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Spring 2023 Seminar Series

Date and TimeSpeaker

February 09

5.00 PM

Hemant Pal

Florida Tech - Dissertation Seminar (Knight Group)

February 23

5.00 PM

Moustafa Hamaad

Florida Tech - Dissertation Seminar 

March 29

3.00 PM

Nishal Egodawaththa

Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Nesnas Group)

April 06

5.00 PM

Shon Neal

Florida Tech - Dissertation Seminar (Chouinard Group)

April 13

5.00 PM

Diana Velosa

Florida Tech - Dissertation Seminar (Chouinard Group)

April 27

10.00 AM

Deneyelle E. Wilson

Florida Tech- Research Proposal  

Fall 2022 Seminar Series

Date and TimeSpeaker

October 27

5.00 PM

Dr. Kamran T. Mahmudov
Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, 
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
 Title: "The Chalcogen Bond"

December 01

1.00 PM

Sahar Srajeh

Florida Tech - Dissertation Seminar (Knight Lab)

December 01

5.00 PM

Noel Manring

Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Pathirathna Lab)

Life From the Ground to the Starts - International Mini Symposium in the Biomedical Sciences

Thursday, Oct. 20 | 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Gordon L. Nelson Health Sciences Building, Room 141

Zoom URL: https://floridatech.edu/symposium

TimeSpeaker

3.30 PM

Gregory Macleod, Ph.D.

Florida Atlantic University 

Title: "How Do Neurons Control Mitochondrial Form, Function and Distribution to Support Neural Function?"

4.20 PM

Andrew Palmer, Ph.D.

Florida Tech

Title: "Project RedHouse –Tales from a Martian Greenhouse"

4.40 PM 

Manasvi Lingam, Ph.D.

Florida Tech

Title: "Constraints on Habitable Worlds in the Solar System Magdaléna"

5.10 PM  

Magdaléna Bryksová, Ph.D.

University of Palacký in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Title: "Modern Cytokinin Derivatives – Synthesis, Bioactivity and Applications"

5.30 PM   

Lucie Plíhalová, Ph.D.

University of Palacký in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Title: "New Biotechnological Tools Related to Cytokinin Bioavailability"

Spring 2022 Seminar Series

Our Spring virtual seminar series meets in-person (Crawford Room 112) and virtual via Zoom on Tuesdays/Thursdays for the dates and times listed below. The meeting ID for virtual seminars will be announced before each session. We welcome all faculty, students, and staff to participate in this great event!

Date and TimeSpeaker

March 24

5.00 PM

Shoan Neal  - In Person

Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Chouinard Lab)

 

March 31

5.00 PM

Dr. Gabe Nagy - Virtual

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of Utah

April 14

5.00 PM

Diana Velosa - In Person

Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Chouinard Lab)

April 19

5.00 PM

Anneli Nina - In Person

Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Knight Lab)

 

April 21

5.00 PM

Dr. Mei Shen - Virtual

Assistant Professor 

Department of Chemistry

University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Title: "Elucidating Neurotransmission at the Nanoscale"

April 26

5.00 PM

Matthew Pensenstadler - In Person

Marcus Sanders - In Person

Florida Tech - Undregraduate Research (Brown Lab)

Fall 2021 Seminar Series

We are back to in-person seminar!!

Date and TimeSpeaker

November 9

5.00 PM

Hussam Alhamza

Florida Tech - Dissertation Defense (Wehmschulte Group)

Title: "Synthesis, Isolation and Structural Elucidation of Cage-Shaped Aluminum and Gallium Phosphorous Aryloxide Complexes as Highly Reactive Lewis Acid and Carboxyboranes as Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecules "

November 18

5.00 PM

Dr. Denisia Popolan-Vaida

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

Title: Ozone Assisted-oxidation Reactions and Their Importance in Atmospheric and Combustion Chemistry

December 09

5.00 PM

Dr. Irina Chuvashova

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Florida International University

Summer 2021 Virtual Seminar Series

Date and TimeSpeaker

July 9

11.00 AM

Aurora Burkus-Matesevac

Florda Tech - Research Proposal (Chouinard Group)

July 14

2.00 PM

Carlyn Reep

Florda Tech - Dissertation Defense (TakenakaGroup)

Spring 2021 Virtual Seminar Series

As we continue our virtual learning,  we continue our seminar series online too! 

