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Student Hosted Colloquia

The Student Hosted Colloquia (SHC) are seminars that appeal to a broad scientific audience. This series, entirely run by graduate students in the Department of Chemistry, aims to select speakers who are engaging, enthusiastic, and interested in sharing their scientific knowledge and research with our students. The success of this program is dependent upon sponsorship by our industry partners. Seminars in the SHC series are free and open to the public.

The financial sustainability of this series is bolstered by the generosity of our industry partners. To learn more about becoming a sponsor of this series, please contact chemistry-externalrelations [at] stanford.edu (chemistry-externalrelations[at]stanford[dot]edu).

Department Seminar Program Policy and Guidelines

2025-2026 SHC Handbook

Upcoming Events

May
18
Date
Monday, May 18, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium (STLC 111)
About the Seminar "Light-driven fuel production at passivated silicon photoelectrodes"Coatings and termination strategies for silicon photoelectrodes are cru
June
1
Date
Monday, June 1, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium (STLC 111)
About the Seminar"Chemically and Financially Sustainable Methods for Chemical Synthesis"Sustainability has become

Past Events

Date
Monday, April 15, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarLeveraging experimental data in machine learning models to accelerate the discovery of new materialsI will discuss our efforts to use machine learning (ML) to acc
Date
Friday, April 5, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the Seminar Uncommon Bonds in Boron Heterocycles: From Odd-Electron Molecules to Luminescent MaterialsThe incorporation of boron into conjugated organic molecules has e
Date
Friday, April 5, 2024, 10:00am
Location:
Chemistry Gazebo
About the SeminarReflections on my Career: Undergraduate Research, Mentoring, and DiversityProfessor Gilliard will discuss his journey to a career in chemistry, h
Date
Monday, April 1, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarA new class of earth abundant metal catalysts for  dinitrogen conversion at ambient conditions We have been studying the reactions of f-block com
Date
Monday, March 4, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarShifting the Paradigm of Science Education and Mentoring to Improve BelongingIn the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, along with rapid technological advancements and
Date
Monday, November 6, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarChemical synthesis to unlock natural product potentialMany organisms in nature produce secondary metabolites (natural products) that help them survive and th
Date
Friday, November 3, 2023, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
**This seminar is sponsored by Merck**
Date
Monday, October 2, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarDeciphering the molecular mechanisms of lipid trafficking in bacteriaUsing computation, biochemistry, and biop
Date
Monday, May 22, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the Seminar:Solvent structure and electrostatics as unique handles to accelerate reaction rates using heterogeneous catalysts 
Date
Monday, May 15, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the SeminarUnveiling the biological chemistry of polyketide biosynthetic pathways by embracing the unexplored and unexpected