Seminar

October 20, 2023 -  Seminar: Refining Polymer Waste: Finding New Value in End-of-Life Plastics, by Mr. Carlos Posada, Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech (former FSU student at Dr. Luo’s group), 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm, STB 435.

September 26, 2023 -  Seminar: Lanthanide-and actinide-based Quantum Materials Research at SRNL, by Dr. Binod Rai, Savannah River National Laboratory, 3:30 pm –5:00 pm, STB 343.

May 11, 2023 – 2023 Spring IMREL Student Research Seminar by Jianna Evans, Antonio Garcia, Angelina Locke, Starfari McClean, Da'shawn Morris, Thomas Murray, AJ Troyer, Lauren Zuravel (high-school student), 6:00 pm -8:00 pm, online.

April 21, 2023 – Seminar: Nanomaterials for Radiation Detection, by Dr. Zhiping Luo, FSU, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, online.

March 31, 2023 – Seminar: Harnessing Fluoride Perovskites: Alternative of Halide (X = Cl, Br, I) Perovskites, by Dr. Navadeep Shrivastava, FSU, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, online.

March 24, 2023 – Seminar: New Approaches in Porous Organic Polymer Synthesis, by Dr. James Bour, Wayne State University, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, online.

November 28, 2022 – 2022 Fall IMREL Student Research Seminar by Bryson D. Core, Antonio S. Garcia, Thomas Murray, JeNiyah L. Scaife, 6:00 pm -8:00 pm, online.

November 15, 2022 – Seminar: Design & Engineering of Macromolecules for Energy and Environmental Sciences, by Dr. Guoliang Liu, Virginia Tech, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, online.

October 28, 2022 – Seminar: Neutron Diffraction and its Applications for Structural Investigation of Energy materials, by Dr. Hui Wu, NIST Center of Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, online.

September 27, 2022 – Seminar: Bitter & Sweet: Bioactive Natural Products:3D Protein Structure as a Tool for Integrating Teaching & Research, by Dr. Soon Goo Lee,  University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 334.

May 5, 2022 - 2022 Spring IMREL Student Research Seminar by Caressia S. Edwards, Dianne L. Fridia, Rekha George, Starfari T. McClain, Tamela L. Moore, Zamari T. Morris, Washat R. Ware, Jett Wu, 6:00 pm -8:00 pm, online.

March 25, 2022 – Seminar: Determination of magic wavelengths in atomic transitions: Precision and accuracy measurement, by Dr. Chandra M. Adhikari, Fayetteville State University (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual meeting).

February 11, 2022 – Seminar: Understanding energy conversion in nanostructured materials: How computational chemistry can help, by Dr. Zhenfei Liu, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual meeting).

November 19, 2021 – Seminar: Lanthanide Chemistry in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Catalysis, by Dr. Matthew Allen, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual meeting).

October 29, 2021 – Seminar: Not Just for Oxides! Sol-Gel Methods for Nanoparticle Assembly, by Dr. Stephanie Brock, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual meeting).

October 15, 2021 – Seminar: Bacterial and Fungal Ribosome Selective Antimicrobials, by Dr. Dev Arya, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual meeting).

October 1, 2021 – Seminar: Preferred Orientation: A Powerful Maneuver for Structural Analysis and Material Design, by Dr. Yimin Mao, NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, STB 435).

May 4, 2021 – IMPREL Student Research Seminar by Jessa Guffie, Starfari T. McClain, Carlos Posada, Lianis V. Reyes-Rosa, Washat R. Ware, 6:00 pm -8:00 pm, online.

April 23, 2021 - Seminar: Waste not, want not: Innovations in complex peptide synthesis fueled by a focus on green chemistry, by Dr. Jennifer L. Stockdill, Wayne State University (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual seminar).

April 9, 2021 - Seminar: RheoSANS as a Probe for Soft Materials, by Dr. Katie Weigandt, NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual seminar).

March 5, 2021 - Seminar: Natural Products Drug Discovery: Harnessing the Pharmaceutical Power of Nature, by Dr. Wendy Strangman, UNCW Center for Marine Science, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina Wilmington (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual seminar).

