Chemistry Graduate Seminar Series

SEPTEMBER 10

GRADUATE WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP HOST

Genoa Warner, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

TOPIC

Aims development for proposal writing

SEPTEMBER 17

GUEST SPEAKER

HYBRID

https://njit-edu.zoom.us/j/97175604989?pwd=kce7lxhufjuOJ4mze3NsT2y27aT5sk.1
Meeting ID: 971 7560 4989
Passcode: 865297

Dr. Yaqi You

Assistant Professor

Department of Environmental Resources Engineering at the State Univ. of

NYC of Environmental Science and Forestry

SUNY ESF

Syracuse, New York

TOPIC

 Biochar for Greener Agriculture—A Microbiome Perspective

SEPTEMBER 24

GUEST SPEAKER

Marta Concheiro-Gulsan, PhD

Associate Professor of Toxicology and

Director of Forensic Science program

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, NY

TOPIC

Biological Storytellers: How Hair, Umbilical Cord, and Placenta Expose Stress and Drug Use During Pregnancy

OCTOBER 1

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Shelley Minteer

Professor of Chemistry,

Director of Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability

Missouri University of Science and Technology

TOPIC

Enzymatic Bioelectrocatalysis for Electrosynthesis

OCTOBER 8 (CANCELED)

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Steven Lopez

Northeastern University

TOPIC

TBA

OCTOBER 15

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Norah Hoffmann

Departments of Chemistry,

and Department of Physics

New York University

New York, NY

TOPIC

Exploring the Complexity of Polaritonics: From Single-Molecule Strong Coupling to Twin Polaritons

OCTOBER 22

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Shuming Chen

Associate Professor

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)

TOPIC

(Un)Leveling the Playing Field: Leveraging Destabilization in Transition-Metal-Mediated Reactions

OCTOBER 29 (CANCELED)

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Farnaz Shakib

Assistant Professor

Chemistry & Environmental Science

NJIT

TOPIC

TBA  

NOVEMBER 5

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Farnaz Shakib

Assistant Professor

Chemistry & Environmental Science

NJIT

TOPIC

Classical and quantum mechanics: Methods, software, and materials discovery

NOVEMBER 12

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Shang Jia

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

Rutgers University–Newark

TOPIC

 Polymethine fluorophores for bioimaging: from customized dyes to new scaffolds

NOVEMBER 19

GUEST SPEAKER

Dr. Dan Van Abs, FAICP

Professor of Professional Practice

Water, Society & Environmental

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Rutgers University–Newark

TOPIC

PFAS in Context The Long Journey to Clean Water

DECEMBER 3

GUEST SPEAKER

Isabel Sanchez Melo

Associate Scientist/Sr. Specialist

Microscopy and Spectroscopy Laboratory

Bristol Myers Squibb

NJ

TOPIC

Microscopy and Spectroscopy for the Identification of Foreign Matter in Pharmaceuticals

DECEMBER 10

GUEST SPEAKER

Lisa A. Fredin

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

TOPIC

Modeling Photoactive Organic Materials