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

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Past Events

Caress Alumni Speaker: Hannah Yi, PhD, Research Staff Member Institute for Defense Analyses

Lethal Debris Creation following Untracked Orbital Debris Impacts on a SmallSat Constellation

Friday, 3/1/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am

Hannah Yi, PhD, Research Staff Member Institute for Defense Analyses

Jordan Herder, Graduate Student, Cahill Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

Exploring the Structure and Photophysical Properties of Actinide Hybrid Materials Utilizing Viologen Cations

Friday, 2/23/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am

Jordan Herder, grad student, Cahill Lab, GW Dept of Chem, Exploring the Structure and Photophysical Properties of Actinide Hybrid Materials Utilizing Viologen

Dominique Brager, Graduate Student, Cahill Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

M-Oxo interactions: Effects on Uranyl Bonding and Spectroscopy

Friday, 2/16/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am

The Department of Chemistry Presents: Dominique Brager, Graduate Student, Cahill Lab, GW Dept of Chem,

CANCELLED- We will re-schedule and post the new date. Dr. Jennifer Swift, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Georgtown University

Dehydration of Molecular Hydrates

Friday, 2/9/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am

Jennifer Swift, PhD, Professor, Chair, Georgetown University,Dehydration of Molecular Hydrates

Dee Bague, Graduate Student, Dowd Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of FR900098 Analogs

Friday, 1/26/2024, 10:00am - 11:00am

The Department of Chemistry Presents: Dee Bague, Graduate Student, Dowd Lab, GW Dept of Chem,

Nathan Basisty, PhD, NIH Distinguished Scholar and Investigator at the National Institute on Aging

The Intramural Research Program and NIA Efforts to Profile and Treat Aging-Related Pathologies with Proteomic Approaches

Friday, 12/8/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

Nathan Basisty, PhD, NIH Distinguished Scholar and Investigator at the National Institute on Aging. The Intramural Research Program and NIA Efforts to Profile

Chemical Transformation of Atmospheric Aerosols and Ozone-depleting Greenhouse Gases; Policy Implications for Mitigating Ozone Depletion, Climate Change and Plastics Pollution

Song Gao, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Duke Kunshan University and Duke University

Friday, 12/1/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

Song Gao, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Duke Kunshan University and Duke University

Rhys Dickhudt, Graduate Student, Boyes Lab, GW Department of Chemistry

New Methods in Chain-Growth Polycondensation for Aromatic Polyamides with Photoresponsive and Fouling-Release Behavior

Friday, 11/17/2023, 10:00am - 11:00am

The Department of Chemistry Presents: Rhys Dickhudt, Graduate Student, Boyes Lab, GW Dept of Chem, New Methods in Chain-Growth Polycondensation for Aromatic P

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

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