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.
Upcoming Seminars
September 2
Dominik Konkolewicz
Miami University
"Responsive and Dynamic Networks by Macromolecular Chemistry"
Host: Adrian Figg
September 9
Dean Harman
University of Virginia
"Tungsten Dearomatization Agents for Organic Synthesis"
Host: Gordon Yee
September 23
David Kingston
Virginia Tech
"My 60-year love affair with natural products"
Host: Amanda Morris
September 30
Mingjiang Zhong
Yale University
Diversifying Polymer Properties through Precision
Microstructure Engineering
Host: Greg Liu
October 14
Ben Liu
University of Texas at Austin
"Exploring the Diversity of Unusual Sugar Biosynthesis"
Host: Andrew Lowell
October 21
Barry O'Keefe
National Cancer Institute
"Natural Product Drug Discovery at the National Cancer Institute: New Approaches, New Targets, New Compounds"
Host: Emily Mevers
October 28
Neil Tomson
University of Pennsylvania
Title TBA
Host: Diana Iovan
November 4
Robert Gilliard
University of Virginia
Title TBA
Host: Webster Santos
November 11
Ashley Ross
University of Cincinnati
"Pushing the Limits of Neurochemical Detection"
Host: Amanda Morris
November 18
Lyudmila Slipchenko
Purdue University
Title TBA
Host: Valerie Welborn
December 2
Mitch Smith
Michigan State University
Title TBA
Host: Webster Santos