Events Archive
Seminar
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 10:45am
"Engineering Metal Ion Photocages to Investigate Zinc Signaling and Homeostasis"
Metal ions are essential to numerous processes that sustain life. Among these important roles, metal ions carry the signals that enable learning, memory, and...
Seminar
Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 10:45am
"Outer Membrane Vesicles as a Vehicle for Transdermal Drug Delivery"
Melanoma is an aggressive type of skin cancer with high rates of relapse, rapid progression, and metastasis. Current cancer therapies for melanoma are limited due to high...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 10:45am
"Quantitative Imaging of Biofilms and Nanomaterial-based Antimicrobials"
Research in our group combines quantitative biofilm study with nanotechnology-based approaches to mitigate biofilm-related problems. In the first part of my talk, I will...
Seminar
Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 10:45am
"Structural insights into the Mycobacterium tuberculosis White B-like (Wbl) Family of Transcription Factor "
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the pathogen that causes pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The treatment for TB is complicated because it...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 10:45am
"Controlling Catalysis with Light"
Light is an ideal external stimulus for chemical reactions, easy to deliver with the flip of a switch and pinpoint accuracy. When coupled with photoredox catalysis, it has enabled numerous synthetic...
Seminar
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - 10:45am
"N-substituted Open-shell Materials: Synthesis, Optoelectronic Properties and Device Characterization"
Open-shell compounds that possess unpaired spin demonstrate unique optoelectronic properties that are not accessible to their closed-shell...
Seminar
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 10:45am
"Chemical physics informed design of chromophores for shortwave infrared imaging and quantum measurement"
The near and shortwave infrared spectral window provides fantastic contrast in complex environments, through skin, tissue, fog and foliage...
Seminar
Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 10:45am
"Strategies to Control Singlet Fission"
Energy is greatly needed in the development of our society. Although fossil fuels are abundant on earth, they cause environmental problems and are unrenewable. Solar energy, renewable energy from the sun,...
Seminar
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 10:45am
"Chemical Determinants of the Phase Behavior and Viscoelasticity of Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates"
Complex coacervates are a class of polymeric materials formed by associative phase separation of charged polymers in aqueous solution....
Seminar
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 10:45am
"The Consequences of Photosensitized Lipid Oxidation on Lipid Bilayer Formation and Structure"
Lipid membranes comprise the boundary of cells and organelles, providing structure, support, and protection. Model membrane systems can be formed...