Department Seminar
Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 4:00pm. All are invited to attend.
Upcoming Seminar
Let There be Light: Harnessing Water Photochemistry to Address Complex Water Challenges for a Thirsty World
Dr. Haizhou Liu, UC Riverside
November 12, 2025
4:00pm-5:00pm in HSCI-103
Abstract
Water scarcity has become a global crisis. This situation is exacerbated – and will continue to be so – by the global shrinkage of surface water sources. This seminar presentation will showcase research projects and ideas focusing on the application of water photochemistry principles to create clean and fresh water supplies, including municipal wastewater potable reuse, recycled water for agricultural irrigation, and destruction of FPAS "forever chemicals" using UV-driven technologies. Unique redox processes and photochemistry principles will be discussed during the seminar to highlight the application of chemistry principles in water engineering.
Seminar Coordinator
For information and suggestions about our Department Seminar series, please contact the seminar coordinator:
Dr. Michael Schramm
Michael.Schramm@csulb.edu
Schedule
The schedule for Fall 2025 is as follows. Additional details may be added as the semester progresses.
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2025 | Let There be Light: Harnessing Water Photochemistry to Address Complex Water Challenges for a Thirsty World | Dr. Haizhou Liu, UC Riverside |
| November 19, 2025 | (topic: biochemistry) | Zhixiang Tong, Genentech |
| December 3, 2025 | First Year Talks | Chemistry students, CSU Long Beach |
| December 10, 2025 | (topic: organic) | Osvaldo Gutierrez, UCLA |
Previous Seminars
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2025 | Computer tools to help guide pharmaceutical drug discovery | Dr. David Mobley, UC Irvine |
| October 29, 2025 | Natural and Synthetic Conductive Proteins: from Rock-Breathing Bacteria to de novo Peptide Nanowires | Dr. Allon Hochbaum, UC Irvine |
| October 22, 2025 | Gating of Ionic Transport at the Nanoscale. Lessons from Nature and Physics | Dr. Zuzanna Siwy, UC Irvine |
| October 15, 2025 | An Exploration of MOF Chemistry in Research and Teaching Labs at the University of San Diego | Dr. Lauren Benz, University of San Diego |
| October 1, 2025 | New Reactivity to Solve Chemical Challenges | Dr. Elias Picazo, USC |
| September 17, 2025 | Solvent Driven Cross-Coupling of Fluorenones for Dibenzo[g,p]chrysenes | Dr. Tetsuo Iwasawa, Ryukoku University, Shiga, Japan |
| September 10, 2025 | Uncovering Iron Surface Chemistry and Mineral Film Growth at Complex Interfaces | Dr. Kathryn Perrine, Michigan Technological University |
| September 3, 2025 | Building at the Nanoscale with Programmable Peptide-Based Building Blocks | Dr. Andrea Merg, UC Merced |
The Seminar Archive has Department Seminars from previous semesters.
The Department Seminar is supported by The Allergan Foundation.
