CBE Seminars
Spring 2023
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering's Colloquium Series will take place on Thursday and Friday in Spring 2023.
- Thursday seminars will be held from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm in the Jacobs Seminar Room (1 MTC, 19th Floor)
- Friday seminars will be held from 10:45 am - 12 pm, location TBD
Dharik S. Mallapragada
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advancing systems modeling to support the transition to a deeply decarbonized energy system
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Micah Ziegler
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantitative insights to accelerate the improvement of sustainable energy and chemical technologies
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Samantha McBride
Princeton University
Designing interfacial phenomena for water, energy, and sustainability
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Jason Bates
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Max Huelsey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Controlling the local reaction environment to drive catalysis Open configuration options
Thursday, February 9, 2023
SriBala Gorugantu
Northwestern University
Unraveling reaction mechanisms of complex systems for sustainable process development
Friday, February 17, 2023
Elizabeth Hénaff
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Holobiont Urbanism: Microbial Metrics for the Multispecies City
Friday, March 24, 2023
Rajesh Khanna
New York University, College of Dentistry
Friday, March 31, 2023
John F. Brady
California Institute of Technology
The Mechanics of Active Matter
Friday, April 14, 2023
Kathryn A. Whitehead
Carnegie Mellon University
Lipid nanoparticles for RNA delivery: COVID-19 vaccines, chemistry, and beyond
*Morawetz Lecture*
Friday, April 21, 2023
Javad Shabani
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Towards realization of protected qubits using topological superconductivity
Friday, April 28, 2023
Fall 2022
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering's Colloquium Series takes place Fridays from 10:45am - 12pm.
Gaurav Giri
University of Virginia
Understanding and Controlling Metal Organic Framework Formation as Crystals
September 2, 2022
Shelly Peyton
University of Massachusetts
Mechanoresponsive and tissue-inspired soft networks and gels
September 9, 2022
Chris Johnson
Argonne National Laboratory
Using Light Energy to Accelerate Electrochemical Reactions in Li-ion Batteries
September 16, 2022
Juan-Pablo and Correa-Baena
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tailored interfaces in metal halide perovskites for efficient carrier transfer
September 23, 2022
Gerardine Botte
Texas Tech University
Electrochemical Technologies toward Sustainability and Circular Economy
September 29, 2022
Emily Day
University of Delaware
Bio-Nanoconjugates for Disease Management
September 30, 2022
Christina Li
Purdue University
Tuning Active Sites in Catalytic Nanomaterials through Colloidal Synthesis
October 7, 2022
Jayakanth Ravichandran
University of Southern California
October 14, 2022
Yury Gogotsi
Drexel University
The Fascinating World of Two-Dimensional Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes)
October 21, 2022
Sanjaya Senanayake
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Enabling New Chemical Pathways over Metal-Oxide Interfacial Sites
October 28, 2022
1MTC 1930
Casey O’Brien
Purdue University
November 4, 2022
Ayse Asatekin
Tufts University
Next generation membranes through polymer self-assembly
November 11, 2022
Aditya Mohite
Rice University
Halide perovskites for durable and high-efficiency photovoltaics and solar fuels
November 18, 2022
Day After Thanksgiving Day
November 25, 2022
Carmela Aruta
CNR-SPIN
Tuning functional properties by strain and doping in oxide thin films for energy applications
December 2, 2022
Elizabeth Nance
University of Washington
Nanotherapeutics for neonatal and pediatric brain disease
December 9, 2022
Yasemin Basdogan
California Institute of Technology
Machine Learning Guided Discovery of Polymer Membranes for CO2 Separation
December 15, 2022
Spring 2022
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering's Colloquium Series takes place Fridays from 10:45am - 12pm in JAB475 or over Zoom.
