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Fall 2022
12/16 (Fr) - Holiday Party
12/09 (Fr) - Sawyer and Seongje (research)
12/02 (Fr) - Chalk Talks
11/25 (Fr) - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)
11/18 (Fr) - Jazmine (research)
11/11 (Fr) - Luana (research)
11/04 (Fr) - Chalk Talks
10/28 (Fr) - Tom (research) [+lab safety meeting]
10/21 (Fr) - No Meeting (Burg lecture)
10/14 (Fr) - Chalk Talks
10/07 (Fr) - Clarissa (research)
09/30 (Fr) - Chalk Talks
09/23 (Fr) - Christina (research) [+lab safety meeting]
09/16 (Fr) - No Meeting (Mike away)
09/09 (Fr) - Chalk Talks
Fridays, 12:00-13:00 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 (literature)
07/25 (Mo) - Kenneth and Sawyer (practice talks) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]
07/18 (Mo) - Jazmine (literature)
07/11 (Mo) - Luana (literature)
07/04 (Mo) - No Meeting (Independence Day)
06/27 (Mo) - Tom (Literature) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]
Mondays, 9:30-11:30 pm, SSC 604
Spring 2022
(Ad Hoc Meetings)
Fall 2021
12/10 (Fr) - Chalk Talks, Holiday Party
12/03 (Fr) - Christina (Research) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]
11/26 (Fr) - No Meeting (Thanksgiving)
11/19 (Fr) - Chalk Talks
11/12 (Fr) - Nils (Research) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]
11/05 (Fr) - Tom (Literature), Luana (Literature)
10/29 (Fr) - Chalk Talks
Fridays, 14:00-15:30 pm, Zoom (email Mike for the link)
10/21 (Th) - Tom (Research)
10/14 (Th) - No Meeting (Fall Recess)
10/07 (Th) - Luana (Research), Christina (Literature) [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]
09/30 (Th) - Chalk Talks
09/23 (Th) - Clarissa (Literature)
09/16 (Th) - Chalk Talks
09/09 (Th) - Clarissa (Research), Nils (Literature)
09/02 (Th) - Chalk Talks [lab safety meeting at 12:00 pm]
Thursdays, 12:00-1:30 pm, Zoom
Summer 2021
08/23 (M) - Nils (Research)
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, 3:00-5:00 pm, Zoom
Spring 2021
04/27 (Tu) - Chalk Talks
04/22 (Th) - Luana (Research), Zelin (Literature)
04/13 (Tu) - Break (ACS Meeting)
04/08 (Th) - Chalk Talks
03/30 (Tu) - Nils (Research), Sully (Literature)
03/25 (Th) - Break (Inorganic Journal Club)
03/16 (Tu) - Chalk Talks
03/11 (Th) - Clarissa (Research), Luana (Literature)
03/02 (Tu) - Chalk Talks
02/25 (Th) - Tom (Literature)
02/16 (Tu) - Break
02/11 (Th) - Christina (Literature)
02/02 (Tu) - Chalk Talks
01/28 (Th) - Nils (Literature)
01/19 (Tu) - Chalk Talks
Alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:00-7:30 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
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.]
Lit Highlight: The presenter chooses a high impact paper (from Science, Nature, Nature 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.]
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.]
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.]