To schedule a seminar, please contact our Recruiting, Publicity and Development Coordinator Kayla Benson at (Kayla@utk.edu or 865-974-8019).
University of Tennessee Department of Chemistry Seminars 2018-19
- Christopher A. Baker – Analytical Chemistry – chris.baker@utk.edu
“Microfluidics and Nanoscale biosensors: small analytical tools to enable large biological insights” - Craig Barnes – Inorganic Chemistry – cebarnes@utk.edu
“Nanostructured Catalysts: Where Materials Science meets Catalysis” - Michael Best – Organic Chemistry – mdbest@utk.edu
“Synthetic Analogs of Cell Surface Ligands for the Study of Disease-Related Biological Processes” - Johnathan N. Brantley – Organic Chemistry – johnathan_brantley@berkeley.edu
“TBD” - Tessa Calhoun – Analytical Chemistry – trcalhoun@utk.edu
“Advancing Optical Microscopy to Study the Interaction of Small Molecules with Cell Membranes” - Shawn Campagna – Organic Chemistry – campagna@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Look Who’s Talking: The Chemistry of Microbial Communication” - Mark Dadmun – Polymer Chemistry – dad@utk.edu
1. “Better Plastic Solar Cells: Using Neutron Scattering to Characterize the Structure of Organic Photovoltaics”
2. “Improving Forensic Techniques: Understanding the Chemistry of Superglue Fuming to Improve the Quality of Developed Fingerprints” - Ampofo Darko – Organic Chemistry – adarko@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Principles of Strain in Synthesis and Catalysis” - Charles Feigerle – Physical & Materials Chemistry – feigerle@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Chemical Vapor Deposition for Materials Synthesis and Film Growth” - R.J. Hinde – Physical Chemistry – rhinde@utk.edu
“Keeping Cool Under Pressure: Quantum Monte Carlo to Simulations of Compressed Solid Hydrogen and Helium at T = 0 K” - David Jenkins – Inorganic Chemistry – jenkins@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Developing Small-Ringed Macrocyclic Tetracarbene Ligands for Catalytic Systems” - Mike Kilbey – Polymer Chemistry – mkilbey@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Polyelectrolyte Brushes: All Charged Up with Nowhere to Go” - John Larese – Physical Chemistry – jzl@utk.edu
“Preparing for a Career as a Energy Materials Scientist: Combining University and National Lab Environments” - Brian Long – Polymer Chemistry – long@utk.edu
“Advances in Olefin Polymerization Catalysis” - Sharani Roy – Computational Chemistry – sroy@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Chemical Processes at Surfaces: From Fundamentals to Applications - Konstantinos Vogiatzis – Physical Chemistry – kvogiatz@utk.edu
“Chemical Sensing with Microalgae Cells and Environmental Implications” - Ziling (Ben) Xue – Inorganic Chemistry – xue@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Chemistry of Transition Metal Complexes. Molecular Magnetism and Chemical Analysis” - Bin Zhao – Polymer Chemistry – zhao@ion.chem.utk.edu
“Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Hydrogels”