Spring 2019 Seminar

Seminars are on Fridays from 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM in Arey 5
except when noted otherwise

Link to tips for a successful presentations

Faculty evaluation form for student presentations


February 8	Faculty Meet and Greet Poster Session 2nd floor of Keyes, 3-4 PM
February 15	Andrey Antov, Jackson Laboratories
February 22	Prof. Wade Downey, University of Richmond
March 1	Prof. Danielle Dube, Bowdoin College Chemical tools to discover and target glycoproteins on pathogenic bacteria 3 PM, Keyes 105
March 8	CANCELLED! NO SEMINAR
March 15	Prof. Catherine Mauck, Kenyon College
March 22	Prof. Karen L. Wooley, Texas A&M University “Functional Polymer Materials Designed for Advanced Applications and Sustainability”
March 29	No seminar: spring break
April 5	Lynn Mandeltort, Bates “Chemical semantics and thinking in models” 3 PM, Keyes 105
April 12	Dr. Eric Roy ’04, Hydroviv Title: How A Charitable Response To a Public Health Crisis Transitioned Into a Startup On The Verge of a Nationwide Launch In Spring of 2014, the city of Flint, MI switched their water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River in an attempt to cut costs. A few months later, some residents of Flint started testing their water after seeing high lead levels in childrens’ blood, and found that their water had shockingly high lead concentrations. This finding opened the floodgates to what is now known as the “Flint Lead Crisis.” This seminar discusses: 1. How Dr. Roy formed Hydroviv in response to the Flint Lead Crisis where the company developed and donated high capacity lead removal filters to families in need. 2. The technical challenges that Hydroviv faced while expanding the concept of custom filters to address problems found in drinking water across the United States. 3. The non-scientific challenges and achievements that Hydroviv faced as the business went from technical concept to market. 4. How Hydroviv is preparing for an official nationwide launch with a nationwide appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank this Sunday.
April 19	Student Presentations: 1. Claire Mepyans 2. Yun Zhang 3. Tenzin Passang
April 26	Student Presentations: 1. Chris Collmus 2. Joe Forzano 3. Guillermo Pico Oms
May 2: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium	Samuel Hoenig Lillian Naimie Thu Le Gabriel Kline Jordyn Smith Georganna Benedetto
May 10	Student Presentations: 1. Alice Wang 2. Ernesto Esquivel-Amores 3. Emily Dougherty

Fall 2018 Seminar Seminars are on Fridays from 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM in Davis 301 except when noted otherwise Link to tips for a successful presentations Faculty evaluation form for student presentations
September 7	Organizational Meeting
September 14	Emeritus Prof. Brad Mundy, Colby College “Research at Colby College and remnants from my prior life”
September 21	TBD
September 28	Prof. Moira Flanagan, Smith College “Protein-Inspired Chemistry: A DNA-based Enzyme Mimic and Excited State Dynamics in Biology”
October 5	Prof. Lindsey Madison, Colby College “How Theoretical Chemistry and Elusive Vibrational Wave Functions Reveal the Nature of Intermolecular Bonding” 3 PM, Keyes 105
October 12	Dr. Matt Lynes, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School “Obesity, Adipocyte Biology and the Search for Lipokines”
October 19	Prof. AJ Vasiliou, Middlebury College
October 26	Prof. Marc Boudreau, University of New Hampshire “Chemical and Biological Studies of Small Molecules that Potentiate Antibiotic Activity”
November 2	TBD
November 9	Student Presentations Chris Collmus, Jordyn Smith, & Georganna Benedetto
November 16	Student Presentations Thu Le, Sam Hoenig, & Tenzin Passang
November 24	Thanksgiving Break NO SEMINAR
November 30	Student Presentations Gabe Kline, Alice Wang, & Joe Forzano
December 7	Student Presentations 11 AM, Davis 301: Lilly Naimie, Claire Mepyans, & Emily Dougherty 3 PM, Keyes 105: Guillermo Pico Oms, Yun Zhang, & Ernesto Esquivel-Amores