Conferences and Seminars

Attending seminars is a great way to expand your knowledge of chemistry and experience the preparation required to present research findings.

Throughout the semester, graduate students will defend their finished theses to complete the requirements for a master’s degree in chemistry.

You also have the opportunity to learn from faculty and guest speakers from other universities. Faculty, chemistry students and the entire MSU community are highly encouraged to attend these weekly seminars.

The chemistry department seminars will be held on (unless otherwise noted):

  • Wednesdays
  • 3:35 p.m.
  • Meyer Library, Room 101

Some seminars may be delivered via Zoom.

See below for a list of upcoming seminar topics and speakers.

Current seminar schedule

Fall 2023

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Aug. 23 Dr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu Missouri State University Introduction to CHM 700/701, syllabus, expectations, etc.
Aug. 30     No seminar
Sept. 6     No seminar
Sept. 13 Alexander Babel Missouri State University Comparative study on different fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis protocols towards reduced solvent consumption and improved efficiency
Sept. 20 Giselle Campos, Lydia Lang, Jessica Linson, Victoria Ogbeifun Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Tennessee, etc. Zoom Seminar: Discussion of Research Experiences for Undergraduate students (REUs) and Graduate School with MSU Alumni
Sept. 27 Preston Clubb Missouri State University

Metabolomics reveals changes to daughter plants when exposed to perfluorooctanesulfonic acid when previously exposed to nano-ceria

Oct. 4 Dr. Victor Nemykin Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville Creating new electron-deficient types of functional dyes that are potentially useful as electron acceptors in solar cells
Oct. 11 Week of fall break   No seminar
Oct. 18 Dr. Monday Okoronkwo Missouri Univ. of Sci. and Tech. TBA
Oct. 25 Dr. Jennifer Heemstra Washington Univ. at St. Louis TBA
Nov. 1 Melinda Sutton Gem Gravure What we do at Gem Gravure
Nov. 8 Dr. Bret Freudenthal Univ. of Kansas Medical Center TBA
Nov. 15 Joshua Garland and Tanner Rust Missouri State University

Metabolomics approach to barley (hordeum vulgare) exposed in successive generations to cerium oxide nanoparticles and perfluoroonctanesulfonic acid and computational pyrolysis of soybean oil-based triglycerides

Nov. 22 Thanksgiving holiday   No seminar
Nov. 29 Dr. Bin Dong University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Single molecule imaging of heterogeneous catalysis
Dec. 6 Jeffery Darko, Iqra Shakoor, and CHM 499 Presentation Missouri State University

Synthesis, characterization, and phase behavior in aqueous solution of copolymers containing poly (n-vinylcaprolactam) & TBA.

Past seminar schedule

Spring 2023

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Feb. 01 Dr. Santimukul Santra Pittsburg State University Investigating Chemistry through Nanotechnology in the Age of Cancer and Infectious Diseases
Feb. 08      
Feb. 15      
Feb. 22      
Mar. 01 Dr. Tiglet Besara Missouri State University Flux Synthesis: Breeding Ground for Discovery of Novel Intermetallics
Mar. 08 Collin Johnson & Dhruv Sitapara Missouri State University Collin Johnson: EFFECT OF MINOR GROOVE DRUG BINDERS ON DNA BACKBONE CONFORMATION IN T:T MISMATCHES
Dhruv Sitapara: CHARACTERIZATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE CANINE P53 PROTEIN
Mar. 15 Spring Break / No Seminar    
Mar. 22 Dr. Victor Outlaw Univ. Missouri-Columbia TBA
Mar. 29 ACS National Meeting    
Apr. 05 Dr. Brandon Tiegs Altasciences TBA
Apr. 12 Cody Turner Thermo Fisher Scientific TBA
Apr. 19 Dr. Barry Cheung Univ. Nebraska-Lincoln Catalytic Plasma Chemistry for Energy and Environmental Applications
Apr. 26 Dr. Rakhi Rajan Univ. Oklahoma Modulating protein conformational changes and divalent metal binding properties to create safer Cas-based genome tools
May 03 Olamide Ogundele & Zachary Flint Missouri State University Olamide Ogundele: DOES PRIOR EXPOSURE OF PLANTS TO PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID (PFOS) AFFECT THE NEXT GENERATION?
Zachary Flint: FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLYMER-COATED GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR KINETIC MODULATION OF AMYLOID FIBRIL FORMATION
May 10 Kristos Baffour & Matthew Anderson Missouri State University Kristos Baffour: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF CHEMICAL CHAPERONES IN REGULATING MISFOLDED PROTEINS IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Matthew Anderson: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING OF THERMOSTABLE FLUORESCENT PROTEINS TGP-E AND YTP-E AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF TGP-E

