Lectures/Colloquium

From CFCs to HFOs – improving technology one molecule at a time
Professor Mads Andersen, PhD, Department of Chemistry, California State University Northridge

A mathematical model for biocontrol of the invasive weed Fallopia japonica
Professor Jing Li, PhD, Department of Mathematics, California State University Northridge

Cell-size homeostasis in bacteria: a coordination between growth and cell cycle
Professor Sattar Taheri, PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge

The Chemistry of Cloud Formation: Impacts on Earth's Climate
Professor Paula Hudson, PhD, Department of Chemistry, California State University Fullerton

Multiple modes of killing by an antimicrobial peptide – good for combatting antibiotic resistance
Professor Anca Segall, PhD, Department of Biology, San Diego State University

Salmonella in your salad: When a healthy diet has an unintended outcome
Professor Kerry Cooper, Ph.D. Department of Biology California State University, Northridge 

An adhesive organelle confers competitive advantage for bacterial colonization during Rhizobium-legume symbiosis 
Professor Joseph Chen, Ph.D. San Francisco State University 

DNA, drug design and salty water - three tales of modeling with 3D-RISMProfessor Tyler Luchko, Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy California State University, Northridge 

Capitalism Must Die! Our Planet is not Expendable
Stephanie McMillan award-winning journalist and cartoonist 

Technical and economic plans to power the world, U.S., and individual states for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight
Mark Jacobson, Director, Atmosphere/Energy Program, Stanford University

Benefits and Challenges of High Spatial Resolution in Climate Models
James Kinter, Director, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmospheric Studies & Professor of Climate Dynamics, George Mason University 

Modified green tea polyphenols as a novel approach to inhibit Herpes Simplex Viral infections
Tin-Chun Chu, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey  

The Kolmogorov-Obukhov Theory of Turbulence
Bjorn Birnir, Center for Complex and Nonlinear Science and Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara  

Lower bounds on the Navier-Stokes singular set
Walter Craig, McMaster University, Canada