Events Archive
Seminar
Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 10:45am
"Measuring the Glass Transition Temperature at the Nanoscale using Atomic Force Microscopy"
Polymers and other amorphous solid systems can be classified and defined by several features: a notable one being their glass transition temperature....
Seminar
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 10:45am
"Moving protons in competing excited state pathways"
The controlled movement of charges is essential to chemical redox processes, including the harnessing of solar energy. The conversion of solar to chemical energy is key for environmental...
Seminar
Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 10:45am
"Pulsed Force Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy: A New Paradigm for Surface Potential Measurements"
In recent years, a global push towards carbon neutrality has driven the research and development of novel optoelectronic materials such as inorganic-...
Seminar
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 10:45am
"Quantitative Chemical Imaging of Structure and Function In Living Biological Systems – From Single Cells To Animals"
Cell heterogeneity plays a critical role in many pathophysiological processes such as cancer development and neurodegeneration...
Seminar
Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 10:45am
"Scalable and selective electroreduction protocols in organic syntheses and chemical recycling"
Electrochemistry has the advantage of setting up a precise redox potential for an organic synthesis which allows avoiding complex organic substrates...
Seminar
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - 10:45am
"Designing Earth-Abundant Sensitizers for Solar Fuels Photochemistry"
Solar photocatalysis offers a mechanism to harness the sun’s energy and store it in chemical bonds, creating new fuels. While there are many known fuel-forming catalysts based...
Seminar
Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 10:45am
"Promoting the Activity of Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases with Transmembrane-Binding Peptides"
Cell signaling by receptor protein tyrosine kinases (RTKs) is tightly controlled by the counterbalancing actions of receptor protein tyrosine...
Seminar
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 10:45am
"Imaging molecular force with DNA sensors"
Adhesion molecules on cell surfaces help cells attach to their environment and transduce mechanically-coupled biochemical signal. To understand the mechanical forces involved at the molecular scale,...
Seminar
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 10:45am
"Chiral Compounds as NMR Shift Reagents and Catalysts for Curriculum Reform"
Examples of work in my laboratory using cyclodextrins, crown ethers, and resorcinarenes as enantioselective NMR shift reagents will be described. Of special...
Seminar
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 10:45am
"Graduate Student Career Services Seminar"
The Career Center provides graduate students with extensive resources and tools, customized programming, and career coaching to advance in their respective careers. Ali Erk will share key strategies and...