Fall 2022

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Aug. 31 Prof. Gautam Bhattacharyya Missouri State University
Cognitive Viability of the Mechanistic Approach to Teaching Introductory Organic Chemistry
Sept. 7 Dr. Gary Meints & Dr. Fei Wang Missouri State University Research recruitment event; Faculty presentations aimed at brief introduction to research in their respective labs.
Sept. 14      
Sept. 21      
Sept. 28 Dr. Scott Workman Missouri State Highway Patrol TBA
Oct. 5      
Oct. 12      
Oct. 19 Prof. Courtney Reichhart Washington University in St. Louis The Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix protein CdrA
Oct. 26 Mr. Zach Wilson City of Springfield The Industrious Path: A Perspective on Careers Outside of Academia
Nov. 2 Ms. Jessica Bruer Sensient Food Colors Sensient Colors & the Food Industry
Nov. 9 Adilchimeg Sukhbaatar Missouri State University The development of an anion-selective electrode based on Erbium (III) tetraphenylporphyrins
Nov. 16 Sarah Adeoye Missouri State University The future of alternative energy? Simulating methyl stearate pyrolysis
Nov. 30 Lauren Sayler Missouri State University The Computational Evaluation of (Fe/Co/Ni)-(Mo/W) Binary Intermetallic Compounds’ Efficiency in Hydrogenation Catalysis
Dec. 7 Elson Eguaosa Missouri State University Engineering Viable Fuels: Molecular Dynamics Investigations into Pyrolysis of Methyl Linoleate    

Spring 2022

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Feb. 02      
Feb. 09 Dr. Robert Comito University of Houston TBA
Feb. 16      
Feb. 23 Jessica Bruer Sensient Technologies TBA
Mar. 02 Dr. Andrew Skyes University of S. Dakota The Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Detection of Metal Cations using and Anthraquinone Scaffold
Mar. 09 Dr. Meredith Jackrel Washington Univ. at St. Louis TBA
Mar. 16 No Seminar Spring Break  
Mar. 23

No Seminar

   
Mar. 30

Dr. Jacinta Mutambuki

Oklahoma State University TBA
Apr. 06 Dr. Socrates Munoz Kansas State University Simplicity as the Driving Force for New Reaction Development: Exciting Research Opportunities at K-State
Apr. 13

No Seminar

Spring Holiday  
Apr. 20

Dr. Shin Moteki

University of MO-KC TBA
Apr. 27

Naum Kirwa &

Autumn Pilarski

Missouri State University TBA
May 04 Hannah Lundien Missouri State University TBA
May 11 CHM 499 Students Missouri State University TBA

Fall 2021

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Sept. 1 Dr. Fei Wang, Dr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu, Dr. Natasha DeVore, Dr. Tuhina Banerjee

Chemistry Department,

Missouri State University 

Our faculty presentations are aimed at informing all our students and guests about their research interests, goals, and results within the department.
Sept. 8 Professor Allen Apblett Oklahoma State University TBA
Sept. 15 Professor Vincenzo Venditti Iowa State University TBA
Sept. 22 Professor Amitava Choudhuri Missouri S&T, UM-Rolla TBA
Sept. 29      
Oct. 6      
Oct. 13      
Oct. 20 Professor Lei Yang University of Central Arkansas TBA
Oct. 27 Professor Paul Jellis Sant Louis University TBA
Nov. 3 Professor Vasil Lyubchenko University of Houston TBA
Nov. 10 Giselle Campos, Megan Westwood Chemistry Department, Missouri State University  TBA
Nov. 17 Professor Timothy Jackson University of Kansas

