Chemistry Graduate Seminar Series

Welcome to the Spring 2024 Graduate Seminar Series.

Our Graduate Seminars are held every Wednesday at 1:00pm. 

This semester they are held in Tiernan Hall, Lecture 2

Seminar Coordinator:

Dr. Sara Casado-Zapico

Assistant Professor

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Victoria M. Dominguez, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology

Lehman College

(CUNY) City University of NY

Biological Anthropology Faculty

Graduate Center and New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP)

New York, NY

TOPIC

Forensic Applications of Bone Microscopy

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24

HYBRID

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Rosiana Lagi

Senior Lecture in Education,

Education Discipline Coordinator and Deputy Head

School of Pacific Arts, Communication and Education

&

Mr. Apolosa Robaigau

Climate Change Post Graduate Scholar and

Environmental Science Graduate

The University of The South Pacific

Suva, Fiji Islands

TOPIC

Climate Adaptation: Solesolevaki – Vatutavui Watershed Restoration Story

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2024

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Rupali Datta PhD

Professor 
Department of Biological Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI

TOPIC

Phytotechnology for Sustainable Remediation of Lead

Biochemical Pathways Involved in Lead Tolerance and Detoxification in Vetiver Grass

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Brooke W. Kammrath, Ph.D., ABC-GKE

Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

TOPIC

Forensic Applications of Portable Spectroscopy

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Stephanie Fiorenza, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Arcadis U.S., Inc.

Houston, TX

TOPIC

Management and Mitigation of PFAS Leaching from Concrete

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Ogochukwu Y. Enekwizu, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Environmental and Climate Sciences Department

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Upton, NY

TOPIC

The Cloud Activation Properties of Fresh and Aged Black Carbon Particles from Biomass Burning

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Qinghai Zhang
Associate Professor
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA

TOPIC

Journeying through P-glycoprotein’s Drug Transport Pathway: A Closer Look

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Ian Bourg

Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Princeton University

TOPIC

Molecular dynamics simulation predictions of the partitioning of PFAS between water, air, and mineral surfaces

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

TIERNAN HALL – LECT. HALL 2

1:00PM-2:20PM

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. David Lacy

Associate Professor

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

TOPIC

The Chemistry of MnCl3Drug Transport Pathway: A Closer Look