Departmental Seminars

All lectures are in King 4 at 1:30 pm unless indicated otherwise.

January 23, 2014 Darius Abramavicius
Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Title: Molecular Aggregates: Electronic, Vibrational and Vibronic Excitations, Their Dynamics and Spectroscopy
Host: Dr. Jankowiak
January 30, 2014 John Tomich
Kansas State University, Biochemistry
Title: Lipid-Like Peptide Nano-Capsules
Host: Dr. Culbertson
February 6, 2014 Steven Tait
Indiana University
Title: Supramolecular Self-Assembly at Surfaces
Host: Dr. Aakeroy
February 27, 2014 Ping Li
Kansas State University
Title: Progress Report on the Biochemical Study of Proteins with Environmental, Energy, and Human Health Importance.
Host: Dr. Maatta
March 6, 2014 Bill Buhro
Washington University
Title: Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Belts, Platelets, and Magic-Size Nanoclusters.
Host: Dr. McLaurin
March 13, 2014 Yong Zeng
University of Kansas
Title: Bioanalytical Microfluidics: from "omics" to clinical diagnostics.
Host: Dr. Jun Li
April 3, 2014 Joel Harris
University of Utah
Title: Spectroscopy under the Microscope: Chemical Analysis in Femtoliter Volumes
Host: Dr. Higgins
April 10, 2014 Mark Ediger
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Control of Stability and Molecular Orientation in Organic Glasses (Or How to Make a Million-Year-Old Glass in 10 Minutes).
Host: Dr. Higgins
April 17, 2014 Greg Engel
University of Chicago
PLU Seminar
Title: Quantum Mechanics and Biology: Elucidating Design Principles of Photosynthetic Energy Transfer.
Host: PLU
April 24, 2014 George Bodner
Purdue University
NSF GK-12 Seminar
Title: I'm Finally Beginning to Understand Why I Didn't Understand...
Host: Dr. Maatta
May 8, 2014 Placidus Amama
Kansas State University - Chemical Engineering
Title: Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes via Rational Catalyst Design.
Host: Dr. Ito