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THE GROUP

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Click here for a description of each group meeting format.

Fall 2024

12/13 - Holiday Party

12/06 - Chalk Talks

11/29 - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)

11/22 - Chalk Talks

11/15 - Chalk Talks

11/08 - Chalk Talks

11/01 - Mukund (Research Talk)

10/25 - No Meeting (Burg Lecture)

10/18 - Cynthia (Lit. Highlight)

→ "Electrocatalytic cyclic deracemization enabled by a chemically modified electrode," Nature Catalysis, 2024 (link)

10/11 - Jazmine (Research Talk)

10/04 - No Meeting (Olah Lecture)

09/27 - Tom (Lit. Highlight)

→ "Shared control of a 16 semiconductor quantum dot crossbar array," Nature Nanotechnology, 2024 (link)

09/20 - Mukund (Lit. Highlight)

→ "A self-healing multispectral transparent adhesive peptide glass," Nature, 2024 (link)

09/13 - Cynthia (Research Talk)

09/06 - Jazmine (Lit. Highlight)

→ "Accessing elusive σ-type cyclopropenium cation equivalents through redox gold catalysis," Nature Chemistry2024 (link)
08/30 - Tom (Research Talk)

Fridays, 3:30-5:00 pm, OCW 214

Spring/Summer 2024

Ad Hoc/Chalk Talks

Fridays, 12-1 pm, OCW 214

Fall 2023

12/15 - Chalk Talks/Holiday Party

12/08 - No Meeting (Mike Away)

12/01 - Cynthia (Lit. Highlight)

11/24 - Chalk Talks

11/17 - Chalk Talks

11/10 - Jazmine (Lit. Highlight)

11/03 - Chalk Talks

10/27 - No Meeting (Mike Away/Burg Lecture)

10/20 - Chalk Talks

10/13 - Luana (Lit. Highlight)

10/06 - Chalk Talks 

09/29 - Chalk Talks

09/22 - Christina (Lit. Highlight)

09/15 - Chalk Talks

09/08 - Chalk Talks

09/01 - Tom (Lit. Highlight)

08/25 - Chalk Talks

Fridays, 12-1 pm, OCW 214

Summer 2023

08/18 - Chalk Talks

08/11 - No Meeting (Mike Away)

08/04 - Chalk Talks

07/28 - No Meeting (Mike Away)

07/21 - Sam (Research Talk)

07/14 - Cynthia (Lit. Highlight)

07/07 - Chalk Talks

06/30 - No Meeting (Mike Away)

06/23 - No Meeting (Mike Away)

06/16 - Jazmine (Lit. Highlight)

06/09 - Chalk Talks

06/03 - Southern California Organometallics Meeting (UC Riverside)

06/02 - Chalk Talks

05/26 - Luana (Research Talk)

Fridays, 10 am-12 pm, OCW 214

Spring 2023

05/18 - Chalk Talks

05/16 - Disneyland!

05/11 - No Meeting (Mike Away)

05/04 - Luana (literature)

04/27 - No Meeting (Mike Away)

04/20 - Chalk Talks

04/13 - No Meeting (Career Fair)

04/06 - Christina (Lit. Highlight)

03/30 - Chalk Talks

03/23 - Tom (Lit. Highlight)

03/16 - Chalk Talks

03/09 - Chalk Talks

03/02 - No Meeting (Group Travel)

02/23 - Chalk Talks

02/16 - Chalk Talks

Thursdays, 10 am-12 pm, OCW 214

Fall 2022

12/16 (Fr) - Holiday Party

12/09 (Fr) - Sawyer and Seongje (Research Talk)

12/02 (Fr) - Chalk Talks

11/25 (Fr) - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)

11/18 (Fr) - Jazmine (Research Talk)

11/11 (Fr) - Luana (Research Talk)

11/04 (Fr) - Chalk Talks

10/28 (Fr) - Tom (Research Talk) [+lab safety meeting]

10/21 (Fr) - No Meeting (Burg lecture)

