Jan. 18

No Seminar

Jan. 25

TBA

Feb. 1

Phillip Westmoreland
Applying Molecular Perspectives for Chemical Insights into Energy Issues
Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts
westm@ecs.umass.edu

Feb. 8

Jerald Cole
California Energy Policy and the Role of the Hydrogen Economy
Chief Technology Officer
Hydrogen Ventures LLC
jcole@hydrogen.la

Feb. 15

Robert Hurt
The Materials Chemistry of Nanotoxicology
Professor of Engineering
Brown University
Robert_Hurt@brown.edu

Feb. 29

Daniel de Lill
Exploring influences on structural topology of lanthanide-containing metal-organic frameworks and their photophysical properties
The George Washington University
kjemi@gwu.edu

March 7

Mark Crocker
Catalysis for Biomass Conversion to Liquid Fuels
Associate Director
University of Kentycky Center for Applied Energy Research
crocker@caer.uky.edu

March 14

Jonathan Cox
SDN: Li-ion Battery Anode Material
The George Washington University
cox_j@gwu.edu

Nicholas Deifel
Structural Chemistry of the Uranyl (UO22+) Cation: Two Approaches to New Materials
The George Washington University
deifeln@gwu.edu

March 21

Spring Break, no seminar

March 28

Stuart Le Grice
Novel insights into HIV reverse transcriptase through chemical biology
Head, RT Biochemistry Section, HIV DRP,
and Head, Center of Excellence in HIV/AIDS & Cancer Virology, CCR
National Cancer Institute, NIH
slegrice@ncifcrf.gov

April 4

Bennett Walker
Matrix-Free Approach to Laser Desorption/Ionization
The George Washington University
bennettw@gwu.edu

Anice Mathew
Measurements of CO concentrations in a lifted nitrogen-diluted methane/air diffusion flame using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
The George Washington University
anice@gwu.edu

April 11

Carole Bewley
Using NMR and Natural Products in the Study of Infectious Diseases
Senior Investigator
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
caroleb@mail.nih.gov

April 21

Clemens Kaminski
Multidimensional Spectroscopy in Living Cells
University Reader, Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Cambridge
clemens_kaminski@cheng.cam.ac.uk

April 25

Angela Violi
Nanoparticle in the Environment: from Novel Fuel Chemistry to Particle Formation
Asst. Professor of Mechanical, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
avioli@umich.edu