Physical Chemistry Seminar

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Upcoming Events

April
1

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Greg Voth, University of Chicago

Date
Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
Host: Mike Fayer
April
7

Chemical Biology Seminar: Professor Fleur Ferguson, University of Chemistry, San Diego

Date
Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
About the Seminar"Interrogating the Druggable Proteome with Proximity Pharmacology"The human proteome contains over 20,000 proteins, yet traditional small molecul
April
8

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Fang Liu, Emory University

Date
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
About the Seminar "Synergizing Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning for Molecular Discoveries in the Condensed Phase"Machine learning (ML) and big data pla
April
14

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Nick Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Date
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the Seminar"AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials"While the properties of soft materials are ultimately dictated by their electronic structu
April
15

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Martin Gruebele, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Date
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
Host: Grant Rotskoff
April
21

30th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Moungi Bawendi, MIT

Date
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium (STLC 111)
April
22

30th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Moungi Bawendi, MIT

Date
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium (STLC 111)
April
28

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Tim Lian, University of Pennsylvania

Date
Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
Host: Fang Liu
April
29

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Lukas Muechler, Penn State

Date
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
Host: Tom Markland
April
30

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Joshua Kretchmer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Date
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)

Past Events

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Jacob Spies, University of California, Berkeley

Date
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
About the Seminar"Controlling Materials at the Level of Electrons: A Journey in Ultrafast Science from Artificial Photosynthesis to Valleytronics"Controlling mate

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor R. David Britt, University of California Davis

Date
Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
About the Seminar "Very high frequency (263 GHz) pulse EPR spectroscopy of  high spin transition metal centers"Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EP

Merck-Banyu Lectureship: Professor Koji Kubota, Hokkaido University

Date
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
About the Seminar "Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry"In recent years, ball milling techniques have gained considerable attention in organic synthesis as e

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Professor Adam Jaffe, University of Notre Dame

Date
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall (STLC 114)
About the Seminar"Hybrid Bronzes"We have developed a broad family of mixed-valence hybrid organic-inorganic metal oxides as a new air- and water-stable mater

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Gerhard Stock, University of Freiburg

Date
Monday, September 29, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium (STLC 111)
About the Seminar "Real time exploration of allosteric communication: Experiment, MD and low-dimensional modeling"Allostery represents a fundamental mechanis

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Sarah King, University of Chicago

Date
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the Seminar Interfacial Dynamics and Structure: Their Dual Nature in Material FunctionalityIt has alternatively been said that "The interface is the de

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Randall Goldsmith, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Date
Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the Seminar "Label-free Detection and Hydrodynamic Profiling of Single Solution-Phase Molecules using Optical Microcavities"The vast majority of chemis

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Wei Min, Columbia University

Date
Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Chemistry Gazebo
About the Seminar Water at the Edge: On-Water Spectroscopy across Oil Droplets, Protein Surfaces, and Living CellsInterfacial water exhibits rich and complex

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Jean Chung, Colorado State University

Date
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarLipid Membrane Structure in Catalysis and ReactivityThe cellular membrane not only defines the boundary of the cell, but also mediates the commun

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Professor Mariana Rossi, Max Planck Institute

Date
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarThe quantum properties of molecular interfacesWeakly bonded interfaces composed by molecular and solid-state inorganic materials give rise to a r