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Seminars

Date and Location Seminar Type Seminar Details
Date: 11/12/2026 (Thu), 12:30 PM

Location: PACH 4500

MS Thesis Defense

Speaker Desormeaux, Julia


Title: Structure-Property Relationships in Fluorinated Main Group-Functional Zwitterionic Polymers

Committee:
Nathan Romero, Chemistry (Chair)
Julia Ortony, Chemistry
Emmanuel Theodorakis, Chemistry

Date: 11/13/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Jeff Lopez


Title: Controlling Interfacial Chemistry and Structural Disorder for Sustainable Battery Manufacturing

Hosted by:
Professor Kent Griffith

Abstract: Professor_Jeff_Lopez_20261113.pdf

Date: 11/13/2026 (Fri), 03:00 PM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Endowed Lecture

Speaker Professor Paul Wennberg


Title: The Orbiting Carbon Observatory, Fraunhofer, and the Fluorescence of Earth's Biosphere

Hosted by:
Professor Jonathan Slade

Abstract: Professor_Paul_Wennberg_20261113.pdf

Date: 11/20/2026 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Selly Demir


Title: Organometallic Single-Molecule Magnets Containing Radicals, Bismuth, and Bulky Amides

Hosted by:
Professor Jeffrey Rinehart

Date: 11/23/2026 (Mon), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Physical Chemistry

Speaker Professor Mikael Backlund


Title: Quantum metrology meets chemical microscopy

Hosted by:
Professor Wei Xiong

Date: 11/24/2026 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: Urey Hall 2102 - Urey Room

PHD Thesis Defense

Speaker Weddle, Lydia Rose


Title: TBA

Committee:
Clifford Kubiak, Chemistry (Chair)
Guy Bertrand, Chemistry
Wei Xiong, Chemistry
David Fenning, Nanoengineering

Date: 12/01/2026 (Tue), 10:00 AM

Location: Pacific Hall 4500

PHD Thesis Defense

Speaker Lerda, Victoria


Title: TBA

Committee:
Valerie Schmidt, Chemistry (Chair)
Jazz Dickinson, Cell and Developmental Biology
Michael Burkart, Chemistry
Haim Weizman, Chemistry

Date: 12/01/2026 (Tue), 12:00 PM

Location: Pacific Hall 4501

JDP Thesis Defense

Speaker Legaspi, Kristine Choy


Title: TBA

Committee:
Yuezhi Mao, SDSU, Chemistry & Biochemistry (Chair)
Shelley Minteer, University of Utah Chemistry (Co-Chair)
Joseph O'connor, Chemistry
Erik Romero, Chemistry
Jing Gu, SDSU, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Calvin Johnson, SDSU, Physics

Date: 12/01/2026 (Tue), 01:00 PM

Location: Urey Hall 2102 - Urey Room

PHD Thesis Defense

Speaker Wang, Zachary


Title: TBA

Committee:
Johannes Schoeneberg, Biochemistry & Mol Biophysics (Chair)
Itay Budin, Biochemistry & Mol Biophysics
Gulcin Pekkurnaz, Neurobiology
Padmini Rangamani, Mechanical & Aerospace Engnrg
Jin Zhang, Pharmacology

Date: 12/07/2026 (Mon), 12:00 AM

Location: Natural Sciences Building 3211

PHD Thesis Defense

Speaker Deluca, Emile


Title: TBA

Committee:
Clifford Kubiak, Chemistry (Chair)
Nathan Romero, Chemistry
Alina Schimpf, Chemistry
David Fenning, Nanoengineering

Date: 01/08/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Gwen Bailey


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joshua Figueroa

Date: 01/12/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Lee-Ping Wang


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Michael Gilson

Date: 01/22/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Geoffrey Coates


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Student Invited

Date: 02/02/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Laura Gagliardi


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou

Date: 02/12/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Dave Britt


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Julia Stauber

Date: 02/16/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Organic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Brooks Abel


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Nathan Romero

Date: 02/18/2027 (Thu), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Ben List


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Guy Bertrand

Date: 02/22/2027 (Mon), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Organic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Aaron Teator


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Nathan Romero

Date: 02/23/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Hua Guo


Title: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Dynamics of H-atom Scattering from Surfaces

Hosted by:
Professor Shaowei Li

Date: 02/26/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Josh Buss


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joshua Figueroa

Date: 03/02/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Eric Neuscamman


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou

Date: 03/05/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Martin Kirk


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Alina Schimpf

Date: 03/09/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou

Date: 04/06/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Sandeep Sharma


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou

Date: 04/13/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Physical Chemistry

Speaker Professor Youn Jue Bae


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Shaowei Li

Date: 04/16/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Bryan Hunter


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Julia Stauber

Date: 04/20/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Jianzhong Wu


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou

Date: 04/23/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Abby Doyle


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Student Invited

Date: 04/27/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Analytical & Atmospheric Chemistry,Physical Chemistry,Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Speaker Professor Leah Dodson


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Shaowei Li

Date: 05/04/2027 (Tue), 11:00 AM

Location: NSB Auditorium 1205

Physical Chemistry

Speaker Professor Eric Potma


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Wei Xiong

Date: 05/28/2027 (Fri), 11:00 AM

Location: PacHall 4500

Inorganic Chemistry

Speaker Professor Jonathan Kuo


Title: tba

Hosted by:
Professor Valerie Schmidt