Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Relativistic jets from black holes: connections to gravitational waves and neutrinos

Professor Rob Fender, University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 March 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts

Dr. Anastasia Fialkov, University of Sussex.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 08 March 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

The Surprising Universe

Professor Chris Lintott, University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 01 March 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Supernovae: origin, extremes and a future bursting with potential!

Dr. Cosimo Inserra, Cardiff University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 22 February 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Merging neutron stars, kilonovae and the origin of the heavy chemical elements

Professor Nial Tanvir, University of Leicester.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 February 2022, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Tales of gravity from few-body interactions

Dr. Hongsheng Zhao, University of St Andrews.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 30 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

The evolution, diversity and habitability of planetary systems

Dr Edward Gillen, Queen Mary University of London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 24 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

The First Images of a Black Hole from the Event Horizon Telescope: Past, Present, and Future

Dr. Ziri Younsi, University College London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 23 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Severe Space Weather

Professor Richard Horne FRS, British Antarctic Survey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 16 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Watching Stars Explode: Observing Supernova Neutrinos with Hyper-Kamiokande & SNEWS 2.0

Dr. Jost Migenda, King’s College London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 09 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

How rare is our Solar System? Probing the formation and evolution of planetary systems

Dr. Joshua Lovell, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 02 November 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Black holes, Einstein's gravity and rocket science!

Professor Chris Done, Durham University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 26 October 2021, 19:30-20:45

Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)

Neutrino physics: Ghostly particles whose behaviour has cosmic consequences

Dr. Patrick Dunne, Imperial College London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 October 2021, 19:30-20:45

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Explosive and Degassing volcanic eruptions: natural analogues with relevance for geoengineering schemes

Professor Jim Haywood, University of Exeter/Met Office.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 April 2020, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

To fly or not to fly? Improving volcanic ash forecasts for aviation

Dr. Natalie Harvey, University of Reading.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 02 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospherically significant reactions of Criegee intermediates

Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing, University of Bristol.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Biosphere-atmosphere interactions in Earth System Models

Dr. Cat Scott, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

PM2.5/NOx modelling for health exposure research

Nathan Pavlovic.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 December 2019, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

Dr. Nicolas Bellouin, University of Reading.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

A Preliminary Simulation of Convections and Airflows Using An Unstructured Adaptive Mesh Finite-Element Model Fluidity-Atmosphere

Dr. Jinxi Li, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ice cores and aerosols: Past atmospheric chemistry from new generation, continuous ice core analyses

Dr. Joe McConnell, Desert Research Institute.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Global models for atmospheric new particle formation from the CERN CLOUD experiment

Hamish Gordon, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Modelling and Assessing the Impacts of Intercropping, as a Sustainable Farming Practice, on Food Security, Air Quality, and Public Health

Ka Ming Fung, Graduate Division of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 May 2019, 11:00-12:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Air Pollution in Delhi, India

Ying Chen, Lancaster.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 March 2019, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Interactions between stratospheric ozone and climate change in the Arctic

Dr Jian Kai Zhang, Lecturer, Lanzhou University and Academic Visitor at Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 18 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Talk is postponed as of 01.02.2019

Dr Scott Yiu, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

SUPERCHIRALITY AND BLOCH SURFACE WAVES

Prof. Paolo Biagioni, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano (IT).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Title to be confirmed

Dr Scott Yiu, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 10 December 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Direct measurements of urban pollutant emissions

Eiko Nemitz, CEH.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 December 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometry: ground and airborne measurements

Dr Thomas Bannan University of Manchester.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Satellite Observations, Earth System Models and Public Engagement Synergies: from Oil and Natural Gas Operations, Enhanced Weathering to Ozone Gardens

Maria Val Martin, University of Sheffield.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Synchrotron Adventures with Criegee Intermediates: Studies of Tropospheric Chemistry in the Lab

Rebecca Caravan, Sandia National Labs.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

jsm85's list

CUNanoSoc Presents: Nanophotonics

Speaker to be confirmed.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 19:00-20:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

An expanding picture of Criegee intermediate tropospheric chemistry

Dr Joseph Beames, Cardiff University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Catalyst design for energy and environmental applications

Dr Muhammad Zaheer.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 August 2018, 11:00-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

From new dynamically self-assembling materials to chemical reactivities in confined environments

Professor Rafal Klajn (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 July 2018, 14:00-15:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Designing a strategy for merging atmospheric chemistry models and measurements: Going after what matters

Please note, venue and time.

