Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Aaron Kaufman
Boettcher Lab
Friday, March 7, 2025
1PM in 221 Lillis Hall and via Zoom
contact Chemistry and Biochemistry office for Zoom link
The title of his thesis is
“Mechanisms for Charge Selectivity in Photoelectrochemical Systems”
Up next: Post Doctoral Fellow at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) studying solid/liquid and solid/gas electrochemical interfaces
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Kayd Meldrum
Prell Lab
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
10am in 30 Pacific Hall
and via ZOOM
contact Chemistry and Biochemistry office for Zoom link
The title of his thesis is “Gábor Transform-Based Deconvolution and Quantitative Analysis Methods for Electrospray Mass Spectrometry of Intact Biomolecules”
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Tara Clayton
Jasti Lab
Monday, March 3, 2025
4 PM in 110 Willamette Hall and via ZOOM
contact Chemistry and Biochemistry office for Zoom link
The title of her thesis is
“Late-Stage Transformations of Cycloparaphenylenes”
Up Next: Tara is interested in studying the application of organic systems as components in hybrid quantum technologies and will be applying to postdoctoral positions in that field
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Upcoming Thesis Defense
Isabella Demachkie
Hendon Lab
Thursday, February 27, 2025
2 PM in 100 Agate Hall and via ZOOM
contact Chemistry and Biochemistry office for Zoom link
The title of her thesis is “Antiaromaticity, s-Indacene, and Molecular Electronics”
Up next: Isabella is excited to continue pivoting toward studying materials and green energy
Organic/Inorganic/Materials Seminar Series
3rd Year Talks – Winter 2025
February 21, 2025
110 Willamette Hall
3:00pm – Ifra Ansari
Toward Long-Term Neuromodulation: Improving PEDOT:PSS for Stable Neural Interfaces
3:30pm – Allison LaSalvia
Oxidative addition of Si-X to Pd (0) complexes
CH 409: Capstone Project
Mondays 4:00 – 4:50 pm in 107 Klamath
P/NP, Variable Credit – CRN 11123
Become a Science Influencer!
In this capstone course, you will take your chemistry knowledge beyond the lab and learn how to communicate scientific concepts through video. You will plan two engaging videos—one for a scientific audience and one for the general public—helping you develop essential skills in science communication, digital storytelling, and video production.
For more details on what you’ll learn and the course schedule, see the syllabus here.
Questions? Email the instructor Dr. Michael E. Koscho, koscho@uoregon.edu
Organic/Inorganic/Materials Seminar Series
3rd Year Talks – Winter 2025
February 14, 2025
110 Willamette Hall
3:00pm – Andrew Lee
Crown Ether Self-Assemblies, and Aqueous Anion Supramolecular Chemistry
3:30pm – Victor Salpino
Accessing Novel Carbon Materials using Post-Functional Transformations of [n]Cycloparaphenylenes Derivatives
Organic/Inorganic/Materials Seminar Series
3rd Year Talks – Winter 2025
January 24, 2025
110 Willamette Hall
3:00pm – Nathan Boone
Utilizing Phosphorous-Fluorine Exchange (PFEx) in Azaphosphinine Heterocycles
3:30pm – Megan Rammer
Supramolecular Applications of Quadruply Hydrogen Bonding Azaphosphinines
Organic/Inorganic/Materials Seminar Series
3rd Year Talks – Winter 2025
January 17, 2025
110 Willamette Hall
3:00pm – Christopher Griffin
Influence of Carboxylate-Pt (IV)-based Compounds on Nucleolar Response Pathways
3:30pm – Leif Lindberg
Platinum Compounds with Electronically Tunable Conjugated Ligands