November 16, 2020 -  IMPREL Student Research Seminar by Jennifer Barkley, Joshua Del prado, Caressia Edwards, Tashi Hatchell, Jacob Hayes, Lenore Miller, Tamela Moore, Kasci Pelucarte, Carlos Posada, and Washat Roxanne Ware, 6:00 pm -8:00 pm, online.

November 13, 2020 - Seminar: Using Neutrons to Explore Hidden Magnetism at the Nanoscale, by Dr. Patrick Quarterman, NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual seminar).

October 30, 2020 - Seminar: Investigation of the First Intrinsic Topological Insulator: MnBi2Te4, by Dr. William Ratcliff, NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual seminar).

October 23, 2020 - Seminar: Pharmacy Admissions, by Dr. Dominic Cooper, Manager for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at SSPPS; Coordinator for the SSPPS Research Methodology Training Laboratory; HBCU Liaison, University of California, San Diego (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual seminar).

October 9, 2020 - Seminar: Neutrons in Biologoy, by Dr. Susana Marujo Teixeira, NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom virtual seminar).

March 5, 2020 - Seminar: Alternative Redox Processes Mediated by Synthetic Models of Cytochrome c Oxidase, Dr. Shabnam Hematian, UNC Greensboro (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

February 20, 2020 - Seminar - Applications of Neutron Scattering to Address Fundamental Challenges in Industrial Applications, by Dr. Yun Liu, Center for Neutron Research, NIST, and Department of  Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435 ).

December 10, 2019 - Seminar: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Nanoscale Inorganic Phosphors, by Dr. Gibin George, FSU (9:30 am - 10:30 am, STB 435).
Followed with students presentations:
Jennifer Barkley: Aggregation of Conjugated Polymers.
Jessa Guffie: Luminescence Properties of Electrospun Rare-Earth Orthovanadate Scintillator Nanofibers.
Tashi Hatchell: A Non-Enzymatic Glucose Biosensor Based on Electro-Spun LaSrNiO3 Nanofibers.
Jacob Hayesda: Luminescence Characteristics of Rare-Earth-Doped Barium Titanium Fluoride Nanowires.
Kasci Pelucarte: A Non-Enzymatic GlucoseBiosensor Based on Electro-spun LaSrNiO3 Nanofibers.
Carlos Posada: Magnetic and Electrochemical Properties of Sr2CoFeO5.
Aspyne Silvestro: Synthesis of Electrospun Nanofibers and of LaSrCoCrO3 for Acidic OER.

November 22, 2019 - Seminar: Neutrons at NIST, by Dr. Dan Neumann, Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering, NIST (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

November 21, 2019 - Undergraduate Research Seminar (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435):
Candyce Collins: When Polymers Meet: Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers (advisor: Dr. Zhiping Luo).
Jessa Guffie: Luminescence Properties of Electronspun Rare-Earth Orthovanadate Scintillator Nanofibers (advisor: Dr. Zhiping Luo)
Carlos Posada: Magnetic and Electrochemical Properties of Sr-Fe-Co-O Double Perovskites (advisor: Dr. Zhiping Luo).

November 19, 2019 - Undergraduate Research Seminar (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435):
Washat Roxanne Ware: Viscoelastic Properties of Polymer and Lipids: A Study of the Cell Membrane (advisor: Dr. Bhoj Gautam).
Caressia Edwards:  Sol-gel Electrospinning of UV Sensitive Rare-Earth Doped CaWO4 Nanofibers (advisor: Dr. Zhiping Luo)
Jacob Hayes: Photoluminescence of Rare-Earth-Codoped Alkaline Earth Fluoride Nanowires (advisor: Dr. Zhiping Luo).

October 22, 2019 - Seminar: Ionization Induced Changes in Materials: (A) Graphite to Diamond Phase; (B) Optical Properties of Glass; (C) Thermoelectric Properties, by Dr. Daryush Ila, FSU (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

September 12, 2019 - Seminar: Why You Should Say No to Alcohol and Marihuana? Let's Take a Look Inside the Brain, by Dr. Somnath Mukhopadhyay , North Carolina Central University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

April 16, 2019 - Seminar: The Wonders of Electron Density: From Half an Electron to Nonconvalent Interactions of Biomolucular Complexes, by Dr. Wengtao Yang, Duke University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

