Weekly seminars and the annual Denkewalter Lecture (which brings the winner of either the American Chemical Society's Pure Chemistry or Eli Lilly awards to campus) provide an opportunity to learn about up to date advances from respected scientists from industry and academia.

Seminars Begin at 11:30 a.m., FH 133 on Thursday's

January 25th 
Graham Moran
Loyola University
Title: Elucidating Chemical Sequences in Complex Dehydrogenases

February 1st
Progna Banerjee
Argonne National Laboratory
Title: Experimental design and discovery of safe, sustainable solid battery electrolyte inorganic nanostructured materials

February 15th
Andrew Riley
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: From Seeds to Leads: Transforming Plant Alkaloids into Treatments for Pain and Addiction

February 22nd
Danna Freedman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Molecular Color Centers

February 29th
Leonard R. MacGillivray            
Université de Sherbooke
Title: Molecular Crystals as Chemical Laboratories: Green Chemistry to Sustainable Materials

March 21st
Nicholas R Silvaggi
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Title: From Structure to Function: Uncovering a Biosynthetic Pathway In S. griseofuscus

March 28th
Joerg Zimmermann            
Loyola University 
Title: Shedding Light on Proteins –Using Optical Spectroscopy to Study Protein Structure, Dynamics, and Function

April 18, 2024
Fengtian XU
University of Maryland
Title: Impact of hCAR and Nrf2 dual activation on CPA bioactivation and DOX detoxification

April 25, 2024
Gengnan Li
Argonne National Labs
Title: Role of water in heterogeneous catalysis

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