Events

Interfaces and Chemo-Mechanics in Solid-State Batteries

Matthew T. McDowell
Professor
Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair
Co-Director, Georgia Tech Advanced Battery Center
G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

April 23, 2026
11 a.m.

In-person and online: C2-361 and MS Teams

Tuning nanoscale self-assembly and morphological transition in amphiphilic blends

Ketan C. Kuperkar
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT)
GUJARAT (INDIA)

June 29, 2026
2 p.m.

In-person and online: C2-361

Join host Vivek Maheshwari and speaker Marek B. Majewski (Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University) for a discussion about capturing and converting photons at molecular photoelectrode and perovskite nanocrystal interfaces.

Relating molecular behaviour to fibre properties of understudied spider silks

Jan K. Rainey 
Professor 
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, and School of Biomedical Engineering 
Dalhousie University 

August 11, 2026
3 p.m.

In-person and online: C2-361

When Incoherence Creates Coherence: Quantum Coherence in a Hot, Strongly Coupled Environment

Pat Kambhampati
Professor
Department of Chemistry
McGill University

September 15, 2026
10:30 a.m.

In-person:C2-361

Fluorinated Anions for Electrolytes and Interphases – A thrive through the Li and Post-Li Battery World

Ingo Krossing
Professor
Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Institute
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

September 22, 2026
10:30 a.m.

In-person: QNC-1501

The Search for Realizations of Quantum Spin Ice Ground States in Dipole-Octupole Pyrochlores

Bruce Gaulin
McMaster University

Wednesday, September 23, 2026
2:30 p.m.

In-person: QNC 1201

DNA-Encoded Libraries (DELs): Accelerating the Discovery of Next-Generation Medicines

Dr. Ghotas Evindar
Co-Founder and President of DEL Source

September 24, 2026
11:00 a.m.

In-person: C2-361

Some like it hot: melting nuclear matter into a quark-gluon plasma

Prof. Charles Gale
Department of Physics, McGill University

Thursday, September 24, 2026
4:00 p.m.

In-person: PHY 150

Altermagnets: A New Phase of Magnetic Quantum Matter

Prof. Marcel Franz
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia

Thursday, October 8, 2026
4:00 p.m.

In-person: RCH 101