Prof. Michael Prather, Earth system Science Dept, UC Irvine.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Atmospheric research from the molecular to city scale

Dr Francis Pope, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The search for signs of ozone recovery

Dr James Keeble, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

David Chandler Linnett Memorial Symposium

Dr Céline Merlet, Prof. Christoph Dellago, Prof. Iris Antes, Prof. Juan P. Garrahan, Dr Lester Hedges, Prof. Pieter Rein ten Wolde, Prof. Berend Smit, Dr Benjamin Rotenberg, Prof. Tuomas Knowles, Dr Ulf Pedersen.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 April 2018, 11:00-18:00

RSC award lectures

NMR Inspired Perspectives on Enzymology: The Role of Dimer Asymmetry and Protomer Dynamics in Enzyme Catalysis

Prof Scott Prosser, University of Toronto Mississauga.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 28 February 2018, 14:00-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Methane and the Paris Agreement

Professor Euan Nisbet, Royal Holloway and NERC Project MOYA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Emissions and Chemistry of air pollution in London and Beijing: a tale of two cities.

Professor James Lee, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Fundamental Limits to Volcanic Cooling and its Implications for Past Climate on Earth

David Wade, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ambient air quality and human health in India

Luke Conibear, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

New Frontiers in Biocatalytic C-H Functionalization

Professor Greg Challis, University of Warwick.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Dual air quality benefit of SO2 emission controls by decreasing sulfate and biogenic secondary organic aerosol

Dr Eloïse Marais, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Using past decadal temperature changes to understand present and future climate

Dr Andrew Schurer, University of Edinburgh.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Cambridge Centre for Climate Science

CCfCS Welcome Event 2017

several speakers -- see abstract.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 13:30-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Detailed Modelling of Organic Chemistry in the Atmosphere – Recent Advances (and Limitations)

Dr Peter Brauer, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 23 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

CPGS Seminars

Andrea di Antonio and Anika Krause, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

What has the Antarctic ozone hole to do with biological evolution?

Prof Michael Edgeworth McIntyre (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 June 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Stratospheric ozone in the Earth system

Fernando Iglesias Suarez, Lancaster University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 22 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

Cambridge Centre for Climate Science

Climate Science, Atmospheres and Life: From the Earth and Beyond

Speaker to be confirmed.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 17 May 2017, 10:30-16:30

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Tropospheric ozone: Short-lived climate forcer

Dr Richard Derwent, rdscientific.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 15 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Prebiotic Chemistry on Other Worlds

Paul B. Rimmer (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Design and use of chemical tools to modulate gene expression in cancer cells based on the targeting of DNA methyltransferase

Paola B. Arimondo, CNRS Pierre Fabre Laboratories, Toulouse France Overseas Fellow Churchill College, Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 19 April 2017, 16:00-17:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Using and Developing the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem)

Dr Scott Archer-Nicholls, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 March 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

A comprehensive model analysis of the UK atmospheric composition and air-surface exchange of pollutants

Dr Massimo Vieno, CEH, Edinburgh.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 March 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Modeling the Physical Multi-Phase Interactions of HNO3 Between Snow and Air on the Antarctic Plateau (Dome C) and coast (Halley)

Hoi Ga Chan, British Antarctic Survey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 March 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

New Developments in Climate Observations

Prof Stephen Briggs, European Space Agency.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Global modelling of tropospheric halogens and their impacts on air quality and climate

Dr Tomás Sherwen, University of York.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 20 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Interaction between gaseous halogen oxides and other radical families

Dr David Rowley, University College, London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Inferring causality in the atmosphere - constraining aerosol-cloud interactions from observations

