2015/2016 PROGRAM
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 Aucoin, 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 |
2014/2015 PROGRAM
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 |
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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 |
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Dec. 11 |
Semester Final Exams |
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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) |
N/A |