TBA

Nov. 24 No seminar  Thanksgiving Break  
Dec. 1 Student presentations Chemistry Department, MSU TBA

Spring 2021

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Feb. 03 Mr. Michael Workman Missouri State Highway Patrol Forensic Laboratories
Feb. 10 No speaker    
Feb. 17 Daryl Meyer Missouri State University CHM 700 Presentations
Feb. 24 Dr. Weiwei Xie Rutgers University Chemistry Perspectives to Novel Quantum Materials
Mar. 03 Dr. Aaron Rossini Iowa State University Sensitizing Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy for the Atomic Level Characterization of Surfaces 
Mar. 10 Dr. Mary E. Krause Bristol Myers Squibb High Concentration Formulation Development of Biologic Drug Products
Mar. 17 No Speaker Spring Break  
Mar. 24

Alexis Miller and

Justin Swisher

Missouri State University CHM 700 Presentations
Mar. 31

Mehwish Khokhar and

Brenda Wakesa

Missouri State University CHM 700 Presentations
Apr. 07 Dr. Haifan Wu Wichita State University  Harness the proximity enhanced reactivity to achieve accurate and multi-targeting protein cross-linking
Apr. 14

Manuel Meyer and

Tyler Odom

Missouri State University CHM 700 Presentations
Apr. 21

Giselle Campos and

Sarah McKenzie

Missouri State University CHM 499 Presentations
       

Fall 2020

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Sept. 2 Chideraa Nwachukwu University of Utah TBA
Sept. 9 Eric Reinheimer Rigaku, Inc.  TBA
Sept. 16 Abraham Adedamola University of Kansas TBA
Sept. 23 Kevin Brown Indiana University TBA
Sept. 30 Patrick Desrochers University of Central Arkansas TBA
Oct. 7 Daryl Myer MSU Graduate Student TBA
Oct. 14 Todd Doran University of Minnesota TBA
Oct. 28 Benjamin Wylie Texas Tech University TBA
Nov. 4 Nate Schultheiss Purdue University TBA
Nov. 11 Shalisa Osburn MSU and U of Iowa alumni with postdoc at Penn State.  TBA
Nov. 18 Polycarp Ofoegbu MSU Graduate Student TBA
Dec. 2 Brian Lanigan MSU Graduate Student TBA

Spring 2020

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Jan. 15 Dr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu Missouri State University Introduction to CHM 700/701, syllabus discussion, expectations, etc.
Jan. 29 Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk Missouri State University Studying oximes and beyond
Feb. 5 Luckio Owuocha Missouri State University Development of a Biocompatible Ink and a New Cost-Effective Method of DNA Detection by Using DNA-Conjugated Carbon Nanodots
Feb. 19 Dr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu Missouri State University Joint Scholarship Session with CHM398 & 498
Feb. 26 Courtney Workman Missouri State Highway Patrol Forensic DNA
Mar. 4 Adjoa Adams Missouri State University Detection of Heavy Metal Ions by Enzyme Inhibition on Paper-based Microanalytical Device
Mar. 11 Dr. Paul D. Adams University of Arkansas Biophysical, and Biochemical Approaches to Characterize the Molecular Basis of Abnormal Cell Signaling Function Involving Ras-Related Proteins
Mar. 25 Daryl Meyer Missouri State University Investigations into the crystal structure of Re-Ru-Si compounds
Apr. 1 Jessica Bruer;
Patricia McDaniel
Missouri State University Determining Particle Size of Polymeric Micelles in Thermothickening Aqueous Solutions; Cyanoximates of Pb (II)
Apr. 8 Cody Turner;
Tyler Odom
Missouri State University Structure and Biology of CYP4V2: A Protein Involved in Bietti’s Crystalline Dystrophy;
Sensing Vortex-Induced Mechanical Force in a Local Environment using PEG-b-PLA Block Copolymer Micelles as Nanoprobes
Apr. 15 Seth Adu Amankrah;
Segun Idowu
Missouri State University Synthesis and Characterization of Antimony Cyanoximates for Antimicrobial Studies; Expression, Purification and Characterization of CYPX1 using X-ray Crystallography, Binding Affinity and Metabolic Assays.
Apr. 22 Dr. Shin Moteki University of Missouri, Kansas City Novel Self-Assembled Designer Dual Catalytic Dendrimers: Application toward Orthogonal Tandem Catalysis
Apr. 29 Dr. Jian Wang Wichita State University TBA

