Department Seminar
Upcoming Seminar
From Betty Crocker Homemaker to Chemist in the Kitchen
Dr. Margaret Merryfield, CSU Long Beach
April 17, 2024
4:00pm-5:00pm in HSCI-105
What can you do with a degree in biochemistry? More to the point, how do the skills one learns as a scientist translate outside the classroom and laboratory? Is there a logical pathway that leads from studying enzymes and enzyme regulation to serving as an expert in academic human resources? In this seminar, I will share my experiences over a career that has included everything from basic science to labor negotiations, with a recent delicious application – the chemistry and biochemistry of food and cooking.
Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 4:00pm. All are invited to attend.
Seminar Coordinator
For information and suggestions about our Department Seminar series, please contact the seminar coordinator:
Dr. Fangyuan Tian
Fangyuan.Tian@csulb.edu
Schedule
The following is the schedule for Spring 2024.
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2024 | From Betty Crocker Homemaker to Chemist in the Kitchen | Dr. Margaret Merryfield, CSU Long Beach |
| April 24, 2024 | Photochemistry in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems | Garrett McKay, Texas A&M University |
| May 1, 2024 | Introduction of Defects and Ligands into a Metal Organic Framework | Lauren Benz, University of San Diego |
| May 8, 2024 | (topic: inorganic chemistry) | Joshua Figueroa, UC San Diego |
Previous Seminars
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| April 10, 2024 | Solar Water Splitting using Ensembles of Artificial Photosynthetic Nanoreactor | Dr. Shane Ardo, UC Irvine |
| March 27, 2024 | Quest for the Nature of Noncovalent Interactions Using Energy Decomposition Analysis | Dr. Yuezhi Mao, San Diego State University |
| March 13, 2024 | The Chemistry of the Canopy: A Data-Driven Exploration of Atmospheric Chemistry at the Urban-Biosphere Interface | Dr. Sarah Kavassalis, Harvey Mudd College |
| March 6, 2024 | Nanocrystal Self-Assembly: Designing Materials with Complexity and Function | Dr. Andrea Tao, UC San Diego |
| February 28, 2024 | Measurement in Chemistry Education: Examining the Past and Supporting the Future | Dr. Regis Komperda, San Diego State University |
| February 14, 2024 | From Ab Initio Data to Action: Leveraging Many-Body Potentials for Realistic Simulations of Water Harvesting and Carbon Capture Using Metal-Organic Frameworks | Dr. Francesco Paesani, UC San Diego |
The Seminar Archive has Department Seminars from previous semesters.
The Department Seminar is supported by The Allergan Foundation.
