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3/20/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: Medical diagnostics account for less than 5% of total medical spending in the United States, but the resulting tests influence more than 70% of the treatment decisions and subsequent care. Further, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has underscored the need for rapid, affordable, and user-friendly diagnostic tests. While traditional laboratory diagnostics such as PCR […]
3/22/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: The size and shape homogeneity of modern colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals or ‘Quantum Dots’ (QDs) result in their characteristically narrow photoluminescence linewidths. This narrow and tunable luminescence is driving the cutting edge in display technologies and can increase the luminous efficacy of commercially viable solid state lighting devices by > 25%. These properties […]
3/25/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: Liquid phase aerobic oxidations in chemistry and biology feature a variety of different mechanisms for O2 activation and use as an oxidant. Radical-chain mechanisms involve the formation organic radicals that react directly with O2. Monooxygenase enzymes feature reductive activation of O2 to generate a reactive two-electron oxidant, such as a metal-oxo species, […]
3/26/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: Large-scale deployment of first-principles electronic structure calculations in combination with the ever-increasing power and availability of massively parallel supercomputers have launched in past couple of decades an entirely new paradigm in modern materials science. Intuition and serendipity that were the hallmarks of materials discovery are now complemented by theory-guided searches, which have […]
4/1/24 at 9:00am in Longs Peak Room, Lory Student Center
Interdisciplinary Science Communication Workshop This two-day workshop aims to improve science communication along a variety of dimensions by putting working scientists, historians of science, and philosophers of science in direct and continual interdisciplinary collaborations concerning the methods of science, the philosophical assumptions embedded in scientific practice, and how to communicate those methods and assumptions to […]
4/2/24 at 9:00am in Longs Peak Room, Lory Student Center
Interdisciplinary Science Communication Workshop This two-day workshop aims to improve science communication along a variety of dimensions by putting working scientists, historians of science, and philosophers of science in direct and continual interdisciplinary collaborations concerning the methods of science, the philosophical assumptions embedded in scientific practice, and how to communicate those methods and assumptions to […]
4/17/24 at in
On Wednesday, April 17, the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University plans to host an Alumni Speaker Panel and Networking event. The event gives our current grad students the opportunity to connect with recent and established alumni. They will gain insight into the current job market as well as building a career and establishing […]
5/1/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
Most Recent Past Seminars
3/6/24 at 4:00 pm in Chemistry, A101
Abstract: Environmental systems, such as the hydrosphere and atmosphere, are a complex balance of chemical and physical processes that impact nearly every facet of life. In the atmosphere, aerosol particles – tiny particles of liquid and/or solid floating in the air — have a strong influence on air quality, climate, and human health. For example, […]
3/5/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: Research in the Roberts group involves looking at unsolved problems in organic synthesis through the perspective of organometallic/inorganic chemistry. One main area of interest for the group is the synthesis of heterocycles through aryne intermediates. Despite their useful reactivity, a number of challenges still remain in the use of arynes including problems […]
3/1/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
2/29/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: The complexity of protein folding and unfolding in the cell is staggering, and is affected by many factors. A major factor is the role of RNA as both a chaperone and aggregation-inducer. In this seminar, I will discuss our investigations into which RNAs are important, what they are doing with regards to […]
2/27/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: Metastable semiconductors have been discovered in many chemical systems that have desirable properties for driving fuel-producing redox reactions from sunlight, including broad visible-light absorption, optimal band edge energies, defect tolerance, and functional carrier mobilities. These photoelectrochemical properties have frequently been found to be associated with their metastable nature, e.g., from specific features […]
2/26/24 at 4:00pm in Chemistry A101
About the Seminar: The use of mechanical force to selectively activate covalent bond transformations presents unique opportunities for the design of stimuli-responsive polymers for applications ranging from sensing to drug delivery. By incorporating stress-sensitive molecules called mechanophores into polymer chains, force is transduced selectively to weak bonds in the mechanophore to elicit a productive chemical […]