GROUP MEETINGS
Click here for a description of each group meeting format.
Fall 2026
12/11 - Holiday Party
12/04 - Chalk Talks
11/27 - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)
11/20 - Clark, Lizette, Yuanhao (UG Research Talks)
11/13 - Cynthia (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Directed trilithiation enables entropically stabilized heavy-atom-centered triangulenes," Nature Commun., 2026 (link)
11/06 - No Meeting (Olah Lecture)
10/30 - Andrew (Research Talk)
10/23 - Mukund (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage in Dewar Pyrimidone Beyond 1.6 MJ/kg," Science, 2026 (link)
10/16 - No Meeting (Burg Lecture)
10/09 - Advaith (Research Talk)
10/02 - Andrew (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Construction of Shape-Persistent All-sp2 Square Macrocycles via the Formation of Multiple Imine Bonds," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026 (link)
09/25 - No Meeting (Mike Away)
09/18 - Mukund (Research Talk)
09/11 - Advaith (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Self-assembled contacts for high-yield molecular devices," Nature Nanotechnol., 2026 (link)
09/04 - Cynthia (Research Talk)
08/28 - Chalk Talks
Fridays, 3:30-5:00 pm, OCW 214
Summer 2026
Chalk Talks from 05/15 to 08/21, inclusive, except dates noted
08/21 - Southern California Molecular Electronics Meeting, UC Riverside
08/07 - Jazmine (Research Talk)
07/31 - No Meeting (Cerritos Presentations)
07/24 - No Meeting (Mike Away)
07/03 - No Meeting (Independence Day)
06/19 - No Meeting (Juneteeth)
05/29 - No Meeting
05/22 - No Meeting
Fridays, 3:30-5:00 pm, OCW 214
Spring 2026
05/01 - No Meeting (Stauffer)
04/24 - Clark, Temin, Lizette, Yuanhao, Sean (UG Research Talks)
04/17 - Advaith (Research Talk)
04/10 - No Meeting (SCIP)
04/03 - Andrew (Research Talk)
03/27 - Chalk Talks
03/20 - Mukund (Research Talk)
03/13 - Cynthia (Research Talk)
03/06 - No Meeting (Chemistry Distinguished Lecture)
02/27 - No Meeting (Franklin Lecture)
02/20 - No Meeting (Open House)
02/13 - Jazmine (Research Talk)
02/06 - Chalk Talks
01/30 - Chalk Talks
01/23 - Chalk Talks
Fridays, 3:30-5:00 pm, OCW 214
Group Meeting Formats
Research Talk: Full 30-40 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: A high impact paper - from Science, Nature, Nature Chem./Nanotechnol./Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chem. Sci., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., etc - is presented. This should be sent to all group members at least 1 week in advance. Everyone reads the paper, and the presenting student 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 min update (with slides and/or on the whiteboard), detailing what they have been doing in the lab (and why!). [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.]