Fall 2019 Seminar
Fall 2019 Seminar
WELCOME TO THE
CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
SEMINAR SERIES
DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Mengyan Li, Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology
TOPIC
Biotechnology-Enabled Bioremediation to Tackle the Commingled Solvent-Stabilizer Contamination
DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Robert Q. Topper
Professor of Chemistry
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
TOPIC
DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Zhen-Qiang Pan, PhD
Professor
Department of Oncological Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
TOPIC
Regulate Cullin-RING E3 Ubiquitin Ligases by Small Molecule Modulators
DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Keith C. Silverman, Ph.D., MPH
Senior Vice President of Global Operations, Quality & EHS
Ashland
TOPIC
Safe and Responsible Chemical Process Operations
DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Subash C. Jonnalagadda
Professor of Organic Chemistry
Head, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
Rowan University
TOPIC
“Development of Novel Small Molecules as Potential Anti-Cancer Agents”
DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Professor Ezra Wood
Department of Chemistry
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
TOPIC
“Ozone Photochemistry in San Antonio and Elsewhere”
DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Dujuan Lu
Manager/Global Leader-E&L
SGS Life Sciences
Fairfield, NJ
TOPIC
DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Jeehiun Katherine Lee
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
TOPIC
Gas Phase Studies of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts
DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. George Polson
CSLA Board Advisor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
TOPIC
The Chemistry, Biology and Business of Dandruff
DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Elena Galoppini, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Rutgers University
Newark, NJ
TOPIC
DATE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Prof. David B. Collum
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
TOPIC
“Structure-Reactivity-Selectivity Relationships in Alkali Metal Chemistry”
DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Liping Zhao
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University
Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
TOPIC
Foundation species and essential guilds:
Ecological Understanding of the Causative Role of Gut Microbiota in Human Health
DATE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
LOCATION: TIERNAN HALL LECTURE 1
TIME: 1:00-2:20PM
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Michelle M. Lorah
U.S. Geological Survey
MD-DE-DC Water Science Center
Baltimore, MD
TOPIC