Fall 2026
Matthew Francis, UC Berkeley
TBD
Tuesday, Sep. 8 at 11 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
“Chemistry of Cooking”
Tuesday, Sep. 8 at 3:15 p.m.
Burns Lecture Hall (Keck Science Center)
Santiago Toledo, American University
“Functional Synthetic Biomimetic Models of Metalloenzymes: Mechanistic Insights for Understanding the Role of Metals in Disease and Emerging Applications”
Tuesday, Sep. 15 at 11 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Matthew Griffin, UC Irvine
TBD
Tuesday, Sep. 22 at 11 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Michael Bertucci, Lafayette College
“Characterizing the Peptide-based Quorum Sensing Systems in S.gordonii and L. plantarum”
Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 11 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Osvaldo Gutierrez, UCLA
“Multicomponent Fe-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Coupling Reactions”
Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m.
Shanahan B480 (HMC)
Timothy C. Johnstone, UC Santa Cruz
“Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Antidotes and New Main-Group Bonding Motifs: Medicinal and Fundamental Inorganic Chemistry”
Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 11 a.m.
Shanahan B480 (HMC)
Nick Jackson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials”
Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 11 a.m.
Shanahan B480 (HMC)
Amie Boal, Penn State
“The Periodic Table of Ribonucleotide Reductases”
Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Lesley-Ann Giddings, Smith College
TBD
Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 11 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Spring 2026
Will Dichtel, Northwestern University
"Two-Dimensional Polymers and Polymerizations"
Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 11:00 a.m.
Shanahan B480 (HMC)
Anne Baranger, UC Berkeley
"Becoming a Practicing Scientist: Connecting Teaching and Mentoring Practices to Learning in Undergraduate Research Experiences"
Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 11:00 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
William Pomerantz, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
"The Promise and Peril of a Maverick Element, Fluorine: Impact on Human Health and the Environment"
Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 11:00 a.m.
Burns Lecture Hall (DNS)
Christine Thomas, The Ohio State University
"Applications of Bimetallic Cooperativity in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Compounds to Bond Activation and Catalysis"
Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 11:00 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Robbins Lecture Series, Feb. 24-27, 2026
Judy Wu, University of Houston
"Benzene in the Excited State: A Playground for Photochemical Transformations"
Tuesday, March 3 at 11:00 a.m.
Shanahan B480 (HMC)Amie Boal, Penn State - CANCELED
Tuesday, March 10 at 11:00 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Chemistry Alumni Panel
Tuesday, March 24 at 11:00 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Andrew Pun, UC San Diego
"Photochemistry Across Spin States Enabling Photon Upconversion and Photocatalysis"
Tuesday, March 31 at 11:00 a.m.
Shanahan B480 (HMC)
Timothy Su, UC Riverside
"Sila Diamondoids: Atomically Precise Clusters of Crystalline Silicon"
Tuesday, April 7 at 11:00 a.m.
Burns Lecture Hall (DNS)
Elizabeth Parkinson, Purdue University
"Utilizing Biocatalysis and Synthetic Chemistry to Access New Natural Products"
Tuesday, April 14 11:00 a.m.
Shanahan 1480 (HMC)
Alex Zhukhovitskiy, UNC Chapel Hill
"Advancing the Logic of Polymer Synthesis, Modification, and Degradation"
Tuesday, April 21 at 11:00 a.m.
Seaver North Auditorium
Matthew Law, UC Irvine
"Connecting the Dots: Toward Colloidal Quantum Dot Superlattices with Fully Delocalized Charge Transport"
Tuesday, April 28 at 11:00 a.m.
Burns Lecture Hall (DNS)
Meeting Seminar Speakers (for Students)
Students interested in having lunch with the seminar speakers should consult with the seminar coordinator of the hosting college:
Pomona College: Nicholas Ball (Nicholas.Ball@pomona.edu)
Harvey Mudd College: Maduka Ogba (Mogba@hmc.edu)
Keck Science Department: Mira Liu (mliu@natsci.claremont.edu)