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Join us for lecture series and seminars spearheaded by leading scientific minds, and attend events to strengthen your connection to the college.

tim jamison
From On-Demand Synthesis
Tim Jamison - MIT
Chemistry Department Organic Reactions Lecture Series Spring 2023
Tue, 4/18 2:30 pm - Tue, 4/18 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Erik Grumstrup
Probing Functionality in Disordered Materials with Time-Resolved Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Erik Grumstrup - Montana State University
Chemistry Department Analytical Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 4/19 2:30 pm - Wed, 4/19 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
John Mather
The Game's Afoot! First Results From JWST's Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres
Thomas Beatty (University of Wisconsin)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 4/19 3:45 pm - Wed, 4/19 5:00 pm
Davey Lab
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Alison Narayan
Biocatalysis and complex molecule synthesis
Alison Narayan - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Chemistry Department Biological Seminar Series Spring 2023
Thu, 4/20 2:30 pm - Thu, 4/20 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry
Lecture Series Chemistry
John Mather
False Discovery Rate Control via Mirror Statistics
Zhigen Zhao
Statistics Colloquia
Thu, 4/20 3:30 pm - Thu, 4/20 4:30 pm
201 Thomas Building, University Park, PA
Science Seminars Statistics
SPECIAL CAMP SEMINAR: TBA
Yihang Zeng, Cornell University
SPECIAL CAMP SEMINAR
Fri, 4/21 10:00 am - Fri, 4/21 11:00 am
318 Osmond Lab
Science Seminars Physics
Gregory Gabadadze
GAPP: TBA
Gregory Gabadadze, New York University
GAPP Seminar
Fri, 4/21 11:00 am - Fri, 4/21 12:00 pm
Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/93737760341?pwd=Qlc4bWFDU0taSHhJK0RHeWMvendHZz09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
 A Collage of Exoplanets on the Mass-Radius Diagram 
Ji Wang (University of Florida)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 4/24 11:15 am - Mon, 4/24 12:00 pm
Davey Lab
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Paula Hietpas
From Bench Chemist to Senior Leader: Tips for Navigating a Corporate Career
Paula Hietpas - Agilent Technologies
Harold Kohn Endowed Distinguished Chemistry Alumni Series
Mon, 4/24 2:30 pm - Mon, 4/24 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
Shinsei Ryu
CAMP: TBA
Shinsei Ryu, Princeton University
CAMP Seminar
Mon, 4/24 3:45 pm - Mon, 4/24 4:45 pm
339 Davey Lab
Science Seminars Physics
Bio
The variable microbiota composition of wild fruit flies influences rapid host evolution
Johnny Chaston
Tue, 4/25 12:00 pm - Tue, 4/25 1:00 pm
8 Mueller Lab
Science Seminars Biology
Stephen E. Bradforth
Electron and Electronic Dynamics in Liquid Solutions
Stephen E. Bradforth - University of Southern California
Chemistry Department Colloquium Seminar Series Spring 2023
Tue, 4/25 2:30 pm - Tue, 4/25 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
steven lopez
Mechanistic organic photochemistry with machine-learning-accelerated photodynamics simulations
Steven Lopez - Northeastern University
Chemistry Department Organic Seminar Series Spring 2023
Wed, 4/26 2:30 pm - Wed, 4/26 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry
John Mather
High Redshift Galaxies in Cosmic Filaments and Protoclusters: the early results from the ODIN survey
Prof. Kyoung-Soo Lee (Purdue University)
Astronomy Colloquium
Wed, 4/26 3:45 pm - Wed, 4/26 5:00 pm
Davey Lab
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
John Mather
Enhancing statistical inference for stochastic processes using modern statistical methods
Peter Craigmile
Statistics Colloquia
Thu, 4/27 3:30 pm - Thu, 4/27 4:30 pm
201 Thomas Building, University Park, PA
Science Seminars Statistics
Takahiro Sudoh
GAPP: Where are Milky Way’s Hadronic PeVatrons?
Takahiro Sudoh, Ohio State University
GAPP Seminar
Fri, 4/28 3:45 pm - Fri, 4/28 4:45 pm
Zoom: https://psu.zoom.us/j/93737760341?pwd=Qlc4bWFDU0taSHhJK0RHeWMvendHZz09
Science Seminars Physics
John Mather
Exploring Exoplanet Atmospheres in the JWST Era
Peter Gao (Carnegie Institution for Science)
CEHW Seminar
Mon, 5/01 11:15 am - Mon, 5/01 12:30 pm
Davey Lab
Science Seminars Astronomy and Astrophysics
Josh Telser
Spectroscopic Studies of Heme Proteins/Enzymes Involved in Small Molecule Sensing/Activation
Joshua Telser - Roosevelt University
Chemistry Department Special Seminar Series Spring 2023
Thu, 5/18 2:30 pm - Thu, 5/18 3:30 pm
301A Chemistry Building
Lecture Series Chemistry