DyMERS Seminars

1146 GLH Wednesday at 3:00 [unless otherwise noted].
        Date                                               Presenter/Topic
January 22No Seminar
January 29

Davis Curry (Blakemore Group)
   "Mapping Single-electron Transfer and Proton-dependent Disproportionation Reactivity of a Molecular PuO22+ Compound and Subsequent Formation of Polynuclear Species"

Thanuja Jayawardena (Thompson Group)
    "A Density Functional Theory based Force Field for Modeling Silica-Water Interactions"

February 5Wilberth Narvaez (Thompson Group)
   "Ion Paring of Hydrated Electrons with Alkali and Alkaline-Earth Metal Cations"
February 12Postponed to March 5.
February 19Prof. Shaowei Li (University of California - San Diego)  Host: Farber
   "On-Demand Control of Single-Molecule Chemistry through Vibrational Characterization and Manipulation"
February 26

Nnamdi Uzoukwu (Thompson Group)
   "Investigating the Dynamics of a Resorcin[4]arene Self-Assembly in Wet Chloroform"

Stephanie Pham (Barybin Group)
    "Synthesis and Electron Delocalization Properties of  the First 2,2’-biazulenic π-linkers Unsymmetrically Functionalized Along Their Molecular Axis"

March 5Prof. Molly MacInnes (Grinnell College)  Host: Blakemore
   "Explorations in Electrochemistry: Surfaces, Separations, and Unique Solvents"
March 12Fynn Cooper (Blakemore Group)
   "Investigation of Anion Dependent Redox Modulation in Heterobimetallic Uranyl Complexes"
March 19No Seminar -  Spring Break
March 26No Seminar ACS Spring 2025
   March 23 - 27 in San Diego, CA
April 2Jinyan He (Kuczera Group)
   "The Computational Design of Peptides Derived from E-Cadherin to Modulate the Blood Brain Barrier"
April 9

Hirushan Hetti Arachchige (Farber Group)
   "Structural and Electronic Properties of Benzyl Isothiocyanate"

Jarred Schaeffer (Blakemore Group)
   "Characterization of Organic Electrolytes for Catalysis Under Pressure"

April 16

Zahra Aghaei (Jackson Group)
   "Activation of Dioxygen by Cobalt complexes"

Shreyaa Brahmachari (Caricato Group)
   "Mechanistic Study of Reactions on Amorphous Silica"

April 23

Nadith Dissanayake (Farber Group)
   "Probing Electronic Metal-Support Interactions of Cu/TiO2 (110)"

Emmanuel Forson (Caricato Group)
   "First Principles Simulations of Optical Rotation of Chiral Molecular Crystals"

April 30First Year Graduate Student Presentations
   Purti Patel, Abbey Kerr, Chad Lakin, Sunidhi Arora
May 7First Year Graduate Student Presentations
   Julia Abdoullaeva, Arlind Sherifi, Fernando Gonzalez