Chemistry Seminars - 2020
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul, 12:00 pm - Fri, 11 Dec 2020, 1:00 pm
- Location: Rennie Lecture Theatre - Johnson building
- Cost: FREE
- Contact: Dr Witold Bloch 08 8313 5039
- Email: witold.bloch@adelaide.edu.au
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry host regular seminars to showcase their work across applied projects in health, environment, energy technology and defence.
Academics and students from collaborative institutions are also invited to share their research and knowledge when visiting our department and school.
The seminars are open to the public, industry, researchers from other departments, schools and universities, and to current and past students.
Seminar schedule - Department of Chemistry
- Location: Rennie Lecture Theatre - Johnson building | Map
- Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm (unless otherwise stated)
| Date | Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
|
Friday |
Jessica De Laperrelle PhD student - University of Adelaide |
2D electronic spectroscopy of TIPS-pentacene |
| Thursday January 23 (Macbeth LT) |
Ellen Swan PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Small molecules, big potential: development of small molecule inhibitors for a protein-protein interaction domain |
| Thursday January 23 (Macbeth LT) |
James Lovett PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Development and application of X-ray metallomic techniques |
| 1pm Friday February 7 (Macbeth LT) |
Isuru Dissanayake |
A vicinal bisketene equivalent as diels–alder diene |
| 1pm Friday February 14 (Macbeth LT) |
Jacob Hart PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Enantioselective bidirectional hydroacylation towards spirocyclics |
| 12pm Thursday February 20 (Macbeth LT) |
Associate Professor |
Vaccines covered in MOFs and supramolecular/macromolecular organic radical contrast agents (smORCAs) for MRI imaging. |
| Thursday February 27 (Macbeth LT) |
Oliver Linder-Patton PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Influencing MOF catalysis through nanoscale structuralisation |
| Friday February 28 |
Emily Bubner MPhil student - University of Adelaide |
Mass spectrometric characterisation of protein assemblies from snake venom Bitis arietans. |
| 12:30pm Friday February 28 |
Joel Lee |
Engineering Enzymes into Functional Peroxygenases for Efficient C-H bond oxidation |
| 4pm Thursday March 5 | Matthew Schneider PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Towards the sequential self-assembly of amine functionalised metal-organic cages |
| Friday March 6 |
Dr Renata Lippi CSIRO |
Catalytic processes for a net-zero future |
| 12pm Friday March 13 |
Natasha Maddigan PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Enzyme encapsulation in porous frameworks |
|
4pm Wednesday |
Saurabh Ahriwar MPhil student - University of Adelaide |
Investigating the bacterial P450s enzyme’s mechanisms of action for Biocatalysis |
|
1pm Thursday July 30 |
Yuan Qi Yeoh |
Controlling peptide structure and function |
|
1pm |
Major Review Symposium | At this event Sarah French, Theresa Chav, Marltan Wilson, Ketan Patel and Amna Ghith will all present their major review seminars |
|
1pm |
Thao Duong PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Investigating the attitudes of primary school teachers towards science and mathematics |
|
12pm |
Lauren Murray PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Synthetic, Biomimetic and Chemoenzymatic Studies of the Naphterpin and Marinone Families of Natural Products |
| Friday September 11 |
Aaron Day PhD student - University of Adelaide |
The biomimetic total synthesis of chromene derived natural products |
| Friday September 18 |
Huong TL Nguyen PhD student - University of Adelaide |
An accurate method of coarse-graining for anisotropic molecules, with applications in simulations of heterogeneus mixtures and investigation of organic photovotaics donor-acceptor interfaces |
| Friday October 9 |
Jessica De La Perrelle PhD student - University of Adelaide |
Coherence and singlet fission in TIPS-pentacene Studied by 2 dimensional electronic spectroscopy |
| Thursday November 26 | Andrew Lesenko PhD student - University of Adelaide |
The application of cytochrome P450 enzyme biocatalytic systems in the hydroxylation of organic molecules |
| Thursday December 3 | Henry Sanders PhD Student - University of Adelaide |
TBC |
| Friday December 11 | Jacob Marchant PhD Student - University of Adelaide |
Evaluating the validity of multiple-choice questions and using them to undertake comparative analysis on student cohort performance |