Wednesday 27 August
Prof. Wolf

Mr. Phil Hagan
Georgetown University
Safety & Environmental Management

Safety Seminar

Thursday 4 September
Prof. Weiss

Prof. Luigi Dei
University of Florence

“Nanotechnology in Cultural Heritage Conservation to save Architectonic and Artistic Surfaces from Decay”

Friday 5 September
Prof. Weiss
3:15 pm, McNeir Auditorium

Prof. Luigi Dei
University of Florence

“Primo Levi's Lesson: A Bridge between Chemistry and Literature”

- In association with the Office of the Provost -

Thursday 11 September
Prof. Tong

Prof. Sang Bok Lee
University of Utah

“Nanopore Arrays and Nanotubes: From Nanobio to Electronics Applications”

Thursday 18 September
Prof. Rubinson
4:00 pm, Location: TBD

Prof. Apryll Stalcup
University of Cincinnati

"Separation Science"

Thursday 18 September
5:30 pm, GUMC Research Auditorium

Dr. Rita Colwell
Chairman, Canon Life Sciences, Inc. Former Director, NSF

“A Scientist’s Role in Community-Based Science Education”

- Co-sponsored with the Program on Science in the Public Interest and the Department of Biology -

Tuesday 23 September
Prof. Metallo

Ms. Sarai Obando
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar

“Macrosolute Effects on Nucleic Acid Interactions”

Thursday 25 September
Prof. Weiss

Prof. Piotr Piotrowiak
Rutgers University

“Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Microscopy of Electron Transfer at Molecule-Nanoparticle Interfaces”

Wednesday 1 October
Prof. Holman

Prof. Vladimir Sidorov
Virginia Commonwealth University

TBA

Wednesday 8 October
Prof. Warren

Prof. Patrick Holland
University of Rochester

“Three-Coordinate Iron Complexes: Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Insights into Nitrogenase Pathways”

Thursday 9 October
Prof. Kertesz

Prof. John Fischer
University of Pennsylvania

“Porous Carbons for Hydrogen Storage: Physics, Chemistry and Prospects”

Thursday 16 October
Prof. Wolf

Prof. Jennifer Poutsma
Old Dominion University

“The Stereoselectivity and Mechanisms of Modified Schmidt Reactions”

Thursday 23 October
Prof. Ichiye

Dr. Liem X. Dang
Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory

“Computational Studies of Molecular Processes at Liquid Interfaces”

Tuesday 28 October
Prof. Rubinson

Prof. Samuel Kounaves
Tufts University

“In-Situ Wet Chemical Analysis on the Surface of Mars”

Thursday 30 October
Prof. Weiss

Prof. Zeev Rosenzweig
National Science Foundation

“Luminescent Quantum Dot-based Chemical and Biological Sensing Platforms”

Thursday 6 November
Prof. Stoll

Ms. Julie Quinn
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar

TBA

Tuesday 11 November
Prof. Swift

Seventh Semester Talks
Georgetown University
Mr. Minghao Feng

Ms. Janeth Presores

Ms. Clare Yannette

TBA

“Chemical Force Microscopy of Uric Acid Single Crystals”

“An In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Monosodium Urate Crystal Growth”

Thursday 13 November
Prof. Stoll

Seventh Semester Talks
Georgetown University
Ms. Srotoswini Kar

Ms. Michele Pablico

Mr. Scott Perrin

“Photomagnetic Rare Earth Chalcogenides”

“Mn and Mn-Fe Oxo Clusters as Potential MRI Contrast Agents”

“Fold vs. Sequence: Nature's Tuning of Fe-S Protein Reduction”

Potentials

Tuesday 18 November
Prof. Swift

Ms. Christina Capacci
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar

TBA

Thursday 20 November
Prof. Warren

Seventh Semester Talks
Georgetown University
Mr. Yonghui Tian

Mr. Stefan Wiese

“Quantum Mechanic Modeling of  Molecular Actuators”

“Carbodiimide Formation Using a β-Diketiminate Nickel Catalyst”

Tuesday 25 November
Prof. Wolf

Seventh Semester Talks
Georgetown University
Mr. Marwan Ghosn

Mr. Dan Iwaniuk

“Development of Functionalized 1,8-diarylnapthalenes Towards New Enantioselective Sensors and Catalysts”

TBA

Tuesday 2 December
Prof. Swift

Mr. Amanuel Zellelow
Georgetown University
Thesis Seminar

TBA

Thursday 4 December

GRADUATE STUDENT LITERATURE SEMINAR