Fall 2024 – SDSU Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Seminars

date speaker title
Aug 30 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Shane Gonen
Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine
Irvine CA
"Design and CryoEM applications of protein nanomaterial"
Host: Tom Huxford
Sep 06 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Jing Gu
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
San Diego State University
San Diego CA
"“Mining” Wastewater and Plastic Waste as Useful Resources for Solar Fuel Generation"
Sep 13 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Min Kim
Department of Chemistry
Chungbuk National University
Cheongju, South Korea
"Organic Chemistry IN Metal-Organic Frameworks & Organic Chemistry WITH Metal-Organic Frameworks "
Host: Yong Yan
Sep 25 2024
10:00 AM
Engineering-201
Dr. Jon Tripp and Dr. Tom Stratton

Gilead Sciences Inc.
Foster City CA
"Gilead Corporate Overview: The Discovery and Development of Lenacapavir a Novel Treatment for HIV Infection"
Host: Byron Purse
Sep 27 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Dr. Case W. McNamara
Director, Infection Disease
Calibr at Scripps Research
La Jolla CA
"Using a SuFEx-based covalent inhibitor to target Pks13 for the treatment of tuberculosis"
Host: Tom Huxford
Oct 04 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Andrew L. Cooksy
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
San Diego State University
San Diego CA
"What I Did on My Sabbatical"
Oct 11 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Charlie T. Cox
Department of Chemistry
Duke University
Durham NC
"Probing Creativity in Organic Chemistry"
Host: Regis Komperda
Oct 25 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Pfizer seminar


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Host: Byron Purse
Oct 31 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-307
Prof. Paul Kempler
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Oregon
Eugene OR
"Electrified Ironmaking and Careers in Clean Energy and Sustainable Materials"
Host: David Pullman
Nov 01 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Aurelien De La Torre
ICMMO
CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay
Paris France
"Designing Cycloadditions to Enable Total Synthesis"
Host: Rudy Jazzar
Nov 15 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Dr. Lesley Litt
President
Crystal-Flex Packaging Corporation
Marietta GA
"Polymer Design for Packaging: Creating Flexible Packaging Barriers for Food & Medical Product Preservation"
Host: Andy Cooksy
Dec 06 2024
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Ming Wang
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Riverside CA
"Metabolomics at Repository Scales – Leveraging Mass Spectrometry Big Data to Illuminate Dark Matter"
Host: Laura-Isobel McCall