Professional Seminars
Professional Seminars Archive
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.
Rachel Mata, Ph.D.
Emerita Professor
Facultad de Química
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Talk Title: “Potential Andiabetic Compounds from Selected Mexican Medicinal Plants”
Jay Winkler, Ph.D.
Member of the Beckman Institute
Faculty Associate in Chemistry
Beckman Institute
California Institute of Technology
Talk Title: “Electrons, Holes, and Proteins”
Jack Barbera, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Portland State University
Talk Title: “From Items to Inferences: The Development and Evaluation of Education Research Assessment Instruments”
Christina B. Cooley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Trinity University
Talk Title: “Fluorogenic Polymerization for Signal Amplification and Bioanalyte Detection”
Kimberly Petersen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Talk Title: “Breaking Symmetry: How Chiral Acids Can Be Used to Catalyze Enantioselective Cyclizations”
Regis Komperda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
San Diego State University
Talk Title: “Measurement in Chemistry Education: Examining the Past and Supporting the Future”
Barry R. O’Keefe, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Targets Program
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Chief, Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Talk Title: “Biotherapeutics from Nature: Discovery and Development of Novel Bioactive Proteins”
Yi Tang, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Talk Title: “Chemistry & Biology and Fungal Natural Products”
Rebecca M. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor
STEM Accelerator, College of Science
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
George Mason University
Talk Title: “Perpetually Curious: Stories of Research and Evolution as a Chemistry Professor”
Yirong Mo, Ph.D.
Department of Nanoscience
Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering (JSNN)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
Greensboro, NC
Talk Title: “Computational Elucidation of Molecular Interactions and Reactions”
Thomas A. Dunder, Ph.D.
Technical Director
TRC Environmental
Raleigh, North Carolina
Talk Title: “The Spectroscopy of Smokestacks: Chemistry and the Measurement of Air Pollutants form Industrial Sources”
Martina Rau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Talk title: Supporting Representational Competencies to Enhance Learning Outcomes in Chemistry
Jon Rittle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
UC Berkeley
Talk title: In crystallo Dioxygen Activation at Unusual Metallocofactors
Suazette Mooring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
Talk title: The Complexities off Undergraduates’ Chemistry Mindset Beliefs
James Mutamba, Ph.D.
Chief Business Officer
Arrakis Therapeutics
Waltham, Massachusetts
Talk title: Drugging the Undruggable: Tough Scientific and Life Lessons
Eric Josephs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Nanoscience
UNC Greensboro
Talk title: Molecular Engineering of CRISPR Gene Editing and Antiviral Biotechnologies
Elizabeth (Betsy) Parkinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Purdue University
Talk title: Synthetic Natural Product Inspired Cyclic Peptides for Discovery of Bioactive Natural Products and Biocatalysts
Leslie Murray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
Talk title: Coupling of Carbon Oxygenates at Polynuclear Metal Species
Barry R. O’Keefe, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Targets Program
Center for Cancer Research
Chief, Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Talk title: Biotherapeutics from Nature: Discovery and Development of Novel Bioactive Proteins
