Last summer, the Department of Chemical Engineering hosted its first "Distinguished Young Scholars Summer Seminar Series." Eight early-career scientists were selected from 90 national applicants, and came to the UW to present their research. The event was so successful, it's back for its second year. Seven preeminent postdoctoral researchers and graduate students have been chosen to participate in this summer's series. Below is a list of the seminar speakers, their home institution, and their presentation title and abstract.
Seminars start at 4 p.m. in PAA A102, with a social time to follow the seminar in the Benson Hall lobby.
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July 9 | The thermodynamics and chemistry of organic atmospheric particulate matter Scott Epstein Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Chemistry University of California, Irvine |
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July 16 | Extended Ophthalmic Drug Delivery by Soft Contact Lenses Cheng-Chun Peng Postdoctoral Scholar University of California, Berkeley |
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July 23 | Microrheological characterization for biological applications and soft material design Kelly Schultz Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Colorado, Boulder |
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July 30 | A multi-scale systems biology approach with tunable resolution for designing, testing and optimizing new therapies for tuberculosis Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani Post Doctoral Research Fellow Harvard Medical School |
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Aug. 6 | Blood Clotting-Inspired Polymer Physics Charles Edward Sing Graduate Student Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Aug. 13 | Algorithmic Exploration of "Building-Block" Chemistry Chris Wilmer Graduate Student Northwestern University |
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Aug. 20 | Directing Molecular Assembly at Interfaces for Pharmaceutical, Electronic and Energy Applications Ying Diao Postdoctoral Scholar Stanford University |
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