Fall 2019

Date     Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Aug 28

Dr. Adam Wanekaya     & Dr. Wang

Missouri State University Introduction to CHM 700/701, syllabus discussion, expectations, etc.
Sep 4 Dr. Natasha Devore Missouri State University Cytochromes P450, thyroid peroxidase, and dihydrolipolyllysine-residue succinyltransferase: Research in protein structure and function
Sep 11 Michael Workman MSHP Forensic Laboratories
Sep 17  Angie Thompson North Kansas City Hospital What is Medical Laboratory Science? (Joint seminar with BMS)
Oct 2 Hillary Mitchell Warden UW Madison TBA
Oct 9     Fall Break Week / No Seminar
Oct 16 Dr. Lloyd Lumata UT Dallas

TBA

Oct 23 Dr. Ranier Glaser Missouri S & T

TBA

Oct 30

Dr. Piotr Mak

Saint Louis University

TBA

Nov 6 Dr. Eric Reinheimer Rigaku TBA
Nov 13 J. Campbell,   V. Decocq MSU  TBA
Nov 20 A. Roy,   K. Pinks MSU TBA
Nov 27

 

 

Thanksgiving Holiday / No Seminar 

Dec 4 Undergrad Presentations  

Spring 2019

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Jan. 23 Dr. Tammy Dwyer University of San Diego Studying "Alien" DNA: Structural and Functional Implications of Incorporating Modified and Non-Natural Bases and Base Pairs
Feb. 6 Michael Bakker MSU Computational Analysis of the Pyrolysis of Methyl Linoleate
Feb. 13 Dr. Scott Weinert Oklahoma State University Branched and Long-Chain Linear Oligogermanes: Synthetic Challenges, Synthetic Successes, and Exciting Physical Properties
Feb. 20 Samuel Njoku MSU Synthesis, Characterization and Evidence of Physical Gelling in PNVCL-PEG-PVA Triblock Copolymer
Feb. 27 Dr. Rainer Glaser Missouri University of Science & Technology TBA
March 6 Dr. Mikhail Berezin Washington University TBA
March 20 Oluwasegun Abolade MSU Effect of multigenerational exposure of cerium oxide nanoparticles on elemental and fatty acid components of wheat grains
March 27 Dr. Alexei Demchenko University of Missouri-STL

TBA

April 3

Jabez Campbell;

Alex McMullen

MSU

Jabez Campbell: ICP-MS and Nanoparticles: Time Resolved Mass Spectra.

Alex McMullen: Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Water Soluble Phosphonium Chitosan Derivatives.

April 10 Molly Duszynski MSU Optimization of Gd:InP/ZnS Quantum Dots for a Highly Specific MRI Active Alpha-synuclein Probe
April 17 Dr. Lane Baker Indiana University Single-Entry Electrochemical Measurements with Nanoscale Pipettes
April 24 Dr. Joshua Swamidass Washington University TBA
May 1

Adjoa Adams;

Luckio Owuocha

MSU

Adjoa Adams: Development of a Paper-Based Microanalytical Device for the Detection of Metal Ions

Luckio Owuocha: Visible carbon dots-based lateral flow biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of DNA

May 8 CHM 499 Student Presentations MSU TBA

Fall 2018

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Sep 12 Dr. Zhibo Yang OK State University Microscale Bioanalysis Using Mass Spectrometry: From Single Cells to Tissues
Sep 19 Dr. Jonathan Barnes Washington University, STL Exploring Radical Molecules, Materials, and Artificial Molecular Muscles
Sep 26 Dr. Tendai Gadzikwa Kansas State Enzyme-Inspired Multifunctionalized Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Materials
Oct 17 Dr. Gavin King University of Missouri "Poking" Membranes with Sharp Needles: Biophysical Insights via Precision Atomic Force Microscopy 
Oct 18 Dr. Heather Osswald

Scripps Research Ins.

