Durham Chemistry Seminar Schedule Easter Term 2025
Seminars Take Place in CG85 at 2pm (unless otherwise informed)
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2nd of April 2025
Amy Hall (Durham University)
Find out more: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/amy-v-hall/
And
Thomas Fellowes (University of Liverpool)
Find out more: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/thomas-fellowes
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9th of April 2025
Anna Barnard (Imperial College London)
Find out more: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/a.barnard
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30th of April 2025
Emanuele Penocchio (Northwestern University)
Find out more: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=w0buCtcAAAAJ&hl=it
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5th of May to the 9th of May 2025
Durham Lectures
Eric Anslyn (Texas at Austin)
(schedule to be circulated closer to the date)
Find out more: https://anslyn.cm.utexas.edu/AnslynWebsite/index.html
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14th of May 2025
Matthew Gibson (Manchester)
Find out more: https://gibsongroupresearch.com/about-prof-gibson/
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4th of June 2025
Liam Ball (Nottingham)
Find out more: https://www.theballgroup.co.uk/
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9th of June 2025
Chemistry Post Graduate Symposium
Taking place in CLC-406/407 (CLC = Calman Learning Centre)
Time: 9:00-17:00
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11th of June 2025
Harry L. Anderson, FRS (Oxford)
Find out more: https://hla.chem.ox.ac.uk/
And
Igor Rončević (Manchester)
Find out more: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/igor-roncevic
Time: 13:00-15:00
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25th of June 2025
2025 Cell Press ECR Symposium
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Durham Chemistry Seminar Schedule Epiphany Term 2025
Seminars Take Place in CG85 at 2pm (unless otherwise informed)
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15th of January 2025
Miriam O'Duill (Nottingham University)
Find out more: https://oduillgroup.com/miriam/
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22nd of January 2025
Allegra Franchino (Durham University)
Find out more: https://www.franchinolab.com/af
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29th of January 2025
Scott Cockroft (University of Edinburgh)
Find out more: https://www.cockroft.chem.ed.ac.uk/
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5th of February 2025
Karen Johnston (Strathclyde University)
Find out more: https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/johnstonkarendr/
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12th of February 2025
Liz Rowsell FRSC (CTO, Johnson Matthey)
Find out more: https://matthey.com/about-us/leadership/group-leadership-team/liz-rowsell-obe-cchem-frsc
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26th of February 2025
Yi Jin (Manchester Institute of Biotechnology)
Find out more: https://www.yijin-lab.org/
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5th of March 2025
C. Daniel Frisbie (University of Minnesota) Leverhulme Lecture: "Electrochemical Tranistors: A Platform for Exploring Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors at High Carrier Densities"
Find out more: http://research.cems.umn.edu/frisbie/
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12th of March 2025
Susan Perkin (Oxford University)
Find out more: https://perkin.web.ox.ac.uk/
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19th of March 2025
Stephen Goldup FRSC (University of Birmingham - rescheduled)
Find out more: https://golduplab.org/
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Durham Chemistry Seminar Schedule Michaelmas Term 2024
Seminars Take Place in CG85 at 2pm (unless otherwise informed)
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11th of September 2024
Elizabeth New (Sydney University)
Find out more: https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/~enew/liz.html
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9th of October 2024
Paul Hodgkinson (Durham University)
Find out more: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/paul-hodgkinson/
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16th of October 2024
Stephen Goldup FRSC (University of Birmingham)
Find out more: https://golduplab.org/
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23rd of October 2024 – This will begin at 1300 in room CG85 (Chemistry Department)
Matt Fuchter (University of Oxford)
Find out more: https://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/people/matthew-fuchter
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24th of October 2024 – Please note this will be held in CG91 (Chemistry Department)
Musgrave Lecture
Schedule:
- 14:00 - 14:10 - Welcome and introduction
- 14:10 - 14:45 - Keith Andrews (Durham University) https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/keith-g-andrews/
- 14:45 - 15:30 – John Murphy (Strathclyde) https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/murphyjohnprof/
- 15:30 - 16:00 - Break (Coffee and Tea in the Musgrave room)
- 16:00 - 17:00 – Franziska Schoenebeck (RWTH Aachen) - Musgrave Lecture https://www.schoenebeck.oc.rwth-aachen.de/fs
- 17:00 - 18:30 – Wine reception in the Musgrave Room open to all
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30th of October 2024
Black history month seminars
Schedule:
- 12.00 - 13:00 - Lunch Musgrave Room (CG141) Chemistry Building
- 13.00 - 13:10 - Welcome – CG91
- 13.10 - 13:40 - Daniel Similaki - Key Account Manager at Avantor (Pharma) “Science Beyond Barriers: My Story of Empowering Minority Voices in Science".
- 13.40 - 14:10 - Benjamin Ajibade - Professor in Mental Health and Lead for the ProNE project, Northumbria University “The Intersection of Race and Identity: Navigating Blackness in the 21st Century”.
