Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Ye Zhu

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Ye Zhu Title: Remote Stereocontrol of Cross-Coupling Reactions Directed by Distal Ionic Substrate–Catalyst Interactions Speaker: Dr. Ye Zhu Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore Singapore Date: April 10, 2023, Monday Time: 12:30 (GMT +3) This seminar will be a hybrid event. On-site Place: SB-Z14 Online (Zoom) Meeting ID: […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Fahri Alkan

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Fahri Alkan Title: Approximate TDDFT Methods for the Optical Properties of Metal Nanoclusters Speaker: Dr. Fahri Alkan Department of Nanotechnology Engineering, Abdullah Gül University Kayseri, Türkiye Date: April 3, 2023, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: SB-Z14 Abstract: Linear-response time dependent density functional theory (LR-TDDFT) has been the workforce of quantum […]

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Petra Ménová

Spring ’23 Department Seminars with Dr. Petra Ménová Title: Drug-like ligands for DC-SIGN receptor Speaker: Dr. Petra Ménová Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic Date: March 30, 2023, Thursday Time: 12:30 TRT, 11:30 CET Place: Zoom Abstract: Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that play important roles in cell-cell recognition, cell […]

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Sündüs Erbaş Çakmak

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Sündüs Erbaş Çakmak Title: Fine Molecular Engineering to Build Information Processing Therapeutic Agents Speaker: Dr. Sündüs Erbaş Çakmak Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Necmeddin Erbakan University, Konya, Türkiye Date: Dec 27th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Personalised therapeutic approaches require fine molecular engineering […]

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen Title: Expanding the Scope of Membrane Separations: From separations in organic solvents to fine-tuning membrane properties Speaker: Dr. Zeynep Çulfaz Emecen Department of Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye Date: Dec 13th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Departmental Seminar Room (SB-Z14) Abstract: Membrane-based separation processes […]

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Gülcihan Gülseren

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Gülcihan Gülseren Title: Bioinspired Nanocatalysts for Medical Applications Speaker: Dr. Gülcihan Gülseren Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Konya Food and Agriculture University, Konya, Türkiye Date: Nov 29th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: The design of catalysts with greater control over catalytic activity and stability is a […]

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Pedro Brugarolas

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Pedro Brugarolas Title: Making New PET Tracers for Brain Imaging and Developing New (Radio)Chemistry Along the Way Speaker: Dr. Pedro Brugarolas Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Date: Nov 14th, 2022, Monday Time: 18:00 TRT, 10:00 ET Place: […]

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Abdullah Aydoğan

Fall ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Abdullah Aydoğan Title: Calix[4]pyrroles as Anion Sensors and Supramolecular Polymer Building Blocks Speaker: Dr. Abdullah Aydoğan Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye Date: Oct 18th, 2022, Tuesday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: This seminar will present a story of an anion receptor so-called “calix[4]pyrroles” by studying the chemistry […]

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Tolga Karsili

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Tolga Karsili Title: Modeling the Chemistry of the Atmosphere and Its Implications for Climate Change Speaker: Dr. Tolga Karsili Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,  Lafayette, Louisiana, United States Date: June 30th, 2022, Thursday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: The emission and subsequent reactions of volatile organic […]

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Aydın Özcan

Spring ’22 Department Seminars with Dr. Aydın Özcan Title: Computational Design of MOF/Polymer Interfaces to Develop Novel Gas Separation Membranes Speaker: Dr. Aydın Özcan TUBITAK-MRC Materials Technologies Institute  Kocaeli, Türkiye Date: June 2nd, 2022, Thursday Time: 12:30 Place: Zoom Abstract: Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) incorporating Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) into polymeric matrices show promising properties for […]