Past Events

2026

• Final Defense of Daniel Del Angel Cruz (Gordon Group)

  Jun 8, 2026 - 12:30 PM

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  Location

  Gilman 1652

  Hybrid link: https://iastate.zoom.us/j/94310407516?pwd=djWMJ6WAEgJ6T9apuqOEKnVS4SFVWd.1

  Title of thesis: Expansions, Contractions, and Bonding Interactions. An Accelerated Quest for Insight and Numbers.

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• Final Defense of Micke Reynders (Holme Group)

  Jun 4, 2026 - 11:30 AM

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  Location

  Gilman 1652

  Hybrid link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/210925574419645?p=0TSY4WreaWVuAiSI2K

  Title of Thesis: Impact of rich context interactive resources for teaching and learning complexity via
  systems thinking in chemistry

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• Final Defense of Joseph Bequette (Rossini Group)

  May 29, 2026 - 9:00 AM

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  Location

  Hach 1222

  “Application of NMR to Pharmaceuticals (3 Stories from the Rossini NMR Group)”

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  Sean Avedissian (Interdisciplinary)

  May 22, 2026 - 1:10 PM

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  Location

  1352 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University

  Title:"Antiviral PK/PD Studies in the CNS: Bench to Bed"

  Sean N. Avedissian, Associate Professor

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• Final Defense of Bhawana Thapa (Anderson Group)

  May 12, 2026 - 1:00 PM

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  Location

  Gilman 1652

  Analytical strategies for sample preparation and zwitterionic liquid-based materials for chromatographic separations

  Hybrid Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/28682262302130?p=hH3sR2UhpWWxGJc4Ls

  
   

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• Final Defense of Morgan Clark (Holme Group)

  May 12, 2026 - 9:00 AM

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  Location

  Hach 1227

  Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Learning Technologies to Promote Conceptual Understanding Among Undergraduate General Chemistry Students
   

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• Final Defense of Xiao Yang (Huang Group)

  May 11, 2026 - 12:00 PM

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  Location

  Gilman 1651

  Fe–N_x Single-Atom Catalysts on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon for Selective Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions

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• Final Defense of Shahnaz Mutka (Roth and Lee Groups)

  May 7, 2026 - 12:00 PM

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  Location

  Hach 0203

  Conventional Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and Novel Microwave Inductively Coupled Atmospheric Pressure Plasma as Ionization Sources for Trace Elemental Analysis.

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• Final Defense of Amaya Jayaweera (Winter Group)

  May 5, 2026 - 10:00 AM

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  Location

  Hach 3140

  Design, Synthesis, and Control of Persistent Dicyanomethyl Radicals: Stability, Self-Sorting, and Spin-Switching Polymers

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• Final Defense of Erin Jacobsen (Zhang Group)

  May 4, 2026 - 10:00 AM

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  Location

  Hach 1222

  Atom-pair swapping: A gateway to isotopic labeling of pyridines

  Hybrid Link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=m5d6b247dedae091e397210819cc7d074 

  Meeting number: 2309 698 2216

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  Christopher Anderton (Analytical Seminar)

  May 1, 2026 - 3:20 PM

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  Location

  1352 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University

  Title: "Advancements in molecular cartography of plants and microbiomes"

  Christopher Anderton

  Interim Chief Science Officer, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

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  Michele Di Pierro (Physical Seminar)

  May 1, 2026 - 1:10 PM

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  Location

  1352 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University

  Title:  Physical Chemistry of Genes and Genomes

  Michele Di Pierro, Assistant Professor of Physics

  Northeastern University, Boston

  Host: Davit Potoyan

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• Undergraduate Awards Ceremony

  Apr 28, 2026 - 4:30 PM

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  Location

  Thiel Atrium, Hach Hall, Iowa State University

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  So Hirata (Physical Seminar)

  Apr 24, 2026 - 3:20 PM

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  Location

  1352 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University

  Title: "Electrons at finite temperature"

  So Hirata, Marvin T. Schmidt Professor
  Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  Vig Sundaresan (Analytical Seminar)

  Apr 24, 2026 - 1:10 PM

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  Location

  1352 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University

  Title: "Single-Entity Imaging of Electrochemical Processes"

  Vig Sundaresan, Assistant Professor

  University of Mississippi, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry

   

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  Hang Ren (Analytical Seminar)

  Apr 17, 2026 - 3:20 PM

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  Location

  1352 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University

  Title: "Heterogeneity in Electrochemical Interfaces: From Spatial Mapping to Temporal Control"

  Hang Ren, Assistant Professor

  University of Texas at Austin, Dept of Chemistry

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  Jon Njardarson (Organic Seminar)

  Apr 17, 2026 - 1:10 PM

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  Location

  1352 Gilman Hall, Iowa State University

  Title: "Anionic Cascade Adventures: From Strained Rings to Atropisomers with Fun Discoveries Along the Way"

  Jon T. Njardarson, University Distinguished Professor

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  Chemistry Showcase

  Apr 17, 2026 - 9:00 AM

  to Apr 17, 2026 - 1:00 PM

  Location

  Hach Hall Atrium

  Chemistry Showcase

  An event designed for students who have a strong interest in chemistry and a curiosity for scientific discovery. They will have the opportunity to:

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• Graduate Awards Ceremony 2026

  Apr 15, 2026 - 4:00 PM

  to Apr 15, 2026 - 5:00 PM

  Location

  1352 Gilman

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• Final Defense of Sharifur Rahman (Smith Group)

  Apr 13, 2026 - 8:30 AM

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  "Coupling of diffusion and signaling of receptor for advanced glycation endproducts and toll-like receptor 4 upon high mobility group box-1 stimulation in the cell membrane"

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