Seminars
Keck Science Department Seminars
Spring 2022
Fridays 12:15pm – 1:15pm PST
Link for Keck Science Department Seminars:https://scrippscollege.zoom.us/j/91335579369
| DATE | SPEAKER |
| Feb 4 | Erik Bollt Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University |
| Feb 11 | Marie Nydam Department of Biology, Soka University |
| Feb 18 | Janel Ortiz Department of Biological Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona |
| Feb 25 | Alexandra Jurgens Department of Physics, UC Davis |
| Mar 4 | Grace Chen Department of Immunobiology, Yale University |
| Apr 1 | Grace Lee Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine |
| Apr 8 | Chris Douglas Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota |
| Apr 15 | Kristen Muñoz (CMC ’17) Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois |
| Apr 22 | Steven Rutherford Department of Infectious Disease, Genentech |
For more information about Keck Science Department Seminars, please contact Pete Chandrangsu
5C Chemistry Seminars
Spring 2022
Tuesdays, 11:00am – 12:00pm PST
Link for 5C Chemistry Seminars: https://pomonacollege.zoom.us/j/88315568143
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| 1 Feb | Brett Helms HMC `00 Staff Scientist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Designing Membranes for Next-Generation Batteries Access to selective membranes is critical to advancing next-generation batteries to power electric vehicles, aircraft, seacraft, and the grid. To that end, I will introduce polymers of intrinsic microporosity as a versatile platform for battery membranes, whose permselectivity is dictated by sub-nanometer pores on the length scale of solvated ions found in battery electrolytes. I will highlight important roles played by computational materials design and molecular dynamics simulations in controlling solvation, desolvation, partitioning, diffusion, and transport of ions in the membrane. This foundational knowledge establishes provides a roadmap for the diversity-oriented synthetic development of new polymer membranes with specific pore architectures and chemistry with tailored transport selectivity that enable superior performance in energy devices where they are featured. I will provide context for how these membranes have accelerated the development of higher-power batteries for electric aircraft and higher- efficiency batteries for grid-scale storage. |
| 8 Feb | Karen Morrison HMC `08 Senior Environmental Scientist CA Department Of Resources, Recycling and Recovery | Science in the Public Sector: Pesticide Regulation All pesticide products, from those used in agriculture to those used at home, are reviewed for their impacts to human health and the environment before they can be sold or used in California. Come learn about California’s approach to ensuring safe, sustainable use of pesticides through the use of innovative science, and about a career in science policy. |
| 22 Feb | Kevin Meagher HMC `95 Global Technical Director Industrial Coatings Axalta Coating Systems | Industrial Chemistry: Is change the only constant? Today’s industrial world is evolving dramatically as we speak. Previous generations of scientists made significant societal contributions in corporate laboratories under relatively stable and supportive environments. Currently the industrial environment is much more dynamic and challenging beyond the walls of the laboratory than in the past. In the last 2 decades the pace of change has pushed not only the tempo but also the skill-set needed to be successful. Today’s scientists have the opportunity to make direct and immediate impact if they orient themselves and embrace in driving these waves of change. Today the focus of research and development is broader than finding sustainable answers. The challenge now is also identifying and proposing the pertinent questions to customers, the marketplace and one’s own organization. This talk will outline, via a few case studies, how these topics combine and what is key (from my view) for new scientists entering the industrial world. |
| 1 Mar | Carolyn Bertozzi Stanford U. | |
8 Mar | Samantha Jones C&E News | |
| 29 Mar | Taia Wu, SCR ‘15 UCSF (Gestwicki Group) | Textile Dyes Illuminate Protein Stability (https://gestwickilab.ucsf.edu/) |
12 Apr | Sarah Slavoff Yale U. | Bioanalytical Chemistry and Chemical Biology Title TBD (https://slavofflab.yale.edu/) |
19 Apr | Hans Purkey HMC `96 Senior Director, Principal Scientist Computational Drug Discovery Genetech | tba |
26 Apr | Will Pomerantz U. of Minnesota | SAR by 19F NMR: Using fluorine NMR to target protein complexes (http://pomerantz.chem.umn.edu/) |