Departmental News

• Ms. InEyes Johnson received a Master’s in interdisciplinary sciences degree at Texas Tech University.
• Prof. Findlater served on two special NIH panels: ZRG1 F04A-D (20) and ZRG1 F04A-B (07)
• Dr. Hans Lischka organized the Advanced Quantum Chemistry (COLUMBUS) workshop in Brazil with 50 participants in University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil during Nov. 7-9, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie is editing a special issue of Biomolecules (Impact Factor 4.7), to be published in early 2020. "Advances in Membrane Proteins" Manuscript review and acceptance is underway.
• Prof. Wylie’s research group was selected as both an user and collaborator of the National High Field NMR Lab (MagLab). Dr. Wylie spent a week running high field SSNMR on site, and is approved to run high field instruments remotely.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has been invited to serve on the editorial advisory board for the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has become a member of the advisory committee for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Chemical Transformations Initiative.
• Charles Pfeiffer, from Utah, will be joining our Department from January 2^nd, 2020 as a new machinist.
• Dujuan Meng, a member of Prof. Quitevis’s group presented a contributed talk entitled, “Intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of 1-methyl-3-pentylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethane)sulfonyl]amide and hexanenitrile studied by optical heterodyne-detected Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy” at ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX, November 2019
• Prof. Quitevis gave an invited talk titled, "Local structure and intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of CS2 and ionic liquids: Femtosecond OHD-RIKES measurements and molecular dynamics simulations", at the Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry : To Picosecond and Below Symposium, at the ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 14, 2019.
• Prof. Hutchins gave an invited lecture titled "Molecular Motion, Phase Transitions, and Thermal Expansion Properties of Organic Crystals", at the ACS Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 15, 2019.
• Daniel Loya, a member of Prof. Hutchins group gave an oral presentation, "Synthesis of the first co-crystals and salts containing the pharmaceutical bezafibrate" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Navkiran Juneja, from Prof. Hutchins group presented a poster, "Pedal motion and thermal expansion properties of imine-based crystals" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Prof. Wylie gave a talk at the Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC) at the University of Florida, entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions." Oct. 25^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at North Carolina State University entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Oct. 29^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at The Great Plains Regional Annual Symposium on Protein and Biomolecular NMR (GRASP) entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Nov. 22, 2019.
• Dr. Hans Lischka gave plenary lecture, titled "Why and how to perform efficient multireference calculations for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons", at the Brazilian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (SBQT), Nov.1—14, 2019, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
• Prof. Krempner gave an invited talk entitled: "Inter- and Intramolecular “Inverse” Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation" at the Symposium "New Directions in Metal-Mediated Conversions for Fuels & Feedstocks", 2019 ACS SWRM/RMRM.
• Prof. Korzeniewski gave an invited presentation "Probing buried interfaces within bipolar and graphene-sandwich membranes for electrochemical energy conversion" at the 2019 ACS Southwest Regional Meeting
• Together with international collaborators Attila Császár (ELTE, Budapest) and Jonathan Tennyson (University College, London), Prof. Bill Poirier organized the 2019 MolSSI Workshop on Rovibrational Molecular Spectroscopy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, on Nov. 14 and 15. Full support for the meeting was provided by MolSSI—the NSF-funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute. Both Prof. Poirier himself and his postdoc, János Sarka, gave presentations.

