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. over Zoom. To attend, please contact Corrin Lundquist (clund5@vt.edu) for the link.
| Seminar Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 22 Host: Daniel Crawford |
Trygve Helgaker University of Oslo, Norway |
"The Exotic Chemistry in a Strong Magnetic Field" Abstract |
| January 29 Host: John Matson |
Patricia Dankers TU Eindhoven, Netherlands |
"Synthetic extracellular matrices based on bioinspired supramolecular polymers" Abstract |
| February 12 Host: Bob Moore |
Davita Watkins University of Mississippi |
""Janus-type" Block Copolymers: Supramolecular Strategies to Theranostic Nanomedicine" Abstract |
| February 19 Host: Diana Iovan |
Chris Uyeda Purdue University |
"The Simmons–Smith Reaction in the Age of Catalysis" Abstract |
| February 26 Host: Webster Santos |
Bill Wuest Emory University |
"Slaying superbugs one natural product at a time" Abstract |
| March 5 Host: Emily Mevers |
Brian Murphy University of Illinois Chicago |
"Toward antibiotic discovery from a bacterial colony: A primer for academia." Abstract |
| March 12 Host: Greg Liu |
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Institute |
"The Carbon-Nitrogen-Materials space: from supercatalysts to new energy storage to unexpected quantum effects, and all sustainable" Abstract |
| March 19 Host: Amanda Morris |
Paul Walton University of York, United Kingdom |
"Spectroscopy and Structures of LPMOs: Copper Oxygenases that Oxidize Cellulose" Abstract |
| March 26 Host: Michael Schulz |
Rachel O'Reilly University of Birmingham, United Kingdom |
"Precision polymeric nanoparticles" Abstract |
| April 2 Host: Valerie Welborn |
Anastassia Alexandrova University of California Los Angeles |
"Dynamic fluxionality and metastable nature of active sites of supported cluster catalysts" Abstract |
| April 9 Host: Harry Dorn |
Steven Stevenson Purdue University - Fort Wayne |
"Fullertubes: Long-Awaited, Experimental Discovery, Separation, and Isolation of a Missing Family of Pristine, Carbon Molecules" Abstract |
| April 16 Host: Andrew Lowell |
Grover Waldrop Louisiana State University |
"Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase as Target for Antibacterial Development" Abstract |
| April 23 Host: Feng Lin |
Yijin Liu SLAC |
"A Macro-to-nano zoom through the hierarchy of a lithium-ion battery and beyond" Abstract |
| April 30 Host: Alan Esker |
Harry Dorn Virginia Tech |
"Davidson, McBryde and the Origins of Chemistry at Virginia Tech" Abstract |