Departmental Seminars

During Fall 2021, lectures may be held entirely virtually (via Zoom) or in a hybrid fashion (with in-person meetings in King 4 and possible Zoom attendance). Zoom links will be sent out by Kim Ross. (The same link will be active each week.) All lectures will be held at 1:05 pm (was 1:30 pm) unless indicated otherwise.


September 16, 2021 (King 4)	Camilla Roberts Honor and Integrity System, Kansas State University Title: TBA Host: Dr. Paul Smith
September 23, 2021 (Zoom)	Cristián Sánchez CONICET and Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina Title: A decade looking into photo-induced charge transfer: What we know (and don't know) so far Host: Dr. Christine Aikens
September 30, 2021 (King 4)	Shin Moteki University of Missouri, Kansas City Title: Chirality-Driven Self-Assembly: Application toward constructing homogeneous and heterogeneous dual catalysts Host: Dr. Duy Hua
October 7, 2021 (Zoom)	Erik Reimhult Institute of Biologisch Inspirierte Materialien, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Title:Core-shell nanoparticles and magnetically triggered release fom lipid and block copolymer vesicles Host: Dr. Viktor Chikan
October 14, 2021 (King 4)	Vera Truttmann TU Wien, Austria Title: Dopant and ligand effects of Au nanoclusters: modification possibilities and influence on heterogenous catalysis Host: Dr. Christine Aikens
October 21, 2021 (King 4) Ken Klabunde Memorial Lecture	Younan Xia (POSTPONED to Spring 2022) Georgia Institute of Technology Title: TBA Host: Dr. Jun Li
October 28, 2021 (King 4)	Timothy Warren Michigan State University Title: Copper Catalyzed C-H Functionalization: Method Development via Enabling Intermediates Host: Dr. Peter Sues
November 4, 2021 (Zoom)	Jonathan Lovell SUNY University at Buffalo Title: Unique Drug and Antigen Delivery Enabled by Porphyrin-Phospholipid Liposomes Host: Dr. Viktor Chikan
November 11, 2021 (King 4)	Timothy Jackson University of Kansas Title: Understanding the Function of Manganese-Dependent Enzymes using Bio-inspired Complexes Host: Dr. Peter Sues
*November 17, 2021 2:00-3:00 p.m. 114-McVay Family Town Hall Room Special Seminar**	Dick Pederson VP of Chemistry, Provivi Inc. Title: Synthesis of Insect Pheromones for Use in Corn and Rice Crop Protection, Paradigm Shift in Pest Control Host: Dr. Socrates Muñoz
November 18, 2021 (King 4)	Michael Reppert Purdue University Title: Spectrum Follows Form Follows Function: Combining optical spectroscopy, site-directed mutagenesis, and open-system quantum theory to elucidate the photosynthetic structure/spectrum relationship Host: Dr. Christine Aikens
December 2, 2021 (Zoom)	Gerald O. Wilson (President and CEO) Autonomic Materials, Inc. Title: TBA Host: Pricilla Matseketsa/NOBCChE
December 9, 2021 (King 4)	Socrates Munoz Kansas State University Title: 2021 Noble Prize in Chemistry