Seminars
Seminars
Kenny Ikei Memorial Seminar
The Ikei seminar focuses on graduate student health and happiness. Prior to the seminar, the students celebrate with a Halloween costume contest and then participate in a diverse array of seminar topics to help with mental health and career goals.
CH291 Seminar Series
Weekly research seminars held during the academic year. Invited speakers are widely recognized experts in their respective fields whose research programs have broad appeal to scientists working within and across chemical and biological subdisciplines.
CH291 Speakers 2024-2025
Fall 2024
September 30: Arlene Blum, UC Berkeley
October 14: Phil Dawson, Scripps College
October 21: Lingzi Sang, University of Alberta
October 28: Laura Dassama, Stanford University
November 4: Tim Su, UC Riverside
November 18: Kathy Collins, UC Berkeley
November 25: Cody Ross Pitts, UC Davis
December 2: Miguel Garcia-Garibay, UC Los Angeles
Winter 2025
January 6: Shannon Boettcher, UC Berkeley
January 13: Kevin Hicks, University of Utah
February 3: Alberto Rascon, Arizona State University
February 10: Terry Moore, University of Illinois, Chicago
February 24: Jaclyn Winter, University of Utah
March 3: Jin Qian, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
March 10: Cecilia Martinez-Gomez, UC Berkeley
Spring 2025
March 31: Erik Snapp, Janelia Research Campus HHMI
April 7: Kevin Tidgewell, University of Kentucky
April 14: Kat Knauer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
April 21: Sara Skrabalak, Indiana University
April 28: Florentine Rutaganira, Stanford University
May 5: Morgan Hawker, CSU Fresno
May 19: Jon Chekan, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
June 2: Carl Brozek, University of Oregon
Fall Conference
The Department Fall Conference held annually is attended by faculty, researchers, postdocs, and grad students. This is a day long event which includes a key note speaker, scientific talks from each lab group, and a poster session.
Symposiums
Fink Symposium
This biennial event was established in 2010 to honor and celebrate Professor Tony Fink’s exceptionally distinguished career in Biomedical Chemistry.
Phil Crews Symposium: Powered by Chemistry, Strengthened by Diversity
The Crews symposium is a biennial symposium that celebrates diverse voices in chemical research, and recognizes their excellence in scientific discovery. In addition, a Crews fellowship will be presented to an outstanding undergraduate student to help them further their career in chemical research.
Crews Symposium 2023
Chemistry & Biochemistry Symposium
The Chemistry & Biochemistry Symposium is a full day event that combines the Bunnett, Fink, and Crews lectures in addition to adding a renowned speaker in the field of Physical Chemistry.
Bunnett Symposium
The Bunnett lecture series is hosted annually by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in honor of Professor Emeritus Joseph Bunnett. Established in 2001, the symposium which is held on the first Friday in May, features a formal lecture that has been presented by some of the most eminent scholars in the field of chemistry.