Chemistry Seminars, News, and Events
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.
Therapeutics through synthesis: Approaches toward HIV/AIDS antivirals, Parkinson’s disease metabolites and anticancer agents
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| January 15, 11 am in Conference Room, Crawford Tower |
Prof. Stephen Higgins, Wright State University
Nanoscale Kinetics and Mapping of Reactions at Solid-Fluid Interfaces
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| January 17, 11 am in Hartley Room, Student Center |
Dr. Donald Robinson, University of Utah
Single-Nanoparticle Electrochemistry
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| January 31 |
Ms. Magdaléna Bryksová, Centre of Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Phytohormones - function, preparation and bioactivity
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Saturday, February 9
2 pm
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2019 Chemistry Conclave Keynote Speaker
Dr. Aaron Aponick, University of Florida
StackPhos: From structural curiosity to enantioselective catalysis
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February 28
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Mr. Pierpaolo Morgante, Florida Tech
Research Seminar: Data Science Meets Density Functional Theory: The importance of DataBases in modern Quantum Chemistry calculations
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March 14
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Dr. Peter Cohen, Director of Research at EK Labs
Scale up of Mechanochemical Conversion of Cellulosic Waste to Products
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| March 28 |
Prof. Tatsushi Imahori, Tokyo University of Science
Dynamic Molecular Space for Advanced Reaction Control
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| Tuesday, April 9 |
Mr. Charitha Guruge, Florida Tech
PhD Defense: Photocleavable Endogenous and Exogenous Molecules
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Tuesday, April 9, 2 pm in Room OEC 276
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Ms. Carlyn Reep, Florida Tech
PhD Original Proposal
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| April 11 |
Ms. Mozhgan Navidi, Florida Tech
PhD Defense: Synthesis of Photoactive Molecules and Silicon Containing Compounds
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April 15, 4 pm in Room TBD
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Mr. Brendan Swiger, Florida Tech
Senior Thesis Defense: Quantification of Extent of Silver Nanoparticle Conversions
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| April 16 |
Ms. Salomey Sasu, Florida Tech
PhD Defense: Analysis of n-Alkanes and n-Alkenes in Chukchi Sea Sediments
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| April 17, 8 am in Harris Engineering romm 217 |
Mr. Richard Adams, Florida Tech
MS Research Presentation
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| April 18 |
Mr. Rui Wang, Florida Tech
PhD Defense: TBA
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| April 23 in Room OEC 276 |
Mr. Hussam Alhamza, Florida Tech
PhD Research Proposal: Synthesis and Catalysis of Polyphenolate Stabilized Aluminum and Gallium Cationic Lewis Acid
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| October 17 |
Dr. Ralph N. Salvatore, Southeastern University
Therapeutics through synthesis: Approaches toward HIV/AIDS antivirals, Parkinson’s disease metabolites and anticancer agents
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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 thier 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.
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Graduate Student Cummulative Exams
Cummulative exams for Chemistry graduate studentsare conducted on the following dates during the 2018-2019 academic year. Email Dr. Norito Takenaka to select the exam's discipline (physical, organic, biochemistry, analytical, or inorganic).
| Fall 2018 | Spring 2019 |
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| September 4 |
January 22 |
| October 2 |
February 19 |
| November 6 |
March 19 |
| December 4 |
April 16 |
