Program

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Spring 2016 Semester Program
Date Time Location Speaker, Research Lab Title
Thursday, Mar 31 6:00 PM 2136 NW Ka Un Lao, Hebert Research Group Accurate and Efficient Quantum Chemistry Calculations for Non-Covalent Interactions in Many-Body Systems
Thursday, Apr 7 6:00 PM 2015 MP Yina Gu, Brüschweiler Research Group Rapid Determination of Fast Protein Dynamics from NMR Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Data
Thursday, Apr 21 6:00 PM 2136 NW Darryl Awcoin, Jaroniec Research Group Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Neurotoxic Protein Aggregates
Fall 2015 Semester Program
Date Time Location Speaker,Research Lab/Affiliation Title
Monday, Nov. 9 4.10 PM 2015 MP Ryan Steele, University of Utah Vibrational Signatures of Electronic Properties in Energy and Biology
Thursday, Nov. 12 6:00 PM 2136 NW Adrian Morrison, The Hebert Research Group A Low Scaling Quantum Chemistry Approach to Excited-State Properties of Crystals and Aggregates Via an Ab-Inito Exciton Model
Thursday, Nov. 19 6:00 PM 2136 NW Danny Conroy, The Jaroniec Research Group Dynamic Nuclear Polarization of Biological Systems for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Thursday, Dec. 10 6:00 PM 2136 NW Ellen Adams, The Allen Group  CANCELLED

Spring 2015 Semester Program
Date
Time
Location
Speaker,Research Lab/Affiliation
Title
Feb. 19
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Zhe Qi, Jaroniec Research Group
Supramolecular Structure of a Peptide Amphiphile Nanofiber Probed by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Mar. 30
4.10 PM
2015 MP
Carl Lineberger, JILA & University of Colorado, Boulder
Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy: From Radicals to the Reaction Coordinate
 Apr. 16
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Melanie Marlett, McCoy Research Group
Studying Rotation/Torsion Coupling in H5+ using Diffusion Monte Carlo
Apr. 23
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Danny Liu, Co Research Group
From Food Storage to Energy Storage – Tin and Aluminum as Next-Generation Battery Materials
 Fall 2014 Semester Program
Date
Time
Location
Speaker,Research Lab/Affiliation
Title
Sept. 18
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Bernice Opoku-Agyeman, McCoy Research Group
Non-Adiabatic Photodissociation Dynamics of BrCN-: A Theoretical Study
Oct. 2
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Brennan Walder, Grandinetti Research Group
Measurement and Prediction of NMR Paramagnetic Shift Tensors in Solids
Oct. 16
 Final examinations for first-session classes
Oct. 30
6:00 PM
2136 NW
 Xing Yhang, John Herbert Research Group
 Excited-State Deactivation Pathways in Hydrated Uracil
Nov.12
6:00 PM
2136 NW
 Dana-Marie Telesford, Allen Research Goup
Interfacial Behavior of Cholesterol, 7-Ketocholesterol and 5β,6β-Epoxycholesterol in Phosphatidylcholine Monolayers
Monday, Nov. 10
4:10 PM
2015 MP
Adam Wasserman, Purdue University
Partition Density Functional Theory
Nov. 20
6:00 PM
2136 NW
 Matthew Shannon, Jeroniec Research Group
Using Proton-Detected Solid-State NMR Experiments to Speed up Data Acquisition and Obtain Quantitative Relaxation Rates
Nov. 27
Thanksgiving
Dec. 11
Semester Final Exams

2013-2014 Program

Fall 2013 Semester Program
Date Time Location Speaker Title
Monday,10/07/13 4:10 PM 2015 MP Prof. Arun Yethiraj, University of Wisconson-Madison.Senior Faculty in Experimental Physical Chemistry Seminar featured speaker Self-Assembly in Complex Fluids
Tuesday, 10/15/13 6:00 PM 2136 NW Theint Theint (Jaroniec Research Group) Solid State NMR Stufies of Prion Strains and Species Barriers
Tuesday, 10/22/13 6:00 PM 2136 NW Terrence J. Codd(Miller Research Group) The Jahn-Teller Effect in the Ã2E” State of NO3
Tuesday, 11/05/13 6:00 PM 2136 NW Meng Huang(Miller/ McCoy Research Group) Theoretical Treatment of Methyl Group in Spectroscopy
Tuesday, 11/12/13 6:00 PM 2136 NW Jareed Steed(Co Research Group) Cancelled
Tuesday, 11/19/13 6:00 PM 2136 NW Marc Coons(Herbert Research Group) Excited State Dynamics of the Hydrated Electron: Beyond the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
Tuesday, 12/03/13 6:00 PM 2136 NW Bobo Shi(Singer Research Group) “Hydrodynamics and Electrophoresis of DNA in Solid State Nanopore: The Insight Understanding of the New DNA Sequencing Method
Spring 2014 Semester Program
Date
Time
Location
Speaker
Title
Thursday, 03/20/14
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Alyssa Robson (Allen / Wyslouzil Research Group)
CANCELLED
Thursday,03/27/14
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Laura Dzugan (McCoy Research Group)
Computational Framework for Studying H-bonding in the OH Stretch region
Monday, 03/31/14
4:10 PM
2015 MP
Dr. D. James Donaldson (University of Toronto, Canada)
Chemical Adventures at Atmospheric Interfaces
Thursday, 04/10/14
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Jin Yang(The Zhong Group)
Photophysics of Tryptophan in Proteins and its Applications in the Ultrafast Spectroscopy Studies
Thursday, 04/17/14
6:00 PM
2136 NW
Subhrakanti Chakraborty (Singer / Dutta Research Group)
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Physical Chemistry Student Lecture Series

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PCSLS primarily sponsors a series of informal lectures given by Ohio State graduate students and post-docs interested in some aspect of physical chemistry/chemical physics.  The seminar series is run by graduate students, for graduate students with a three-fold mission: (1) to allow students to present their research while simultaneously practicing their public speaking skills, (2) for attendees to learn more about the exciting research being conducted by their peers, and (3) to facilitate and strengthen a sense of community among graduate students in the department.  The series is open to all undergraduates students, graduate students, post-docs, and faculty, including those affiliated with other divisions or departments.
PCSLS also sponsors a series of special seminars throughout the academic year.  An outstanding experimentalist graduate student from an outside institution is brought in each year for the Coherent Seminar.  Likewise, the CAS Seminar allows an outstanding theorist to visit OSU and share his or her work.  The Young Faculty seminars allow two assistant professors, one an experimentalist and the other a theorist, to not only share their cutting edge research but also some insight into what the path to a career in academia is like.  Finally, the newly established Senior Faculty seminars expose the OSU community to world leaders in theoretical and experimental physical chemistry.
Unless otherwise noted, the lectures occur on every other THURSDAY at 6:00 pm in 2136 Newman-Wolfrom.
If you would like to present a lecture, be added to the PCSLS mailing list or anything else, please email either Ellen Adams (adams.1356@osu.edu) or Bernice Opoku-Agyeman (opoku-agyeman.2@osu.edu).
Other Seminars of interest:
Department of Chemistry  and Biochemistry Seminars and Lecture
ChemTALKS
Department of Physics Seminars
Frontiers in Spectroscopy