Highlands in Chemistry
UPDATE (March 12, 2020)
Due to campus restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus, all Highlands in Chemistry seminars scheduled for March and April have been cancelled.
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.
| Seminar Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 24 Host: John Matson |
Jurgen Rohr University of Kentucky |
Mithramycin - Biosynthesis and Development of Semi-Synthetic Analogues Against Ewing Sarcoma Abstract |
| January 31 Host: Valerie Welborn |
H. Lee Woodcock University of South Florida |
Making the inaccessible, accessible: Novel Techniques for Obtaining Accurate QM/MM Free Energies at Affordable Costs Abstract |
| February 7 Host: Lou Madsen |
Jeff Reimer University of California, Berkeley |
NMR and the Grand Challenges of Metal-Organic Frameworks Abstract |
| February 14 Host: John Morris |
Linsey Marr Virginia Tech, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
What do environmental engineering and chemistry have to do with transmission of the flu? Abstract |
| February 21 Host: Jim Tanko |
Andrew Gewirth University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Understanding and Controlling Electrochemistry for Electrolyzers and Batteries Abstract |
| February 28 Host: Webster Santos |
Amanda Wolfe University of North Carolina Asheville |
Development and Evaluation of Novel Antibiotic and Adjuvant Therapies to Treat Infectious Bacteria Abstract |
| March 20 Host: Paul Carlier |
Paul Helquist University of Notre Dame |
Drug Development in a Highly Interdisciplinary and Multi-institutional Setting Abstract |
| March 27 Host: Graduate Students |
Martin Head-Gordon University of California, Berkeley |
TBA |
April 3 Update (3/10/2020): Dr. Walton's Seminar has been cancelled. |
Paul Walton University of York |
Gender Equality in Science |
| April 10 Host: Greg Liu |
Barry Thompson University of Southern California |
Reimagining Semiconducting Polymers for Alternative Energy Applications Abstract |
| April 17 Host: Andrew Lowell |
Christian Melander University of Notre Dame |
TBA |
| April 24 Host: Felicia Etzkorn |
William Lubell University of Montreal |
Synthesis of Heterocyclic Turn Mimics for Allosteric Modulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptors Abstract |