Departmental Seminars Archive
Spring 2020
![]() Speaker: Mingjing HeJanuary 8, 2020Host: Kim Hageman Affiliation: Southwest University of Chongqing, China Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ming_Jing_He |
![]() Speaker: Sean RobertsJanuary 15, 2020Host: Yi Rao Affiliation: University of Texas, Austin Faculty Page: https://cns.utexas.edu/directory/item/12-chemistry/1277-roberts-sean?Itemid=349 Research Group: https://www.robertsgrouput.org/ Bio: Sean T. Roberts received his BS in Chemistry from the University of California Los Angeles in 2003 and his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute in Technology in 2010 for work using multidimensional infrared spectroscopy to study proton transport in liquid water with Andrei Tokmakoff. In 2010, Sean was awarded an NSF ACC-F postdoctoral fellowship and undertook a position at the University of Southern California where he worked in the groups of Stephen Bradforth and Alexander Benderskii on collaborative projects organized by the Center for Energy Nanoscience, a DOE supported Energy Frontier Research Center. In 2014, Sean started his independent career at the University of Texas at Austin where he leads a research group that uses and develops ultrafast spectroscopic techniques to understand how the mesoscopic ordering of semiconductor nanomaterials impacts their ability to manipulate energy and transport charge. Sean is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, was named a Cottrell Scholar in 2018, and has lead projects funded by the W. M. Keck Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Robert T. Welch Foundation, and the ACS Petroleum Research Fund. Sean has also won numerous teaching awards and currently leads an ACS and NSF-funded education and research program, GReen Energy At Texas (GREAT), that works with community colleges to increase student retention and degree attainment in the physical sciences. |
![]() Speaker: Natalie AhnJanuary 22, 2020Host: Joanie Hevel Affiliation: University of Colorado, Boulder Faculty Page: https://www.colorado.edu/biochemistry/natalie-ahn |
![]() Speaker: Erik GrumstrupJanuary 29, 2020Host: Joanie Hevel Affiliation: Montana State University Faculty Page: http://www.chemistry.montana.edu/directory/1662468/erik-grumstrup Research Group: http://www.montana.edu/grumstruplab/ |
![]() Speaker: Sarah StylerFebruary 5, 2020Host: Kim Hageman Affiliation: University of Alberta Faculty Page: https://www.ualberta.ca/science/about-us/contact-us/faculty-directory/sarah-styler Research Group: https://spaces.facsci.ualberta.ca/styler/our-group/ Bio: My path to the University of Alberta has been winding: although I obtained my BSc, MSc, and my PhD at the University of Toronto, I’ve also made stops in London, Lyon, and Leipzig. |
![]() Speaker: Steve BaldelliFebruary 12, 2020Host: Yi Rao Affiliation: University of Houston Faculty Page: https://uh.edu/nsm/chemistry/people/faculty/Baldelli/ Research Group: https://baldellilab.weebly.com/ |
![]() Speaker: Alexander V. BendersiiFebruary 19, 2020Host: Yi Rao Affiliation: University of Southern California Faculty Page: http://chem.usc.edu/faculty/Benderskii.html |
![]() Speaker: Jennifer SchaeferFebruary 26, 2020Host: Tianbiao Leo Liu Affiliation: Notre Dame University Faculty Page: https://mccourtneyhall.nd.edu/faculty/jennifer-schaefer/; https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/jschaefer2 Research Group: https://www.schaeferresearch.com/ |
![]() Speaker: Andrew GewirthMarch 11, 2020Host: Tianbiao Leo Liu Affiliation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Faculty Page: https://chemistry.illinois.edu/agewirth Research Group: http://faculty.scs.illinois.edu/aag/ Bio: Professor Andrew A. Gewirth received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1981 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1987. He joined the Illinois faculty in 1988 after postdoctoral work at the University of Texas, Austin. Research in his group focuses on the structure and reactivity of surfaces and interfaces. |
Fall 2019
DATE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | HOST |
Sept 4 | Stephen Bialkowski | Utah State University | Alvan Hengge |
Sept 25 | Luisa Whittaker-Brooks | University of Utah | Yi Rao |
