Under each presentation:
you will find any selected resources as listed on https://blog.richmond.edu/chemseminar/ with links to the resource in the library's OneSearch if available.
Under some of the presentations:
you will find related resources curated by the science librarian. These resources might be broad overviews of topics or they might be specific. They are meant to serve as a starting point.
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Iron-Catalyzed Reactions of Ketones: From Amination to Cycloaromatization
- Professor Alexandra StromJanuary 17, 2025 ▼
The history of chemical information: Helping history and chemistry help each other
- Professor Evan Hepler-SmithFebruary 7, 2025 ▼
Electron-rich aniline as cleavable linkers for peptides
- Andrew Watts (Student Speaker)February 14, 2025 ▼
CO2 Reduction to Methanol via Organocatalysts
- Nehal Asif (Student Speaker)February 21, 2025 ▼
Ring-Enlargement of in Situ Generated Cyclopropanones by the Reaction with Sulfonium Ylides: One-Pot Synthesis of Cyclobutanones
- Louisa Fiertz (Student Speaker)February 21, 2025 ▼
Spatially resolved mechanistic studies at electrode–electrolyte and gas–liquid interfaces
- Professor Megan JacksonFebruary 28, 2025 ▼
Disordered yet specific: small-molecule binding to the intrinsically disordered protein c-Myc
- Professor Steven MetalloMarch 7, 2025 ▼
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- Professor David MacMillanMarch 21, 2025 ▼
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- Aden Smigel (Student Speaker)March 28, 2025 ▼
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- Parisa MershonMarch 28, 2025 ▼
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- Sophie Goldberg (Student Speaker)April 4, 2025 ▼
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- Marianna Vrakas (Student Speaker)April 4, 2025 ▼
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- Nora Buell (Student Speaker)April 11, 2025 ▼
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- Lillian Owens (Student Speaker)April 11, 2025 ▼
Synthesis of 4-isoxazolines through a one-pot heteroconjugate addition-cyclization-elimination reaction
- Mark Strigel (Student Speaker)April 11, 2025 ▼
Over the following tabs, you will find the Chemistry Seminar listings from previous semesters.
Check out the Zotero Folder for Fall 2023 Chemistry Seminar Presentations.
Sodium ion batteries rising as a key energy storage technology
- Prof. Feng Lin ▼
Characterization of Streptomyces Natural Products in New Zealand
- Pro. Jonathan Dattelbaum ▼
Tripathi, A. Nature Is the World’s Original Pharmacy – Returning to Medicine’s Roots Could Help Fill Drug Discovery Gaps. The Conversation. July 27, 2022. http://theconversation.com/nature-is-the-worlds-original-pharmacy-returning-to-medicines-roots-could-help-fill-drug-discovery-gaps-176963.
Non-electrophilic activators of NRF2, a transcription factor involved in the oxidative stress response
- Prof. Terry Moore ▼
Developing a Predictive Model for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones
- Evelyn Ramirez (Student Speaker) ▼
Investigation of CO2 Reduction Mechanism with Isopropyl Amine and Other Amine Species
- Charli Chen (Student Speaker) ▼
Synthesis and Photophysics of First-Row Transition Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanomaterials
Prof. Kathryn Knowles ▼
Organic Chemistry in Space: Formation Mechanisms and Stepwise Solvation of Astrochemical Relevant Ions in the Gas Phase
- Prof. Samy El-Shall ▼
Halogen-Bonding Capable Gold Nanoparticles — Synthesis, Modification and Application in Molecular Detection
- Karthik Lalwani (student speaker) ▼
578 Variations on the Bergman Cyclization
- Sebastian Mendoza-Gomez (student speaker) ▼
Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Collybolide and Reevaluation of Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonism
- Dr. Sophie Shevick ▼
Increasing global access to the high-volume HIV drug nevirapine through process intensification
- Felix Minami (student speaker) ▼
Neat, Simple, and Wrong: Just-So Stories Regarding Non-Bonded Interactions
- Dr. John Herbert ▼
Generating chiral light from molecules spanning almost the whole periodic table
- Dr. Gaël Ung ▼
Rhodium-Catalyzed C–H Activation for the Synthesis, Elaboration, and Application of N-Heterocyclic Compounds
- Dr. Danielle Confair ▼
The Global Energy Challenge: Food and Fuel from Air, Water and Sunlight
- Dr. Daniel Nocera ▼
Quantifying and Partitioning Substituent Effects using Sigma Hole Potentials
- Nam Pham (student speaker) ▼
Effects of polymer solution entanglement on the mechanics of electrospun polycaprolactone fibers
- Manasa Rajeev (student speaker) ▼
New Synthetic Methods for Deoxygenative Diversification for Carboxylic Acids
- Byoungmoo Kim ▼
One-pot enol silane formation — allylation of ketones promoted by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate
- Alexa Connors (student speaker) ▼
The Effect of Solvent Identity and Hydride-Donor on the Reduction of CO2
into Useful Fuels
- Abigail McEntire (student speaker) ▼
Identification of Xanthones as Selective Killers of CancerCells Overexpressing the ABC Transporter MRP1
- Kathy Colin (student speaker) ▼
Exploration of Pynaphthyridine and Binaphthyridine Manganese(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes: Influence on Carbon Dioxide Reduction Electrocatalysis
- Luke Simkins (student speaker) ▼
The Continuous Flow Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized Pyrroles
- Kingsley Dwomoh (student speaker) ▼
Comparison of properties of isomeric pyrrolyl phosphine ligands
- Vicky Osenga (student speaker) ▼
Altering Product Selectivity for Ru-based CO2 Reduction Catalysts
- Ben Dwyer (student speaker) ▼
One-pot synthesis of 4-isoxazolines from chalcones promoted by trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate
- Greg Hughes (student speaker) ▼
Substitution of sulfur-containing compounds
- Abigail Dalton (student speaker) ▼
Acrylic Copolymer Structures from Photoredox-Mediated RAFT Polymerizations
- Professor Adrian FiggSeptember 6, 2024 ▼
Exploring Next-Generation Quantum Chemistry Calculations: Leveraging a Toolbox with Grassmannians, Fragmentation, and Machine Learning
- Professor Ka Un LauSeptember 13, 2024 ▼
AXE Research SeminarSeptember 20, 2024 ▼
From Antihistamine to Anti-Infective: Loratadine Combats Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Modulating Virulence, Antibiotic Resistance, and Biofilm Genes
- Professor Heather B. MillerOctober 11, 2024 ▼
The Effect of Bicyclic Chalcogen-Phosphorus Rings on the Bergman Cyclization
- Marcos Hendler (student speaker)October 18, 2024 ▼
Optimizing the catalytic efficiency of cerium(IV) in cyclic di-GMP hydrolysis with ligands
- Raechel Parent (student speaker)October 18, 2024 ▼
25 Years Underground. Selected Chemical Adventures From My Time At Duke
- Dr. David GoodenNovember 1, 2024 ▼
Dr. Michelle BrannNovember 7, 2024 ▼
Dr. Jason CalvinNovember 12, 2024 ▼
Dr. J.J. JiangNovember 14, 2024 ▼
Dr. Collin SteenNovember 19, 2024 ▼