February 14
“Biologically Fabricated Materials From Engineered Microbes“
Prof. Neel S. Joshi
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Northeastern University
February 21
“Advanced Polymeric Patches as Flexible Electrodes“
Prof. Mahla Poudineh
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo
February 28
“Next-Generation Membranes Through Polymer Self-Assembly“
Prof. Ayse Asatekin
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Tufts University
March 7
“Polymer-Modified Surfaces Towards Reusable Impedimetric Biosensors“
Prof. Jeffrey Halpern
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of New Hampshire
March 13
“Linking microstructure to charge transport at several length scales: Why is everyone so hung up on making conjugated polymers crystalline?“
Prof. Alberto Salleo
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University
March 20
“A novel approach for altering block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly and dynamics with magnetic fields“
Prof. Michelle Calabrese
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota
April 3
“Advancing The Logic Of Polymer Synthesis, Modification, and Degradation“
Prof. Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill
April 5
“Masquerading Soft Materials: Anomalous Behavior in Macromolecular Design“
Prof. Matthew R. Golder
Department of Chemistry
University of Washington
April 17
“Polymer Membranes and Nanoporous Materials for Resource Recovery and Water Purification“
Prof. Rafael Verduzco
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rice University
May 8
“Molecules and Macromolecules That Harness and Amplify Light Energy“