Fall 2026 Chemistry Seminar Series
August 26, 2026
Host: Cedric Schaack
Speaker: Victor Garcia Lopez
Title: Reprogramming Lipid Membranes with Photoswitchable Mechanically Interlocked Molecules
Affiliation: LSU
September 2, 2026
Host: Katherine Albanese
Speaker: Huong Kratochvil
Title: Precision engineering hydrogen-bonding networks in proton conductive channels
Affiliation: UNC Chapel Hill
September 9, 2026
Host: Cedric Schaack
Speaker: Hasan Arslan
Title: Hosts with a Purpose: Harnessing the Power of Cationic Macrocycles
Affiliation: Bucknell
September 16, 2026
Host: Lindsay Comstock
Speaker: Hannah Zlotnick
Title: Design of injectable and renal-clearable sensor of joint health
Affiliation: WFU School Of Medicine
September 23, 2026
Host: Mallory Green
Speaker: Ryan Fortenberry
Title: PAHsing to Compute Infrared Spectra (in Space)
Affiliation: Ole Miss
September 24, 2026
Host: Cedric Schaack
Speaker: Antonio Faschetti
Title: TBD
Affiliation: Northwestern
September 30, 2026
Host: Christa Colyer
Event: Aulmni Career Event
October 7, 2026
Host: Wendu Ding
Speaker: Pengfei (Frank) Huo
Title: TBD
Affiliation: University of Rochester
October 14, 2026
Host: John Lukesh
Speaker: 3MTs
Title: TBD
October 15, 2026
Host: Wendu Ding
Speaker: Steven Lopez
Title: TBD
Affiliation: Northeastern
October 21, 2026
Host: Cedric Schaack
Speaker: Michael Walter
Title: TBD
Affiliation: UNC Charlotte
October 28, 2026
Host: Katherine Albanese
Speaker: Jon Chekan
Title: TBD
Affiliation: UNC Greensboro
November 4, 2026
Host: Rebecca Alexander
Speaker: Steven Long
Title: TBD
Affiliation: Memorial Sloan Kettering
November 11, 2026
Host: GSSC
Speaker: Jim Ranville
Title: TBD
Affiliation: Colorado School of Mines
November 18, 2026
Host: Rebecca Alexander
Speaker: Benjamin Weekley (’18)
Title: TBD
Affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine
November 19, 2026
Host: Akbar Salam
Speaker: Troy Van Voorhis
Title: TBD
Affiliation: MIT
December 2, 2026
Host: John Lukesh
Speaker: 3MTs
Title: TBD
December 9, 2026
Host: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
[1] Each week’s seminar will be preceded by a reception with light refreshments in the break area outside of Salem Hall 012 – all are encouraged to attend.