Edward Gryspeerdt, Imperial College, London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Air Pollution and Human Health (APHH) in a Chinese Megacity (Beijing): campaign overview

Dr Lekan Popoola.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 30 January 2017, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Impacts of tropical UTLS ozone feedback on surface climate change projections

Dr Peer Nowack, Cambridge University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Variability of the Indian Summer Monsoon during the past 6000 years

Daniel Befort, University of Birmingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Cambridge Centre for Climate Science

Climate science research in Cambridge

See abstract for programme.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 17 November 2016, 14:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

CPGS seminars

Jake Smith, Conor Bolas, Amy King.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Comprehensive laboratory studies of hydrocarbon oxidation mechanisms

Dr Max McGillen, Bristol University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 07 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Direct Detection of Criegee Intermediates and Reaction Products Using Time-Resolved Absorption Spectroscopy

For details of this seminar, please contact Dr Ferracci as above

Dr Dan Stone, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 31 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Interactions of HOx with aerosols; Nitric acid-HONO-NOx cycling via particulate nitrate photolysis

Daniel Moon and Dr Chunxiang Ye, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 24 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Computers helping chemists: a toolkit for a ChemBio lab

Gonzalo JIMÉNEZ-OSÉS, University of La Rioja.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 05 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

The EvoDevo and Physics of Skin Appendages and Skin Colours in Vertebrates

Prof. Michel C. Milinkovitch, Laboratory of Artificial & Natural Evolution (LANE), Dept of Genetics & Evolution, University of Geneva and SIB (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics). .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 21 March 2016, 10:00-11:00

Cambridge Centre for Climate Science

Cambridge Centre for Climate Science: water vapour and clouds in the climate system

Free Registration

Louise Sime, Chris Holloway, Constantino Listowski, Tamsin O'Connell, Jan Zika, Peter Haynes.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 November 2015, 14:00-18:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Rapid Identification of cyclic peptide inhibitors of protein-protein interactions

Prof. Ali Tavassoli, University of Southampton.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 14 October 2015, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

BP Keynote Lecture: "Multiscale-Multimodal Imaging: Shining a light on materials behaviour”

Prof. Phil J. Withers, International Centre for Advanced Materials .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 13 October 2015, 15:00-16:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Self-assembled functional materials. Adsorption processes in metal-organic frameworks

Dr David Fairen-Jimenez (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 June 2015, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge Energy Seminars

Nanomaterials Design for Electrochemical Technologies: Batteries and ElectrocatalystsTitle to be confirmed

Professor Yi Cui Stanford University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 27 March 2015, 16:00-17:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Exotic morphologies of highly charged solvated macromolecules

Prof. Styliani Constas, Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario London, ON N6A 5B7 CANADA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 21 November 2014, 12:00-13:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Computational analyses of RNA repeat expansions causing genetic disease

Dr. Ilyas Yildirim, Deparment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 October 2014, 12:00-13:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Functional Conjugated Polymers: Towards New Materials for Biomedical Applications

NZIC Easterfield Prize Lecture

Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 June 2014, 16:00-17:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Mitochondria-targeted Delivery Systems

Dr Shanta Dhar, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 06 January 2014, 14:00-15:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

First Passage Time Boxed Molecular Dynamics

Boris Fackovec (University of Cambridge), Wales Group.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 December 2013, 12:00-13:00

ChemSoc - Cambridge Chemistry Society

Inspired by Nature: Renewable 21st century fuels from water and sunlight

Dr Erwin Reisner.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 22 November 2013, 20:00-21:00

ChemSoc - Cambridge Chemistry Society

Watching Single Molecules

Professor David Klenerman.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 15 November 2013, 20:00-21:00

ChemSoc - Cambridge Chemistry Society

Figuring Out the Rules: Molecular Self-Assembly

Dr Jonathan Nitschke.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 25 October 2013, 20:00-21:00

Department of Chemistry

Nanotechnology for Medicine

BP Lectures 2013

Professor James M. Tour, Rice University, Texas.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 23 October 2013, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nanotechnology for Medicine

BP Lectures 2013

Professor James Tour, Rice University, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 23 October 2013, 14:00-15:00

Department of Chemistry

Graphene Growth & Applications

BP Lectures 2013

Professor James M. Tour, Rice University, Texas.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 22 October 2013, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Graphene Growth and Applications

BP Lectures 2013

Professor James Tour, Rice University, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 22 October 2013, 14:00-15:00

ChemSoc - Cambridge Chemistry Society

Better Looking, Better Living, Better Loving

Dr John Emsley.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 18 October 2013, 20:00-21:00

Department of Chemistry

What was first: the genetic code or its products?