April 4, 2019 - Seminar: OLED - Beyong Displays, by Dr. Franky So, North Carolina State University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

November 29, 2018 - Seminar: The Big Question in Silicon Photonics: What Do We Do about the Laser?, by Dr. Chad Husko, CEO & Founder, Iris Light Technologies, Chicago, USA. (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

November 27, 2018 - Seminar: The Sum of Its Parts: Examing the Synergy of Mass Spectrosmetry, by Dr. Aurelie Marcotte, Mass Spectrometry Specialist, Waters Corporation (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

October 23, 2018 - Seminar: Cellular Heterogeneity & Active Learning, by Dr. MIchelle Kovarik, Trinity College, Hartford, CT (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

September 25, 2018 - Seminar: Ionization induced carbon phase changes in graphite, by Dr. Daryush Ila, FSU (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

April 26, 2018 - Seminar: Using Enzymes to Improve Hydraulic Fracturing, by Dr. Nathan Wymer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Carolina Central University  (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

April 24, 2018 - Seminar: Stimulating the STEM Mind Through the Knowledge of Self, by Dr. Abul Pitre, Chair of Department of Educational Leadership, FSU (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

February 28, 2018 - Seminar: The Curious Case of Fluorination of Conjugated Polymers for Solar Cells, by Dr. Wei You, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435). 

November 15, 2017 - Informal Research Seminar: Solvothermal synthesis, by Dr. Gibin George, FSU (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

November 14, 2017 - Seminar: Networking and Professional Career, by Dr. C. Lopaez-Mariscal, Underwater Photonics, Inc. (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

October 5, 2017 - Seminar: Supramolecular Photochemistry 2.0: New Frontiers in Triplet Sensitization, by Dr. F.N. Castellano, NC State University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

September 19, 2017 - Seminar: Recent Advances in Polymer and Perovskite Solar Cells, by Dr. Bhoj Gautam, Fayetteville University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

April 11, 2017 - Seminar: Developing Neurological Probes for the Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease, by Dr. Nathan Wymer, North Carolina Central University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

March 30, 2017 - Seminar: Numerical simulations of liquid crystalline polymers using kinetic model, by Professor Ruhai Zhou, Old Dominion University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

March 24, 2017 - Student Seminar: Characterization of Isoflavone Content in Kudzu (Pueraria montana), by Larissa S. Stewart, undergraduate at FSU (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, STB 435). Research mentor: Dr. Shubo Han.

March 10, 2017 - Student Seminar: Nd2O3 Nanofibers: Preparation, Properties, and Applications, by Shardai S. Johnson, undergraduate at FSU (1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, STB 435). Research mentor: Dr. Zhiping Luo.

January 26, 2017 - Seminar: NIST: Who We Are, What We Do, and Why You Should Care, by Dr. Willie E. May, Emeritus Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

November 8, 2016 - Seminar: Green Separation Technology and Chemistry Graduate Education at ECU, by Dr. Yu Yang, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

October 17, 2016 - Seminar: Development of Gallium Nitride Based Interfaces Using Surface Functionalization Techniques and Characterization, by Dr. Albena Ivanisevic, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University (2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, STB 435).

September 22, 2016 - Seminar: Design And Synthesis of Nanoporous Materials for Clean Energy Applications, by Dr. Weigang Lu, FSU (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

September 1, 2016 - Seminar: Proteins that glow, by Dr. William E. Allen, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

May 5, 2016 - Informal Seminar: Electrode Materials, by Dr. Jonathan Breitzer, FSU (3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, LS 109).

April 29, 2016 - Informal Seminar: Solventless Preparation of Pd(II) Nanoparticles Supported on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: A Versatile Catalyst for Selective N-Chelation-Directed C-H Bond Activation Reaction, by Dr. Ali Siamaki, FSU (1:00 - 2:00 pm, LS 109).

April 22, 2016 - Informal Seminar: Synthesis of Oxide Nanofibers by Electrospinning, by Dr. Zhiping Luo and his students Christina Young and John Moch, FSU (12:00 - 1:00 pm, LS 109).

