Events & Seminars
Department Seminars – Fall 2025 & Spring 2026
All seminars are on Monday from 4:10-5:00 PM in Fulmer 201, except special seminars or events.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation & Email | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2025 | Safety Meeting | Dept. of Chemistry | |
| 8/25/2025 | Prof. Jeff Bell | WSU, jeffrey.g.bell@wsu.edu | Department Chair |
| 9/1/2025 | Labor Day | All University Holidays | |
| 9/15/2025 | Prof. Wassana Yantasee | OHSU School of Medicine, yantasee@ohsu.edu | Rishi Sharma -Innovative Leaders Lecture |
| 9/29/2025 | Prof. Boniface Fokwa | University of California, Riverside bfokwa@ucr.edu | Dr. Ivan Popov |
| 10/6/2025 | Dr. Rajappa Vaidyanathan | Pfizer, vaidy@pfizer.com | Rishi Sharma -Innovative Leaders Lecture |
| 10/13/2025 | Prof. Kraig Wheeler | Whitworth University kraigwheeler@whitworth.edu | Dr. Jack Zhang |
| 10/27/2025 | Prof. Anastassia Alexandrova | UCLA, ana@chem.ucla.edu | Dr. Ivan Popov |
| 11/3/2025 | Prof. Jinwen Zhang | WSU, jwzhang@wsu.edu | Dr. Jack Zhang |
| 12/1/2025 | *Recognition Meeting | Sordelet, Janelle, janelle.sordelet@wsu.edu | Department Chair |
| 1/12/2026 | Department Safety Training | Sordelet, Janelle, janelle.sordelet@wsu.edu | Department Chair |
| 1/19/2026 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | All University Holidays | |
| 1/26/2026 | Dr. Aaron Tondreau | Los Alamos National Laboratory, tondreau_a@lanl.gov | Dr. Jim Boncella |
| 2/2/2026 | Dr. Micah Prange | PNNL, micah.prange@pnnl.gov | Dr. Xiaofeng Guo |
| 2/9/2026 | Dr. Yingge Du | PNNL, yingge.du@pnnl.gov | Dr. Xiaofeng Guo |
| 2/16/2026 | President's Day | Class Holiday | |
| 2/23/2026 | Prof. Sebastian Stoian | University of Idaho sstoian@uidaho.edu | Dr. Kevin Kittilstved |
| 3/2/2026 | Dr. Matthew Hurlock | PNNL, matthew.hurlock@pnnl.gov | Dr. Jack Zhang |
| 3/9/2026 | Dr. Ivan Popov | WSU, ivan.popov@wsu.edu | Department Chair |
| 3/11/2026 | *Prof. John Kiernicki | Drury University, jkiernicki@drury.edu | Dr. Ivan Popov |
| 3/16/2026 | Spring Break 3/16-3/20 | SPRING VACATION | |
| 3/23/2026 | Dr. Gurtej Sandhu | Micron Technology, gsandhu@micron.com | Rishi Sharma -Innovative Leaders Lecture |
| 3/30/2026 | Dr. Mark Eberhart | Colorado School of Mines, meberhar@mines.edu | Dr. Ivan Popov |
| 4/6/2026 | Dr. Ryan Pearson | University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, rpearson@rx.umaryland.edu | Dr. Anjali Sharma |
| 4/13/2026 | Prof. Trevor Hayton | UC Santa Barbara, Hayton@chem.ucsb.edu | Dr. Jim Boncella |
| 4/20/2026 | |||
| 4/27/2026 | *Recognition Meeting | Sordelet, Janelle, janelle.sordelet@wsu.edu | Department Chair |