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  • Seth Cohen to become new dean of UC Irvine's School of Physical Sciences
  • Professor Ann Marie Carlton named AAAS Fellow!
  • Professor Elizabeth Jarvo named AAAS Fellow!
  • Remembering Rob Schurko
  • Congratulations to Professor Seu Sim who has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow!
  • Warren Hehre, a former member of the Department of Chemistry, has passed away.
  • Maxx Arguilla Awarded Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) from Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
  • Graduate student Audrey Miles travels to D.C. with the nuclear engineering student delegation.
  • Celia Faiola awarded the prestigious Kenneth T. Whitby Award!
  • Professor Matthew Griffin receives NIH New Innovator Award
  • Maxx Arguilla Wins 2026 ACS National Fresenius Award
  • Robert “Bob” Doedens, UC Irvine Professor of Chemistry, dies age 87
  • Kieron Burke Appointed Interim Dean of the School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Physical Sciences welcomes four new faculty members
  • Liz Jarvo and Sergey Nizkorodov were awarded the title of Chancellor’s Professor!
  • Barbara Finlayson-Pitts was named the Academic Senate Better World Awardee
  • Bill Evans received the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award
  • Liz Jarvo earned the Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentorship
  • Dr. Barbara Finlayson-Pitts wins 2025 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
  • Sergey Nizkorodov Receives Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Fostering of Undergraduate Research
  • Liran Zhu selected for the 2025 USNCO Study Camp!
  • Professor Kenneth J. Shea to receive the Tolman Medal
  • Paper co-authored by Professor Burke in 1996 is one of the top four cited in 2023
  • Professor Arguilla named a fellow for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Young Observers program by the US National Committee through the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ph.D. student Diana Lopez receives LEAD graduate student excellence award
  • Professor James Nowick selected as the recipient of the 2024 Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize
  • Knowledge Acquisition Center (KnAC) provides help for undergrads
  • Congratulations to Awardees Recognized at Annual Lee Dinner
  • Grad student Gianmarc Grazioli goes viral with "Chemist's Know"

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Organic Seminar
Applications of Acetal Radicals in Organic Synthesis
Daniel Kim
Temple University
04-15-26 4:00 pm
RH 104
PhD defense
Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis for P-Stereogenic Compounds: From Ligands to Therapeutics and Beyond
Brian Daniels

04-16-26 3:00 pm
NS2 2201
Inorganic Seminar
Mn(III) trihalides: missing high-potential oxidants and useful reagents in benzylic C–H functionalization and stereoselective alkene dihalogenation
David Lacy
University at Buffalo
04-16-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
PhD defense
Development and Mechanistic Studies in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalizations of Strained Rings
Camryn Wallace

04-17-26 2:00 pm
NS2 2201
Research Saturday


04-18-26 9:30 am
NS2 1201
Physical Seminar
TERS, NERS, and ANP
Yung Doug Suh
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
04-21-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
Organic Seminar
Molecular vital signs: recent advances in in vivo biosensors
Kevin Plaxco
University of California Santa Barbara
04-22-26 4:00 pm
RH 104
Inorganic Seminar
Student-Invited Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: Between Layered Solids and 2D Materials: Synthesis-Driven Exploration of the Functional Properties of MAX Phases and MXenes
Christina Birkel
Arizona State University / Technische Universität Darmstadt
04-23-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
Physical Seminar
Conformational dynamics of proteins and DNA
Arjan van der Vaart
University of South Florida
04-28-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
Organic Seminar
Well-Defined Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polymers: From Multifunctional Materials to Mucosal Medicine
Brent Sumerlin
University of Florida
04-29-26 4:00 pm
RH 104
Inorganic Seminar
Student-Invited Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
Alison Fout
Texas A&M University
04-30-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
Physical Seminar
Deciphering & controlling the mechanisms of energy, charge, & information flow in molecules & nanomaterials
Andres Montoya-Castillo

05-05-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
Organic Seminar
Design and Application of New Pericyclic Strategies
Christopher Newton
University of Georgia
05-06-26 4:00 pm
RH 104
Inorganic Seminar
TBD
Eva Nichols
University of British Columbia
05-14-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
PhD defense
Logan Brennan PhD Defense
Logan Brennan
Law group
05-15-26 1:00 pm
ISEB 1200
Special Seminar
E.K.C. Lee Event
Aaron J. Rossini
Iowa State University
05-21-26 4:00 pm
Crystal Cove Auditorium
PhD defense
Erin Fuller PhD Defense
Erin Fuller

05-22-26 9:00 am
NS2 2201
PhD defense
Jessica Granger-Jones PhD Defense
Jessica Granger-Jones
Finkeldei group
05-22-26 2:30 pm
ISEB 1200
PhD defense
Julia Balsamo PhD Defense
Julia Balsamo

05-22-26 3:00 pm
NS2 2201
Physical Seminar
TBD
Adrian Figg
Virginia Tech
05-26-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
PhD defense
Tanya Hadjian PhD Defense
Tanya Hadjian

05-27-26 3:00 pm
NS2 2201
PhD defense
Matthew Schubach PhD Defense
Matthew Schubach
Pronin group
05-28-26 11:00 am
ISEB 1310
PhD defense
Jonas Enders PhD Defense
Jonas Enders
Murray group
06-02-26 11:00 am
ISEB 1200
Organic Seminar
TBD
Tina Wang
University of Wisconsin-Madison
06-03-26 4:00 pm
RH 104
Inorganic Seminar
TBD
Rebecca Abergel
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
06-04-26 3:30 pm
RH 104
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Research Highlights

Sophia Xu from the Dong Lab is first author of JACS publication "Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Hydroacylation: Racemization by Soft Enolization"
Connecting the Dots: Law Group shows how quantum dots fuse to form 3D single-crystalline superlattices.
Yang group's studies of stable molecular catalyst on cover of JACS

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