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
Chemical product design, synthesis and lab automation with The World Avatar
Thursday, 10/16/2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Annual Caress Lecture: Prof Markus Kraft is a Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge Royal Academy of Engineering lab automation The World Avatar
Patrick Keane, Graduate Student, Dowd Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Targeting the MEP Pathway from Front and Behind: Inhibition of DXR and IspH
Friday, 9/26/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Parick Keane, Graduate Student, Dowd Lab, Targeting the MEP Pathway from Front and Behind: Inhibition of DXR and IspH
Diana Garnica Acevedo & Jillian Brejnik, Graduate Students, Kostal Group, GW Department of Chemistry
Friday, 9/5/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
The Department of Chemistry Presents: Elizabeth Decoteau, Cahill Group & Naomi Ni, Hao Lab, Graduate Students, GW Department of Chemistry
Gregory Dudley, PhD, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, West Virginia University
Chemical Synthesis as an Evolving Science and Enabling Technology
Friday, 5/9/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Gregory Dudley, PhD, WVU Eberly Family Distinguished Professor
Danielle Gomes Rodrigues, Graduate Student, Meisel Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Macrocycles with a Twist: Stereosequence and Synthetic Amino Acids as Conformational Determinants of Cyclic Peptides
Friday, 5/2/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Danielle Gomes Rodrigues, Graduate Student, Meisel Lab
Friday, 4/11/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Ritu Manickavelu, Graduate Student, Wagner Lab & Michael Scarberry, Graduate Student, Wagner Lab, Graduate Students, GW Department of Chemistry
Jedd Hillegass, PhD, DABT, Occupational Toxicologist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
The Alchemy of Safety: Transforming Toxicity into Trust
Friday, 4/4/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Jedd Hillegass, PhD, DABT, Occupational Toxicologist at Bristol-Myers Squibb
The Winding Path towards a Career in Regulatory Affairs
Friday, 3/28/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Brett Howard, J.D., PhD, RAC, Senior Director, US Regulatory Policy, Global External Affairs, US Pharmacopeia
Lara Skibbie, Graduate Student, Dowd Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Novel PPCS inhibitors to prevent CoA biosynthesis in drug resistant pathogens
Friday, 3/21/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Lara Skibbie, Graduate Student, Dowd Lab
Haorong Li, Graduate Student, Hao Lab, GW Department of Chemistry
Developing Mass Spectrometry-based Omics and Proximity Labeling Methods to Unravel Mitochondrial Biology
Friday, 3/7/2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Haorong Li, Graduate Student, Hao Lab