Distinguished Young Scientist Seminar Series 2011
This summer, the Department of Chemical Engineering hosted its first "Distinguished Young Scientists Seminar Series." Out of 90 applications from graduate students and postdocs from around the country, eight early-career, accomplished scientists were selected to present their cutting-edge research to ChemE faculty and students at the weekly seminars.
After the seminar concluded in August, ChemE graduate students voted on the best presentation in the series. This year's best seminar was from Darren Lipomi, who presented "Unconventional Processes and Materials for Micro- and Nanoscale Optics and Electronics: Plasmonic Antennae, Rubber Solar Cells, and Electronic Skin". A list of all seminar speakers is below.
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July 11 | Construction of Synthetic Circuits by Harnessing Orthogonal Genetic Parts Tae Seok Moon Postdoctoral Scholar UC San Francisco Advisor: Prof. Christopher Voigt |
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July 18 | Click Polymerizations: Old and New Reactions for Material Synthesis Brian J. Adzima Graduate Student University of Colorado, Boulder Advisor: Prof. Christopher N. Bowman |
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July 25 | Unconventional Processes and Materials for Micro- and Nanoscale Optics and Electronics: Plasmonic Antennae, Rubber Solar Cells, and Electronic Skin Darren Lipomi Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Advisor: Prof. Zhenan Bao |
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Aug. 1 | Protein Structure at Interfaces: A Surface Analysis Approach Joe Baio Graduate Student University of Washington Advisor: Prof. David G. Castner |
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Aug. 8 | Hydration at the Nanoscale: A New Perspective on the Role of Water in Biomolecular Interactions and Assembly Amish J. Patel Postdoctoral Scholar Rensselaer Polytechnic University Advisor: Prof. Shekhar Garde |
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Aug. 15 | Influence of Confinement and Interfacial Interactions on the Behavior of Membranes and Materials for Energy Technologies Brandon W. Rowe Postdoctoral Fellow National Institute of Standards and Technology Advisor: Prof. Christopher Soles |
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Aug. 22 | H2-release kinetics from Pd(100): The influence of H in the Surface, Subsurface, and Bulk States William D. Michalak Graduate Student Carnegie Mellon University Advisors: Profs. Andrew Gellman and James Miller |
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Aug. 29 | Using Single-Molecule Resonance Energy Transfer to Connect Macromolecular Conformation with Dynamic Interfacial Behavior Mark Kastantin Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado, Boulder Advisor: Prof. Daniel K. Schwartz |
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