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Thursday, August 20, 2026 - 10:00 to 13:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Arshdeep Gill
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Kizhakkedathu Group)
Location: 
Life Sciences Centre, Room 1.410
Monday, August 24, 2026 - 10:00 to 11:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Professor Taylor Sparks
Affiliation: 
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Utah
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract:

Large language models are igniting a quiet revolution in how we practice materials science. What began as tools for language and code are rapidly becoming engines...

Monday, August 24, 2026 - 12:30 to 15:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Rama El-Khawaldeh
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Hein Group)
Location: 
Graduate Student Centre Room 200
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Máté Bezdek
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich
Location: 
Chemistry D215

Abstract:

Energy storage and chemical sensing technologies rely on controlling redox processes at the molecular level, yet highly reactive charged and open-shell states are...

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Richard Payne
Affiliation: 
School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Joseph Chang
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 10:00 to 13:00
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
Poornima Wedamulla
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Straus Group)
Location: 
Chemistry D317
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Bo Laursen
Affiliation: 
Nano-Science Center & Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Friday, September 25, 2026 - 13:30 to 16:30
Event Category: 
PHD/MSC - Dissertation Defence
Speaker: 
William Ho
Affiliation: 
UBC Chemistry (Burke & Hallas Groups)
Location: 
Chemistry E311
Friday, October 2, 2026 - 15:00 to 16:00
Event Category: 
Seminar - Seminar
Speaker: 
Prof. Philip Britz-McKibbin
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University
Location: 
Chemistry D213

Abstract:

Tobacco smoking and coffee consumption are two modifiable lifestyle factors relevant to global health that are also strongly associated with each other. Although...

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. James McCusker
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Prof. Konstantin Bukhryakov
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Ginger Shultz
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Christopher Vanderwal
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Prof. Nathaniel Szymczak
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Philippe Dauphin-Ducharme
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, Université de Sherbrooke
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Leo Xie
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Location: 
Chemistry D300
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Marsha Lester
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 - 12:45 to 14:00
Event Category: 
LMC - Lectures in Modern Chemistry
Speaker: 
Dr. Jenny Yang
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Location: 
Chemistry B250
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 - 17:00 to 18:00
Event Category: 
IMDG - Inorganic & Materials Discussion Group
Speaker: 
Aaron Mitchell
Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Location: 
Chemistry D300