Department of Chemistry

Physical & Environmental Chemistry Seminar- Professor Steven Pellizzeri of Eastern Illinois University

Monday, March 30, 2026 12:30pm
Chemistry Building

"Unraveling PFOA Pyrolysis: From Nanoreactor Simulations to Microkinetic Reaction Networks"

Final Thesis Defense- Ashanthi Kumari Katuwana Arachchige (Carter Group)

Monday, March 30, 2026 1:00pm
Chemistry Building

"Linker Design for f-Element Hybrid Materials Chemistry"

Final Thesis Defense- Charles Ezekiel (MacGillivray/Tivanski Groups)

Monday, March 30, 2026 2:00pm
Virtual

"CRYSTAL ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR SOLID DECOLORIZATION, MULTICOMPONENT MILLING, PHARMACEUTICAL COCRYSTALS AND HALO-PYRIMIDINE CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVES AS ANTIANDROGENS"

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College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Yuan Zhang, PhD

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Yuan Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Final Thesis Defense- Harindu Rajapaksha (Forbes/Mason Groups)

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 3:00pm
Chemistry Building

Inorganic & Chem Ed Research Seminar- Dunya Sembukuttiarachchige (Daly group)

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 12:30pm
Chemistry Building

"Exploring Metal-Metal Distances and Spin in Dinuclear Mn Complexes Supported by Rigid Tetradentate Ligands"

Graduate College

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Engaging Across Cultures: Demystifying the Academic Job Search Process

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
This session will help students better understand how academic culture(s) impact the academic job search process. Participants will learn about how to navigate the academic job search process and develop application materials that effectively reflect the values and priorities of the institutions and departments to which they are applying.
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How Renaissance Scholars and Printers Decided on the Size of Books

Thursday, April 2, 2026 5:30pm
Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building
This lecture by Harvard historian Ann Blair explores how Renaissance scholars and printers determined book size, showing how commercial and cultural factors—and collaborations like those of Erasmus in Basel and Conrad Gessner in Zurich—shaped publishing norms and the production of knowledge in early modern Europe.

Multisystem effects of polychlorinated biphenyls: A cross-species approach to neurotoxicity and molecular disruption

Friday, April 3, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Nicole Breese, a PhD candidate in the Human Toxicology Program, University of Iowa, will present her dissertation research.

She will discuss multisystem effects of polychlorinated biphenyls: A cross-species approach to neurotoxicity and molecular disruption.

Nicole's mentor is Dr. Hans-Joachim Lehmler.

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Colloquium - "From Anxiety to Agency: Empowering users against SMiShing and digital stress in the age of AI"

Friday, April 3, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Cori Faklaris, Ph.D., from University of North Carolina - Charlotte, whose focus is on understanding people's needs and designing for safe, secure, and trustworthy computing.
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Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Ashby Martin

Monday, April 6, 2026 11:30pm
Medical Laboratories

Ashby Martin is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been conducted in Dr. Dan Tranel's laboratory.

If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

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Engaging Across Cultures: Navigating Intercultural Conflicts

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 9:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
In this interactive session, participants will explore the four intercultural conflict styles using the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory (ICS). The ICS is an 18-item assessment that measures individuals’ core approaches to communicating about differences, resolving conflicts, and solving problems across cultures.

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