Colloquium

Catalysts for Change: Cultivating a Culture for Chemistry Graduate Student Success This project investigates how departmental culture shapes chemistry graduate students’ belonging, development, and access to opportunity. The project responds to documented challenges in doctoral education including unclear success criteria, …

Natural Products in the Atmosphere Volatile terpenes emitted from the world’s forests play a significant role in the formation of atmospheric aerosol particles, which in turn influence climate, air quality, and human health through a variety of direct and indirect …

Digging deeper into the surface - Investigating subsurface oxygen and its reactivity in silver using lattice-gas models, DFT, and Monte Carlo simulations First-row atoms, such as hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, not only adsorb on the surface of a solid but …

Chemistry Education Research in Inorganic Chemistry: How Do Students Explain Commonly Taught Topics and What Motivates Student Learning?   For this graduate student research seminar, the literature presented examines the teaching and learning of undergraduate students enrolled in inorganic chemistry …

Beyond Nitrate Reduction: Catalytic Versatility of Nap, a Molybdenum Enzyme. Nitrate reduction is the first step in transforming nitrogen from its most oxidized state into biologically accessible forms and is therefore a key process in the global nitrogen cycle. Periplasmic …