10/14 (Fr) - Chalk Talks

10/07 (Fr) - Clarissa (Research Talk)

09/30 (Fr) - Chalk Talks

09/23 (Fr) - Christina (Research Talk) [+lab safety meeting]

09/16 (Fr) - No Meeting (Mike away)

09/09 (Fr) - Chalk Talks

Fridays, 12-1 pm, OCW 214

Summer 2022

08/22 (Mo) - No Meeting (ACS Chicago)

08/15 (Mo) - Various (ACS Practice Talks)

08/08 (Mo) - Various (ACS Practice Talks)
08/01 (Mo) - Christina (
Lit. Highlight)

07/25 (Mo) - Kenneth and Sawyer (Practice Talks) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]

07/18 (Mo) - Jazmine (Lit. Highlight)

07/11 (Mo) - Luana (Lit. Highlight)

07/04 (Mo) - No Meeting (Independence Day)

06/27 (Mo) - Tom (Lit. Highlight[lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]

Mondays, 9:30-11:30 am, SSC 604

Spring 2022

(Ad Hoc Meetings​)

Fall 2021

12/10 (Fr) - Chalk Talks, Holiday Party

12/03 (Fr) - Christina (Research Talk) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]

11/26 (Fr) - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)

11/19 (Fr) - Chalk Talks

11/12 (Fr) - Nils (Research Talk) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]

11/05 (Fr) - Tom (Lit. Highlight), Luana (Lit. Highlight

10/29 (Fr) - Chalk Talks

Fridays, 2-3:30 pm, Zoom (email Mike for the link)

10/21 (Th) - Tom (Research Talk)

10/14 (Th) - No Meeting (Fall Recess)

10/07 (Th) - Luana (Research Talk), Christina (Lit. Highlight[lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]

09/30 (Th) - Chalk Talks

09/23 (Th) - Clarissa (Lit. Highlight)

09/16 (Th) - Chalk Talks

09/09 (Th) - Clarissa (Research Talk), Nils (Lit. Highlight)

09/02 (Th) - Chalk Talks [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]

Thursdays, 12-1:30 pm, Zoom

Summer 2021

08/23 (M) - Nils (Research Talk)

08/19 (Th) - Chalk Talks

08/05 (Th) - Chalk Talks

07/22 (Th) - Chalk Talks

07/08 (Th) - Chalk Talks

06/24 (Th) - Chalk Talks

06/10 (Th) - Chalk Talks

05/27 (Th) - Chalk Talks

Alternate Thursdays, 3-5 pm, Zoom

Spring 2021

04/27 (Tu) - Chalk Talks

04/22 (Th) - Luana (Research Talk), Zelin (Lit. Highlight)

04/13 (Tu) - Break (ACS Meeting)

04/08 (Th) - Chalk Talks

03/30 (Tu) - Nils (Research Talk), Sully (Lit. Highlight)

03/25 (Th) - Break (Inorganic Journal Club)

03/16 (Tu) - Chalk Talks

03/11 (Th) - Clarissa (Research Talk), Luana (Lit. Highlight)

03/02 (Tu) - Chalk Talks

02/25 (Th) - Tom (Lit. Highlight)

02/16 (Tu) - Break

02/11 (Th) - Christina (Lit. Highlight)

02/02 (Tu) - Chalk Talks

01/28 (Th) - Nils (Lit. Highlight)

01/19 (Tu) - Chalk Talks

Alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7:30 pm, Zoom

Fall 2020

12/17 (Th) - Zoom Holiday Party

12/08 (Tu) - Chalk Talks

12/03 (Th) - Tejpal

11/24 (Tu) - Daniel

11/20 (Th) - Chalk Talks

Alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-5 pm, Zoom

11/11 (W) - Nils (Research Talk)

11/06 (F) - Luana

10/28 (W) - Chalk Talks

10/23 (F) - Tom

10/14 (W) - Zelin

10/09 (F) - Chalk Talks

09/30 (W) - Sully

09/25 (F) - Clarissa

09/16 (W) - Chalk Talks

09/11 (F) - Christina

09/02 (W) - Zelin (Technique)