Professor Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 17 June 2013, 10:30-11:30

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

What can we learn about protein folding from atomistic simulations?

Dr. Robert Best, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, NIH.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 24 May 2013, 12:00-13:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry - Nano Puzzle and More

Professor Iris Oppel, RWTH Aachen University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 April 2013, 16:30-17:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

BP 3rd Years PhD Talks

Talks by 3rd Yr PhD students in the Materials RIG

various.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 April 2013, 10:15-16:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Selective targeting of epigenetic effector domains of the bromodomain family

Professor Stefan Knapp, Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 March 2013, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry

Unpicking the local structure of adsorbate molecules on surfaces atom by atom

Professor Phil Woodruff, University of Warwick.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Allostery and Conformational Control in Signaling: The Ubiquitin E3 Ligases

Dr Ruth Nussinov. Professor, Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel Senior Principal Scientist and Principal Investigator at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Frederick, MD.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 14 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry

Title to be confirmed

Dr Lucy Carpenter (University of York).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 03 December 2012, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry

Watching Single Molecules

David Klenerman (University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 19 November 2012, 16:00-17:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo for strongly correlated systems

CPGS talk

Robert Thomas (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 19 October 2012, 12:30-13:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Investigating tunneling rates using instanton theory

CPGS talk

Conan Zhang (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 19 October 2012, 12:00-12:30

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Sequence-based predictions of secondary structure populations in disordered proteins

CPGS talk

Pietro Sormanni (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 12 October 2012, 12:30-13:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Quantum transition state theory?

CPGS talk

Tim Hele (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 12 October 2012, 12:00-12:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

"Molecular mechanisms of O-GlcNAc signalling"

Professor Daan van Aalten, FRSE, Associate Dean, Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 18 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Tailored Polymers for Controlling Cell Signaling

Prof Laura Kiessling, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 17 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

New Insights into Proteasome Function: From Protein Degradation to Cancer Therapy

Alfred Lewis Goldberg, Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 16 May 2012, 10:30-12:30

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

New Protein Structures and Assemblies by Rational Design

Dek Woolfson, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 11 May 2012, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Catalytic MetalloDrugs – New Therapies for Old Problems

Professor James Cowan, Ohio State University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 30 March 2012, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Predicting protein-peptide and protein-chemical interactions using biological networks

Biological RIG seminar

Robert B. Russell, Professor Protein Evolution, CellNetworks, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 09 March 2012, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Future perspectives of metal compounds in cancer therapy

Professor Bernhard Keppler, University of Vienna.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 02 March 2012, 14:00-15:00

Physical Chemistry

Mechanical Atom Manipulation: Towards a Matter Compiler

Professor Philip Moriarty, University of Nottingham.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 21 February 2012, 16:15-17:15

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

From Fragments and Hot-Spots to Novel Lead Structures

Professor Dr Gerhard Klebe, Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 03 February 2012, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Exploiting Cryptic Biosynthetic Pathways in Microorganisms

Joint Biological and Synthesis Seminar

Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, HKI, Jena, Germany.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 27 January 2012, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Mechanisms matter: understanding and optimizing drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis

Joint Biological/Synthetic RIG Seminar

Dr Clifton E. Barry III, Tuberculosis Research Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 09 January 2012, 17:00-18:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Modeling a single-site spring-like hypothesis for Fe-mediated N2 reduction

Professor Jonas Peters, California Institute of Technology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 08 December 2011, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Expanding the central dogma

Professor Philipp Holliger, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 25 November 2011, 14:00-15:00

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Sialidases in respiratory disease

Prof Garry Taylor FRSE, Head of the School of Biology, BSRC, University of St Andrews.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 18 November 2011, 14:00-15:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Melville Lecturer 2011 - Development of New Routes to Benign Polymeric Materials

Prof Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Quantum Tunnelling Splittings from Ring-Polymer Instanton Theory

CPGS talk. Note unusual venue.