Our Spring virtual seminar meets via Zoom on Tuesdays/Thursdays for the dates and times listed below. The meeting ID will be announced before each session. We welcome all faculty, students, and staff to participate in this great event!

Date and TimeSpeaker

February 11

5.00 PM

Dr. Michael Adrian

Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of Pittsburgh 

Seminar Title: "Electrochemical sensors coupled to microdialysis for monitoring metabolism in injured brain tissue"

February 16

5.00 PM

Shyiu Sun 

Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Takenaka Group)

February 18

5.00 PM

Dr. Aaron Apawu

 Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Northern Florida

Seminar Title: "Implicating Monoamines in the Neurochemical Basis for Noise-Induced Hearing Loss"

March 2

5.00 PM

Dr. Kenneth Gonsalves

Professor

Seminar Title: " Photoresists for EUVL (13.5 nm) Wavelength Nanopattering from N7 Down to N3 Nodes & Beyond: Materials Chemistry Design Principles for Hitech IC Fab"

Indian Institute of Technology

March 4

5.00 PM

Dr. Michael Roper

Professor

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Florida State University

Seminar Title: "Examining the Dynamics of Glucose Regulation" 

March 11

5.00 PM

Dr. Konstantin V. Bukhryakov

Assistant Professor

Florida International University 

Seminar Title: "Alkylidene Complexes: Synthesis and Application" 

March 25

5.00 PM

Dr. Karin Chumbimuni-Torres

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry 

University of Central Florida

April 1

5.00 PM

Changgong Xu

Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Takenaka Group)

April 6

5.00 PM

Franklin Thornburgh

 Florida Tech - Masters Defense (Chouinard Group)

April 8

3.00 PM

Adnan Elgattar 

Florda Tech - Dissertation Defense (Liao Group)

April 8

5.00 PM

Stine Olson

Florida Tech - Senior Thesis (Chouinard Group)

April 15

5.00 PM

Pierpaolo Morgante

Florda Tech - Dissertation Defense (Peverati Group)

Fall 2020 Virtual Seminar Series

As learning moves online, so our research seminars!

The chemistry program's virtual seminar meets via Zoom on Thursdays for the dates and times listed below. The meeting ID will be announced before each session. All faculty, students, and staff are highly encouraged to participate in this great event!

Date and TimeSpeaker

August 20

5.00 PM

Dr. Nasri Nesnas

Professor, Chemistry Program, FIT

PhD Program and Guidelines

August 27

5.00 PM

Dr. Adrian Roitberg 

Professor

Department of Chemistry, University of Florida 

September 10

5.00 PM

Dr. Jessica Beekman

Research Chemist

US Food and Drug Administration

September 17

5.00 PM

Dr. Sara Walker

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University 

October 1

5. 00 PM

Dr. Stephanie Cologna

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois-Chicago 

October 15

5. 00 PM

Dr. Brandon Ruotolo

Professor

University of Michigan 

October 22

5. 00 PM

Dr. Frieder Jaekle

Professor

Rutgers University 

October 29

11. 00 AM

Dr. Mario Thevis

Professor

German Sport University Cologn

November 5

5. 00 PM

Dr. Jason Benedict

Associate Professor

University of Buffalo

FIT/UCF ACS Student Chapter Joint Seminar Series 

November 6

5. 00 PM

Mohamed Fathy Hassan

FIT

Dissertation Seminar  

November 12

5. 00 PM

Dr. Thersa Evans-Nguyen

Assistant Professor

University of South Florida 

December 03

5. 00 PM

Dr. Jennifer Stockdill

Associate Professor

Wayne State University 

Summer Virtual Seminar Series

The Chemistry program is hosting a virtual seminar series on Thursdays for the dates and times listed below on Zoom. The meeting ID will be announced prior to each session. This seminar series will bring top researchers across the globe, and we believe this is an excellent opportunity to maintain the continued sharing of research and academic ideas during this unprecedented situation. All faculty, students, and staff are highly encouraged to participate! 