Alternating Wednesdays and Fridays, 4-6 pm, Zoom

 

08/26 - Chalk Talks

08/19 – Tom (Group Profile)

08/12 – Sully (Group Profile)

Wednesday, 4-6 pm, Zoom

Summer 2020

08/05 – Chalk Talks

07/22 – Clarissa (Technique)

07/15 – Christina (Technique)

07/09 – Luana (Technique)

06/24 – Tom (Technique)

06/17 – Zelin (Group Profile)

06/10 – #ShutDownSTEM

06/03 – Joe (Group Profile)

05/27 – Joe/Christina (Research Talk)

05/20 – Sully (Technique)

Wednesday, 4-6 pm, Zoom

Spring 2020

05/13 – Joe (Lit. Highlight)

05/06 - Clarissa (Lit. Highlight)

04/29 - Christina (Lit. Highlight)

04/22 - Luana (Lit. Highlight)

04/15 - Tom (Lit. Highlight)

04/08 - Zelin (Lit. Highlight)

04/01 - Joe (Lit. Highlight)

03/25 - Sully (Lit. Highlight)

03/18 - Chalk Talks

Wednesday, 4-6 pm, Zoom

 

03/11 - Clarissa (Lit. Highlight)

03/04 - Christina (Lit. Highlight)

02/19 - Chalk Talks

02/12 - Luana (Lit. Highlight)

02/05 - Chalk Talks

01/29 - Chalk Talks

Wednesday, 4-6 pm, OCW 214

Fall 2019

12/20 - Holiday Party

12/13 - Mike (Lit. Highlight)

12/06 - Chalk Talks

11/22 - Sully Chen (Lit. Highlight)

11/15 - Joseph Parr (Research Talk)

11/08 - Chalk Talks

11/01 - Group Lunch

10/25 - Christina Trang (Lit. Highlight)

Friday, 1-3 pm, OCW 214

10/14 - Zelin Miao (Lit. Highlight)

09/30 - Christina Trang (Research Talk)

09/23 - Joseph Parr (Lit. Highlight)

09/16 - Chalk Talks

Monday, 4-6 pm, OCW 214

Group Meeting Formats

Research Talk: Full ~30 minute presentation of your research, comprising introductory/background/motivation slides, results, discussion, conclusions, future work. Questions throughout and after are encouraged. [To practice formal presentation skills, making figures, story telling, public speaking.]

Literature (Lit.) Highlight: The presenter chooses a high impact paper (from Science, NatureNature Chem./Nanotechnol./Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chem. Sci., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., etc) and sends it to all group members approx. 1 week in advance. Everyone reads the paper, and the presenter leads discussion of it in the meeting. The paper can be on anything the presenter finds interesting, it doesn't have to be related to their research project. [This helps us keep up to date with important research findings in and outside our field(s), and to develop our critical analysis skills.]

 

Chalk Talks: Everyone presents a short 10-20 min update on the whiteboard, detailing what they have been doing in the lab (and why!). This update can be supplemented with an optional 1 page max print out/slide with anything not so easy to draw out - target structure, NMR data, etc. [Designed to help everyone become familiar with drawing out and discussing their research in an informal setting (useful for qualifying exams/conference/cafe/bar discussions), to get group feedback on current research challenges, brainstorm new directions.]

Technique: Select a technique (experimental, mathematical, software-based) of potential interest for the group, and give a ~30 min presentation on this focused on the basic working principles and key concepts. Previous examples include cyclic voltammetry, probability distributions. [Idea proposed by Prof. Megan Fieser during COVID-19 lab closures in Summer 2020.]

Group Profile: Select a research research group who works in an area relevant to our interests, give a brief biography and cover their seminal work. Previous examples include: Nongjian Tao, Omar Yaghi. [Idea proposed by Prof. Megan Fieser during COVID-19 lab closures in Summer 2020.]

Formats
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