Shell Seminar Series

Dr. Annalise Maughan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado School of Mines and holds a joint appointment with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Driving Cyanide Dynamics and Ion Transport through Site Disorder in Li6PS5CN Abstract: Halide argyrodite solid-state electrolytes of the general formula Li6PS5X exhibit complex static and dynamic disorder that […]

Descriptor Search for Metal Oxide Reactivity and Transport Dr. Randall J. Meyer obtained his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He has authored over 90 publications and 5 patents in which he has used a variety of techniques to study heterogeneous catalysis focusing mostly on a combination of density […]

Prof. Hai-Quan Mao is Director of the Institute of NanoBioTechnology (INBT) and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Whose research focuses on engineering nanomaterials for regenerative medicine and for the delivery of molecular and cellular therapeutics. Abstract: New nanotechnology platforms with tailored structural and functional characteristics can advance […]

Dr. Sarah Morgan is Bennett Distinguished Professor and Associate Director of the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at The University of Southern Mississippi. Title and Abstract are TBD

Dr. Stewart, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, research utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to explore and exploit the physical properties of biological soft matter systems. Title and Abstract TBD

Dr. Erickson serves as the Technical Authority and Technology Development Lead for Wood Group Intelligent Operations. Operation of Complex CO2 Transportation and Storage Networks. Abstract: Several companies have estimated that the carbon capture business could be soon generating more than $4 trillion dollars of revenue per year. Many of the proposed networks will collect CO2 from […]

Dr. Hochbaum is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine. Natural and Synthetic Designs of Conductive and Responsive Protein Nanowires Abstract: Electronic signals are the default carriers of information in solid-state devices, while biology mainly traffics […]

Research in our group investigates fundamental and applied issues in membrane protein biophysics, alternative energy sources, and nanotechnology. We seek to determine the effect of local environments on chemical reaction dynamics, from cellular membranes to photovoltaic devices to plasmonic nanomaterials. We develop and apply new spectroscopic and microscopic techniques to examine how molecules react, following […]