Upcoming Seminar
Examining the morphology and chemical reactivity of 2D and 3D carbon structures
Dr. Michael Grove, CSU Fullerton
September 15, 2021
4:00pm via Zoom (Meeting ID: 810 8267 9705)
Molecules composed of carbon are ubiquitous to many applications, however, it is only relatively recently that extended 2- and 3- dimensional structures have been harnessed for their chemical and electronic properties. In this talk, I will present computational work from my students that examines how the structure of extended carbon surfaces can affect the acidity of adjacent functional group as well as other electronic properties which has implications towards they synthesis of small molecules and high-powered electronics.
Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 4:00pm. All are invited to attend.
For seminars held via Zoom, faculty, staff, alumni, and students of the department will automatically receive a weekly invitation via email. All others may email the Seminar Coordinator for invitation.
Schedule for Fall 2021
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Anatomy of chemical reactions: Catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide | Dr. Jerry LaRue, Chapman University |
| September 8 | Enzymatic Oxidative Coupling Reactions to Make Protein Therapeutics | Dr. Matthew Francis, UC Berkeley |
| September 15 | Examining the morphology and chemical reactivity of 2D and 3D carbon structures | Dr. Michael Groves, CSU Fullerton |
| September 22 | Probing proteome foldedness and conformational changes under proteostasis stresses | Danny Hatters, University of Melbourne |
| September 29 | TBD | Peter Qin, USC |
| October 6 | Reaction Networks and the Metric Structure of Chemical Space(s) | Dmitrij Rappoport, UC Irvine |
| October 13 | Strange things happen at the nanoscale: Spectroscopy, entropy and quantum effects at solid/liquid interfaces | Tod Pascal, UC San Diego |
| October 20 | TBD | Hadi Tavassol, CSU Long Beach |
| October 27 | TBD | Shelley Halpain, UC San Diego |
| November 3 | TBD | Zeke Gonzalez, University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| November 10 | A Tale of DNA Modifications: Chemistry, Biology, and Applications | Linlin Zhao, UC Riverside |
| November 17 | TBD | Martin and Teresa Head-Gordon, UC Berkeley |
| December 1 | TBD | Yi Tang, UCLA |
| December 8 | TBD | David Elsenberg, UCLA |
Previous Seminars
The following are Seminars from previous semesters.
Spring 2021
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| April 28 | Development of multitarget inhibitors for the treatment of pain: design, synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling studies |
Dr. Stevan Pecic, CSU Fullerton |
| April 21 | Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysis: Mechanisms of CC and C-Heteroatom Bond Forming Reactions |
Dr. Xiaotai Wang, University of Colorado, Denver |
| April 14 | Proteins and Drugs Controlling Cancer Cell Division |
Dr. Seth Rubin, US Santa Cruz |
| April 7 | The Bioinorganic Chemistry of the Simple Nitrogen Oxides (NOx): Not So Simple |
Dr. George Richter- Addo, University of Oklahoma |
| March 24 | The Fifth Element in Disguise | Dr. Shiyuan Liu, Boston College |
| March 17 | Single-Molecule Imaging of the Electrochemical Interface |
Dr. Bo Zhang, University of Washington |
| March 10 | Recombinant protein-polymers in medicine and biology |
Dr. Andrew MacKay, USC |
| February 17 | Uncovering the proteomes and transcriptomes of cellular protrusions using Laser capture Microdissection |
Dr. Karine Gousset, CSU Fresno |
| February 10 | Fast and Accurate Quantum Chemistry Simulation for molecular design and discovery |
Dr. Fang Liu, Emory University |
| February 3 | Cheminformatics: Using SWIF's to Identify Binding Modes in Non-Covalent Complexes | Dr. Eric Sorin, CSU Long Beach |
| February 3 | Stepping into Light: Developing a General Photo- Initiated Hydroacylation of Alkenes |
Dr. Paul Buonora, CSU Long Beach |
Spring 2020
Note: most of the Spring 2020 seminars were cancelled due to COVID-19.
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2020 | From Photooxidation to Photobasicity: Adventures Exploring Photochemistry with Undergrads | Dr. Andrew Petit, CSU Fullerton |
| March 4, 2020 | Oxylipins and HDL, an explanation for pro- and anti-inflammatory activities | Dr. Gregory Shearer, Penn State |
| February 26, 2020 | Epitope-Targeting Cyclic Peptides as Chemical Biology Tools | Dr. Min Xue, UC Riverside |
| February 19, 2020 | Twists and turns along the path of reactivity-driven methodology development | Dr. Hosea Nelson, UCLA |