Chemistry and Biochemistry

  • Laser beam experiment setup

Seminar Program

Spring 2023 

Date
Details
March 1
Wednesday
Dr Tobias Schaedler (HRL Labs)
Visiting speaker seminar
"Additive manufacturing of ceramics using preceramic polymers"
March 3
Friday
Aren Mirzakhanian (Minehan lab)
Literature seminar
"Recovery of lithium and other metals from spent lithium-ion batteries through bioleaching"
March 10
Friday
Jesus Hernandez (Teprovich lab)
Thesis seminar
"Synthesis and characterization of lawsone based polymer dots for intracellular imaging"
March 17
Friday
Nicholas Porcellino (Teprovich lab)
Literature seminar
"Photocatalytic water splitting with TiO2 for hydrogen production"
March 29
Wednesday
Isabella Crisostomo (Abrol lab)
Thesis seminar
"Elucidation of a pH-Dependent Endosomal Lysis Mechanism to Treat Cancer"
April 3
Monday
Duyen Pham (Ye lab)
Thesis seminar
"Lifting the Gate: Peer-led Cooperative Learning Supplemental Instruction (SI) Improved Student Success in Postsecondary Introductory Chemistry"
April 5
Wednesday
Dr Jason Burke (CSU San Bernardino)
Visiting speaker seminar
"Consequences of cancer-associated mutations to the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein"
April 7
Friday
Matthew Green (Teprovich lab)
Thesis seminar
"Closo-borate electrolytes for improved performance and safety in next-generation battery systems"
April 10
Monday
Andrea Hernandez (Minehan lab)
Thesis seminar
"Towards the synthesis of unusually substituted cyclobutadienes using chromium (VI)"
April 12
Wednesday
Dr Vincent Lavallo (UC Riverside)
Visiting speaker seminar
"Carboranes: New Directions for the 21st Century"
April 14
Friday
Steven Ayoub (Luchko lab, Physics)
Thesis seminar
"Automated, efficient and rigorous absolute binding free energy calculations"
April 21
Friday
Ryan Boggess (Tamae lab)
Thesis seminar
"Investigating Metformin as a scavenger for methylglyoxal and its impact on downstream biological effects"
April 28
Friday
James Nguyen (Minehan lab)
Thesis seminar
"A synthetic pathway to the synthesis of the natural product balmoralmycin"

All Monday, Wednesday and Friday seminars are held at 3:30 pm (unless otherwise indicated) in EH 2227.