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Physical Seminar Schedule
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Winter 2013
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Wednesdays at 3:00 pm in Schaap Lecture Hall (unless noted otherwise)
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January 9
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Zenghu Chang, University of Central Florida (Host: Li)
"Probing Electron Dynamics with Attosecond Transient Absorption"
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January 16
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Lai-Sheng Wang, Brown University (Host: Rodgers)
"Probing the Unique Electronic and Atomic Structures of Size-Selected Clusters Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy"
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January 23
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Joe Subotnik, University of Pennsylvania (Host: Li)
""From the Nonadiabatic to the Adiabatic: How a Quantum Chemist Should Think About Electronic Relaxation in Photoexcited Systems"
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January 30
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Adam Birkholz, Wayne State University (Schlegel Group)
"Tools for Exploring Potential Energy Surfaces"
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February 4*
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George C. Schatz, Northwestern University (Host: Rodgers)
"New Plasmonic Nanomaterials and Optical Applications"
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February 6
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Xuetao Shi, Wayne State University (Schlegel Group)
"Computational Studies Related to Water Splitting Catalysis"
Tian Shi, Wayne State University (Chernyak Group)
"Exciton Scattering in Conjugated Systems: Towards Photoinduced Dynamics and Energy Transfer"
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February 13
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Mikko Karttunen, University of Waterloo (Host: Cisneros)
"The Icebergs of Wrath and Once There Was a Peptide"
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February 20
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Dong Fang, Wayne State University (Cisneros Group)
"Insights on the Rate-Limiting Step in the Dealkylation Catalyzed by AlkB"
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February 27
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Spiridoula Matsika, Temple University (Host: Chernyak)
"Theoretical Studies of Photoinitiated Processes in Biologically Relevant Molecules"
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March 6
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Rigoberto Hernández, Georgia Tech (Host: Cisneros)
"Dynamics in Complex Environments: Rods and Janus Particles"
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March 13
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Spring Break - No seminar scheduled
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March 20
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Veronica Bierbaum, University of Colorado (Host: Rodgers)
"Adventures in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry"
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March 27
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Yingkai Zhang, New York University (Host: Schlegel)
"Computer Simulation of Histone Modifications"
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April 3
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Yuan Yuan Shi, Wayne State University (Suits Group)
"Crossed-Beam Imaging of Cl Atom Reactions with Polyatomic Molecules"
Ravin Fernando, Wayne State University (Suits Group)
"Infrared Multi-Photon Dissociation of Nitromethane"
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April 10
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Spring ACS Meeting - No seminar schedule
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April 15*
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Professor Wen Li, Wayne State University
"Strong Field Physics and its Applications in Chemistry"
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April 17
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Simon W. North, Texas A&M University (Host: Suits)
"Roaming in the Dark: Solving the Complex Atmospheric Photochemistry of the Nitrate Radical"
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April 22
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Classes End-Honors Convocation
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April 24
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Final Exam Week - No Seminar Scheduled
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