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Highlands in Chemistry

The Highlands in Chemistry seminar series is a weekly event hosted by the Department of Chemistry designed to share research ideas within the chemistry community and beyond. The series was started in 1966 by Alan Clifford, who was appointed chemistry department head the same year. Speakers from all over the world involved in academia, industry, and government come to share their research with colleagues and students.

Highlands seminars take place on Fridays throughout the semester at 2:30 p.m. in Hahn Hall North 140.

Fall 2025 Seminars

January 30

Liz Johnson

Cornell University

Host: Emily Gentry

February 6

Neal Mankad

University of Illinois Chicago

Host: Caroline Saouma

February 13

Joshua Baccile

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Host: Emily Mevers

February 20

Joonho Lee

Harvard University

Host: Ed Valeev

February 27

Barney Grubbs

Stony Brook University

Host: John Matson

March 6

Guangrong Zheng

University of Florida

Host: Webster Santos

March 20

Katlyn Meier

University of Miami

Host: Shabnam Hematian

March 27

Nathan Romero

University of California San Diego

Host: Adrian Figg

April 3

Byeongdu Lee

Argonne National Lab

Host: Tao Li

April 10

Massimiliano Delferro

Argonne National Lab

Host: 

April 17

Dan Weix

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Host: Ming Chen

May 1

Eric Schelter

University of Pennsylvania

Host: Michael Schulz