Spring 2024 Series 

Friday seminars take place in the Byker Auditorium at 3:10 pm unless noted otherwise.

Friday, January 26 

Dr. James Crawford (Chemical Engineering, MSU) will present "Metallozeolites: Engineering enzyme analogous structures in heterogeneous catalysts."

Host: Nick Stadie

Friday, February 2 

Dr. Bo Peng,  from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will present "Towards Accurate and Efficient Quantum Simulation for Quantum Chemistry."

Host: Martin Mosquera

Friday, February 9

Prof. Jenée Cyran from Boise State will present a seminar titled "Probing the Structure and Physiochemical Behavior of Organic Pollutants at Aqueous Interfaces."

Host: Erik Grumstrup

Friday, February 16 

Dr. Emma Loveday (Research Professor, CBE) 

Host: Chris Lemon 

February 23 - Grad Recruiting

Friday, March 1 

Prof. Timothy Wencewicz (Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis)

Host: Garrett Moraski

Friday, March 8 -OPEN

Friday March 15, Spring Break

Friday, March 22

Viola Birss CLS Distinguished Speaker Seminar

Host:  Seminar Committee

Friday, March 29 - University Holiday

Friday, April 5

Heidi Koenig will defend her PhD in Chemistry beginning with a seminar titled (TBD).

Advisor: Tom Livinghouse

Friday, April 12

William Walls,  4th year Seminar

Advisor: Joan Broderick

Friday, April 19 

Bamidele Samuel , 4th year Seminar

Advisor: Rob Walker

Friday, April 26

Prof. So Hirata, (University of Illinois)

Host: Martin Mosquera 

Friday, May 3 

Speaker: Prof. Christopher Hendon (University of Oregon)

Title: Hydrogenic defects in metal-organic frameworks

Abstract: Typical metal-organic frameworks are constructed by combining organic acids with transition metals to form 3D arrays of metals/metal clusters suspended by Lewis basic organo-linkers. During this assembly, entropy drives the inclusion of defects, and these defects may have dramatic impact on the bulk material properties. Hydrogenic adatoms are particularly interesting, as they should be present due to incomplete deprotonation of the organic acids. Yet, these defects are experimentally difficult to detect. In this talk we discuss avenues to control the number of adatomic hydrogen atoms by affecting the nuclearity of the MOF nodes, highlighting a unique molecular-like property afforded to MOFs: site isolated redox events.  In systems with delocalized electronic structures, the adatomic hydrogen atoms can be used to dope the framework, affecting the Fermi level. Together, we highlight that adatomic hydrogen is likely a prevalent defect in MOFs and may be useful for control bulk material properties.

Host: Prof. Nick Stadie