Seminar Series
Join us for refreshments and chemistry-focused presentations on selected Fridays at 2 p.m. in the Science and Engineering Hall, Room B1220. Past seminar speakers include senior advisers from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, visiting professors from other top research universities and GW’s own chemistry graduate students discussing their current projects.
Upcoming Seminars
Past Events
Friday, 3/10/2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Geetesh Devineni, Graduate Student, Kostal Lab & Ben England, Graduate Student, Dowd Lab, Graduate Students, GW Department of Chemistry
Manuel de Lera Ruiz, PhD, Associate Principal Scientist, Discovery Chemistry at Merck
Have We Found The Malaria Achilles Heel? ‒ The Development of Dual Plasmepsin IX/X Inhibitors
Friday, 3/3/2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Manuel de Lera Ruiz, PhD, Associate Principal Scientist, Discovery Chemistry at Merck
Rebekah Brucato, Graduate Student, Voutchkova Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Safe and Functional Ionic Liquid Systems for Biomass Valorization
Friday, 2/24/2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Rebekah Brucato, Graduate Student, Voutchkova Lab, GW Department of Chemistry Environmental and Green Chemistry Safel Ionic Liquid Systems Biomass Valorization
Michelle Brooks, Ph.D, Office of Higher Education at the American Chemical Society
ACS Office of Higher Education: Programs, Workshops, and ACS Approval
Friday, 2/10/2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Chemistry Department Seminar, Michelle Brooks Senior Manager, Office of Higher Education at the American Chemical Society ACS
Droplet Microfluidics for Screening and Sensing
Friday, 1/27/2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Chemistry Department Seminar, Robert Kennedy Ph.D. University of Michigan, Hobart Willard Distinguished Professor, Droplet Microfluidics for Screening and Sensing Pharmacology and Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Christopher Grubb, Graduate Student, Meisel Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Controlling the Conformation of Peptidomimetic Macrocycles through Stereosequence
Friday, 12/9/2022, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
The Department of Chemistry Christopher Grubb Graduate Student Meisel Lab Controlling the Conformation of Peptidomimetic Macrocycles through Stereosequence
The seminar topic is: Synthetic Innovations in Drug Discovery: Development of Methods Toward the Synthesis of Substituted Heterocycles
Friday, 12/2/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Emma Edelstein, PhD, Senior Scientist at Merck GW Dept of Chemistry Alumna
Deepak Koirala, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Crystal structures of RNA domains that promote viral genome replication and translation
Friday, 11/18/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Department of Chemistry Seminar Deepak Koirala, Assistant Professor, Dept. Chemistry/Biochemistry, UMBC RNA Structures Research
Slime, Polymers & The Future of Polymer Education
Friday, 11/11/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Darryl Boyd, Research Chemist, US Naval Research Laboratory makes chemistry fun
Stephen Fried, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
How to Fold the Proteome (Some Assembly Required)
Friday, 11/4/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Department of Chemistry Presents, via Online Zoom and In-PersonPresentation: Dr. Stephen Fried, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins