Seminar Series

Carly Filgueira sitting next to Michael King and talking in the Science and Engineering Hall

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

Dr. Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. MIT

Annual Caress Lecture: Dr. Robert J. Gilliard, Jr, Novartis Professor of Chemistry, MIT

Uncommon Bonds in Boron Heterocycles: From Odd-Electron Molecules to Luminescent Materials

Thursday, 11/16/2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Caress Seminar--Robert J. Gilliard, Jr., Novartis Professor of Chemistry, MIT Uncommon Bonds in Boron Heterocycles: From Odd-Electron Molecules to Luminescent

Irakli Samkurashvili Ph.D. Application Scientist, Life Sciences

Practical implementation of Predictive Retrosynthesis in Reaxys Chemistry Database

Irakli Samkurashvili Ph.D. Application Scientist, Life Sciences

Friday, 11/10/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

Dr. Irakli Samkurashvili will discuss the Practical implementation of Predictive Retrosynthesis in Reaxys Chemistry Database

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Dr. Jenifer Shafer, Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

Nuclear Fuel Recycling and the Clean Energy Transition

Friday, 11/3/2023, 9:30am - 10:30am

Dr. Jenifer Shafer currently serves as a Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Her focus at ARPA-E Nuclear fuel

Professor Christian Wolf, Georgetown

Christian Wolf, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Georgetown University

Quantitative Optical Sensing of Chiral Compounds in Mixtures

Friday, 10/20/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

Professor Christian Wolf, Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Georgetown our seminar speaker

Marjan Dolatmoradi, Graduate Student, Vertes Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

High-throughput Single Cell Analysis of Plant Metabolites by Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry with Ion Mobility Separation

Friday, 10/6/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

The Department of Chemistry Presents: Marjan Dolatmoradi, Graduate Student, Vertes Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

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Andrew Dunn and Scott Hertzog of CAS will Introduce Old and New Tools on SciFinder

Friday, 9/29/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

Andrew Dunn of CAS will introduce old and new tools on SciFinder

Dr. Stachurski wearing a lab coat with his lab in the background

Christopher Stachurski, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, United States Naval Academy

Development of Functional Biopolymer Materials using Natural Fiber Welding

Friday, 9/22/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

Christopher Stachurski, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, United States Naval Academy Development of Functional Biopolymer Materials using Natural Fiber Weldin

Ben Walusiak , seminar speaker

Ben Walusiak, Graduate Student, Cahill Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

Assembly and Structure-Property Relationships of Perovskite Derivatives and Lanthanide Hybrid Materials

Friday, 9/15/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

The Department of Chemistry Presents: Ben Walusiak, Graduate Student, Cahill Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

Graduate student Kevin McKenzie in his lab

Kevin McKenzie, Graduate Student, Wagner Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

Batteries, Carbons, and Graphite: Enabling A Green Future

Friday, 9/8/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

The Department of Chemistry Presents: Kevin McKenzie, Graduate Student, Wagner Lab, GW Department of Chemisty, Batteries, Carbons, and Graphite: Green future

Headshot of a smiling Dr. Asher Newsome

Asher Newsome, PhD, Physical Scientist for the Smithsonian

Analytical Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry at the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute

Friday, 9/1/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

Asher Newsome PhD Physical Scientist, Smithsonian, mass spectrometry for cultural heritage and conservation science applications