Seminar Schedule
Department of Chemistry Seminar Series – Fall 2015
(All seminars are held on Mondays at 4:00 PM in Burson 115, unless otherwise indicated.)
Wednesday, August 26th, 4 PM: Michael Walter, Marcus Jones, Markus Etzkorn, Tom Schmedake
Thursday, August 27th, 4 PM: Jerry Troutman
Monday, August 31st, 4 PM: Christopher Bejger, Kirill Afonin, Juan Vivero-Escoto
Wednesday, September 2nd, 4 PM: Joanna Krueger, Brian Cooper, Jordan Poler, Dan Jones
Monday, September 7th, 4 PM: No Seminar – University Closed for Labor Day
Wednesday, September 9th, 4 PM: Dan Rabinovich, John Risley, Craig Ogle, Bernadette Donovan-Merkert
Monday, September 14th, 4 PM: Jonathan S. Lindsey (N.C. State University): TBD (Host: Michael Walter)
Monday, September 21st, 4 PM: Jeoung Soo Lee (Clemson University): TBD (Host: Kirill Afonin)
Monday, September 28th, 4 PM: Kathy Asala (UNC-Charlotte) Results of coordinated efforts in introductory chemistry courses.
Monday, October 5th, 4 PM: David Son (Southern Methodist University) TBD (Host: Tom Schmedake)
Monday, October 12th, 4 PM: No Seminar – University Closed for Fall Break
Monday, October 19th, 4 PM: Liz Nolan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Metals and Immunity (Host: Dan Rabinovich)
Monday, October 26th, 4 PM: John Soderquist (University of Puerto Rico) TBD (Host: Steve Bertz)
Monday, November 2nd, 4 PM: Eliahu Heldman (Ban-Gurion University of the Negev) TBD (Host: Kirill Afonin)
Monday, November 9th, 4 PM: Joshua Figueroa (UC San Diego) Unsaturated Metal Isocyanides (Host: Dan Rabinovich)
Monday, November 16th, 4 PM: Nicole Snyder (Davidson College) TBD (Host: Juan Vivero-Escoto)
Monday, November 23rd, 4 PM Faculty Candidate?
Wednesday, December 2nd, 4 PM Faculty Candidate?
Monday, December 7th, 4 PM Faculty Candidate?
Nanoscale Science Ph.D. Program Seminars – Fall 2015
(All seminars are held on Thursdays at 3:30 PM in Burson 115, unless otherwise indicated.)
August 27: Jay Troutman, Department of Chemistry, UNC Charlotte
(Host: Bernadette Donovan-Merkert)
September 3: Prof. Hui (Claire) Xiong, “Nanostructured Electrode Materials for Na-Ion Batteries”
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University (Host: HaiTao Zhang)
September 10: Aditya Mohite, “Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells: Opportunities and Challenges”
Los Alamos National Lab (Host: Michael Walter)
September 17: Prof. Zeev Rosenzweig, “Semiconductor Quantum Dots and their Interactions with Model Membranes and Living Systems”
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMD, Baltimore County (Host: Dan Rabinovich)
September 24: Prof. Tim Rupert, “Characterizing and Modifying Grain Boundary Networks in Nanocrystalline Metals”
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine (Host: Qiuming Wei)
October 1: Prof. Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, “Hypervalent Iodine(III) Compounds in Polymer Synthesis”
Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University (Host: Dan Rabinovich)
October 8: Dr. Michael Forney, “A Journey From the Nanoscale to Outer Space”
The Aerospace Corporation (Host: Jordan Poler)
October 15:
October 22: Wayne Hess, “Localized and Propagating Surface Plasmons: Visualization by Nonlinear Photoemission Electron Microscopy”
Pacific Northwest National Lab (Host: Tsinghua Her)
October 29: Scott Geyer, “Colloidal Quantum Dots and Atomic Layer Deposition: Nanoscale Building Blocks for Optoelectronic Applications”
Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest (Host: Marcus Jones)
November 12: Nancy Haegel, “Multi-probe Integration of Near-field and Electron Optics: Transport Imaging for the Nanoworld”
Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Lab (Host: Yong Zhang)
November 19: Yiping Zhao,“Optical Biosensors and Chiral Metamaterials”
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia (Host: Terry Xu)
Please contact Juan Vivero-Escoto (Juan.Vivero-Escoto@uncc.edu) if you wish to host a speaker during the Spring 2016 semester.
Nanoscale Science Ph.D. Program Seminars – Spring 2016
(All seminars are held on Thursdays at 3:30 PM in Burson 115, unless otherwise indicated.)
January 14: Chris Ober
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University (Host: Michael Walter)
January 21:
January 28:
February 4:
February 11: Carlos Rinaldi
Professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida (Host: Juan Vivero)
February 18:
February 25:
March 3: Michael Hamblin
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School (Host: Juan Vivero)
March 10: Student Recess – no classes
March 17: American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting (March 13-17)
March 24: Reserved (Host: Hansang Cho)
March 31: Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting (March 28-April 1)
April 7:
April 14:
April 21:
April 28:
Please contact Juan Vivero-Escoto (Juan.Vivero-Escoto@uncc.edu) if you wish to host a speaker during the Spring 2016 semester.