San Diego, CA

MSU Alumnus

Structure-Based Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Highly Potent HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors
Nov 7 Dr. Santimukul Santra Pittsburg State Synthetic Biopolymers in Nanotechnology: A New Era of Targeted Drug Delivery and Cancer Therapy
Nov 28 A. Freese and B. Boyd MSU TBA
Dec 05 Undergrad Presentations MSU TBA

Spring 2018

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Feb 7 Jacob R. Blankenship Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Synthesis and Characterization of Sugar Conjugated Fluorescent Probes and Block Copolymers for Shear Force Responsive Materials
Feb 14 Melinda J. Sutton and Oluwasegun M. Abolade Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Incorporating Microscopy and the Measurement of Acid Dissociation Constants for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients to Assist in the Formulation and Characterization of Topical Creams;
Metabolite and Phytochemical Analysis of Plants Exposed to Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles
Feb 21 Prof. Matt McIntosh University of Arkansas The Role of Organic Synthesis in Drug Discovery
Feb 28 Prof. Ryan McCulla Saint Louis University Developing Photoactivatable Atomic Oxygen Precursors for Probing Biology
Mar 7 Prof. V. Prakash Reddy Missouri University of Science and Technology Organofluorine Chemistry: Superacids to Medicinal Chemistry
Mar 22** Prof. Yong Wang University of Arkansas TBA
Mar 28 Michael J. Bakker and Molly E. Duszynski Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Elucidating the Thermal Cracking of the Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Methyl Linoleate; Synthesis and Characterization of Gd:InP/ZnS Quantum Dots for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Apr 4 Leanna J. Patton  and Samuel O. Njoku Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Novel Colorimetric Ligand for the Detection Of Silver(I) and Palladium(II); Evidence of Physical Gelling (In PNVCL-PEG-PVA) Using Raman Spectroscopic Studies
Apr 11 Quinton K. Wyatt and Sherry M. Meadows Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan Derivatives for High Performance Gene Delivery; First-Principle Investigation into the Crystal Structures of 14-Electron Compounds with Potential Thermoelectric Applications
Apr 18 Samual P. Kasson Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Intermolecular Autocatalytic Isopeptide Bond Formation
Apr 25 Prof. Myron Jones Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Synthesis and Characterization of Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes
May 2 Prof. Elfi Kraka Southern Methodist University Performing Chemical Experiments on the Computer
May 9 Undergraduate (CHM499) Presentations Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA

**Joint seminar between PAMS, CHM, BIO, BMS to be held Thursday, March 22nd, 4 - 5 PM, Temple 002.

Fall 2017

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Aug 23 Dr. Mary E. Krause Bristol-Myers Squibb Converting CO2 to Commodity Chemicals Using Transition Metal Catalysis
Sep 6 Dr. Gary Meints Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Multiple Spectroscopic Techniques to Determine Fundamental Properties of Damaged DNA
Sep 13 Dr. Fei Wang Chemistry Dept, Missouri State Solid State Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds: Synergism between Experiment and Theory
Sep 20 Dr. Risheng Wang Missouri University of Science and Technology DNA Engineering: From Structure to Application
Sep 27 Dr. Cyren Rico Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Oct 4 Jamie Gray Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Oct 18 Dr. David Vinyard Louisiana State University TBA
Oct 25 Quintin Wyatt & Jacob Blankenship Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Nov 1 Dr. Laleh Tahsini Oklahoma State University TBA
Nov 8 Samuel Kasson Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Nov 15 Dr. Timothy Glass University of Missouri, Columbia MO Peering into Neurons with Fluorescent Sensors for Neurotransmitters
Nov 29 Andrew Eckelmann Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Dec 7 Undergraduate (CHM499) Presentations Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA

