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🔬 Advancing discovery, inspiring innovation! The UNR Chemistry Department fosters excellence in research & education, preparing students for careers in science & beyond. Join us in exploring the building blocks of life! 🌎✨
Thinking about grad school in chemistry? Come hang out with us online! 🧪💬
We’re hosting a Virtual Open House on Mon, Nov. 17 at 9 am PST. Chat with our faculty who’ll be sharing their research. Ask anything: our grad programs, Reno life, all fair game.
Zoom link: unr.zoom.us/j/8941763258...
Another big grad presentation coming up! 🔬
Aruna Ghimire will be presenting:
“Proton-Catalyzed Interconversion of Tungsten(VI) Imido Isopropylidene and Propylene Complexes.”
Nov 18 | 5:00 PM | SLH 3
Stop by and support some awesome inorganic chemistry. 💙
#Chem #Chemistry #GradStudent #GradGoals
Graduate research incoming! 🔬
Catch Joy Odeh presenting:
“Harnessing Chromium(V) Hydrazido Intermediates for N₂ Functionalization to multisubstituted hydrazines via ligand migration.”
Nov 18 | 4:30 PM | SLH 3
Come through and support some seriously cool chemistry. 💙
#Chemistry #ChemPresentation
Graduate seminar spotlight 🌿
Katherine Chacón-Godoy presents:
“A Tricyclo[4.3.1]decane Diterpenoid Skeleton from Croton laui: Isolation and ¹H NMR-Based Metabolomic Profiling.”
🗓️ Nov. 13 @ 5 PM | 📍 SLH 3
Discover the chemistry of nature’s molecular masterpieces! 🔬
#UNRScience #GradTalks
Graduate research spotlight 🚀
David Gray is presenting:
“Reframing Gravitational Lensing: A Spacetime Approach to Light Propagation in Perturbed Cosmologies.”
🗓️ 11/13 @ 4:30PM | 📍 SLH 3
Come see how our grad researchers are exploring the universe—one lens at a time. ✨
#UNRScience #GradTalks #PChem
Dr. David Punihaole is speaking at UNR this Thursday! 🧠
He'll share new ways to use chemical imaging to understand amyloid fibril polymorphism in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: fascinating chemistry meets human health.
📆Nov 6 | ⏰4PM | 📍DMSC 105
Hosted by Dr. Matthew J Tucker.
#UNRChem #Neuroscience
Will Eubanks is defending his Ph.D. in Chemistry this Monday! 🧪
Topic: Half-Sandwich Ruthenium (II) Complexes and Catalytic Activity
🗓️ Nov 3 | 🕘 9 AM | 📍 LP 110
Come support some serious catalysis science. 💥
#UNR #Chemistry #PhDDefense #GradStudent #ThesisDefense #Dissertation #GradGoals
🚀Grad research is in action!
Zach Minaker's presentation, "Advances in Ion Acceleration by Magnetized Collisionless Shock in Laboratory Experiments," is happening today, Oct. 30th at 4:30 PM (SLH 3).
Come support our chem grad students pushing the boundaries of plasma science⚡
#UNRChem #GradTalks
🎓 Congrats to grad student Anastasia Kesse on this big academic milestone!
Her talk explores photopolymerization + continuous flow in polymer chemistry ⚗️
📆Oct 28 @ 5:30PM | SLH 3
#UNRChem #UNRChemistry #NevadaChem #NevadaChemistry #GradGoals #GraduatePresentation #GraduateStudies #Congrats
👏Congrats to grad student Morgan Yeager on hitting a major milestone!
She presents on merging flow synthesis + enzymatic maturation of lasso peptides 🧬
📆Oct 28 @ 5PM | SLH 3
#UNRChem #UNRChemistry #NevadaChem #NevadaChemistry #PackPride #GradGoals #GraduatePresentation #ChemGrad #Milestone
Big milestone alert! 🎓
Graduate researcher Seth Freese presents on polymer modification + carbon fiber chemistry! ⚗️
📆Oct. 28 @ 4:30PM | SLH 3
Congrats Seth! 👏
#UNRChem #UNRChemistry #GraduatePresentation #Milestone #GraduateGoals #UNRScience #ChemGrad #ResearchPresentation #PackPride #NevadaChem
Big shoutout to Kelsie Magiera, Staff Research Associate at the UNR Chemistry Department, and our College of Science Employee of the Quarter! 🎉
Her hard work and team spirit make UNR Chem shine every day. 💙
#UNRChem #Congrats #AwardWinner #EmployeeoftheQuarter #EmployeeRecognition #Congratulations
Big congrats to Rose Beeler—our Finance and Business Operations Manager—on being named the College of Science Employee of the Quarter! 🌟 Rose’s hard work and dedication keep Chemistry moving forward every day. 💙 #UNRChem #PackPride #EmployeeRecognition #EmployeeoftheQuarter #Congratulations
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Proteins in conversation? 👀
Join us Mon, Sept 22 @ 4 PM (SLH 3) for Dr. Gerhard Stock’s seminar on allosteric communication—where experiment meets molecular dynamics + modeling.
