Below is the Fall 2025 Chemistry Seminar Schedule!

All Seminars are on Fridays in SQU 338 at 1:00pm (unless denoted otherwise).

Cookies and coffee are served for attendees!

Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title/Topic
August 29	Dr. Ben Gherman	Syllabus and Seminar Overview
September 5	Jacob Watkins (Graduate Student)	Oxidation of Congo Red with the Composite Fe3O4@MIL-100 (Fe) Catalyst
September 12	Jade Winters (Graduate Student)	Decomposition of textile dyes using zeolite based catalysts
September 19	Rebecca Vasquez (Graduate Student)	Photoinduced Enantioselectivity: How a Benzene Bridge Enhances Diarylethene Photoswitch Performance
September 26	Prof. Yujuan Liu & Prof. Kathie McReynolds California State University, Sacramento	(Faculty research seminars)
October 3	Prof. Lee-Ping Wang University of California, Davis	TBA
October 10	Dr. David Russell Genentech	TBA
October 17	Jastina Makeyenko (Graduate Student)	Synthesis of Gingerol Derivatives
October 24	Jessica Hopper (Graduate Student)	The Chemistry of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and their Utility as Targets for Glycomimetic Drugs
October 31	Dr. Terell Kell (alumnus)University of California, Davis	TBA
November 7	Prof. Mackenzie Anderson California State University, Sacramento	(Faculty research seminar)
November 14	Lucero Rodriguez (alumna)California Department of Justice	TBA
November 21	Prof. Monica So California State University, Chico	TBA
November 28	No Seminar (Thanksgiving Break)
December 5	Prof. Osvaldo Gutierrez University of California, Los Angeles	TBA