Shelley Peyton
University of Massachusetts
Postponed to September 9, 2022*
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Columbia University
Engineering human tissues for medical impact
February 18, 2022
Julie Rorrer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Catalytic Deconstruction and Upcycling of Waste Plastics
March 25, 2022
Yury Gogotsi
Drexel University
The Fascinating World of Two-Dimensional Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes)
April 1, 2022
Cesar A. Urbina Blanco
Ghent University
Understanding and tuning the reactivity of Solid Micellar Catalysts for CO2 utilization
April 8, 2022
Marcella Lusadri
BASF (zealots synthesis team)
April 15, 2022
Vijay Murugesan
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Beyond Lithium Batteries: Robust Material Designs and Testing
April 22, 2022
Chris Johnson
Argonne National Library
Using LIght Energy to Accelerate Electrochemical Reactions ini Li-ion Batteries
April 29, 2022 CANCELLED
Chinedum Osuji
University of Pennsylvania
Creating Useful Nanostructured Soft Materials by Directed Self-Assembly
May 6, 2022
Fall 2021
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering's Colloquium Series takes place Fridays from 10:45am - 12pm over Zoom.
Daniel A. Heller
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center / Weill Cornell Medicine
"Nanomedicines for the Research, Detection, and Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases"
September 3, 2021
Michael A Filler
Georgia Tech
"The Chemical Engineering-ification of Electronics"
September 10, 2021
Pulickel Ajayan
Rice University
"Materials Science in Two Dimensions"
September 17, 2021
Delia Milliron
University of Texas Austin
"Plasmonic nanocrystals and their gel assemblies"
September 24, 2021
Thomas Epps
University of Delaware
"From Waste to Polymers: Creating Sustainable Materials from Biomass"
October 1, 2021
Kevin Roger
National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
October 8, 2021
Edward M. Bahnson
University of North Carolina
"Redox modulation and nanotherapies for the treatment of Bahnson Carolina cardiovascular disease"
October 15, 2021
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Columbia University
"Engineering human tissues for medical impact"
*Postponed to February 18, 2022
Guido Mul
University of Twente
"Studying surface phenomena in electrochemical processes by IR and Raman spectroscopy"
November 5, 2021
Frances Arnold
California Institute of Technology
"Morawetz Lecture"
November 12, 2021
LaShanda Korley
University of Delaware
"Manipulating Architecture and Mechanics via Bio-inspired Design"
November 19, 2021
Marissa Caldwell
Medtronic
"Battery Technology for Medical Devices"
December 3, 2021
Ngoc Bui
University of Oklahoma
"Materials and Methods for Selective Ion Capture from Water"
December 10, 2021
Spring 2021
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering's Colloquium Series takes place Fridays from 10:45am - 12pm over Zoom.
Joseph M. DeSimone
Stanford University
"Digital Approaches for Precision Drug and Vaccine Delivery and Treatments"
February 19, 2021
Chris Boyce
Columbia University
"Characterizing and Structuring Multiphase Granular Flows"
February 26, 2021
Mark Hersam
Northwestern University
"Fundamentals and Applications of Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures"
March 5, 2021
Ashutosh Chilkoti
Duke University
"Translating Molecular Bioengineering from the Lab to the Patient"
March 12, 2021
Raffaella Buonsanti
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
"Colloidal chemistry for tunable and controlled electrocatalyst"
March 26, 2021
Mark Kushner
University of Michigan
"Leveraging Low Temperature Plasmas for Materials, Energy and Environment"
April 2, 2021
Shelley Minteer
University of Utah
"Electrocatalysis for Organic Electrosynthesis"
April 9, 2021
Jesús M. Velázquez
UC Davis
April 16, 2021
Carolyn Koh
Colorado School of Mines
"Gas Hydrates and their Role in Future Energy Needs & Mitigating Environmental Impacts"
April 30, 2021
Selma Mededovic
Clarkson University
May 7, 2021
Fall 2020
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering's Colloquium Series takes place Fridays from 10:45am - 12pm over Zoom.
Nitash Balsara
UC Berkeley
September 4, 2020
Peter Green
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
September 11, 2020
Paulette Clancy
John Hopkins University
“From Messy Solution Processes to Better Solar Cells: A Bayesian Optimization-guided Study."
September 25, 2020
Bill Epling
University of Virginia
"Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NOx – How to Avoid Sulfur Poisoning.”
October 2, 2020
Eric Furst
University of Delaware
“Interactions, Microstructure, Elasticity, and Aging of Colloidal Gels.”
