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Summer 2026
Chalk Talks from 05/15 to 08/07, inclusive, except dates noted
07/03 - No Meeting (Independence Day)
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
Fall 2025
12/12 - Holiday Party
12/05 - Advaith (Research Talk)
11/28 - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)
11/21 - No Meeting (Burg Lecture)
11/14 - Clark, Temin, Lizette (UG Research Talks)
11/07 - Andrew (Research Talk)
10/31 - Mukund (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Solution-phase synthesis of Clar’s goblet and elucidation of its spin properties," Nature Chemistry, 2025 (link)
10/24 - Cynthia (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Metal-centred planar [15]annulenes," Nature, 2025 (link)
10/17 - No Meeting (Olah Lecture)
10/10 - Jazmine (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Photocatalytic generation of alkyl carbanions from aryl alkenes," Nature Catalysis, 2024 (link)
10/03 - Mukund (Research Talk)
09/26 - Andrew (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Maleimide Polyacetylene: A Highly Conductive n-Type Polymer," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025 (link)
09/19 - Cynthia (Research Talk)
09/12 - No Meeting (Mike Away)
09/05 - Advaith (Lit. Highlight)
→ "Realization of 2D metals at the ångström thickness limit," Nature, 2025 (link)
08/29 - Jazmine (Research Talk)
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.]