Departmental News

• Ms. InEyes Johnson received a Master’s in interdisciplinary sciences degree at Texas Tech University.
• Prof. Findlater served on two special NIH panels: ZRG1 F04A-D (20) and ZRG1 F04A-B (07)
• Dr. Hans Lischka organized the Advanced Quantum Chemistry (COLUMBUS) workshop in Brazil with 50 participants in University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil during Nov. 7-9, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie is editing a special issue of Biomolecules (Impact Factor 4.7), to be published in early 2020. "Advances in Membrane Proteins" Manuscript review and acceptance is underway.
• Prof. Wylie’s research group was selected as both an user and collaborator of the National High Field NMR Lab (MagLab). Dr. Wylie spent a week running high field SSNMR on site, and is approved to run high field instruments remotely.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has been invited to serve on the editorial advisory board for the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has become a member of the advisory committee for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Chemical Transformations Initiative.
• Charles Pfeiffer, from Utah, will be joining our Department from January 2^nd, 2020 as a new machinist.
• Dujuan Meng, a member of Prof. Quitevis’s group presented a contributed talk entitled, “Intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of 1-methyl-3-pentylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethane)sulfonyl]amide and hexanenitrile studied by optical heterodyne-detected Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy” at ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX, November 2019
• Prof. Quitevis gave an invited talk titled, "Local structure and intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of CS2 and ionic liquids: Femtosecond OHD-RIKES measurements and molecular dynamics simulations", at the Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry : To Picosecond and Below Symposium, at the ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 14, 2019.
• Prof. Hutchins gave an invited lecture titled "Molecular Motion, Phase Transitions, and Thermal Expansion Properties of Organic Crystals", at the ACS Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 15, 2019.
• Daniel Loya, a member of Prof. Hutchins group gave an oral presentation, "Synthesis of the first co-crystals and salts containing the pharmaceutical bezafibrate" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Navkiran Juneja, from Prof. Hutchins group presented a poster, "Pedal motion and thermal expansion properties of imine-based crystals" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Prof. Wylie gave a talk at the Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC) at the University of Florida, entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions." Oct. 25^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at North Carolina State University entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Oct. 29^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at The Great Plains Regional Annual Symposium on Protein and Biomolecular NMR (GRASP) entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Nov. 22, 2019.
• Dr. Hans Lischka gave plenary lecture, titled "Why and how to perform efficient multireference calculations for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons", at the Brazilian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (SBQT), Nov.1—14, 2019, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
• Prof. Krempner gave an invited talk entitled: "Inter- and Intramolecular “Inverse” Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation" at the Symposium "New Directions in Metal-Mediated Conversions for Fuels & Feedstocks", 2019 ACS SWRM/RMRM.
• Prof. Korzeniewski gave an invited presentation "Probing buried interfaces within bipolar and graphene-sandwich membranes for electrochemical energy conversion" at the 2019 ACS Southwest Regional Meeting
• Together with international collaborators Attila Császár (ELTE, Budapest) and Jonathan Tennyson (University College, London), Prof. Bill Poirier organized the 2019 MolSSI Workshop on Rovibrational Molecular Spectroscopy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, on Nov. 14 and 15. Full support for the meeting was provided by MolSSI—the NSF-funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute. Both Prof. Poirier himself and his postdoc, János Sarka, gave presentations.

Departmental News

• Ms. InEyes Johnson received a Master’s in interdisciplinary sciences degree at Texas Tech University.
• Prof. Findlater served on two special NIH panels: ZRG1 F04A-D (20) and ZRG1 F04A-B (07)
• Dr. Hans Lischka organized the Advanced Quantum Chemistry (COLUMBUS) workshop in Brazil with 50 participants in University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil during Nov. 7-9, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie is editing a special issue of Biomolecules (Impact Factor 4.7), to be published in early 2020. "Advances in Membrane Proteins" Manuscript review and acceptance is underway.
• Prof. Wylie’s research group was selected as both an user and collaborator of the National High Field NMR Lab (MagLab). Dr. Wylie spent a week running high field SSNMR on site, and is approved to run high field instruments remotely.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has been invited to serve on the editorial advisory board for the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has become a member of the advisory committee for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Chemical Transformations Initiative.
• Charles Pfeiffer, from Utah, will be joining our Department from January 2^nd, 2020 as a new machinist.
• Dujuan Meng, a member of Prof. Quitevis’s group presented a contributed talk entitled, “Intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of 1-methyl-3-pentylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethane)sulfonyl]amide and hexanenitrile studied by optical heterodyne-detected Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy” at ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX, November 2019
• Prof. Quitevis gave an invited talk titled, "Local structure and intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of CS2 and ionic liquids: Femtosecond OHD-RIKES measurements and molecular dynamics simulations", at the Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry : To Picosecond and Below Symposium, at the ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 14, 2019.
• Prof. Hutchins gave an invited lecture titled "Molecular Motion, Phase Transitions, and Thermal Expansion Properties of Organic Crystals", at the ACS Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 15, 2019.
• Daniel Loya, a member of Prof. Hutchins group gave an oral presentation, "Synthesis of the first co-crystals and salts containing the pharmaceutical bezafibrate" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Navkiran Juneja, from Prof. Hutchins group presented a poster, "Pedal motion and thermal expansion properties of imine-based crystals" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Prof. Wylie gave a talk at the Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC) at the University of Florida, entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions." Oct. 25^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at North Carolina State University entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Oct. 29^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at The Great Plains Regional Annual Symposium on Protein and Biomolecular NMR (GRASP) entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Nov. 22, 2019.
• Dr. Hans Lischka gave plenary lecture, titled "Why and how to perform efficient multireference calculations for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons", at the Brazilian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (SBQT), Nov.1—14, 2019, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
• Prof. Krempner gave an invited talk entitled: "Inter- and Intramolecular “Inverse” Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation" at the Symposium "New Directions in Metal-Mediated Conversions for Fuels & Feedstocks", 2019 ACS SWRM/RMRM.
• Prof. Korzeniewski gave an invited presentation "Probing buried interfaces within bipolar and graphene-sandwich membranes for electrochemical energy conversion" at the 2019 ACS Southwest Regional Meeting
• Together with international collaborators Attila Császár (ELTE, Budapest) and Jonathan Tennyson (University College, London), Prof. Bill Poirier organized the 2019 MolSSI Workshop on Rovibrational Molecular Spectroscopy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, on Nov. 14 and 15. Full support for the meeting was provided by MolSSI—the NSF-funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute. Both Prof. Poirier himself and his postdoc, János Sarka, gave presentations.

