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Christmas Day

Administrative No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, December 25, 2025. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

New Year's Day

Administrative No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, January 1, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Analytical Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Lindsay Pino

Analytical Seminars "Small-molecule modulation of chromatin-associated protein function in native cells" Dr. Lindsay Pino - Co-founder and CTO, Talus Bio Host: Nicholas M. Riley Transcription factors, cofactors, and chromatin regulators orchestrate gene expression yet remain poorly measured in their native chromatin context and historically difficult to drug. To address these challenges, we developed regulome profiling, a functional proteomics approach that quantifies protein–DNA binding activity in live cells using high-throughput mass spectrometry. This assay measures regulator activity directly, generating proteome-wide maps of DNA engagement that can be compared across perturbations, cell types, and chemical treatments. Because of its flexibility and high-dimensional output, regulome profiling delivers actionable biological insight across diverse contexts. In deorphanization, we uncover off-target DNA-binding effects of anthracyclines, uncovering new mechanisms of action not previously associated with this drug class. In t… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Monday, January 5, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit lindsaykpino.com.

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Chenjie Zeng

Inorganic Seminars "Precision Synthesis of Semiconductor Nanoclusters: Connecting Coordination, Cluster, and Colloidal Chemistry" Assistant Professor Chenjie Zeng - Department of Chemistry, University of Florida Host: Brandi Cossairt Semiconductor nanomaterials have broad applications in energy, information, and biomedical nanotechnologies. Achieving atomic-level control in semiconductor nanomaterials is crucial for their reproducible synthesis, consistent properties, and precision engineering. However, this has been a significant challenge due to the structural complexity of nanomaterials and their entangled reaction kinetics. Here, I will show our recent progress in combining coordination, cluster, and colloidal chemistry to achieve atomic precision in semiconductor nanoclusters. The development of precise nanoscale reactions has enabled us to answer some important questions, including (i) how different ligands collaboratively passivate the nanocrystal surfaces, (ii) the origin of chirality and polarity in semiconductor… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit zeng.chem.ufl.edu.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Fang Liu

Physical Seminars "Synergizing GPU-Accelerated Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning for Molecular Discoveries in the Condensed Phase" Assistant Professor Fang Liu - Department of Chemistry, Emory University Host: Xiaosong Li Machine learning (ML) and big data play increasingly critical roles in chemical discovery. However, datasets (both computational and experimental) and ML models for condensed-phase molecular systems, such as solvated molecules and molecule assemblies, remain scarce. My research group leverages GPU-accelerated quantum chemistry and machine learning to address these gaps. Many crucial solvent-solute interactions, like hydrogen bonds, cannot be captured by the implicit solvent models routinely used in quantum chemistry calculation, and require explicit solvent treatment. To streamline the simulation workflow for arbitrary organic and organometallic solute molecules in explicit solvent molecules, we developed AutoSolvate, an open-source toolkit. To further enhance accessibility, we launched AutoSolvateWeb… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit flgroup.emorychem.science.

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. John Anderson

Inorganic Seminars "TBD" Professor John Anderson - Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Host: Doug Reed. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit andersonlab.uchicago.edu.

MS in Applied Chemical Science & Technology Program

The University of Washington Department of Chemistry Master of Science in Applied Chemical Science & Technology (MSACST) invites all interested STEM students to an online information session about the program. The application for starting in Autumn 2026 or Winter 2027 is open! The Priority Consideration deadline is January 31, 2026. Go to the Online Meeting Link in this listing to RSVP and obtain the Zoom link for this info session. MSACST is designed for STEM students interested in advanced chemical and data science tools for careers in biotech, pharmaceuticals, clean energy, climate science and more. The program features a cutting-edge curriculum with the opportunity to conduct research with nationally and internationally recognized faculty, in a flexible format that allows students to choose between 3 Tracks and complete their degree in 1 or 2 years. Faculty supporting MSACST student research experiences are from diverse departments across the UW campus, including Biochemistry, Chemistry, Atmospheric… Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://www.appliedchem.uw.edu/event?sfid=701Hs000001K8y4IAC. Accessibility Contact: Sharon Durfy. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. Online. For more info visit www.appliedchem.uw.edu.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Andrés Montoya-Castillo

Physical Seminars "TBD" Assistant Professor Andrés Montoya-Castillo - Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder Hosts: Anne McCoy and Xiaosong Li. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit www.colorado.edu.

