Joint Chemistry / Physics and Astronomy Seminar Program
Wednesday 11:00 am
Location: Science Complex Room SC 115
2015-2016 Schedule of Seminars (subject to change/cancellation)
September 23, 2015
Dr. Prashanth Poddutoori, Department of Chemistry, Brock University
Bio-inspired Molecular Integration for Solar Fuels
September 30, 2015
Dr. Shouyu Wang, College of Physics & Material Science, Tianjin Normal University China
Polarization Related Resistive Switching in Ferroelectric Thin Films Capacitors
October 21, 2015
Dr. Antony Ruzzini, Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Lessons from Chemical Ecology: bacterially producted small molecules and fungus-farming ants
November 4, 2015
Dr. Peter Lafleur, Department of Geography, Trent University
Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Climate Change
November 11, 2015
Prof. Joe B. Gilroy, Department of Chemistry & the Centre for Advanced Materials & Biomaterials Research, Western University
Synthesis, Characterization, Polymerization, and Applications of Boron Difluoride Formazanate Complexes
November 25, 2015
Dr. Alexandre Poulain, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa
Microbial Controls of Hg Cycling
January 14, 2016
Dr. Travis Fridgen, Department of Chemistry, Memorial University
Gas Phase Structures and Energetics of Noncovalently Bound Metal Ion-DNA Base Complexes
January 20, 2016
Gordon Pennycook, Cognitive Psychology, Waterloo University
On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit
February 3, 2016
David Cooke, Department of Physics, McGill University
February 24, 2016
Graeme Luke, Department of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University
Exotic Probes and Extreme Conditions Reveal New States of Quantum Matter
March 2, 2016
David Zechel, Department of Chemistry, Queen's University
Follow the Chemistry: Making and Breaking Odd Bonds with Enzymes
March 9, 2016
Professor Keith Vanderlinde, Dunlop Institute & Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
Cosmology, Cell Phones & Video Games: The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment
Canadian Association of Physicists Lecture
March 16, 2016
Dr. Mihai Scarlette, Department of Chemistry, Bishop's University
Polymer-Source Chemical Vapor Deposition - The "Electronic-Grade" Challenge
March 23, 2016
Allison Flynn, Departement of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa
Flipped and Blended Chemistry Courses: Structures, Implementation Consideration, and Evaluation
March 30, 2016
Dr. Patrick L. Hayes, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Université de Montréal
Measuring and Modeling Atmospheric Aerosols: from Megacitites to the High Arctic
The Physics seminar co-ordinator in 2015/2016 is David Patton