Oct 9 | CHEM 7800 Student Seminar - Jia Lu | Utah State University | Bob Brown |
Oct 16 | Xiao-Yang Zhu **Olsen Seminar** |
Columbia | Steve Scheiner |
Oct 23 | Tessa Calhoun | University of Tennessee | Yi Rao |
Nov 5 | Ji Eon Kwon | Seoul National University, Korea | Tianbiao Liu |
Nov 12 | Chengjun Sun | Argonne National Laboratory | Tianbiao Liu |
Nov 20 | CHEM 4890 Student Presentations | Utah State University | Sean Johnson |
Dec 4 | CHEM 4890 Student Presentations | Utah State University | Sean Johnson |
Spring 2019
DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE/Affiliation | HOST |
Jan 9 | Inorganic Faculty Search | ||
Jan 16 | Inorganic Faculty Search | ||
Jan 23 | Inorganic Faculty Search | ||
Jan 30 | Silvana Martini | "Chemistry and Biochemistry of Chocolate" Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science; Utah State University |
Lance Seefeldt |
Feb 6 | Dr. Kang Xu | U.S. Army Research Laboratory | Tianbiao Liu |
Feb 13 | Dr. Hongfei Wang | Fudan University | Yi Rao |
Feb 20 | Dr. K. C. Chou | University of British Columbia | Yi Rao |
Feb 27 | |||
Mar 6 | Mike Christiansen | Utah State University; Uintah Basin Campus |
Alvan Hengge |
Mar 13 | Spring Break | No Classes | |
Mar 20 | Sean Johnson | USU | |
Mar 27 | Henry White | University of Utah | Tianbiao Liu |
Apr 3 | Heather Allen | Ohio State **OLSEN SPEAKER** |
Yi Rao |
Apr 10 | Zlatko Janeba | Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CAS | Tom Chang |
Apr 17 | |||
Apr 24 | Peter Shen | University of Utah | Sean Johnson |
Fall 2018
DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE/Affiliation | HOST |
Sept 5 | Bruce Bugbee | Career Pathways Speaker | Lance Seefeldt |
Sept 12 | Eric Mohr (USU TEAL) | Career Pathway Speaker | Shawn Miller |
Sept 19 | Luis Velarde | Univeristy of Buffalo | Yi Rao |
Sept 26 | Cleo Davie-Martin | Oregon State University | Kim Hageman |
Oct 3 | Benjamin Lee Doughty | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Yi Rao |
Oct 10 | Ana de Bettencourt Dias | Univ of Nevada, Reno | Lisa Berreau |
Oct 17 | Greg Swain | Michigan State | Bob Brown |
Oct 24 | Michael Marletta | UC Berkeley **HANSEN SPEAKER** |
Joan Hevel |
Oct 31 | Eric Tanifum | Baylor College of Medicine | Alvan Hengge |
Nov 7 | Zachariah Heiden | Washington State University | Tianbiao Liu |
Nov 14 | Jennifer Guerard | University of Alaska | Kim Hageman |
Nov 21 Thanksgiving | |||
Nov 28 | Chem 4890 Students | ||
Dec 5 | Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova | University of Kentucky | Lisa Berreau |
Spring 2018
DATE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | HOST |
Jan 10 | |||
Jan 17 | Alijca Copik | University of Central Florida | Lisa Berreau |
Jan 24 | |||
Jan 31 | |||
Feb 7 | |||
Feb 14 | |||
Feb 21 | Kevin Redding | Arizona State Univerrsity | Lance Seefeldt |
Feb 28 | Joe Bondy-Denomy | UCSF | Ryan Jackson |
Mar 14 | Hanning Chen | George Washington University | Yi Rao |
Mar 21 - R. Gaurth Hansen Seminar Series | Wesley Sundquist | University of Utah | Sean Johnson |
Mar 28 | Holly Ellis | Auburn University | Joanie Hevel |
Apr 4 | Patrik Bavoil | University of Maryland Baltimore | Nick Dickenson |
Apr 11 | Edward Shaw | Oklahoma State | Nick Dickenson |
Apr 18 | Chem 4890 Students | Utah State University | Joanie Hevel |
Apr 25 | Chem 4890 Students | Utah State University | Joanie Hevel |
May 2 | CANCELLED Yushan Yan | University of Delaware | Yujie Sun |
Fall 2017
DATE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | HOST |
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Sept 13 | |||
Sept 20 | |||
Sept 27 | Cyrille Costentin | Universite Paris Diderot | Tianbiao Liu |
Oct 4 | Boniface Fokwa Tsinde | University of California, Riverside | Alexander Boldyrev |
Oct 5 | Cara Lubner | National Renewable Energy Lab | Lance Seefeldt |
Oct 11 | Ming Xian | Washington State University | Lisa Berreau |
Oct 18 | Dipali Sashital | Iowa State | Ryan Jackson |
Oct 25 | |||
Nov 1 | |||
Nov 8 | |||
Nov 9 | Bern Kohler | Ohio State University | College of Science - Travis Dowdle |
Nov 15 | Xinzheng Yang | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Yujie Sun |
Nov 29 | Chemistry 4890 Students | Utah State University | Lance Seefeldt |
Dec 6 | Chemistry 4890 Students | Utah State University | Lance Seefeldt |