Spring 2017

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Feb 1 Snow Popis Chemistry Dept, Missouri State The Silver Cyanoximate Bullet
Feb 8 Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Feb 15 Dr. Xiaoyan (Sharon) Cao - TBA
Feb 22 Dr. Cyren Rico - TBA
Feb 24 Dr. Sarah H. Elsea Baylor College TBA
Mar 1 Dr. Andre Clayborne University of Missouri - Kansas City Electrochemistry at the Nanoparticle Interface: Insights from Computational Chemistry
Mar 8 Lukas Kriem Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Mar 22 Chideraa Nwachukwu Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Mar 29 Adebola Adelani Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Apr 5 Dr. Craig McLauchlan Illinois State University Versatile Vanadium: From Materials to Biology
Apr 19 Zachary Wilson Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Apr 26 William Ehrhardt and Michael Green Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
May 3 Leanna Patton and Arwa Alshehri Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
May 10 Undergraduate (CHM499) Presentations Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA

Fall 2016

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Sept 7 Dr. Wesley Bernskoetter University of Missouri, Columbia MO Converting CO2 to Commodity Chemicals Using Transition Metal Catalysis
Sept 14 Dr. Mahua Biswas Physics Dept, Missouri State TBA
Sept 21 Dr. Julio D’Arcy Washington University, St Louis MO Enhancing Cycling Stability of Conducting Polymer Electrochemical Capacitors in Aqueous Electrolytes
Oct 5 Andrew Eckelmann Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Oct 12 Dr. Nick Dalton Sigma Aldrich TBA
Oct 19 Jeremy Hines Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Oct 26 Dr. Monica Kinde Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences Unlocking Anesthesia: Characterizing Large Membrane Proteins with 19F NMR
Nov 2 Adam Kirkpatrick Chemistry Dept, Missouri State  TBA
Nov 9 Dr. Mark Anorld University of Iowa Spectroscopic Methods for Nondestructive Analytical Measurements
Nov 16 Miles Pearson Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Nov 30 Snow Popis Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA
Dec 7 Undergraduate (CHM499) Presentations Chemistry Dept, Missouri State TBA

Spring 2016

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Jan 20 Dr. Keiichi Yoshimatsu Missouri State Developing chemical and biomolecular tools for analytical, separation, and biomedical applications
Jan 27 Dr. Maria Stepanova Missouri State University Biomolecular modeling and characterization of molecular dynamics
Feb 3 Dr. Fei Wang Missouri State University High temperature syntheses of intermetallic solid state compounds
Feb 10 Dr. Jeff White Oklahoma State University Soft matter presents hard problems: New insights from advanced magnetic resonance
Feb 17 Adedamola Opalade; Christopher Bekas Missouri State University Synthesis, characterization and Investigations of Several Transition Metals Cyanoximate; An Examination of Tetraphenylporphyrin-based Lanthanide Series Membranes
Feb 24 Matthew Ellis; Nicholas Mundt Missouri State University TBA
Mar 2 Dr. Gabriel Cook Oklahoma State University TBA
Mar 9 Spring Break    
Mar 16 Michelle Herridge; Jeremy Hines Missouri State University TBA
Mar 23 Adam Kirkpatrick; Karolina Kosinska Missouri State University TBA
Mar 30 Sam Kean Guest Author, Science Writer Note: Seminar at 5:00pm in the Plaster Student Union Theater
Apr 6 Lukas Kriem; Adebola Adelani Missouri State University TBA
Apr 13 Chideraa Nwachukwu; Miles Pearson Missouri State University TBA
Apr 20 Zachary Wilson; Sarah Roughton Missouri State University TBA
Apr 27 TBA Missouri State University TBA
May 4 Undergraduate (CHM 499) talks Missouri State University TBA

