Seminar Series
Join us for refreshments and chemistry-focused presentations on selected Fridays at 10 a.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
Alexandra Taraboletti, PhD, Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
Connecting the Dots: A Career in the “Central Science”
Friday, 2/21/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Alexandra Taraboletti, PhD Analytical Biochemist | Scientific Program Manager | Higher Education | Science Writer
Erik Nordquist PhD, Postdoc UMB Computational Biophysics
Computational design of PROTACs
Friday, 2/7/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Erik Nordquist PhD, Postdoc UMB Computational Biophysics. Computational drug design and cancer biology.
Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD, Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair Professor, JHU
ToxAIcology – AI will only replace toxicologist, who do not use it!
Friday, 1/31/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Thomas Hartung, MD, PhD, Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair Professor, JHU. Environmental Health and Engineering, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology.
Design and Synthesis of Organic Electronic Materials
Friday, 1/17/2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Caress Alumni Speaker: Malika Jeffries-EL PhD, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University
Nicole Conte, Graduate Student, Boyes Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Aromatic Polyamide Polymer Brushes: Synthesis, Structure, and Functionality For Antifouling and Antimicrobial Surfaces
Friday, 12/6/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am
Nicole Conte, Graduate Student, Boyes Lab, GW Dept of Chemistry,Synthesis, Structure, and Functionality For Antifouling and Antimicrobial Surfaces
Jake Yeston, PhD, Editor, AAAS
Scientific Publishing from the Inside Out
Friday, 11/15/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am
Dr. Jake Yeston, Editor AAAS will pressent Scientific publishing from the inside out
Water in the Atmosphere: The Molecule that Changes Everything
Friday, 11/8/2024, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Annual Caress Lecture: Dr. Joseph S. Francisco, President's Distinguished Professor, Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania. second African America
Erin McCaughey, Graduate Student, Miller Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Laser-Based Characterization of Wildfire Emissions
Friday, 11/1/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am
The Department of Chemistry Presents: Erin McCaughey, Graduate Student, Miller Lab, GW Dept of Chemistry
How to Publish with Impact –an Editor’s Guide to Peer Review
Presented by Sara Rainford, Deputy Editor, Royal Society of Chemistry
Monday, 10/21/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am
How to Publish with Impact –an Editor’s Guide to Peer Review Presented by Sara Rainford, Deputy Editor, Royal Society of Chemistry
Dr. Mirza Galib, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Howard University
Learning AB Initio Forces by Artificial Neural Network for Accelerated Molecular Simulations
Friday, 10/18/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am
Dr. Mirza Galib, Assistant Professor, Howard University