DyMERS Seminars

**4:00 PM** 1146 GLH Wednesdays at 4:00 [unless otherwise noted]. **Please note that the time for this event has been updated to 4:00 PM GLH for Fall 2026**
        Date                                               Presenter/Topic
August 26No Seminar
Sept 2Prof. Makenzie Long  (Creighton University)  Host: Berrie
   "Computational Modeling of DNA Adsorption Mediated by Alkaline Earth Metal Ions"
Sept 9Prof. Dan Higgins  (Kansas State University)  Host: Thompson
   "Solute Dynamics in Nanoconfined Solvent Mixtures"
Sept 16Dr. Jasneet Rana (Bowman-James Group), Fernando Gonzales (Shoshani Group)
Sept 23Prof. John Kiernicki  (Drury University)  Host: Shoshani
   "Implementing Redox-Active Hydrogen Bonds into Coordination Complexes"
Sept 30Anjali Radhakrishnan (Thompson Group)
   "Activation Energy Calculations: Application to Osmolyte Systems and Accelerated Methods"
Oct 7

Chad Lakin II (Blakemore Group)
   "Uranyl Dicyclohexyl-18-Crown-6: Inclusion Complexes, Exclusion Complexes, & Isomers"

Abigail Kerr (Thompson Group)
   "Using Activation Energies to Elucidate the Effects of Osmolytes on Water Dynamics"

Oct 14

Dr. Jordan Gipper (Shoshani Group)
   "Examining Olefin Insertion and Chain Growth at Well-Defined NiAl-Hydride Assemblies"

Rene Sabala (Barybin Group)
   "Electrochemical and 13C NMR Determination of Hammett Substituent Constants Using a 2,6-Azulenic  π-Linker"

Oct 21

Purti Patel (Jackson Group)
   "A Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Study of a Manganese Cerium Adduct: Effect of Electron-Donating Ligand"

Julia Abdoullaeva (Caricato Group)

 ACS MWRM  
    Oct 25 - 27 Manhattan, KS

Oct 28Ty Ojanovac (Blakemore Group), Elizabeth Bartlett (Thompson Group)
Nov 4Lindsey Penland (Farber Group)
Nov 11Zahra Aghaei (Jackson Group), Anagha Puthiyadath (Jackson Group)
Nov 18Alex Ervin (Blakemore Group)
Nov 25No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break 
    Nov 25 - 29
Dec 2 Natalie Lind (Blakemore Group), Dr. Wilbert Narvaez (Thompson Group)
Dec 9Fynn Cooper (Blakemore Group)