Chemistry
Seminar Schedule - Spring 2024
Seminars are on Thursdays and Fridays at 3:00pm in Lab Science Commons Room 1211 unless otherwise indicated. Please email chemistry@tntech.edu for more information.
2/2/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Dr. Kirstin Morton | Eastman Chemical Company | Topic: Eastman: A Leading Sustainable Innovation Company |
2/23/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Dr. Eisen Gross | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | Topic: Bringing the SI to Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring: Pathlengths & Cold Methane |
3/1/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Dr. Garry Grubbs | Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) | Topic: A Brief, Historical Look at Microwave Spectroscopy and the New Approaches Being Pursued at Missouri S&T |
3/22/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Dr. Gayan Wijeratne | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Topic: Investigating Heme Superoxo and Peroxo Mediated Pathways of Heme Enzymes Using Functional Synthetic Mimics |
4/4/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Muinat Zubair | Tennessee Tech Master's Student | Literature Seminar: Inhibitor of c-Jun N-terminal Protein Kinase (JNK) 2/3 with selectivity over JNK1 |
4/4/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Nolan White | Tennessee Tech Master's Student | Literature Seminar: Probing Dipole-Bound States Using Photodetachment Spectroscopy and Resonant Photoelectron Imaging of Cryogenically Cooled Anions |
4/5/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Dr. Bikram Subedi | Murray State University | Topic: Breaking Barriers: Tackling Overdose Crisis & Environmental Challenges |
4/11/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Randi Kalahe Padikoralage | Tennessee Tech Master's Student | Literature Seminar: Competition between In-Plane vs Above-Plane Configurations of Water with Aromatic Molecules: Non-Covalent Interactions in 1,4-Naphthoquinone-(H2O)1−3 Complexes |
4/11/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Stephen Awuku | Tennessee Tech Master's Student | Literature Seminar: A New HPLC-DAD for the Concurrent Determination of Hydroquinone, Hydrocortisone Acetate and Tretinoin in Different Pharmaceuticals for the Treatment of Melasma |
4/12/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Dr. Benjamin Stein | Los Alamos National Lab | Topic: Characterization of Superoxide Radicals in Uranyl Peroxide |
4/15/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Bryanah Hack | Tennessee Tech Master's Student | Thesis Seminar: Utilizing UV-VIS to Detect and Quantify Radiation Present in Environmental Samples |
4/18/24 @11:00am LSC1211 | Thushitha Jayasekara | Tennessee Tech Master's Student | Literature Seminar: Equilibrium Struture in the Presence of Methyl Internal Rotation: Microwave Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry Study of the Two Conformers of 2-Acetylfuran |
4/18/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Emma Schrider | Tennessee Tech Master's Student | Thesis Seminar: Chemical Fingerprinting of Pepper Sprays Utilizing Gas Chromatography |
4/22/24 @3:00pm LSC 1211 | Andrew Nguyen | Tennessee Tech Undergraduate Student | Distinction in Chemistry Research Seminar: Synthesis of Supramolecular Macrocycle-Dye Conjugates via Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions |
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Contact Us
Call us at 931-372-3421, email at chemistry@tntech.edu or stop by the departmental office in Lab Science Commons, Rm 1104.