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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 3, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the SeminarAddressing the Plastics Dilemma Using CatalysisSociety depends on polymeric materials now more than at any other time in history.
Date
Monday, February 6, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the SeminarThe Supramolecular Chemistry of the Antibiotic Teixobactin: How Basic Research on a New Antibiotic Has Provided New Insights and Exciting Opportunities
Date
Monday, November 28, 2022, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
"Centering Community in Air Pollution Research" Host: Ashley Saunders About the Seminar Historical policies an
Date
Monday, November 21, 2022, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall + Zoom
"The perils of computational drug discovery in proteome-wide high throughput virtual screenings"Host: Franco FaucherAbout the Seminar:
Date
Monday, November 7, 2022, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
"New approaches for lead molecule optimization" Host: Franco Faucher About the Seminar Lead optimization is a signific
Date
Monday, October 24, 2022, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
"Excited State Trajectories in Photoactive Transition Metal Complexes Probed by Ultrafast Laser and X-ray Spectroscopies and Scattering" Host: Augustin Braun About
Date
Monday, October 17, 2022, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
"Catalytic Functionalization Reactions by Organometallic Catalysts in a Flask and in a Cell"Host: Zach Gentry
Date
Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium
"The Molecular Chemistry of Extended Solids" Host: Camille Williams About the Seminar
Date
Monday, May 9, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium
Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Nicholas Ball, Pomona College (Host: Cris Woroch) **This seminar is available for in-person attendance.** "Synthetic Strategies
Date
Monday, May 2, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium
Student Hosted Colloquia: Professor Richmond Sarpong, UC Berkeley (Host: Ciara Ordner)**This seminar is sponsored by Merck**