MSACST CHEM 590 C Seminar: Srikant Iyer

"TBD" Srikant Iyer, Life Science Washington Hosts: Dan Fu and Sharon Durfy. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Sharon Durfy. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Students in Chemistry MS in Applied Chemical Science & Technology and Chemistry PhD students. Thursday, January 15, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Administrative No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Monday, January 19, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

MSACST CHEM 590 C Seminar: Javier Tordable

"TBD" Javier Tordable, Pauling.AI Hosts: Dan Fu and Sharon Durfy. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Sharon Durfy. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Students in Chemistry MS in Applied Chemical Science & Technology and Chemistry PhD students. Thursday, January 22, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

Analytical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. James S. Prell

Analytical Seminars "TBD" Associate Professor James S. Prell - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon Host: Matthew Bush. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Monday, January 26, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Analytical Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Nels A. Olson

Analytical Seminars "TBD" Dr. Nels A. Olson, Olson Family Trust Charities Host: Rob Synovec. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Monday, February 2, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Sijia Dong

Physical Seminars "Computational Strategies for Photoenzyme Design: Physics-Based Simulations, Data-Driven Approaches, and Quantum Computing" Assistant Professor Sijia Dong - Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University Host: Xiaosong Li Photoenzymes are emerging protein-based photocatalysts that are repurposed from natural enzymes for non-natural reactions difficult for small-molecule catalysts. They exhibit extraordinary selectivity, scalability, and tunability, and offer a promising new toolbox for solar to chemical energy conversion and chemical synthesis. However, the understanding and design of photoenzymes pose several challenges. First, accurate first-principles simulations of the electronic structure of macromolecules are usually computationally expensive, especially those that involve strong electron correlation. In this talk, I will discuss our computational strategies, including data-driven methods and quantum computing to tackle this challenge. Second, existing enzyme design strategies do… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit cos.northeastern.edu.

MSACST CHEM 590 C Seminar: David Bunck

"TBD" David Bunck, SciVida Hosts: Dan Fu and Sharon Durfy. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Sharon Durfy. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Students in Chemistry MS in Applied Chemical Science & Technology and Chemistry PhD students. Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

Presidents' Day

Administrative No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Monday, February 16, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

MSACST CHEM 590 C Seminar: Avantika Singh

"TBD" Avantika Singh, Natera Hosts: Dan Fu and Sharon Durfy. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Sharon Durfy. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Students in Chemistry MS in Applied Chemical Science & Technology and Chemistry PhD students. Thursday, February 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Joshua Buss

Inorganic Seminars "TBD" Assistant Professor Joshua Buss - Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Host: Alexandra Velian. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit sites.lsa.umich.edu.

Organic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Eleftheria Roumeli

Organic Seminars "TBD" Associate Professor Eleftheria Roumeli - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington Host: Alshakim Nelson. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Christopher Grieco

Physical Seminars "Probing Charge Carriers in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Polymers" Assistant Professor Christopher Grieco - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University Hosts: Munira Khalil and David Ginger Conjugated polymers continue to emerge as next-generation electronic materials for mixed ionic-electronic conduction applications, ranging from biomedical sensing to energy storage. However, their development is hampered by a lack of rational design principles due to missing fundamental knowledge about how ion-charge interactions and dynamic polymer nanostructure influence charge transport and storage along polymer chains. In this talk, I will first discuss how we are exploiting the ultrafast dynamics of photoexcited charge carriers to provide details on their nanoscale environment and trapping behavior. Then I will show how in situ electronic and vibrational spectroscopy of polymer electrodes can be used to track their complex nanoscale dynamics during charging, revealing insights into nanostructures… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit www.auburn.edu.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Jay Foley

Physical Seminars "TBD" Associate Professor Jay Foley - Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina Charlotte Host: Niri Govind. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit chemistry.charlotte.edu.

Organic Chemistry Seminar: Noah Dunham

Organic Seminars "TBD" Noah Dunham, Merck Biocatalysis Hosts: Lauren Rajakovich and Mike Gelb. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, March 12, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

George H. Cady Endowed Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Prof. Hemamala Karunadasa

Inorganic Seminars George H. Cady Endowed Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry "TBD" Professor Hemamala Karunadasa - Department of Chemistry, Stanford University Host: Douglas Reed. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The George H. Cady Endowed Lectureship in Chemistry was established in memory of Prof. Cady by his family and many friends and colleagues in 1994. George H. Cady earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1930 under the direction of Joel H. Hildebrand. Cady held positions at the University of South Dakota, M.I.T. U.S. Rubber Company, and Pittsburgh Plate Glass before joining the UW as assistant professor in 1938. He worked on the Man… Monday, March 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit chemistry.stanford.edu.

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Hemamala Karunadasa

Inorganic Seminars "TBD" Professor Hemamala Karunadasa - Department of Chemistry, Stanford University Host: Douglas Reed. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bagley Hall (BAG). Campus room: BAG 260. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit chemistry.stanford.edu.

MSACST CHEM 590 C Seminar: Aaron Whittaker

"TBD" Aaron Whittaker, Pfizer Hosts: Dan Fu and Sharon Durfy. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Sharon Durfy. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Students in Chemistry MS in Applied Chemical Science & Technology and Chemistry PhD students. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.