Departmental Seminar Series
Our chemistry and physics seminar series meets in Science 059 at 11:00 AM on Tuesdays. Students interested in attending graduate school are encouraged to meet with the academic seminar speakers on Tuesday afternoon.
Driving directions to the Department
Fall 2017 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 29 | David G. Cahill, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Ultrafast Heat Transfer in Nanoscale Materials" (Homepage) |
| Sept 5 | Emily Tsui, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Note Dame, "Controlling Electrons and Reduction Potentials in Inorganic Clusters and Semiconductor Nanocrystals" (Homepage) |
| Oct 3 | Lei Li, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), "Using Chemical Biology Means to Understand the Formation of DNA Photolesions, the Leading Cause of Skin Cancer" (Homepage) |
| Oct 10 | Chris Richards, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky (Homepage) |
| Nov 7 | T.V. Rajanbabu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University (Homepage) |
Spring 2017 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Feb 7 | Mariam El Naggar, Prosolia Inc., "Emerging Applications of Surface Probing Mass Spectrometric Imaging and Analysis" (Homepage) |
| Feb 28 | Alison R. Fout, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Ligand Influences on Base Metals for Multi-Electron Transformations" (Homepage) |
| Mar 7 | David R. Williams, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, "Studies toward the Synthesis of Polycyclic Alkaloids" (Homepage) |
| Mar 28 | Timothy S. Zwier, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, "Single-Conformer Spectroscopy and Dynamics from the Microwave to the Ultraviolet" (Homepage) |
| Apr 11 | Emil Khisamutdinov, Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, "Development of RNA Tetra-U Helix Linking Motif as a Toolkit for Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology" (Homepage) |
| Apr 18 | Zach Babyak, Department of Mathematics, Indiana State University, "All Optical Helicity Dependent Spin-Switching: A Young Physicist Back in the Big Easy" |
Fall 2016 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 30 | Julio M. D'Arcy, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, "Enhancing Cycling Stability of Conducting Polymer Electrochemical Capacitors in Aqueous Electrolytes" (Homepage) |
| Sept 13 | Jack Dumbacher, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy, California Academy of Sciences, "The Chemical Ecology of New Guinea's Poisonous Birds" (Homepage) Dr. Dumbacher will speak again at 4 PM in S-012 for the Dept. of Biology seminar series. |
| Sept 27 | Robert Peoples, Director of ACS Green Chemistry Institute, "Green Chemistry and the Big Picture of Sustainability" (Homepage) |
| Oct 25 | Uma Aryal, Director of Purdue University Proteomics Facility, "Quantitative Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications in Life Sciences" (Homepage) Dr. Aryal will speak again at 4 PM in S-214 for the Dept. of Biology seminar series. His visit is in conjunction with an NSF grant for the Department's new mass spectrometer. |
| Nov 1 | Andrew Beaven, ISU alumnus, current graduate student at the University of Kansas |
Spring 2016 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker |
| Jan 19 | Lisa Jones, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, IUPUI, "An In Cell Protein Footprinting Method Coupled with Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Protein Structure" (Homepage) |
| Jan 26 | Julio D'Arcy, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, "Nanostructured Plastics for Electrochemical Energy Storage" (Homepage) |
| Feb 16 | Marcy Towns, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, "Faculty and Student Goals for Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories" (Homepage) |
| Feb 23 | Robert Noll, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana State University, "Characterization and Evaluation of a Portable Gas Chromatograph for Environmental Monitoring of Pollutants" (Homepage) |
| Mar 8 | Marcos Sotomayor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, "Molecular Mechanics and Biochemistry of Hearing" (Homepage) |
| Mar 29 | Phil Richerme, Department of Physics, Indiana University (Homepage) |
| Apr 5 | Thomas Snaddon, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, "Chemical Synthesis Methods via Cooperative Catalysis" (Homepage) |
| Apr 12 | Renat Letfullin, Department of Physics and Optical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Homepage) and Thomas George, Chancellor, University of Missouri-St. Louis (Homepage) "Nanomedicine: A Future Medicine" |
Contact Information
Eric Glendening, Chairperson
email: eric.glendening@indstate.edu
Department of Chemistry and Physics
600 Chestnut Street
Science Building, Room 035
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Chemistry
Office: Science 035
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-2232
Physics
Office: Science 165
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-4396
Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Driving Directions
Eric Glendening, Chairperson
email: eric.glendening@indstate.edu
Department of Chemistry and Physics
600 Chestnut Street
Science Building, Room 035
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Chemistry
Office: Science 035
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-2232
Physics
Office: Science 165
Phone: 812-237-2239
Fax: 812-237-4396
Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Driving Directions
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