Seminar Schedule
New meeting structure (PHYS 331, 3:30 pm):
- Biweekly meetings: 10 min (safety talk) + 80 min (research presentation)
- Every 4th meeting: 10 min (safety talk) + [4×] 20 min (journal club)
| Date | Safety Talk | Research Talk |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 24, 2025 | Qual practice session 1 | |
| Oct. 1, 2025 | Qual practice session 2 | |
| Oct. 2, 2025 | Ph.D. Defense (Anik Biswas, FRNY 3062A, 1 pm) | |
| Oct. 6, 2025 | CCC seminar (Dr. David Kaphan) | |
| Oct. 7, 2025 | Mellichamp lecture (Prof. Linsey C. Seitz) | |
| Oct. 8, 2025 | Wei-Ling Huang | Andy Simonson |
| Oct. 16, 2025 | Purdue seminar (Prof. Nick Brunelli) | |
| Oct. 20, 2025 | Ph.D. Defense (Bereket Bekele, PHYS 116, 11:30am - 12:30pm) | |
| Oct. 29, 2025 | Angela Aguirre | Lauren Kilburn |
| Nov. 10, 2025 | CCC seminar (Prof. William F. Schneider) | |
| Nov. 11, 2025 | Ph.D. Defense (Angel Santiago Colon, HAMP 2118, 12 - 1pm) | |
| Nov. 12, 2025 | Samantha Jernigan | Mikalai Artsiusheuski |
| Nov. 14, 2025 | Ph.D. Defense (Shan Jiang, Room TBD, Time TBD) | |
| Nov. 21, 2025 | Ph.D. Defense (Boen Cao, Room TBD, Time TBD) | |
| Dec. 1, 2025 | CCC seminar (Prof. Nick Brunelli) | |
| Dec. 3, 2025 | Ph.D. Defense (Tania Class Martinez, Room TBD, Time TBD) | |
| Dec. 10, 2025 | Journal Club (Edgard, Ry, Bryan, Conor) | |
Meeting Instructions
Information for research talk presenters
A new protocol for sending out pre-meeting reminder emails has been established:
- Fill out this form and attach the generated PDF document to the reminder email
- Deliver the reminder email by the end of Friday prior to your scheduled talk, giving audience members ~5 days to ruminate
- Aim to present a developed story (introduction, background) along with new research updates that have been discussed previously with your PI
Information for journal club presenters
Consult the following guidelines when choosing your article for the journal club (JC) and when developing your presentation:
- Pick an article that emphasizes a technique/concept pertaining to the PCC mission
- Conclude with a discussion about how the knowledge gained from listening to and engaging with the presentation can be transferred to the presenter’s own work and/or those of others within PCC
- Coordinate with other journal club presenters to deliver a consolidated email with links/references to all four articles two weeks before the scheduled talk, and a subsequent reminder email one week before the JC meeting
Information for the audience
- Read the documents/articles sent out in the reminder emails
- Practice asking “reviewer-like” questions during research and journal club talks
- Endeavor to allow students to ask questions before the faculty and PI
Information for research talk presenters
A new protocol for sending out pre-meeting reminder emails has been established:
- Fill out this form and attach the generated PDF document to the reminder email
- Deliver the reminder email by the end of Friday prior to your scheduled talk, giving audience members ~5 days to ruminate
- Aim to present a developed story (introduction, background) along with new research updates that have been discussed previously with your PI
Consult the following guidelines when choosing your article for the journal club (JC) and when developing your presentation:
- Pick an article that emphasizes a technique/concept pertaining to the PCC mission
- Conclude with a discussion about how the knowledge gained from listening to and engaging with the presentation can be transferred to the presenter’s own work and/or those of others within PCC
- Coordinate with other journal club presenters to deliver a consolidated email with links/references to all four articles two weeks before the scheduled talk, and a subsequent reminder email one week before the JC meeting
- Read the documents/articles sent out in the reminder emails
- Practice asking “reviewer-like” questions during research and journal club talks
- Endeavor to allow students to ask questions before the faculty and PI
Previous Invited Talks
2025 (top)
| Date | Speaker | Affliation |
|---|---|---|
| 10/07/25 | Prof. Linsey Seitz | Northwestern University |
| 10/16/25 | Prof. Nick Brunelli | Ohio State University |
2024 (top)
| Date | Speaker | Affliation |
|---|---|---|
| 09/06/24 | Prof. Michele Sarazen | Princeton University |
| 03/07/24 | Prof. Eranda Nikolla | University of Michigan |
2023 (top)
| Date | Speaker | Affliation |
|---|---|---|
| 10/31/23 | Dr. Bob Maughon | SABIC |
| 09/26/23 | Prof. Chris Paolucci | University of Virginia |
| 04/18/23 | Prof. Enrique Iglesia | University of California, Berkeley |
2022 (top)
| Date | Speaker | Affliation |
|---|---|---|
| 10/04/22 | Prof. Karthish Manthiram | California Institute of Technology |
2019 (top)
| Date | Speaker | Affliation |
|---|---|---|
| 10/29/19 | Prof. Daniel E. Resasco | The University of Oklahoma |
| 9/25/19 | Prof. Ning Yan | NUS (Singapore) |
| 7/29/19 | Prof. Hyunjoo Lee | KAIST (South Korea) |
| 6/19/19 | Dr. Stacey Zones | Chevron |
| 5/10/19 | Dr. Nikolai Nesterenko | TOTAL |
| 4/17/19 | Prof. Klavs F. Jensen | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 3/26/19 | Prof. David Flaherty | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 3/20/19 | Prof. Enrique Iglesia | University of California, Berkeley |
| 3/6/19 | Prof. Toshiyuki Yokoi | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2/27/19 | Dr. Ahmad Moini | BASF |
| 2/13/19 | Dr. Josh Schaidle | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
| 1/16/19 | Dr. Andrew "Bean" Getsoian | The Ford Motor Company |
2018 (top)
| Date | Speaker | Affliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1/16/18 | Prof. Yogesh Surendranath | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 1/29/18 | Prof. Wolfgang Hoelderich | RWTH Aachen University |
| 2/28/18 | Dr. Jeffrey Kenvin | Micromeritics Instrument Corporation |
| 3/7/18 | Dr. Saurabh Joshi | Cummins Catalyst Research & Technology Group |
| 3/12/18 | Prof. Phil Christopher | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 4/25/18 | Dr. Dan Hickman | Dow Chemical Company |
| 5/9/18 | Dr. Kristen Kulinowski | Chemical Safety Board |
| 8/17/18 | Prof. Reinhard Schomäcker | Technische Universität Berlin |
| 9/4/18 | Prof. Ryong Ryoo | KAIST, Republic of Korea |
| 10/12/18 | Dr. Minghui Yang | Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CNITECH) |
| 10/17/18 | Dr. Mark Kaminsky | Aramco Research Center |
2017 (top)
| Date | Speaker | Affliation |
|---|---|---|
| 3/15/17 | Dr. Jinyong Luo | Cummins Catalyst Research & Technology Group |
| 3/28/17 | Professor Justin Notestein | Northwestern University |
| 4/12/17 | Dr. Dan Hickman | Dow Chemical Company |
| 5/10/17 | Professor Aída Luz Villa Holguín | Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia |
| 7/12/17 | Professor Hans Niemantsverdriet | SynCat@Beijing and Syngaschem BV |
| 10/20/17 | Professor Christophe Copéret | ETH-Zürich |
| 11/7/17 | Professor Jingguang Chen | Columbia University |