October 9, 2020
Randy Snurr
Northwestern University
October 16, 2020
Carlos Rinaldi
University of Florida
“Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Polymer Solutions and Biological Fluids."
October 23, 2020
Nigel Bunnett
NYU Dental
"The Inside-Out Signaling of Pain."
October 30, 2020
Mahesh Mahantappa
University of Minnesota
"Molecular Frustration, Symmetry Breaking, and an Escape to Infinity."
November 6, 2020
Stephanie S. Lee
Stevens Institute of Technology
"Nanoconfining Optoelectronic Crystals"
December 11, 2020
Spring 2020
10:30 am-Noon on Fridays
Room: JAB 473
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| Jan. 31 | Dorthe Eisele | CCNY | A Paradigm Shift Inspired by Nature: Robust Frenkel Excitons Despite Extreme Heat Stress |
| Feb. 7 | Kevin M. McPeak | Louisiana State University | Some Like it Hot: Chemistry with Above-Equilibrium Charge Carriers |
| Feb. 14 | Alexander Katz |
UC Berkeley | Materials Design Innovations Create Opportunities Abound |
| Feb. 21 | No seminar | Board meeting is scheduled. | |
| Feb. 28 | Alan West | Columbia U | Studies of Transport Processes in Li-Ion Cathodes |
| Mar. 6 | Steven Little | Pittsburgh U | Controlling “Controlled Release” to Make Medicine That Imitates Life |
| Mar. 13 | Nitash Balsara | UC Berkeley | CANCELED Negative Diffusion Coefficients, the Pesko Condition, and Performance of Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries |
| Mar. 20 | No seminar | Spring recess | |
| Mar. 27 | Peter Green | NREL | CANCELED The energy transition and the status of advanced energy technologies |
| Apr. 3 | Jennifer Curtis | UC Davis | Flow Behavior of Cohesive and Aspherical Particles in Hoppers and Shear Cells |
| Apr. 10 | Thomas Truskett |
U Texas | Inverse methods for the design of self-assembling materials |
| Apr.17 | Randy Snurr | Northwestern U | Metal-Organic Frameworks as Tunable Platforms for Gas Storage, Chemical Separations, and Catalysis |
| Apr. 24 | Paulette Clancy |
Johns Hopkins U |
How Understanding a Messy Solution Process Can Make Better Solar Cells: A Bayesian Optimization-guided Route to Metal Halide Perovskite Design |
| May. 1 | Eric Furst | U Delaware | Interactions, microstructure, elasticity, and aging of colloidal gels |
| May. 8 | Carlos Rinaldi | U Florida | Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Polymer Solutions and Biological Fluids |
Fall 2019
10:30 am-Noon on Fridays
Room: JAB 474
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| Sep. 13 | Christopher Roberts | University of Delaware | Physical stability of therapeutic antibodies, and predictive approaches to antibody formulation and candidate design |
| Sep. 20 | No seminar | - | - |
| Sep. 27 | Anne Skaja Robinson | Carnegie Mellon | Engineering Approaches to Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Oct. 4 | Matthew Panzer | Tufts University | Design of Polymeric Scaffolds for Nonaqueous Ionogel Electrolytes |
| Oct. 11 | Nathalie Pinkerton | Pfizer & NYU | Developing Responsive Soft Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications |
| Oct. 18 | Samira Azarin | University of Minnesota | Biomaterial-based approaches to study and control ovarian cancer |
| Oct. 25 | Abraham Strook | Cornell | TBA |
| Nov. 1 | Nitash Balsara | UC Berkeley | Ohm's Law, Polymer electrolytes, and Lithium Batteries |
| Nov. 8 | Michael Wong | Rice | Designing Catalytic Converters for Clean Water |
| Nov. 15 | Charles Musgrave | UC Boulder | Accelerating the Discovery of New Materials for Energy Applications Using Ab Initio and Machine Learned Modeling |
| Nov. 22 | Fotis Sotiropoulos | SUNY SB | Dean’s Lecture. 1MTC 1930/1931 |
| Dec. 6 | Francesco Stellacci | EPFL | Hydrophobic Forces in Soft Materials |
| Dec. 13 | Michael Harold | University of Houston | Multi-functional Structured Catalysts for Emission Control |