Seminars
Fall 2019
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Seminars Fall 2019 |
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| December 6, 2017 | Parthena Chorti | UML |
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| December 13, 2017 | Senior Thesis Progress Reports | ||
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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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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