- 14.10 - 14:25 - Break 15 min Tea/coffee – Musgrave Room (CG141)
- 14.25 - 14:55 - Dorothy Monekosso - Professor of Computer Science and CTO at More Life UK Ltd, Durham University "My journey as an engineer, academic & researcher".
- 14.55 - 15:30 - Discussion
- 15.30 - End of the event/networking opportunities
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6th of November 2024
Martin Fascione (University of York)
Find out more: https://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/people/mfascione/
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13th of November 2024
Diversity in Science Symposium
Schedule:
- 12:00 - 12:50 - Lunch
- 12:50 - 13:00 - Welcome and Introduction
- 13:00 - 13:30 - Sannia Farooque (University of Bradford)
- 13:30 - 14:00 - Ben Arenas (The University of Edinburgh) https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-ben-arenas
- 14:00 - 14:30 - Break
- 14:30 - 15:00 - Syed Zaheer Abbas (University of Southampton) https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/62bw6h/doctor-syed-zaheer-abbas
- 15:00 - 15:30 - Ashok Keerthi (The University of Manchester) https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/ashok.keerthi
- 15:30 - 16:00 - Question and Answer session
- 16:00 - 16:10 - Concluding remarks
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20th of November 2024
Stephen Wallace (University of Edinburgh - Norman Heatley RSC Award Lecture)
Find out more: https://wallacelab.bio.ed.ac.uk/
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25th of November 2024 – This will be held at 13:00 in Room CG60 (Chemistry Department)
David E. Herbert (Manitoba Institute for Materials, Canada)
Find out more: https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~dherbert/
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27th of November 2024
Paul Walton (University of York)
Schedule:
- 12:00 – 13:00 - Lunch, Musgrave Room
- 13:00 14:00 - Research talk: Spectroscopy and structures of biomass-degrading metalloenzymes-a way to cleaner fuels? (CG85)
- 14:00 - 14:30 - Tea/coffee/biscuits, Musgrave Room
- 14:30 - 15:30 - EDI talk: Gender equality in academia: when? (CG85)
Paul has long been a champion of gender equality in the sciences. He has given over 200 international lectures on the topic and received a number of international awards.
Find out more here:
https://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/people/pwalton/equality/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyFo4aNqqHA
https://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/people/pwalton/
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4th of December 2024
Anders Madsen (University of Copenhagen)
Find out more: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rQQuoAkAAAAJ&hl=en
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11th of December 2024 - This will be held at 13:00 in Room CG85 (Chemistry Department)
Sabine Flitsch (Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester)
Find out more: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/sabine.flitsch
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Durham Chemistry Seminar Schedule Easter Term 2024
Seminars Take Place in CG85 at 2pm (unless otherwise informed)
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27th of March 2024
Prof Matt Unthank (Northumbria University)
Find out more: Website
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17th of April 2024
RSC Prize Lecture - Corday-Morgan Prize
Prof Tomislav Friščić (University of Birmingham)
Find out more: Website
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30th of April 2024
RSC Prize Lecture - Centenary Prize
Prof Mark Grinstaff (Boston University)
Find out more: Website
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1st of May 2024
Dr Joe Beckwith (University of Cambridge)
Find out more: Website
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3rd of June to the 5th of June 2024
Durham Lecture Series
Prof Kelly Chibale (University of Cape Town)
Find out more: Website
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5th of June 2024
Dr Patrick Stewart (DSTL, Porton Down)
Find out more: Website
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19th of June to the 20th of June 2024
Postgraduate Symposium
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24th of June 2024
RSC Prize Lecture - Centenary Prize
Prof Christopher Barner-Kowollik (Queensland University of Technology)
Find out more: Website
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Durham Chemistry Seminar Schedule Epiphany Term 2024
Seminars Take Place in CG85 at 2pm (unless otherwise informed)
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10th of January 2024
Prof Gavin Miller (Keele University)
Find out more: Website
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17th of January 2024
Prof. Eli Zysman-Coleman
Find out more: http://www.zysman-colman.com/home
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24th of January 2024
Dr Alison Stuart
Find out more: https://le.ac.uk/people/alison-stuart
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30th of January 2024
Tilden Prize Seminar by David Smith
Find out more: https://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/o-s/dsmith/
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31st of January 2024
Prof. Anju Massey-Brooker (ex-P&G; RSC)
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7th of February 2024
Dr. Jessica Wade
Find out more: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/jessica.wade
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28th of February 2024
Amy Robertson
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6th of March 2024
Joanna McGouran
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13th of March 2024
Frances Docherty
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Durham Chemistry Seminar Schedule Michaelmas Term 2023
Seminars Take Place in CG85 at 2pm (unless otherwise informed)
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11th of October 2023
Prof Bruno Linclau (Ghent University)
Find out more: Website
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18th of October 2023
Black History Month Event
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15th of November 2023
Dr. Mike Hall (University of Newcastle)
Developing synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry
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22nd of November 2023
Dr Tim Miles (GSK)
Find out more: Website
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29th of November 2023
Dr Maria Paz Munoz-Herranz (Lancaster University)
Find out more: Website
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6th of December 2023
Careers Event
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