Chemistry Seminars, News, And Events
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!
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March 24
5.00 PM
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Shoan Neal - In Person
Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Chouinard Lab)
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March 31
5.00 PM
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Dr. Gabe Nagy - Virtual
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah
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April 14
5.00 PM
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Diana Velosa - In Person
Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Chouinard Lab)
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April 19
5.00 PM
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Anneli Nina - In Person
Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Knight Lab)
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April 21
5.00 PM
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Dr. Mei Shen - Virtual
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Title: "Elucidating Neurotransmission at the Nanoscale"
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April 26
5.00 PM
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Matthew Pensenstadler - In Person
Marcus Sanders - In Person
Florida Tech - Undregraduate Research (Brown Lab)
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Fall 2021 Seminar Series
We are back to in-person seminar!!
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November 9
5.00 PM
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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 "
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November 18
5.00 PM
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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
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December 09
5.00 PM
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Dr. Irina Chuvashova
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Florida International University
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Summer 2021 Virtual Seminar Series
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July 9
11.00 AM
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Aurora Burkus-Matesevac
Florda Tech - Research Proposal (Chouinard Group)
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July 14
2.00 PM
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Carlyn Reep
Florda Tech - Dissertation Defense (TakenakaGroup)
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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!
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February 11
5.00 PM
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Dr. Michael Adrian
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: "Electrochemical sensors coupled to microdialysis for monitoring metabolism in injured brain tissue"
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February 16
5.00 PM
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Shyiu Sun
Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Takenaka Group)
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February 18
5.00 PM
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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"
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March 2
5.00 PM
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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
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March 4
5.00 PM
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Dr. Michael Roper
Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Florida State University
Seminar Title: "Examining the Dynamics of Glucose Regulation"
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March 11
5.00 PM
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Dr. Konstantin V. Bukhryakov
Assistant Professor
Florida International University
Seminar Title: "Alkylidene Complexes: Synthesis and Application"
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March 25
5.00 PM
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Dr. Karin Chumbimuni-Torres
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Central Florida
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April 1
5.00 PM
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Changgong Xu
Florida Tech - Research Proposal (Takenaka Group)
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April 6
5.00 PM
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Franklin Thornburgh
Florida Tech - Masters Defense (Chouinard Group)
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April 8
3.00 PM
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Adnan Elgattar
Florda Tech - Dissertation Defense (Liao Group)
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April 8
5.00 PM
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Stine Olson
Florida Tech - Senior Thesis (Chouinard Group)
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April 15
5.00 PM
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Pierpaolo Morgante
Florda Tech - Dissertation Defense (Peverati Group)
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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!
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August 20
5.00 PM
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Dr. Nasri Nesnas
Professor, Chemistry Program, FIT
PhD Program and Guidlines
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August 27
5.00 PM
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Dr. Adrian Roitberg
Professor
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida
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September 10
5.00 PM
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Dr. Jessica Beekman
Research Chemist
US Food and Drug Administration
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September 17
5.00 PM
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Dr. Sara Walker
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University
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October 1
5. 00 PM
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Dr. Stephanie Cologna
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois-Chicago
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October 15
5. 00 PM
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Dr. Brandon Ruotolo
Professor
University of Michigan
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October 22
5. 00 PM
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Dr. Frieder Jaekle
Professor
Rutgers University
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October 29
11. 00 AM
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Dr. Mario Thevis
Professor
German Sport University Cologn
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November 5
5. 00 PM
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Dr. Jason Benedict
Associate Professor
University of Buffalo
FIT/UCF ACS Student Chapter Joint Seminar Series
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November 6
5. 00 PM
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Mohamed Fathy Hassan
FIT
Dissertation Seminar
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November 12
5. 00 PM
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Dr. Thersa Evans-Nguyen
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
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December 03
5. 00 PM
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Dr. Jennifer Stockdill
Associate Professor
Wayne State University
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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!
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May 14
5.00 PM
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Dr. Ian Webb
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
IUPUI
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May 28
5.00 PM
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Dr. Steve Blanksby
Professor
School of Chemistry and Physics
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
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June 4
3.00 PM
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Dr. Parastoo Hashemi
Senior Lecturer
Department of Bioengineering
Imperial College London
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June 18
5.00 PM
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Dr. Matteo Cavaleri
Senior Professional Editor
Wiley
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June 25
5:00 PM
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Dr. Titel Jurca
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
UCF
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July 2
5:00 PM
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Dr. Richard Smith
Director of Proteome Research
Pacific Northwest National Lab, Biological Sciences Directorate
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July 9
5:00 PM
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Dr. Edward Duranty
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of South Alabama
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July 16
5:00 PM
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Dr. Elon Ison
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
North Carolina State University
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July 23
5:00 PM
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Dr. Austin Jones
Georgia Tech
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July 30
5:00 PM
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Dr. Thomas Linz
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Wayne State University
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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.
| Date | Speaker and Topic |
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| 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
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| January 24 |
Lenny Bernas, L3Harris Technologies
Research at L3Harris
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| 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
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| April 9 |
Dami Ajadi, Florida Tech
Ph.D. Seminar: Analysis of Fatty Acids in Chukchi Sea Sediments
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| 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
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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
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2015 Panther Chemist Newsletter
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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).
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| Sept 10 |
Jan 21
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Feb 18
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Mar 24
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| Dec 3 |
Apr 14
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