April 15, 2016 - Undergraduate Research Presentation by Ms. Shardai Johnson, Ms. Chibu Umerah and Ms. Christina Young; followed with Award Assembly for IMREL Student Award (12:00 - 1:00 pm, LS 109).Student Seminar
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April 8, 2016 - Seminar: Innovative Methods for Production of High Volume Fraction Quantum Dots: Applied for Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties (with ZT > 3.0), by Dr. Daryush Ila, FSU (1:00 - 2:00 pm, STB 342).

March 29, 2016 - Seminar: The mechanism of the high activity hydroacylation reaction catalyzed by Rhodium complexes with small-bite-angle diphosphine ligands, by Dr. Andrew T. Morehead, Jr., East Carolina University (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 129).

February 25, 2015 - Seminar: The First Direct Detection of Gravity Waves, by Dr. John Mattox, FSU (2:00 - 3:00 pm, STB 435).

February 4, 2016 - Seminar: The Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations: 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, by Dr. Jianshi Wu, FSU (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 120).

January 4, 2016 - Informal seminar: Hands on computational chemistry modeling techniques, by Dr. Jairo Castillo-Chará, FSU (2:00 - 3:00 pm, SciTech 435).

December 3, 2015 - Seminar: From A Classroom and Academics: A "Bridge" to Industry, by Mr. Manhar Patel, MPEX Consulting (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 120).

October 29, 2015 - Informal seminar: Hands on computational chemistry modeling techniques, by Dr. Jairo Castillo-Chará, FSU (2:00 - 4:00 pm, SciTech 435).

October 27, 2015 - Seminar: Lessons learned from studying the thermodynamics of metal ions binding to biomolecules: A detailed study of copper(II) binding to Aβ peptides, by Dr. Anne Marie Spuches, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 129).

October 8, 2015 - Seminar: Atomistic scale modeling of faceted solidification and microstructure evolution, by Dr. Nana Ofori Opoku, National Institute of Standards and Technology (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 130).

October 1, 2015 - Seminar: Examination of Metal Binding by Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, by Dr. Colin S. Burns, Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 120).

April 24, 2015 - Informal Research Seminar: Multiscale modeling of soft matters, by Dr. Zhenlu Cui, FSU (1:00 - 1:45 pm)

April 17, 2015 - Informal Research Seminar: Nanostructures formed through  protein self-assemblies characterized by scanning probe microscopy, by Dr. Shubo Han, FSU (1:00 - 1:45 pm)

April 16, 2015 - Seminar: Rationally Designed Transition Metal Oxides for Carbonaceous Energy Conversion, by Dr. Fanxing Li, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 120). 

March 27, 2015 - Informal Research Seminar:Introduction and Application of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Functionalized Nanostructures, by Dr. Daniel Autrey, FSU (1:00 - 1:45 pm, LS 102)

March 24, 2015 - Seminar: Environmental Exposure, Induced Risk, and Sustainability, by Dr. John J. Bang, Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences, North Carolina Central University (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LSA 121). 

March 6, 2015 - Informal Research Seminar: Quasi-Crystals of Nanoscale Crystals: High volume fraction quantum dots, by Dr. Daryush Ila, FSU (1:00 - 1:45 pm, LS 102)

February 27, 2015 - Informal Research Seminar: Radiation Detection Using Nanowires, by Dr. Zhiping Luo, FSU (1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, LS 102).

January 27, 2015 - Seminar: Probing the conformation of HIV reverse transcriptase in solution by NMR spectroscopy, by Dr. Xunhia Zheng, Research Fellow, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (2:00 - 3:30 pm, LS 229). 

January 21, 2015 - Seminar: The Nuts & Bolts of SCALE-UP, by Dr. Robert Beichner, Department of Physic, North Carolina State University (9:00 - 11:00 am, ST 345).

December 11, 2014 - Joint Research Committee and IMREL Meeting (2:00 - 3:30 pm, LS 229). October 21, 2014 - Seminar: Chemometric Approach to Chemical Analysis Using Molecular Spectroscopy, by Dr. Sayo O. Fakayode, North Carolina A&T State University (2:00 - 3:00 pm, LS 102). [Flyer]

October 2, 2014 - Seminar: Hi-Tech Studio Classroom: A New Learning Environment at Fayetteville State University, by Dr. Cevdet Akbay, Fayetteville State Univeristy (2:00 - 3:00 pm, STB 435).