This page contains the Fall 2025 Seminar schedule. Seminar will be held on campus on Fridays, from 1:30-2:45 pm (Mountain Time), in the Interactive Learning Center, Room 118 (unless otherwise noted).
| Date | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2025 | Research Fair | Chemistry Faculty: Oliviero Andreussi, Henry Charlier, Ken Cornell, Jeunghoon Lee, Owen McDougal and Konrad Meister |
| September 5, 2025 | Research Fair followed by 3rd Floor Open House | Chemistry Faculty: Eric Brown, Mike Callahan, Jenée Cyran, Olya Mass, Brian McClain, Raj Nagarajan and Don Warner |
| September 12, 2025 in MCMR 205 | “Can We Design Transistors One Atom at a Time?” | Feliciano Giustino, Ph.D., Professor of Physics at UT Austin |
| September 19, 2025 | “Cyclic Chain Acyl CoA Specificities for BjaI Quorum Signal Synthase” | Sharyu Kesharwani, Ph.D., Post-Doc in Nagarajan Lab, Boise State |
| September 26, 2025 in MCMR 205 | “Biochemistry on GPUs” | Andreas Goetz, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist – San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego |
| October 3, 2025 | “Synthesis of Chlorophyll-based Molecular Materials for Life Sciences and Medicine” | Olya Mass, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Boise State |
| October 10, 2025 | “From Atoms to Applications: Computational Designing of Advanced Functional Materials” | Md Sharif Khan, Ph.D., Post-Doc in Andreussi Lab, Boise State |
| October 17, 2025 | “Opportunities for Chemists in Chemical Engineering” | Kody Powell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah |
| October 24, 2025 in MCMR 205 | “3D Integration of 2D Devices for Advanced Memory, Logic, and Bio-inspired Computing” | Saptarshi Das, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State |
| October 31, 2025 | “Research Projects and Capabilities of the Quantum DNA Group” | Jeunghoon Lee, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State |
| November 7, 2025 | “How To for CHEM 498 and 598” | C498/C598 Instructors |
| November 14, 2025 | “Visualizing Heat Capacity” | Matthew Clarke, Chemistry major in Charlier lab |
| “Assessment of Tetradifon as a Potential Inhibitor of Carbonyl Reductase” | Aubrey Gumucio-Powell, Chemistry major in Charlier lab |
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| November 21, 2025 | TBA | Festus Aghahowa, Chemistry graduate student in Nagarajan lab |
| “Cold Plasma Decontamination: A Safe, Non-Chemical Method for Mitigating Pathogens on Agricultural Products” | Greta Tschider, Chemistry major, in Cornell lab | |
| November 28, 2025 | Thanksgiving Holiday | No Seminar |
| December 5, 2025 | Multiple Presentations | Carl Agren, Chemistry major in Cornell lab |
| “Inorganic Ice Nucleating Salts” | Nicholas Buhler, Chemistry major in Meister lab | |
| TBA | Hailey Dinneen, Chemistry major in Mass lab | |
| December 12, 2025 | Wizard Hat Ceremony |  |