Here is a list of the outside speakers participating in the Powell Seminar Series. Besides presenting interesting research, they are valuable sources of information about graduate school and/or the chemical industry. All are willing to spend time with students after their presentation. For presenters from graduate programs, please click here for a list of potential questions to ask them.
Unless noted below, these presentations will be in the Gottwald Centrum for the Science Auditorium, GCS A001, beginning at 1:30 pm.
Please note that there are other speakers also giving excellent talks in chemistry and biochemistry; please click here to see the schedule and location of these talks.
Fall Semester| Powell Seminar Series – Fall 2018 | ||
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| Date | Presenter | Host |
| Aug 31 | Orientation/introduction to seminar | |
| Sept 7 | Dr. Tyler McQuade, Medicines for All, VCU Title: Medicines for All: Leveraging Chemistry to Make a Difference Paper #1 Paper #2 | Gupton |
| Sept 14 |
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| Sept 21 | ||
| Sept 28 | Professor Jonathan Dattelbaum, University of Richmond | mAbrash |
| Oct 5 | Dr. Meghan Blackledge, High Point University Title: “Old Drugs, New Tricks: Modification of FDA-Approved Drugs to Combat Bacterial Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance" Paper #1 Paper #2 | Pollock |
| Oct 12 | Dr. Rebecca Pompano, University of Virginia | Dominey |
| Oct 19 | Dr. Sara Thoi, Johns Hopkins University Title: Using Molecular Frameworks to Model Sulfur Redox Cycling Paper #1 | Johnson |
| Oct 26 | Kirk Atkinson | |
| Nov 2 | SERMACS | |
| Nov 9 | Dr. Eva Zurek | Donald |
| Nov 16 | Dr. Gary Glish, UNC Chapel Hill |
Dominey |
| Nov 23 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| Nov 30 | Kylie Britt; Elizabeth Jaekle | |
| Dec 7 | Reserved | |
| Powell Seminar Series – Spring 2019 | |||
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| Date | Presenter | Host | |
| Jan 18 | Supreeth Prasad; Alexis Blake | ||
| Jan 25 | AXE Invited Speaker, Dr. James Frederich, Florida State University | Lauglin, Pokorny | |
| Feb 1 | Responsible Conduct of Research Workshop |
Johnson | |
| Feb 8 | Alex Miller, University of North Carolina | Norris | |
| Feb 15 | Douglas Young, William and Mary | Hamm | |
| Feb 22 | Powell Lecturer: Professor Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University 1:30 PM, Informal Conversation and Question/Answer session 7:30 PM, Powell Lecture: Rational Vaccinology: In Pursuit of the Perfect Vaccine |
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| Mar 1 | Canvas Brieva; Kiiko Kotera; John Cavaliere | ||
| Mar 8 | Sean Clair; Kelley Lee; Angella Lee; Maria Florentin Corvalan | ||
| Mar 15 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar 22 | Katie Pokorny, Kristen Elofson; Allison Sinicki | ||
| Mar 29 | Minghui Cai; Shannon Laughlin; Madeline Widjaja; Elizabeth Heafner |
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| Apr 5 | Dr. Valentino Cooper, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Donald | |
| Apr 12 | UR Student Research Symposium |
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| Apr 19 | Sarah Leonard | ||
| Apr 26 | Chemistry Department Awards Ceremony and Reception | ||
*UR chemistry alumn |