Periodic Table Talks
Periodic Table Talks
Oct. 21, 2026
Hosts: Emily Tsui, Richard Brutchey, Nanoscience Subdivision
Young Investigator
Associate Professor
Mark Hendricks (Whitman College)
Interactions between Alkyl Sulfonates and Silver Nanocrystal Surfaces Impacting Nanocrystal Size and Shape
Established Investigator
Associate Professor Janet Macdonald (Vanderbilt U)
Hypothesis driven control of phase in colloidal synthesis
Previous Periodic Table Talks
Sept. 16, 2026 Coordination Chemistry
Young Investigator: Selvan Demir (Assistant Professor, Michigan State University)
"Organometallic Single-Molecule Magnets Containing Radicals and Bismuth"
Established Investigator: Andrew Gaunt (Los Alamos National Lab)
"Advances in Molecular Transuranium Synthetic Chemistry"
Jan. 21, 2026: Organometallic Chemistry
Young Investigator: Alex Nett (Senior Chemist, The Dow Chemical Company)
"Nickel Catalyst Development for the Synthesis of Polar Functional Ethylene Copolymers"
Established Investigator: Massimiliano Delferro (Group Leader, Argonne National Lab)
"Selective Upgrading of Hydrocarbons via Surface Organometallic Catalysis"
Nov. 19, 2025: Sustainable Energy & Environment
Young Investigator: Alex Nett (Senior Chemist, The Dow Chemical Company)
"Nickel Catalyst Development for the Synthesis of Polar Functional Ethylene Copolymers"
Established Investigator: Massimiliano Delferro (Group Leader, Argonne National Lab)
"Selective Upgrading of Hydrocarbons via Surface Organometallic Catalysis"
Feb. 18, 2026: Organometallic Chemistry
Young Investigator: Annalise Maughan (Assistant Professor (Colorado School of Mines)
"Harnessing the complex interplay of static and dynamic disorder in solid-state ionics"
Established Investigator: Patrick Woodward (Professor, (Ohio State University)
"Understanding synergies between structural distortions, chemical ordering, and the physical properties of perovskites"
Jan. 21, 2026: Organometallic Chemistry
Young Investigator: Alex Nett (Senior Chemist, The Dow Chemical Company)
"Nickel Catalyst Development for the Synthesis of Polar Functional Ethylene Copolymers"
Established Investigator: Massimiliano Delferro (Group Leader, Argonne National Lab)
"Selective Upgrading of Hydrocarbons via Surface Organometallic Catalysis"
Nov. 19, 2025: Sustainable Energy & Environment
Young Investigator: Manar Shoshani (University of Kansas)
"Well-Defined Ni–Al Hydride Architectures as Platforms for Probing Insertion Chemistry"
Established Investigator: Yogesh Surendranath (MIT)
"Using Electrochemistry to Understand and Control Thermochemical Catalysis"
Jan. 21, 2026: Organometallic Chemistry
Young Investigator: Alex Nett (Senior Chemist, The Dow Chemical Company)
"Nickel Catalyst Development for the Synthesis of Polar Functional Ethylene Copolymers"
Established Investigator: Massimiliano Delferro (Group Leader, Argonne National Lab)
"Selective Upgrading of Hydrocarbons via Surface Organometallic Catalysis"
Nov. 19, 2025: Sustainable Energy & Environment
Young Investigator: Manar Shoshani (University of Kansas)
"Well-Defined Ni–Al Hydride Architectures as Platforms for Probing Insertion Chemistry"
Established Investigator: Yogesh Surendranath (MIT)
"Using Electrochemistry to Understand and Control Thermochemical Catalysis"
Oct. 15, 2025 : Nanoscience
Young Investigator: Xingchen Ye (Indiana University)
"Emergent Complexity and Dynamic Phenomena in Functional Nanocrystals and Their Superstructures"
Established Investigator: Javier Vela (Iowa State)
"Earth-Abundant and Layered Nanoscale Semiconductors for Energy Conversion and Optoelectronics"
Sept. 17, 2025: Solid State Chemistry
Young Investigator: Joshua Buss (Michigan)
"Cartography with Clusters: Mapping Surface Science Mechanisms with Atomic Precision"
Established Investigator: Eric Schelter (U Penn)
"Frontiers in f-Element Coordination Chemistry: Observing In Crystallo Differential Reactivity at Cerium through 4f-Covalency"
April 16, 2025: Solid State Chemistry
Young Investigator: Maxx Arguilla (UC Irvine)
"The Twists and Turns in the Chemistry of Helical Inorganic Solids"
Established Investigator: Susan Kauzlarich (UC Davis)
"Zintl Phases versus Polar Intermetallics: Insights into Structure and Properties"
Feb. 19, 2025: Organometallic Chemistry
Young Investigator: Eva Nichols (University of British Columbia)
"Tunable Second Coordination Spheres Influence Kinetics, Mechanism, and Selectivity of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction"
Established Investigator: Theo Agapie (CalTech)
"Carbide in an Iron Sulfur Cluster — Impact of Structure on Substrate Activation in Synthetic Models of Complex Bioinorganic Active Sites"
Jan. 15, 2025: Coordination Chemistry
Young Investigator: Gaël Ung (University of Connecticut)
"Generating Chiral Light Using Coordination Complexes of 4f- and 5f-elements"
Established Investigator: Joseph Sadighi (Georgia Tech)
"Making and Breaking Carbon-Fluorine Bonds with Coinage Metals"