Spring 2026 – SDSU Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Seminars

date speaker title
Feb 27 2026
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
SDSU Student Symposium


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Mar 06 2026
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Dr. Andrew Flick
Director of Chemistry
Genesis Molecular AI
San Diego CA
"TBD"
Host: John Love
Mar 16 2026
11:00 AM
GMCS-314
Dr. Kai Li
R&D Staff Scientist
Oak Ridge National Lab
Oak Ridge TN
"Advanced Materials for Buildings"
Host: David Pullman
Mar 19 2026
1:00 PM
GMCS-305
Prof. Meng Zhou
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces NM
"Electrochemical Methods of Hydrogen Production and Carbon Capture"
Host: Jing Gu
Mar 20 2026
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Yifan Dong
Department of Chemistry
U.C. Riverside
Riverside CA
"Ultrafast Charge and Spin Dynamics in Chiral Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites"
Host: Jing Gu
Mar 27 2026
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Prof. Tatiana V. Mishanina
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
University of California, San Diego
San Diego CA
"How cells tune gene expression: Transcription kinetics, regulatory RNAs, and metabolic sensing"
Host: Manal Swairjo
Apr 08 2026
3:00 PM
GMCS-317
Dr. Steven Chambreau

Air Force Research Laboratory
"Ionic Liquids in Space Propulsion Applications"
Host: David Pullman
Apr 24 2026
2:00 PM
GMCS-301
Dr. Audrey Le Gouellec
Faculty of Medicine
Université Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble, France
"Towards a holistic approach to studying host–pathogen interactions and medical applications"
Host: Laura-Isobel McCall
May 15 2026
2:00 PM
GMCS-333
Prof. Geoffrey Chang
Department of Pharmacology
UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
San Diego CA
"Ligand-gated fluorescent sensors for small molecules"
Host: Tom Huxford
May 29 2026
2:00 PM
Zoom
Dr. Stefan Gross, Senior Director
Head of Biochemistry
Servier Pharmaceuticals
Boston MA
"TBD"
Host: Christal Sohl