Hosted by Dr. David Leitner. 🧪
#STEMEvents #UNRChem #ChemistrySeminar #ProteinResearch #MolecularDynamics
Molecules doing flips? Inside-out transformations? 🤔 Dr. John Gladysz (Texas A&M) breaks it all down at our Fall Seminar.
📅 Sept 19 | 4 PM | SLH 3
Hosted by Dr. Lawrence T. Scott.
#ChemistryTalks #UNRChem #ChemistrySeminar #Seminar #NevadaChemistry
📚 Welcome back, Wolf Pack! 🐺
Start the semester strong with our first Chemistry Seminar of our Fall 2025 Seminar Series 🎉
Dr. Nicholas Borotto presents “Improved Analysis of Proteins via Ion Mobility-Enhanced Mass Spectrometry.”
🧬 Fri, Aug 29 | 4 PM | SLH 2 💙
#UNRChem #Nevada #WolfPack
Exciting seminar today! 🎉
Dr. Ying Yang will be presenting “Designing Sustainable and Adaptive Polymers with Dynamic Bonds” 🌱⚗️
🗓 Friday, Aug. 22 | 4 PM
📍 Schulich Lecture Hall, Room 2
Hosted by Dr. Ana de Bettencourt-Dias
All are welcome—don’t miss it!
#UNRChem #Seminar #STEMEvent
Big congratulations to Prof. Ana de Bettencourt-Dias! 🎉
She’s been recognized by the American Chemical Society with the 2026 Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry. 💙⚗️
A huge win for Nevada Chemistry and for the future of the field!
#UNRChem #WomeninSTEM #ACS
Kemi Osho just passed her thesis defense! 🎉
Huge congrats, and gratitude to Dr. Nicholas Borotto for his mentorship and support.
Best wishes to Kemi as she moves forward in her career!
#UNRChemistry #ThesisComplete #STEMWins #MentorMagic
Tania Akter crushed her thesis defense! 🎉
Shoutout to her advisor Dr. Christopher Barile for being a top-tier mentor.
It’s amazing to see hard work, curiosity, and mentorship come together like this. 🚀
Big cheers to Morgan Yeager and Alec Brennan — our 2025 Chemistry TA Safety Award winners! 🧪💥
We’re lucky to have them leading the way!🙌
#UNRChemistry #TAAppreciation #STEMstars
Tania Akter is defending her thesis next week!
Topic: Electrochemical CO₂ Conversion to Multi-Carbon Products
🗓️ May 6 | 2PM | JCSU 323
Come support some seriously cool carbon science! ⚡🌿
#UNRChem #DefenseSeason #CarbonTech
Kemi Osho is defending her thesis next week!
"Developing Free Radical Initiated Peptide Sequencing towards the Analysis of Complex Mixtures"
🗓️ May 6 | 2PM | MSS 227
Let’s wish her luck as she wraps up this chapter! 💥🧬
#UNRChemistry #DefenseSeason
Closing out the chemistry seminar series with a deep dive into strained and twisted molecular nanographenes 🔬🌀
Guest speaker Dr. Marina Petrukhina (UAlbany) will explore how reduction transforms these fascinating molecules.
🗓️ Friday, May 2
⏰ 4PM
📍SLH 3
Last one of the semester—let’s end it strong! 💥
Big shoutout to Dr. Sergey Varganov for receiving the Hyung K. Shin Award! 🧪✨
Three years of stellar work in modeling molecular magnetism and spin dynamics—and it shows. Super proud moment for UNR Chemistry! 🙌
Friday at 4PM in Schulich Room 3:
Dr. Ruibin Liang (Texas Tech) is taking us into the world of photoactive biomolecular systems and multiscale simulations 🧪⚡
Hosted by Dr. Sergey Varganov.
#UNRChemistry #SimulationsFTW #PhotoactiveScience #SpringSeminarSeries
This Thursday at 4PM in MIKC 107:
Dr. Wei Zhang (CU Boulder) is unlocking polymer potential with dynamic covalent chemistry 🔐🧪
Hosted by Dr. Ying Yang — it’s going to be a solid session (crystalline pun intended).
#UNRChemistry #SeminarSeries #PolymerChemistry
Catch Mona Mehrani’s thesis defense tomorrow at 9AM in AB 202:
“Development and Structural Analysis of Peptide-Based Probes for Modulating Quorum Sensing in Streptococcal Bacteria.”
Peptides, quorum sensing, and good science. Be there.
#ThesisDefense #ChemistryTime #UNRChem #WomenInSTEM
🔬 2025 Spring Seminar Series 🔬
Join us Friday, April 11 at 4PM for a talk by Dr. Lisa Jones (UC San Diego), hosted by Nicholas Borotto:
In-Cell FPOP for Structural Characterization of Proteins 🧬
#UNRChemistry #SpringSeminar #ProteinScience
Check out Dr. Barile’s publications at:
scholar.google.com/citations?us...