Adam Reid (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 28 October 2011, 12:30-13:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Ring Polymer Tunnelling Rates and the Connection with Instanton Theory

CPGS talk. Note unusual venue.

Adrian Hemmen (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 28 October 2011, 12:00-12:30

Physical Chemistry

Timescales of chemical reactions

Prof. Mike J Pilling CBE, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 25 October 2011, 16:15-17:15

Biological Chemistry Research Interest Group

Title to be confirmed

Joint Materials/Biological Colloquia

Professor Bill Rutherford, CEA, France.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 21 October 2011, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Water Photolysis in Biology: Photosystem II

Joint Materials/Biological Colloquia

Professor Bill Rutherford, Imperial College, London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 21 October 2011, 14:00-15:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Cooperative dynamics in supercooled liquids

Note unusual venue.

Dr Jacob Stevenson (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 21 October 2011, 12:00-13:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Can hydrophobic surfaces catalyze unfolding?

Note unusual venue.

Dr Patrick Varilly (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 14 October 2011, 12:00-13:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Networking the Self-assembled Cages

Professor Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 08 July 2011, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Molecular Nanostructures and Sensors by Self-Assembly

Extra Inorganic Seminar

Professor Kay Severin, EPFL, Switzerland.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 May 2011, 14:00-15:00

Physical Chemistry

Very narrow lasers to measure wide lines: Frequency comb-referenced determination of pressure broadening, narrowing and shifts for remote sensing

Professor Trevor Sears, Brookhaven National Laboratory & Stony Brook University NY.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 May 2011, 16:15-17:15

Physical Chemistry

RSC Faraday Lecture

The Molecular Dance in Surface Reactions Followed a-Molecule-at-a-Time by STM

Professor John Polanyi, University of Toronto.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 April 2011, 16:15-17:15

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Diels Alder Polymers with Unusual Properties: Re‐Mending and Shape Memory

Prof Fred Wudl, UCSB Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 04 April 2011, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry

Physical Chemistry Graduate Seminar

David Madden, Matthew Ashford, Isabella Stocker.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 11 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Physical Chemistry

Vehicle exhaust nanoparticles: sources and control.

Dr Martyn Twigg - previously Chief Scientist of Johnson Matthey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 08 March 2011, 16:15-17:15

Physical Chemistry

What surfactants do at interfaces

Professor Robert Thomas, University of Oxford.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 01 March 2011, 16:15-17:15

Inorganic Chemistry

BP Day

3rd Year PhD students.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 February 2011, 13:30-17:00

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Probing nanostructures and optoelectronic properties of plastic solar cells by scanning probe microscopy

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 February 2011, 15:30-16:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Conjugated Polyelectrolytes for Emerging Optoelectronic Devices and Bioelectronic Applications

Professor Gui Bazan, Department of Materials Engineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry University of California, Santa Barbara.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 25 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Multicomponent Block Polymers for Templating and Separations

Professor Marc Hillmyer Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 12 November 2010, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Multifunctional Polymer Films and Coatings

BP Visiting Lecturer Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 10 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

Physical Chemistry

Multifunctional Polymer Films and Coatings

BP Visiting Lecturer Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 10 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Amphiphide Monolayers to study interfacial interactions

A Reception will follow this talk in the Todd Hamied Room

BP Visiting Lecturer Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 09 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

Physical Chemistry

Amphiphide Monolayers to study interfacial interactions

There will be a reception following this lecture in the Todd Hamied.

BP Visiting Lecturer Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., Helmuth Möhwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 09 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Supramolecular Approaches to Stimuli-Responsive Materials: From Sea Cucumbers to Self-Healing Films

Professor Stuart Rowan, Kent Hale Smith Professor, Case Western University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 02 November 2010, 15:30-16:30

Society of Chemical Industry

Can we feed 9 billion?

