Departmental Seminar Series
Our chemistry and physics seminar series meets in Science 061 at 11:00 AM on Tuesdays. Students interested in attending graduate school are encouraged to meet with the academic seminar speakers on Tuesday afternoon.
Driving directions to the Department
Spring 2018 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Jan 23 | Renee Evans, Clabber Girl Corporation, "Chemistry in Flavors, Distilled Spirits, and Baking" (Company Webpage) |
| Jan 30 | Yann Chemla, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Probing Nature’s Nano-Machines with “Next Generation” Single-Molecule Techniques" (Homepage) |
| Feb 27 | Amanda Melberg, MPD Components, "Job Opportunities with a BS in Chemistry" (Company Webpage) |
| Mar 6 | Huimin Zhao, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Breaking the Silence: New Strategies for Discovering Novel Natural Products" (Homepage) |
| Apr 3 | Guoping Zhang, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana State University, "Laser-induced ultrafast demagnetization and beyond: Research opportunities for students at nanometer and femtosecond scales" (Homepage) |
| Apr 10 | Megan Thielges, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University-Bloomington, "Conformations and Dynamics of Protein Molecular Recognition" (Homepage) |
| Apr 17 | Graham Cooks, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, "The Mass Spectrometer: Organic Synthesis and Chemical Analysis" (Homepage) |
| Apr 24 | Richard Fitch, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana State University, "Phantasmidine and Epibatidine: Absolute Configuration and Nicotinic Receptor Pharmacology" (Homepage) |
Fall 2017 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 29 | David G. Cahill, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Ultrafast Heat Transfer in Nanoscale Materials" (Homepage) |
| Sept 5 | Emily Tsui, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Note Dame, "Controlling Electrons and Reduction Potentials in Inorganic Clusters and Semiconductor Nanocrystals" (Homepage) |
| Oct 3 | Lei Li, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), "Using Chemical Biology Means to Understand the Formation of DNA Photolesions, the Leading Cause of Skin Cancer" (Homepage) |
| Oct 10 | Chris Richards, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, "Organelle Specific Nanovesicles for Single Molecule Imaging" (Homepage) |
| Nov 7 | T.V. Rajanbabu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis Using Feedstocks" (Homepage) |
Spring 2017 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Feb 7 | Mariam El Naggar, Prosolia Inc., "Emerging Applications of Surface Probing Mass Spectrometric Imaging and Analysis" (Homepage) |
| Feb 28 | Alison R. Fout, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Ligand Influences on Base Metals for Multi-Electron Transformations" (Homepage) |
| Mar 7 | David R. Williams, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, "Studies toward the Synthesis of Polycyclic Alkaloids" (Homepage) |
| Mar 28 | Timothy S. Zwier, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, "Single-Conformer Spectroscopy and Dynamics from the Microwave to the Ultraviolet" (Homepage) |
| Apr 11 | Emil Khisamutdinov, Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, "Development of RNA Tetra-U Helix Linking Motif as a Toolkit for Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology" (Homepage) |
| Apr 18 | Zach Babyak, Department of Mathematics, Indiana State University, "All Optical Helicity Dependent Spin-Switching: A Young Physicist Back in the Big Easy" |
Fall 2016 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 30 | Julio M. D'Arcy, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, "Enhancing Cycling Stability of Conducting Polymer Electrochemical Capacitors in Aqueous Electrolytes" (Homepage) |
| Sept 13 | Jack Dumbacher, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy, California Academy of Sciences, "The Chemical Ecology of New Guinea's Poisonous Birds" (Homepage) Dr. Dumbacher will speak again at 4 PM in S-012 for the Dept. of Biology seminar series. |
| Sept 27 | Robert Peoples, Director of ACS Green Chemistry Institute, "Green Chemistry and the Big Picture of Sustainability" (Homepage) |
| Oct 25 | Uma Aryal, Director of Purdue University Proteomics Facility, "Quantitative Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications in Life Sciences" (Homepage) Dr. Aryal will speak again at 4 PM in S-214 for the Dept. of Biology seminar series. His visit is in conjunction with an NSF grant for the Department's new mass spectrometer. |
| Nov 1 | Andrew Beaven, ISU alumnus, current graduate student at the University of Kansas |
Contact Information
Eric Glendening, Chairperson
email: eric.glendening@indstate.edu
Department of Chemistry and Physics
600 Chestnut Street
Science Building, Room 035
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Chemistry
Office: Science 035
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-2232
Physics
Office: Science 165
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-4396
Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Driving Directions
Eric Glendening, Chairperson
email: eric.glendening@indstate.edu
Department of Chemistry and Physics
600 Chestnut Street
Science Building, Room 035
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Chemistry
Office: Science 035
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-2232
Physics
Office: Science 165
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-4396
Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Driving Directions
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