNA structure-mediated strategies of viral genome translation and replication”

10/18 – Dr. Sara Mason – Center for Functional Nanomaterials/Brookhaven National Laboratory – “Unlocking Actinide Building Blocks for Materials Innovation”

10/25 – Dr. Jonathan Sweedler – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign – “Unraveling the brain’s chemistry acell at a time using mass spectrometry”

11/1 – Valentino Cooper – Oak Ridge National Laboratory – “Enabling a Sustainable Energy Future Through Theory and Computation”

11/8 – Dr. Wayne Backes – Louisiana State University -“Factors governing the organization of P450 system proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum, and how this affects protein function.”

11/15 – Amanda Hummon – Ohio State University – “Developing Isotopic Zip Codes”

11/22 – Hyunyoung Jeong – Purdue University – “Bioactive Gut Microbial Metabolites Modulating Host Gastrointestinal Function”

11/29 – Thanksgiving Holiday 

12/6 – Anna Pyle – Yale University – Title and Abstract to follow