Event organised by RSC Mid-Anglia Section & SCI Cambridge & Great Eastern Region

Dr John Emsley.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 21 October 2010, 19:00-20:00

Physical Chemistry

"From clays to the cytosol - approaches for characterising soft matter"

Professor Athene Donald ( Director, Physics of Medicine, Cavendish Laboratory).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 19 October 2010, 16:15-17:15

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo study of the uniform electron gas

CPGS talk. Note unusual venue.

James Shepherd (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 08 October 2010, 12:30-13:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Spin in Fermion Monte Carlo

CPGS talk. Note unusual venue.

Simon Smart (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 08 October 2010, 12:00-12:30

Inorganic Chemistry

Structure-property relationships of molecular crystals

Professor Len Barbour, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 22 September 2010, 14:00-15:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Designing metal containing anticancer drugs in the absence of a well defined target

THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL TIME

Professor Paul Dyson, EPFL.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 19 May 2010, 15:00-16:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Recharging the Planet: New Approaches for Optimizing the Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells

Inaugural Lecture

Professor Clare Grey.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 11 May 2010, 16:15-17:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Recharging the Planet: New Approaches for Optimizing the Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Fuel Cells

Inaugural Lecture

Professor Clare Grey, Geoffrey Moorhouse Gibson Professor of Chemistry.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 11 May 2010, 16:15-17:15

Inorganic Chemistry

Nanosized Clusters with Main Group elements as Ligands

Lewis Lecture

Professor Dieter Fenske.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 30 April 2010, 16:00-17:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Stabilizing ordered bicontinuous phases in diblock copolymer systems

Note late change of venue

Dr Francisco Martinez (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 06 November 2009, 12:00-13:00

Theoretical Chemistry

Hydrogen bonding structure and ultrafast dynamics of bulk, interfacial, and confined water

(Joint Theory/Physical Seminar)

Professor James L Skinner, University of Wisconsin.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 04 November 2009, 14:15-15:15

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Gas diffusion in the [NiFe]-hydrogenase

M.Phil. thesis presentation. Note unusual venue.

Po-hung Wang (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 30 October 2009, 12:25-12:50

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

FCIMC, naturally

CPGS talk. Note unusual venue.

Deidre Cleland (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 30 October 2009, 12:00-12:25

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Design of protein sequences with funneled free energy landscapes using a coarse-grained caterpillar model

Note unusual venue

Dr Ivan Coluzza (National Institute for Medical Research, London).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 16 October 2009, 12:00-13:00

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Ring-polymer transition-state theory

CPGS talk. Note unusual venue.

Jeremy Richardson (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 09 October 2009, 12:25-12:50

Extra Theoretical Chemistry Seminars

Coarse-grained modelling of biological and biomimetic surfactants

CPGS talk. Note unusual venue.

Craig Kitchen (CUC3).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 09 October 2009, 12:00-12:25

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

Ocean iron-fertilisation by volcanic ash

Baerbel Langmann, Institute of Geophysics, University of Hamburg.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 20 May 2009, 14:15-15:15

Inorganic Chemistry

Organometallic f-Element Chemistry and the Importance of Questioning Scientific Assumptions

RSC Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship

Professor William J Evans, University of California Irvine, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 May 2009, 11:00-12:00

Inorganic Chemistry

Construction Principles in the Development of New Molecular Catalysts

Dr Lutz Gade, University of Heidelberg.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 23 April 2009, 15:00-16:00

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

New Perspectives on Linkages between Ozone Depletion and Climate Change

Dr Susan Solomon, Aeronomy Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, Colorado.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 12 February 2008, 16:15-17:15

Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.

The Antarctic ozone hole: review and update

Prof. Susan Solomon, NOAA/ERL, Chemical Sciences Division.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 February 2008, 14:15-15:15

Melville Laboratory Seminars

Functionalized cucurbiturils and their applications

Professor Kimoon Kim, Center for Smart Supramolecules, Pohang University of Science & Technology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 26 November 2007, 14:15-15:15