Date and TimeSpeaker

May 14

5.00 PM

Dr. Ian Webb

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

IUPUI

May 28 

5.00 PM

Dr. Steve Blanksby

Professor

School of Chemistry and Physics

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

June 4

3.00 PM

Dr. Parastoo Hashemi

Senior Lecturer

Department of Bioengineering

Imperial College London

June 18   

5.00 PM

Dr. Matteo Cavaleri

Senior Professional Editor

Wiley

June 25

5:00 PM

Dr. Titel Jurca

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

UCF

July 2

5:00 PM

Dr. Richard Smith

Director of Proteome Research

Pacific Northwest National Lab, Biological Sciences Directorate

 

July 9

5:00 PM

Dr. Edward Duranty 

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of South Alabama

July 16

5:00 PM

Dr. Elon Ison

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

North Carolina State University 

July 23

5:00 PM

Dr. Austin Jones

Georgia  Tech

July 30

5:00 PM

Dr. Thomas Linz

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

Wayne State University

Research Seminars

Seminars are held on Thursdays for dates listed below at 5 pm in the Olin LIfe Sciences Building, Room 130 unless otherwise listed. Faculty, students, and the general public are welcome and all chemistry students are strongly encouraged to attend. We hope to see you there.

Seminar dates will be updated throughout the semester.

DateSpeaker and Topic
January 23

Dr. Kevin E. O'Shea, Florida International University

The Cyclodextrin-Perfluorinated Surfactant Host-Guest Complex: Fundamental Studies for Potential Environmental Remediation and Therapeutic Applications

January 24

Lenny Bernas, L3Harris Technologies

Research at L3Harris

January 30

Kyle Collins, Florida Tech

Senior Thesis: Synthesis of 2,18-dithia[3](1,8)-carbazolo[3](3,5)pyridinophane to Investigate H-Bonding

April 9

Dami Ajadi, Florida Tech

Ph.D. Seminar: Analysis of Fatty Acids in Chukchi Sea Sediments

April 16

Kristie Baker, Florida Tech

Senior Thesis: Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry and Ozone-Induced Cleavage of Endocyclic C=C Bonds to Separate Isomeric Prostaglandins

2019 Chemistry Conclave

Florida Institute of Technology's ACS Student Chapter recently hosted the Florida American Chemical Society 2019 Symposium for Synthetic Chemistry. This symposium is part of the Annual Florida Chemistry Conclave series. The Symposium featured keynote speaker Dr. Aaron Aponick from the University of Florida (pictured left). His seminar, StackPhos: From structural curiosity to enantioselective catalysis, followed the synthetic chemistry theme of the symposium. Students gave oral presentations of their research as well.

The event included hands-on demonstrations of outreach events performed by ACS student chapters at Florida Tech and other schools (pictured right) followed by a lab safety, seminar by Florida Tech's Dr. Joel Olson. If your ACS student chapter is interested in presenting an outreach demonstration, please email Ryan Bryant (rbryant2017@my.fit.edu) to reserve a lab bench or a fume hood. Students will also have the opportunity to present their current research. If you would like to present your research, please email our Chapter President, Audrey Preston (apreston2016@my.fit.edu). Visit the Chemistry Conclave website and their pages on Instagram and Facebook for more information about the event.

 

Chemistry Alumni and Friends

Read about the latest activities and accomplishments of our faculty, students, and alumni/ae in the  2017 Panther Chemist Newsletter.

Previous editions:

2015 Panther Chemist Newsletter

2013 Panther Chemist Newsletter

2009 Panther Chemist Newsletter

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Graduate Student Cumulative Exams

Cumulative exams for Chemistry graduate students are conducted on the following dates during the academic year. Email Dr. Norito Takenaka to select the exam's discipline (physical,  organic, biochemistry, analytical, or inorganic).

Fall 2019Spring 2020
Sept 10

Jan 21

Oct 1

Feb 18

Nov 5

Mar 24

Dec 3

Apr 14

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