Fall 2015

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Sept 23 Guest Speaker Sigma-Aldrich TBA
Sept 30 Chris Bekas Missouri State Ion Selective Electrodes and Carbon Nanotubes
Oct 7 Matt Ellis Missouri State Synthesis of InP/ZnS QDs for use in Cellular Applications
Oct 14 Dr. David Osborne Tolmar, Inc. Pharmaceutical Actives Suspended in Topical Products: Assuring Product Quality by Characterizing Hydrates, Polymorphs and Ripening
Oct 21 Karolina Kosinska Missouri State Rheological Determination of Gel-Points for a Thermoresponsive, Thermoreversible Tri-Block Co-Polymer
Oct 28 Nick Mundt Missouri State Water solubilizaton and functionalization of InP/ZnS quantum dots
Nov 4 Sarah Roughton Missouri State Enhanced Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Ru(bpy)32+/TPrA (bpy = 2,2’-bipyridine; TPrA = tri-n-propylamine) using Melatonin
Nov 11 Dr. Nicole Becker Univ. of Iowa Supporting students' reasoning with mathematical models in the introductory chemistry course
Nov 25 Holiday    

Spring 2015

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Jan 14 Dr. Adam Wanekaya Missouri State Introduction
Jan 21 None None None
Jan 28 Dr. Jingyu Chen University of Arkansas Site selective seeded growth of bimetallic nanostructures
Feb 04 Roni Balzam Missouri State Increasing API solubility using soluplus in topical creams
Feb 11 Dr. Erin Iskin University of Tulsa Visualizing nanoscale surface chemistry: from ultra-high vacuum to electrochemical environments
Feb 18 None Missouri State-Snow Day None
Feb 25 Dr. Emily McLaurin Kansas State Doped nanocrystals for ratiometric optical sensing
Mar 04 Alicia Kane Missouri State Modern ion selective electrodes
Mar 11 None None Spring Break
Mar 18 Dr. Ned Bowden University of Iowa New organic polymers based on bonds between sulfur and nitrogen for applications in medicine and conducting polymers
Mar 25 None None ACS National Meeting - Denver, CO
Apr 01 Adedamola Opalade Missouri State Application of the DSC/TG method for investigation of organic, organometallic and coordination compounds
Apr 08 Yun Peng Missouri State 2-methyl-3-ketopentanoyl CoA: a promising substrate testing isoleucine metabolism enzymes
Apr 15 Dr. Chen Xiabo University of Missouri - Kansas City Black TiO2 nanomaterials & beyond
Apr 22 Michelle Herridge Missouri State Investigations of problem topics in general chemistry education
Apr 29 Dr. Alexander Sinitskii University of Nebraska - Lincoln Atomically precise graphene nanoribbons
May 6

Undergrad Research (CHM 499) Seminar Day:

Beau Brummell, Adam Kirkpatrick, Hillary Mitchell

Missouri State TBA

Fall 2014

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Aug 20 Drs. Kathryn Fichter and Bryan Breyfogle Missouri State Introduction
Aug 27 Jonathan Hoskins Missouri State Developments of anion selective polymeric membrane electrodes based on lanthanide metalloporphyrins
Sep 03 Dr. Jenya Kozliak University of North Dakota Applied Chemistry by Academic Chemists: Mechanism of Triacylglyceride Oil Pyrolysis
Sep 10 Amanda J. Haes University of Iowa Improving Disease Diagnostics with Nanomaterials
Sep 17 Alicia Kane Missouri State TBA
Sep 24 Chris Reynolds Missouri State TBA
Oct 01 Roni Balzam Missouri State TBA
Oct 15 Yun Peng Missouri State TBA
Oct 22 Danielle Klaus Missouri State TBA
Oct 29 Steve Slahck Waters Corporation LC/MS
Nov 05 Dr. Brent Znosko St. Louis University TBA
Nov 12 Dr. Aliasger K. Salem University of Iowa TBA
Nov 19 Dr. Misha Barybin Missouri State TBA
Dec 03 Undergrad Research (CHM 499) Seminar Day Missouri State TBA

