This page is updated regularly throughout the academic year.
The Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 JMU Chemistry & Biochemistry Seminar Series may include a mixture of in-person and online seminars, as noted below. Most seminars are scheduled for Fridays at 3:35pm (Fall 2024) or 3:30pm (Spring) though other times may be scheduled, as noted below.
- In-person seminars are generally in King Hall room 159, unless otherwise noted.
- Virtual, synchronous seminars. In this format, the speaker(s) will present material live (Zoom), and students and faculty will either log in during the presentation or attend a "watch party" in King 159. These seminars may include interactions during and/or after the presentation, where participants can ask questions, comment, etc.
Zoom links will be posted on the Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors Canvas site. If you are not a member of that site, please contact carankl@jmu.edu or another JMU Chemistry faculty member at least 24h in advance of the seminar to request access.
Additional formats may also be explored, depending on circumstances and interests of the presenter(s).
Seminars are regularly scheduled throughout the semester, and this page will be updated as needed.
View useful information for seminar speakers.
See past seminar archives.
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Date |
Fall 2024 |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Aug 23 In-person gathering 3:35pm in King 159 |
Welcome back! JMU Faculty, Staff and Students Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA |
"What kind of fruit do you resonate with most?" and other questions you've been pondering about faculty & staff in the department. All students, staff, & faculty in the department are invited to this round robin-style event aimed making new and stronger connections between department citizens. Professors, staff and students will rotate between stations; students will have a list of ice-breaker questions for faculty & staff. Come join us for an enjoyable (and potentially educational) hour! |
| Fri, Aug 30 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
JMU Undergraduate Speakers James Hollett Xander Dirom Shyleigh Good James Hess Zach Shelor Trevor Branch |
Summer 2024 Academic or Professional Experiences Outside of JMU, Part I |
| Fri, Sep 6 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
JMU Undergraduate Speakers Haley Frankovich Kyle Varney Isabella Daniel Angelina Lo Presti Joseph Loiselet Brooke Biltonen |
Summer 2024 Academic or Professional Experiences Outside of JMU, Part II |
| Fri, Sep 13 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
Douglas Lawrence Senior Vice President–Nuclear Operations & Fleet Performance Dominion Energy |
Nuclear Energy Overview |
| Fri, Sep 20 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
Dr. Supathorn Phongikaroon Engineering Foundation Professor and Director of Nuclear Engineering Programs College of Engineering Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
Development of Research, Education, and Training Program on Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Economics Towards Advanced Reactor Technology at Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Fri, Oct 4 |
seminar canceled | (The seminar that was scheduled for 10/4 has been canceled.) |
| Fri, Oct 11 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
Dr. Frankie D. White R&D Associate, Isotope Applications Research Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN |
Shaping the Potential Technology of Rare Isotopes through Their Coordination Chemistry |
| Fri, Oct 25 In-person event 3:35pm in King 159 |
JMU Chemistry Alumni speakers: Dylan Boeckmann (Chem '18, MAT '19), Science Teacher at Buffalo Gap Middle School Jay-Anne Johnson ('21), QC Analyst at Regeneron Daniel Marzolf ('15), Biologist at Battelle |
Homecoming Roundtable |
| Fri, Nov 1 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
Drew Beck (JMU Chemistry, 1997) Executive Director at Merck, Oncology Marketing, Head & Neck Cancers Schwenksville, PA |
You’ve Worked There For How Long?! A Career Journey at Merck |
| Fri, Nov 8 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
Dr. Amy Hixon Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences College of Engineering University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
Environmental Aging of Nuclear Materials |
| Fri, Nov 15 In-person seminar 3:35pm in King 159 |
Grey-Area Inclusivity Discussion JMU student-run event |
Students only |
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| Date | Spring 2025 | Title |
| Fri, Jan 24 In-person event 3:25pm King 159 |
Welcome back! JMU Faculty, Staff and Students Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA |
JMU ChemBingo All students, staff, & faculty in the department are invited to this informal ice-breaker event aimed making new and stronger connections between department citizens. Students will have bingo cards to fill out by interacting with faculty & staff stationed around the room. Come join us for an enjoyable (and potentially educational) hour! |
| Fri, Jan 31 In-person event 3:25pm King 159 |
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA |
JMU CBC Poster Session Join us for a great opportunity to learn about research and other activities going on in the department. Faculty, staff, or a student representative will present posters focused on their ongoing work. Chemisty student have also been invited to present posters. Whether you're looking to join a research group, student org, or just to hear about the latest happenings @JMU CBC, all are welcome. |
| Fri, Feb 7 In-person event 3:30pm King 159 |
Dr. Richard Vachet Department of Chemistry UMass Amherst Amherst, MA |
Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Nanomaterial Therapeutic Delivery Systems and their Biochemical Effects |
| Fri, Feb 21 In-person event 3:30pm King 159 |
Students, staff and faculty in the department are invited to this discussion. |
JMU CBC Seminar Discussion The seminar committee invites all department community members for an informal discussion about the future of departmental seminars. Do you have ideas on what our seminar should look like? Should we focus on a particular theme each fall? Would department student organizations like to invite more seminar speakers? Come join us to make your mark! |
| Fri, Feb 28 In-person event 3:30pm King 159 |
Dr. Caroline Saouma Department of Chemistry Virginia Tech |
The importance of controlling metal hydride reactivity for future energy schemes |
| Fri, Mar 7 3:30pm King 159 |
Grey-Area Inclusivity Discussion JMU student-run event |
Students only |
| Fri, Mar 28 (and other dates, as indicated) |
Spring 2025 Advising meetings **If you cannot make the meeting(s) scheduled for your class, please contact your academic advisors to schedule a meeting with them before Fall 2025 registration. |
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| Fri, Apr 4 In-person event 3:30pm King 159 |
Dr. Bianca Schacherl Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany |
Insights into the hidden world of actinide bonding and behaviour using X-ray spectroscopies |
| Fri, Apr 11 In-person event 3:30pm King 159 |
Dr. Kory Burns Department of Materials Science and Engineering The University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
A New Understanding of Phonons: An Exploration into the Infrared Regime at Atomic Resolution |
| Thu, Apr 24 - Fri, Apr 25 | 49th Annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium Keynote speaker: Dr. Paris Hamilton, JMU Chem 2009 Associate Director of Regulatory Affairs Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) Agios Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA |
Thursday, April 24
See Spring Symposium website for abstract book and detailed schedule. |
| Fri, May 2 In-person event 3:30pm King 159 |
Dr. Jonathan F. Fay Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Maryland School of Medicine |
Molecular details of perception |
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