Department of Chemistry

Events

Yu -- Transition Metal Catalyzed Ring Formation Reactions and a Mild Arene Hydrogenation Method

April 10, 2026

Friday, 4/10/2026 11:10 am-12:10 pm Rosenstiel 118
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Zhi-Xiang Yu (Peking University)
"Transition Metal Catalyzed Ring Formation Reactions and a Mild Arene Hydrogenation Method"
Host: Hao Xu.

Ruck -- Investments in enabling technologies to drive the Merck portfolio

April 20, 2026

Monday, 4/20/2026 4:10 pm-5:10 pm Gerstenzang 121
Chemistry Department Colloquium
Rebecca Ruck (Merck)
"Investments in enabling technologies to drive the Merck portfolio"
Host: Hao Xu.

Schwartz -- Harnessing mRNA to Illuminate the Hidden World of Cells

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.

Hillemann et al. -- Chemistry Honors Research Presentations

April 24, 2026

Friday, 4/24/2026 1 pm-2 pm Rosenstiel 118
Chemistry Honors Research Presentations
Jacob Hillemann
"Thesis Title TBD"
Noah Michaud
"Thesis Title TBD"
Grace Delaney
"Thesis Title TBD"

Dong -- Simple-Looking but Non-Obvious Transformations for Late-stage Modification

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.