Spring 2014

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Jan 22 Dr. Kathryn Fichter Missouri State Introduction
Jan 29 Wesley Dowler Missouri State Synthesis, Characterization, and Application Studies of PEGylated-poly(aryl-amide-sulfide) Dendrimer
Feb 05 Shalisa Oburn Missouri State Evaluation of Inter- and Intramolecular Halogen Bonding in Crystal Engineering
Feb 12 Dr. S. Brookhart Shields Luther College Ubiquitin: The Terminator of Proteins
Feb 19 Michelle Butts Missouri State Development of Quantum Dot Bioconjugates for Single Molecule Imaging
Feb 26 Dr. Colin Heyes University of Arkansas TBA
Mar 05 Lisa Kirchner Missouri State Synthesis of 5- and 2-(3,5-diiodo-2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)ethynylpyrimidine for the evaluation of halogen bonding and crystal engineering
Mar 05 John Hoskins Missouri State Investigations of Holmium (III) and Ytterbium (III) tetralphenylporphyrin-based ion selective electrodes
Mar 19 Dr. Jun Li Kansas State University Interfacing Materials Sciences and Biochemistry at Electrified Nanoelectrodes
Mar 26 Jennifer Schott Missouri State Anion Selective Polymeric Membrane Electrodes based on Lanthanide Metalloporhyrins
Mar 26 Helena De la Hoz De la Hoz Missouri State Socioscientific issues: a proposal for the development of socioscientific inquiry about climate change in a non-science majors chemistry course
Apr 02 Dr. Aliasgar K. Salem University of Iowa The use of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical applications
Apr 09 Jason Davis Missouri State Optimization of Quantum Dot Bioconjugates for Cellular Imaging of Directed Gene Therapy
Apr 09 Geoffrey Manani Missouri State Accelerated Aging of Carbon Nanotubes: Resultant Physicochemical Characteristics and Effects on Organisms
Apr 16 Chunling Cao Missouri State Effect of phosphate neutralization on DNA structure by methylphosphonate
Apr 16 Bernice Agana Missouri State Investigating endocytic trafficking of serotonin receptors using quantum dot probes with varying concentrations of agonist
Apr 23 Alicia Kane Missouri State Modern Ion Selective Electrodes
Apr 23 Aaron Simpson Missouri State Conducting Polymers and Their use in Nanocomposites
Apr 30 Michael Nothnagel Missouri State Investigation of the mechanism for Lawesson's reagent mediated dimerization of fluorenones to byfluorenylidines via quantum chemical methods
Apr 30 Aaron Proctor Missouri State Dynamic analysis of DNA containing etheno adenine using deuterium solid state nuclear magnetic resonance
May 7 Undergrad Research (CHM 499) Seminar Day Missouri State TBA

Fall 2013

Date Speaker Institution Title of Seminar
Sep 04 Dr. Kartik Ghosh Missouri State Oxide Nanostructres for Spintronic, Optoelectronic, and Biomedical Applications
Sep 11 Jason Davis Missouri State Optimization of Quantum Dot Bioconjugates for Cellular Imaging of Directed Gene Therapy
Sep 18 Michael Hilton Missouri State Synthesis and characterization of 1D platinum cyanoximes and nitroso-naphthols coordination complexes with conducting properties
Sep 25 Brett Huntly Missouri State Synthesis and Characterization of Electrochromic Tungsten Oxide
Oct 02 Lisa Kirchner Missouri State Synthesis of 5- and 2- (3,5-diiodo-2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)ethynylpyrimidine for the Study of Halogen Bonds and Crystal Engineering
Oct 23 Michael Nothnagel Missouri State Density functional theory investigation of the mechanism for Lawesson’s reagent mediated dimerization of fluorenones to bifluorenylidenes
Oct 30 Shalisa Oburn Missouri State Synthesis of Molecular Dimers for the Evaluation of Halogen Bonding in Crystal Engineering
Nov 06 Aaron Proctor Missouri State Dynamics Analysis of DNA Containing Etheno Adenine using Deuterium Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nov 13 Dr. Scott Shaw University of Iowa TBA
Nov 20 Jennifer Schott Missouri State Selectivity analysis of lanthanide based metalloporphyrin anion selective electrodes
Nov 20 Tyler Hoang Missouri State Formulations of Conductive Inks on ITO- and CNT- coated PET Films
Dec 04 Bernice Agana Missouri State Investigating Trafficking of Serotonin receptors using ligand-bound quantum dot probes
Dec 04 Aaron Simpson Missouri State Sustained Release from a Substrate Coated with a Polymer/Drug Nanocomposite

 

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