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Professor Taekjip Ha (Harvard University)
December 11, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: From single molecules to cellular decision making: connecting the scales using mechanical force Abstract: In this lecture, I will describe our e^ort to understand how the mechanical responses of single molecules contribute to important cell fate...

Professor Jeff Martell (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
December 4, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: Merging Abiotic and Biological Catalysis for Sustainable Synthesis and Chemical Biology Abstract: My group develops catalysts that merge the benefits of enzymes and abiotic chemistry. In oneresearch area, we are using DNA as a nanoscaffold to...

Professor Michael Zuerch (UC Berkeley)
November 20, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: Exploring and Manipulating Materials with Ultrafast Linear and Nonlinear Scattering and Spectroscopy Techniques Abstract: Our group specializes in ultrafast spectroscopic methods, enabling in-depth studies of material chemistry in intricate...

Professor Astrid Müller (Rochester University)
November 13, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: Electrocatalysis for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing and Defluorination of Forever Chemicals Abstract: Electrocatalysis offers a transformative pathway for sustainable chemical production by replacing fossil fuel–based processes with energy...

Professor Kyle Lancaster (Cornell University)
November 12, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: Living on Nitrogen Abstract: Some of the most abundant microorganisms on Earth do not live as we do––rather than using carbon-based fuels, they instead rely on the oxidation of ammonia to furnish reducing equivalents for life. These ammonia...

Professor Michael Erb (Scripps Research Institute)
November 6, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: Chemical rewiring of chromatin-regulated processes by proximity pharmacology Abstract: Proximity pharmacology enables biochemical events to be rewired with temporal precision, offering privileged insights into cell biology that are difficult to...

Professor Seth Cohen (UC San Diego)
November 5, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: A Metal-organic Framework ‘String-Along’ Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of inorganic-organic porous solids that have been of interest for a wide range of potential applications from energy to medicine. October 8, 2025 was an...

Professor Mark Shiflett (University of Kansas)
November 3, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EST
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: NSF Engineering Research Center - EARTH (Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub) Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of a new U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) named EARTH...

Professor Christo Sevov (Ohio State University)
October 30, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EDT
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Title: Electrochemical Methods for C-C and C-X Bond-Forming Reactions Abstract: The seminar will describe our efforts towards the development of scalable, mild, and general electrosynthetic methodologies for C–C and C–X coupling reactions. These...

Professor Frieder Jaekle (Rutgers University-Newark)
October 29, 2025
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4:00PM - 5:30PM EDT
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MIT (Building 3, Room 370)
In Person
Title: B-N Lewis Pairs as Versatile Motifs in the Design of Innovative Molecular and Polymeric Materials Abstract: The incorporation of main group elements into molecular and polymeric materials is frequently exploited to achieve unusual properties and to...

Professor Koji Kubota (Hokkaido University)
October 17, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EDT
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Geo Museum 100
In Person
Merck-Banyu Prize Lecture Title: Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry Abstract: In recent years, ball milling techniques have gained considerable attention in organic synthesis as ecofriendly and sustainable alternatives to traditional solution-based...

Professor Timothy Swager (MIT)

October 9, 2025
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4:15PM - 5:45PM EDT
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Pfizer Lecture Hall
In Person
Max Tishler Prize Lecture Title: Electronic Molecular Materials for High-Performance Chemical Sensors Abstract: In this lecture I will detail our efforts to make use of semiconducting and conducting organic materials for the formation of chemical sensors...