Seminars

Fall 2019

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Department of Chemistry

Ryan Research Group

     

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Analytical/Environmental Seminars (highlighted in blue) are held at 12:30 PM in Olney 518 unless otherwise noted.

Pizza is served @ 12PM for the12:30 Seminars in 518

 

Date Speaker/Presenter Organization Topic
Wed., Sep. 11 Prof. Dave Ryan UMass Lowell Keeping Your Graduate Career on Track
Fri., Sep. 13 Prof. Xi Ling Boston University Design and Synthesis of 2D Building Blocks for Electronic Devices
Fri., Sep. 27 Prof. C. Robert Matthews UMass Medical School Biophysical Insights into the Folding of Superoxide Dismutase: Implications for ALS
Wed. Oct. 2 Dr. Mahesh Jayamana Thaalavitiya Acharige Harvard Medical School Breath Based Diagnosis of Fungal Pneumonia Using GC-MS/MS and GC-DMS
Wed., Oct. 9 Prof. Ahyeon Koh Department of Biomedical Engineering, SUNY Binghamton  
Wed., Oct. 16 Prof. Weile Yan UMass Lowell  
Fri., Oct. 25 Prof. Sarah Perry UMass Amherst Molecular Engineering of Polyelectrolyte Complex Materials
Wed., Oct. 30 Prof. Edward Song Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNH  
Fri., Nov. 8 Prof. Heather Clark Northeastern University  
Wed., Nov. 13 Dr. Michael Pegis Department of Chemistry, MIT  
Fri., Nov. 22 Prof. Jeremiah Johnson MIT  
Wed., Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Break no seminar  
Fri., Nov. 29 Thanksgiving Break no seminar  
Fri., Dec. 6 Prof. Jarad Mason Dept. Chem. & Biol., Harvard Univ.  
Wed., Dec. 11 Senior Thesis Progress Reports    
       

 

Previous Seminars

 

January 23

Youngkwan Cho University of Mass Characterization of nano & microplastics in commercial products: source, content & load of persistent organic pollutants on their surface

January 30

Yalong Xue University of Mass Exposure to Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Spray Polyurethane Foam

February 1

Min Chen UMass Amherst canceled

February 6

Dhanushka Wickramasir UMass Lowell

Electrochemically Active Biofilms

February 15

Young Jo Kim UNH Bioinspired Materials for Powering Edible Electronics Devices

February 20

Michael Ross UCal Berkeley Designing Function in Electronically Excited Nanoscale Metals

March 1

Mircea Dinca MIT

Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Catalysis and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks

March 6

Jeffrey M. Halpern UNH Sensor Modifications to Improve Electrochemical Detection of Bioanalytes

March 25

Min Ju Shon Seoul National University Nanoscale Observations of Molecular Interactions Under Tension

March 29

Peter Zhang Boston College TBA

April 12

John Tsavalas UNH TBA

April 17

Kehley Davies UMass Lowell Selective Production of Naphthalene from Methanol by Photocatalysis Using Nanostructured Cobalt Particles

April 26

Kimberly Hamad Schiffer UMass Boston ***Cancelled***

May 1

Undergraduate Student Research Presentations - 11:45 AM to 2:00 PM

Feb 7

Dr. David K. Ryan

UML

Organizational Meeting

Feb 16

3:30 pm

OLN 218

Dr. Ciby J. Abraham Food & Drug Administration TBA
Feb 21 Jacqueline Kelly UML TBA

Mar. 2

3:30 pm

OLN 218

 

Dr. Ou Chen Brown University TBA
Mar 7 Anna-Maria Routsi UML Biothiols (Research Proposal)
Mar 21 Yipei Zhang UML “Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress”

Mar 23

3:30 pm

OLN 218

 

Dr. Amit Basu Brown University TBA
Mar 28 M Sachintha Wijesinghe UML “Naked-eye Electrochemical Sensor”

Apr 4

Parthena Chorti UML Research Proposal
Apr 11 Anna-Maria Routsi UML Nuclear Medicine
April 18 Dr. Paulina Borrego University of MA Amherst A Patent Primer for Researchers: What you need to know to find & use patents to enhance your research

Apr. 20

3:30 pm

OLN 218
Dr. Jianmin Gao Boston College TBA
Apr 25 Dr. Jay Kim URI TBA
May 2 Senior Thesis Final UML TBA
   Dr. David Ryan
Ahmed Jawhari
Kehley Davies
Liz Farrell
 UML Safe and Efficient On-Demand Hydrogen Production
Catalyic Splitting of Water at Low Temperatures Using Nano-Structure Cobalt 
       
       
       
Fall 2017      

Sept. 22 @3:30

OLN 218

Prof. Danielle Dube

Bowdoin College

"Chemical Tools to Discover and Target Glycoproteins on Pathogenic Bacteria"

