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.
Caryn E. Outten, Ph.D.
Guy F. Lipscomb Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Talk Title: Finding Iron Balance – The Ups and Downs of Iron Regulation in Yeast
Jie Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Talk Title: Harnessing Nature’s Molecular Potential for Drug Discovery
Sidney M. Wilkerson-Hill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Talk Title: Synthetic Methods Inspired by Complex Natural Products
Michael G. Walter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
UNC Charlotte
Talk Title: Developing Photoactive Thiazolothiazole Materials for Electrofluorochromic and Voltage Sensing Applications
Emily Mevers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Virginia Tech
Talk Title: Bacterial Symbionts as Sources for New Bioactive Small Molecules
Dale D Ensor, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Department of Chemistry
Tennessee Technological University
Talk Title: December 2, 1942
Wendy Strangman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UNC Wilmington
Talk Title: Parasites and Plants: 2 Stories of Natural Product Exploration in UNC Wilmington’s Drug DISCOvery Group
David Wren, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the Chemistry Center
Department of Chemistry
Wake Forest University
Talk Title: Recruitment, Performance and Retention of Underrepresented Groups in First-Semester General Chemistry
Sherine Obare, Ph.D.
Professor of Nanoscience at UNC Greensboro
Dean, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at NC A&T and UNC Greensboro
Talk Title: Tailored Nanomaterials for Advanced Environmental Applications
Kevin J. Frankowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Talk Title: Nitrogenous Heterocyles: Electrochemical Diversification and Therapeutic Applications
Scott Runyon, Ph.D.
Senior Director
Center for Drug Discovery
RTI International
Talk Title: Development of Small Molecule APJ Agonists for the Treatment of Heart Failure
Daniel Rabinovich, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Professor of Nanoscience
Department of Nanoscience
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at NC A&T and UNC Greensboro
Talk Title: The World of Chemistry on Postage Stamps
Preston Manwill, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Talk Title: Insights Into the Insecticidal and Antifeedant Activities of Drimane-type Sesquiterpenes Against Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
Celebration of Marie Daly!
Nathaniel Grove, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Director of the Center for the Support of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Talk Title: Beyond the Shadowed Forest: The Use of Physiological Techniques to Measure Cognitive Load Changes in Organic Chemistry Students
Firoz Khan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Talk Title: Revisiting an Old Friend: Electronic Structure of Ferricenium – and not Ferrocenium – Ion from Spectroscopic, Structural and Electrochemical Studies
Thomas J. Kempa, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry & Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Talk Title: Tailoring the Flatlands to Harness Quantum Phenomena
Lyniesha Wright Ward, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Talk Title: Supporting the Teaching of Spectroscopy Concepts Using Models
Khyarul Alam, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Talk Title: Development of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Poly N-fused Fluorescent Materials
Sonja Knowles
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Talk Title: Exploring the Chemistry of Fungi
