Department of Chemistry

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Labor Day

No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Monday, September 7, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Chemistry Faculty Meeting

*Open Session. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Veronica Howell, atchmchr@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Event sponsors: For assistance, please contact Veronica Howell, atchmchr@uw.edu or 206.543.1611. Target Audience: Faculty. Thursday, October 1, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Mark Gordon

Physical Seminars Professor Mark Gordon - Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Host: Anne McCoy. 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, October 7, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit www.chem.iastate.edu.

Chemistry Faculty Meeting

*Executive Session only. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Veronica Howell, atchmchr@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Event sponsors: For assistance, please contact Veronica Howell, atchmchr@uw.edu or 206.543.1611. Target Audience: Faculty. Thursday, October 8, 2026, 3:30 AM – 5:00 AM.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Gary Douberly

Physical Seminars "Spectroscopy of Molecular Aggregates in Helium Droplets." Professor Gary E. Douberly - Department of Chemistry, Washington State University Host: Anne McCoy The first beam of helium droplets was reported in the 1961 paper Strahlen aus kondensiertem Helium im Hochvakuum by Von E. W. Becker and co-workers [1]. However, molecular spectroscopy of helium-solvated dopants wasn't realized until 30 years later in the laboratories of Scoles and Toennies [2,3]. It has now been over three decades since this early, seminal work on doped helium droplets, yet the field of helium droplet spectroscopy remains fresh with significant potential for addressing a diverse set of problems in molecular science. Analogous in many ways to cryogenic matrix isolation spectroscopy, the helium droplet is an ideal environment to spectroscopically probe difficult to prepare molecular species, such as radicals, carbenes and ions. The quantum nature of helium at 0.4 K often results in molecular spectra that are sufficiently resolved to… 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, October 14, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit chem.wsu.edu.

Chemistry Faculty Meeting

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Chung-Wei Kung

Inorganic Seminars "TBD" Professor Chung-Wei Kung - Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Host: Dianne Xiao. 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, October 20, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit che.ncku.edu.tw.

Weston T. and Sheila Borden Endowed Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry: Prof. Ned Sibert

Physical Seminars Weston T. and Sheila Borden Endowed Lecture in Theoretical Chemistry "Title TBD" Professor Emeritus Ned Sibert - Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison Host: Anne McCoy. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: TBD. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: This lecture is supported by the Weston and Sheila Borden Endowed Fund in Chemistry, established by the Bordens in 2015. Weston T. Borden served on the University of Washington chemistry faculty for 31 years. His research involved the use of molecular orbital (MO) theory and MO-based calculations to understand and predict the structures and reactions of organic and organometallic molecules. Sheila Borden received her B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. After a y… Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit chem.wisc.edu.

Chemistry Faculty Meeting

*Executive Session Only. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: Veronica Howell, atchmchr@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Event sponsors: For assistance, please contact Veronica Howell, atchmchr@uw.edu or 206.543.1611. Target Audience: Faculty. Thursday, October 22, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Chemistry Education Seminar: Prof. Thom Dunning

Careers in Chemistry "The Chemical Bond: A New Perspective" Affiliate Professor Thom Dunning - Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Host: Lutz Maibaum Numerous studies have shown that undergraduate chemistry students, and even many chemistry graduate students, have misconceptions about the chemical bond.1 A striking example is the belief that the Octet Rule is responsible for the formation of chemical bonds. The misconceptions are due, in large part, to the difficulty associated with the unusual nature of quantum mechanics—the physics underlying the structure of atoms and molecules—which describes electrons as “clouds” not particles, and the difficulties this poses for teaching about chemical bonding. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of a new perspective on the chemical bond that arises from the advances made by quantum chemists over the past thirty years. This new perspective is based on Spin-Coupled Generalized Valence Bond (SCGVB) theory,2,3 which addresses the most serious limitations of both… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Lectures/Seminars. Monday, October 26, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit chem.washington.edu.

Chemistry Faculty Meeting

George H. Cady Endowed Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Prof. Ram Seshadri

Inorganic Seminars George H. Cady Endowed Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry "TBD" Professor Ram Seshadri - Materials Department and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara Host: Douglas Reed. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: 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, November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit www.chem.ucsb.edu.

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Ram Seshadri

Inorganic Seminars "TBD" Professor Ram Seshadri - Materials Department and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara 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, November 3, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. For more info visit www.chem.ucsb.edu.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Tim Zuehlsdorff

Physical Seminars Assistant Professor Tim Zuehlsdorff - Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University Host: 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, November 4, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit science.oregonstate.edu.

Veterans Day

No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, November 11, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Organic Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Green Ahn

Organic Seminars "TBD" Assistant Professor Green Ahn - Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington Host: Dustin Maly. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Chemistry Building (CHB). Campus room: CHB 102. Accessibility Contact: chem59x@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Academics. Thursday, November 12, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM. For more info visit sites.uw.edu.

Physical Chemistry Seminar: Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen

Physical Seminars Assistant Professor Hsing-Ta (Theta) Chen - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame Host: David Masiello. 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, November 18, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. For more info visit chemistry.nd.edu.