Sept. 27, 2017 Kehley Davies  UML  "Abiotic Photocatalysis of Naphthalene from Methanol & Carbon Dioxide using Nanostructured Cobalt Particles"   
Sept. 28, 2017     Chemisty BBQ

Oct. 6 @ 3:30

OLN 218

Prof Elizabeth M. Nolan MIT TBA
Oct. 11, 2017

Dr. Mark Perkins

Dr. Vaughan Langford

Anatune

Syft Technologies

"High Throughput Volatile Compound Analysis for the Lab: Automated SIFT-MS"

Oct.20 @ 3:30

OLN 218

Dr. Puru Jena

Dept. of Physics

Virginia Commonwealth University

"Many Faces of Carbon"
Oct. 25, 2017 Sachintha Wijesinghe UML

“Recent Advances of Coulter Counting”

Nov. 3 @ 3:30

OLN 218

Prof. John Ngo

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

Boston University

TBA
Nov. 8, 2017 Dr. Xiang Li Tufts University TBA

Nov. 17 @ 3:30

OLN 218

Prof. Ge Wang

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

RPI

TBA
November 29, 2017 Abbas Kazi UML
"Analytical Techniques in Investigation of Corrosion-The Case of Galvanized Steel"
December 6, 2017 Parthena Chorti UML
"Technology for eHealth Diagnostic Testing"
December 13, 2017 Senior Thesis Progress Reports    
       
Spring 2017      

Jan.27, 2017

3:30pm

OLN 218

Dr. Szilard Csihony

BASF SE,

Ludwigshafen

Germany

"Industrial Developments with Polyisobutylene and Its Derivatives"
Feb. 1 Dr. David Ryan UML Organizational Meeting

Feb. 10

3:30 pm

OLN 218

Prof. Bing Xu Brandeis University "Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly in Cellular Milieu for Future Cancer Therapy"
Feb. 15*

Dr. Jim Luong

George Gonzalez

Dow Chemical Co.

Agilent Tech. Inc.

"Innovations in Gas Chromatography for the Future"

Feb. 24

3:30 pm

OLN 218

Prof. Conor Evans MGH/Harvard Medical School "Oxygen Imaging with Prophyrin Toolkits and Smart Bandages"
Mar. 1 Dr. Shencheng Ge Harvard University "Electrochemical Approaches for Studies on Cellular Communication"

Mar. 10

3:30 pm

OLN 218

Prof. Sankaran (Thai) Thayumanavan

UMass Amherst "Designing Responsive Polymeric Assemblies"

Mar. 24

3:30 pm

OLN 218

Prof. Dorothee Kern Brandeis University TBA
Mar. 29 Sachintha Wijesinghe UML TBA

Apr.7

3:30 pm

OLN 218

Prof. Gang Han UMass Medical School "Small and Bright:Tailoring Luminescent Nanoparticles for Biology"
April 12 Dr.G. Nelson Eby UML "Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA): Principles and Applications"
Apr. 19 Yipei Zhang UML TBA

Apr. 21

3:30 pm

OLN 218

Dr. Puru Jena Virginia Commonwealth University "Many Faces of Carbon"
Apr. 26 Undergrad Research Final Reports UML TBA
       

*Prerecorded webinar

     
       
Prior Seminiars 2016      

Sept. 9

3:30 pm

OLN218

Dr. Mindy Levine URI Cyclodextrin-Based Systems for Toxicant Detection and Environmental Remediation
Sept. 14 Dr. David Ryan UML Organizational Meeting

Sept. 23

3:30 pm

OLN218

Dr. Qiaobing Xu Tufts University

Lipid-based Nanoparticles for Intracellular Protein Delivery

Sept. 28 No Seminar    

Oct. 7

3:30 pm

OLN218

Prof. Calum Drummond RMIT University, Australia

“Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Engineering - Amphiphile Self-Assembly Materials by Design”

Oct. 12 Dr. Guinevere Strack UML "Bioelectrocatalysis"

Oct. 21

3:30 pm

OLN218

Dr. Gonghu Li UNH

"Surface Molecular Catalysis for Solar Fuels"

Oct. 26 Yipei Zhang UML "Mass Spectrometry"

Nov. 4

3:30 pm

OLN218

Dr. Deyang Qu University of Wisconsin Milwaukee “Rechargeable Lithium Air Battery – Overcome the Tough Obstacles”
Nov. 9 Dr. Richard Gaschnig UML “Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and its applications in Earth sciences”

Nov. 18

3:30 pm

OLN218

Dr. Thomas Webster Northeastern University

“Fighting medical device infections without using antibiotics”

Nov. 30 Almed Jawhari UML TBA
Dec. 7 Undergrad Progress Reports UML TBA
       

 

     

 

     

 

 

A listing of previous seminar speakers & titles from recent years can be found at

http://faculty.uml.edu/David_Ryan/Chemistry Seminar (Previous Speaker).htm