Seminars

2025-2026 POWELL CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES SCHEDULE

 

 

 

Date Presenter, Seminar Title Host / Mentor
08/29/25 Intro to CHEM 322/421/422 and the Speech Center Johnson
09/05/25 Career Services: Careers in Chemistry Brandy Ewell
09/12/25 Using Zotero for Citations Heather Ervin
09/19/25 AXE Research Seminar AXE
09/26/25 No seminar
10/03/25 Senior Presentation: Jason Liang

“A Computational Study of Cyclopropyl Ring Opening Mechanisms Leading to 1,6-heptadiyne Cationic Isomers”

Senior Presentation: Caitlyn Hughes

“Electron Rich Anilines as Cleavable Linkers”

Parish

Shugrue

10/10/25 No Seminar
10/17/25 Faculty Candidate Presentations Tuesday and/or Thursday at Noon
10/24/25 Faculty Candidate Presentations Tuesday and/or Thursday at Noon
10/31/25 Faculty Candidate Presentations Tuesday and/or Thursday at Noon
11/07/25 Faculty Candidate Presentations Tuesday and/or Thursday at Noon
11/14/25 Faculty Candidate Presentations Tuesday and/or Thursday at Noon
11/21/25 Senior Presentation: Allie Mock

“Net carbonyl ene reactions of alpha-methylstyrene with aldehydes”

Senior Presentation: Pete Christensen

“An Investigation of the Influence of Methylation upon the Enzymatic Activity of the RNA Helicase Ded1”

Downey

Hilliker

11/28/25 Thanksgiving (No Seminar)
12/05/25 Senior Presentation: Mandy Moore

“Selective oxidation of tryptophan residues using sodium periodate”

Senior Presentation: Noah Nanez

“The Role of Silicon in Transition Metal Chemistry”

Shugrue

Goldman

12/12/25 through 01/09/26 Final Exams and Winter Break
01/16/26 Prof. Kerry-Ann Green (Williams College) Johnson
01/23/26 External Speaker
01/30/26 Responsible Conduct of Research

Pollock/Parish

02/06/26 Prof. Brian Fugelstad (VCU) Pollock
02/13/26 Senior Presentation: Jack Hoskins-Harris

“Catalytic capabilities of proazaphosphatranes”

Senior Presentation: Jamie Kaplan

Title TBD

Johnson

Leopold

02/20/26 Senior Presentation: Charles Biaku

Title TBD

Senior Presentation: Avery Jones

Title TBD

Parish

Leopold

02/27/26 Senior Presentation: Isaac Hernandez

“Tautomeric Trigger of the Bergman Cyclization for Anti-Cancer Drugs”

Senior Presentation: David Huang

“Ruthenium Catalytic Reaction of reducing CO2: from Carbon Dioxide to methanol”

Parish

Norris

03/06/26  No Seminar
03/13/26 Spring Break (No Seminar)
03/20/26 Student Presentations (TBD)
03/27/26 Powell Lecture: Prof. Susan Solomon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Parish
04/03/26 Senior Presentation: Elise Dunkelberger

“Bridging Textbook Claims and Primary Literature: A Case Study on Alkene Hydration”

Senior Presentation: Charlie Sheppard

Title TBD

Nolin

Leopold

04/10/26 Student Presentations (TBD)
04/17/26 Arts & Sciences Symposium
04/24/26 End of Year Celebration