Departmental News

• Ms. InEyes Johnson received a Master’s in interdisciplinary sciences degree at Texas Tech University.
• Prof. Findlater served on two special NIH panels: ZRG1 F04A-D (20) and ZRG1 F04A-B (07)
• Dr. Hans Lischka organized the Advanced Quantum Chemistry (COLUMBUS) workshop in Brazil with 50 participants in University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil during Nov. 7-9, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie is editing a special issue of Biomolecules (Impact Factor 4.7), to be published in early 2020. "Advances in Membrane Proteins" Manuscript review and acceptance is underway.
• Prof. Wylie’s research group was selected as both an user and collaborator of the National High Field NMR Lab (MagLab). Dr. Wylie spent a week running high field SSNMR on site, and is approved to run high field instruments remotely.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has been invited to serve on the editorial advisory board for the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials.
• Prof. Korzeniewski has become a member of the advisory committee for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Chemical Transformations Initiative.
• Charles Pfeiffer, from Utah, will be joining our Department from January 2^nd, 2020 as a new machinist.
• Dujuan Meng, a member of Prof. Quitevis’s group presented a contributed talk entitled, “Intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of 1-methyl-3-pentylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethane)sulfonyl]amide and hexanenitrile studied by optical heterodyne-detected Raman-induced Kerr effect spectroscopy” at ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX, November 2019
• Prof. Quitevis gave an invited talk titled, "Local structure and intermolecular dynamics of mixtures of CS2 and ionic liquids: Femtosecond OHD-RIKES measurements and molecular dynamics simulations", at the Ultrafast Processes in Chemistry : To Picosecond and Below Symposium, at the ACS Southwest Region Meeting and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 14, 2019.
• Prof. Hutchins gave an invited lecture titled "Molecular Motion, Phase Transitions, and Thermal Expansion Properties of Organic Crystals", at the ACS Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting in El Paso, TX on November 15, 2019.
• Daniel Loya, a member of Prof. Hutchins group gave an oral presentation, "Synthesis of the first co-crystals and salts containing the pharmaceutical bezafibrate" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Navkiran Juneja, from Prof. Hutchins group presented a poster, "Pedal motion and thermal expansion properties of imine-based crystals" at ACS SWRM-RMRM in El Paso, TX on November 14-15, 2019
• Prof. Wylie gave a talk at the Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference (SEMRC) at the University of Florida, entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions." Oct. 25^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at North Carolina State University entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Oct. 29^th, 2019.
• Prof. Wylie gave an invited talk at The Great Plains Regional Annual Symposium on Protein and Biomolecular NMR (GRASP) entitled: "Solid-state NMR studies of Kir channel-lipid interactions and the fibrillation of functional amyloids in the epididymis." Nov. 22, 2019.
• Dr. Hans Lischka gave plenary lecture, titled "Why and how to perform efficient multireference calculations for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons", at the Brazilian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (SBQT), Nov.1—14, 2019, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
• Prof. Krempner gave an invited talk entitled: "Inter- and Intramolecular “Inverse” Frustrated Lewis Pairs – Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation" at the Symposium "New Directions in Metal-Mediated Conversions for Fuels & Feedstocks", 2019 ACS SWRM/RMRM.
• Prof. Korzeniewski gave an invited presentation "Probing buried interfaces within bipolar and graphene-sandwich membranes for electrochemical energy conversion" at the 2019 ACS Southwest Regional Meeting
• Together with international collaborators Attila Császár (ELTE, Budapest) and Jonathan Tennyson (University College, London), Prof. Bill Poirier organized the 2019 MolSSI Workshop on Rovibrational Molecular Spectroscopy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, on Nov. 14 and 15. Full support for the meeting was provided by MolSSI—the NSF-funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute. Both Prof. Poirier himself and his postdoc, János Sarka, gave presentations.

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