Talks and seminars
All talks and seminars will take place in person, unless otherwise stated. They are open to all.
| Week 1 | Monday 14 Oct. 2:00pm PTCL |
Prof. Michail Stamatakis - University of Oxford "Catalysis on Ultra-Dilute Alloy Materials: Fundamental Understanding, Theory-Led Design and Synergy with Experiments" |
Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. David Tew) |
| Week 1 | Tuesday 15 Oct. 2:00pm ICL |
Anna Regoutz - University of Oxford "Hard X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy - Jumping into the (Electronic) Deep End" |
Inorganic |
| Week 2 | Monday 21 Oct. 2:00pm PTCL |
Prof. Nynke Dekker - University of Oxford "Adventures in DNA and Chromatin replication using single-molecule biophysics" |
Physical Chemistry (Prof. Stuart Mackenzie and Prof. Alice Thorneywork) |
| Week 2 | Tuesday 22 Oct. 2:00pm ICL |
RJP Williams Lecture Jeff Long - University of California, Berkeley "Cooperative Adsorption and Gas Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks" |
Inorganic (Prof. Mike Neidig) |
| Week 2 | Thursday 24 Oct. 2:00pm ICL |
Prof. Manuel Alcazaro - Georg August University, Gottingen |
Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Prof. Tim Donohoe, Dr Patrick Rabe and Prof. Angela Russell) |
| Week 3 | Monday 28 Oct. 2:00pm PTCL |
Prof. James Avery - Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen "A Calculus for Molecular Origami" |
Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. David Tew) |
| Week 3 | Tuesday 29 Oct. 2:00pm ICL |
Guillaume De Bo - University of Manchester "Controlling Reactivity Under Tension" |
Inorganic (Prof. Mike Neidig) |
| Week 3 | Thursday 31 Oct. 2:00pm ICL |
Prof. Andrei Yudin - University of Toronto "Dissecting chemical reactivity using spatioenthalpic analysis" Link Host: Prof. Ed Anderson |
Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Prof. Tim Donohoe, Dr Patrick Rabe and Prof. Angela Russell) |
| Week 4 | Monday 4 Nov. 2:00pm PTCL |
Prof. Tuomas Knowles - University of Cambridge "Protein phase transition" |
Physical Chemistry (Prof. Stuart Mackenzie and Prof. Alice Thorneywork) |
| Week 4 | Tuesday 5 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Richard Walton - University of Warwick "Hydrothermal Routes to Complex Oxides: Discovery of New Materials and Applications for Electrocatalysis" |
Inorganic (Prof. Mike Neidig) |
| Week 4 | Thursday 7th Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Prof. Max von Delius - Ulm University "On the nexus of Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis" Link Host: Prof. Harry Anderson |
Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Prof. Tim Donohoe, Dr Patrick Rabe and Prof. Angela Russell) |
| Week 5 | Monday 11 Nov. 2:00pm PTCL |
Prof. Tom Penfold - Newcastle University |
Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. David Tew) |
| Week 5 | Tuesday 12 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Sharon Ashbrook - University of St. Andrews "Investigating Disorder and Chemical Reactivity in porous Solids using NMR Spectroscopy" |
Inorganic (Prof. Mike Neidig) |
| Week 5 | Thursday 14 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Prof. Michael Willis - University of Oxford "Sulfur functional groups as targets and substrates for developing new reactions" Link Host: Prof.Tim Donohoe |
Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Prof. Tim Donohoe, Dr Patrick Rabe and Prof. Angela Russell) |
| Week 6 |
Monday |
Prof. Alec Wodtke - Max Planck Institute, University of Goettingen "Bridging the pressure gap in Heterogeneous Catalysis:Synergies arising from Experimental and Theoretical Kinetics" |
Physical Chemistry (Prof. Stuart Mackenzie and Prof. Alice Thorneywork) |
| Week 6 | Tuesday 19 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
David Nelson - University of Strathclyde "Prising Open the Black Box of Nickel Catalysis (with Varying degrees of Success" |
Inorganic (Prof. Mike Neidig) |
| Week 6 | Thursday 21 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Dr Manuel Ruiz - Merck & Co. Inc. "What does a molecule need to be a drug? A Collaborative journey to invent antimalarial MK-7602" Host: Prof. Angela Russell |
Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Prof. Tim Donohoe, Dr Patrick Rabe and Prof. Angela Russell) |
| Week 6 | Friday 22 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Cameron Jones - Monash University "Activated Magnesium(I) Compounds: Humble Reagents with Noble Intentions in Small Molecule Activation" |
Inorganic (Prof. Mike Neidig) |
| Week 7 | Monday 25 Nov. 2:00pm PTCL |
Prof. Paola Carbone - University of Manchester "Multiscale modelling of graphene and its derivatives for electrochemical and water purification applications" |
Theoretical Chemistry (Prof. David Tew) |
| Week 7 | Tuesday 26 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Saiful Islam - University of Oxford "From Lithium Batteries to Perovskite Solar Cells: Atomic-Scale Insights into Energy Materials" |
Inorganic (Prof. Mike Neidig) |
| Week 7 | Thursday 28 Nov. 2:00pm ICL |
Prof. Syuzanna Harutyunyan - University of Groningen Link |
Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Prof. Tim Donohoe, Dr Patrick Rabe and Prof. Angela Russell) |
| Week 8 | Monday 2 Dec. 2:00pm PTCL |
Christiane Timmel - University of Oxford "Inspired by Nature, Mimicked in the Lab: A collection of Short Stories on Spin Polarisation" |
Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, (Prof. Mike Neidig, Prof. Stuart Mackenzie and Prof. Alice Thorneywork) |
