Loyola University Chicago

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

2021 Chemistry Seminars

January 28, 2021
Michael Zwick
Scripps Research Institute, San Diego
Title: "HIV vaccine design using membrane Env liposomes"

February 25, 2021
Jean-Didier Marechal
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Title: "Molecular Modeling of the Interactions of Metallic Species with Proteins: Updates, Challenges and Opportunities"

March 18, 2021
Sujitra Pookpanratana
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Title: "Measuring and Imaging the Electronic Properties of Carbon-based Electronic Materials"

March 25, 2021
Aimin Liu
University of Texas San Antonio
Title: "Charge Resonance for Enzyme-Mediated C-C Bond Formation"

April 15, 2021
Resa Kelly
San Jose State University
Title: "Epistemic Games for Activating Atomic Level Ideas about Precipitation Reactions"

April 22, 2021
Martin Zanni
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: "Cats but not Rats? Hominids not Hamsters? Insights into the Molecular Mechanism of Type 2 Diabetes Using 2D IR Spectroscopy"

April 29, 2021
Nick Silvaggi
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Title: "Class Distinctions: How Can Identical Active Sites Support Distinct Mechanisms?

September 2, 2021
Sophi Todtz
Loyola University Chicago
Title: FeCl3-Mediated Formal Paterno-Buchi Reaction: An exercise in Trusting your Skepticism"

September 9, 2021
MaryKay Orgill
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Title: "Identifying the essential characteristics of systems thinking and how they can support chemistry teaching and learning"

September 16, 2021
Ashleigh Baber
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Title: "Modifying Surfaces to Optimize Hetergeneously-Catalyzed Reactions"

September 23, 2021
Marina Kuimova
Imperial College London
Title: "Mapping microscopic viscosity and temperature and temperature using molecular rotors"

September 30, 2021
Charles L. Brooks III
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Title: "Energy landscapes of fuzzy protein complexes in transcriptional regulation"

October 7, 2021
Madelyn Smith
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Understanding the role of Troponin C protein scaffold for calcium-binding"

October 14, 2021
Doran Bennett
Southern Methodist University
Title: "Mesoccale excited-state dynamics in molecular materials"

October 21, 2021
Fernanda Duarte
University of Oxford at United Kingdom
Title: "Exploring reactions mechanisms through automation and machine learning"

October 28, 2021
Kimberly Choquette
Drew University
Title: "Protocol Development for the synthesis and Application of Sml2"

November 4, 2021
Dariush Forouzesh
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Kinetics and Inhibition of Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase"

November 11, 2021
Shrayesh Patel
University of Chicago
Title: "Doping of Semiconductiong Polymers to Enable Functionally Graded Materials for Organic Thermoelectrics"

November 18, 2021
Maggie Loubser
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Title: "How does an Analytical Chemist and Material Scientist land in a Heritage Conservation programme?"

December 2, 2021
Madison Smith
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Exploring the catalytic mechanism and conformational activation of E. coli GTP cyclohydrolase ll."

December 9, 2021
Robert Hausinger
Michigan State University
Title: "Biosynthesis and Function of the Nickel-Pincer Nucleotide Co-factor"