Events
April 20, 2026
Monday, 4/20/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium [CANCELLED]
Rebecca Ruck (Merck)
"Investments in enabling technologies to drive the Merck portfolio"
Host: Hao Xu.
April 21, 2026
Tuesday, 4/21/2026 3 pm-4 pm Gerstenzang 123
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (HHMI Janelia Research Campus)
"Harnessing mRNA to Illuminate the Hidden World of Cells"
Host: Bing Xu.
April 24, 2026
Friday, 4/24/2026 1 pm-2 pm Rosenstiel 118
Chemistry Honors Research Presentations
Jacob Hillemann
"Thesis Title: Towards Fool's Gold Solar Cells: Rietveld Refinement of Mackinawite-like Iron Sulfide Nanocrystals in Pyrite Synthesis for Identification of Phase Evolution"
Noah Michaud
"Thesis Title: Characterizing the Surface of Colloidal Nanocrystals Using NMR and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy"
Grace Delaney
"Thesis Title: Promoting Photoluminescent Quantum Yield from Iron Sulfide Quantum Dots"
April 27, 2026
Monday, 4/27/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Organic Reactions Lecture
Guangbin Dong (University of Chicago)
"Simple-Looking but Non-Obvious Transformations for Late-stage Modification"
Host: Hao Xu.
April 28, 2026
Tuesday, 4/28/2026 1 pm-2:20 pm Goldsmith 300
Chemistry Honors Research Presentations
Sophia Lemieux
"Thesis Title: CuAAC Glycosylation of Silyl-Protected Alkynes in Aqueous Media"
David Vapnek
"Thesis Title: Iron-Catalyzed 1,2-trans-β-Selective Glycosylations for Rapid Glycosaminoglycan Assembly"
Dylan Labbe
"Thesis Title: Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Glycosylation for Rapid Synthesis of Mucin-Type O-Linked Glycopeptide Core Structure 1 and 2"
Ryan Biswal
"Thesis Title: Investigating Anti-Markovnikov Cyclizations in Sesquiterpene Synthases"