Faculty Calendar: Events in Science 

Below is a calendar of events for Spring 2025. This listing is appropriate for faculty, staff, and post-docs; for a listing appropriate to students please click this link.

When and Where

Event

January 24, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

Kelly Thayer, College of Integrative Sciences

“Remote Control: Allosteric Regulation of p53.”

January 29, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Margarida Barroso, Albany Medical College 

Multiscale imaging of receptor transport and inter-organelle contacts in breast cancer and metastasis

Host: Padilla-Benavides

January 30, 
11:50am-1:10pm

Exley 058

Physics Department Colloquium

Betül Pamuk, Williams College

"Controlling Superconductivity via Strain and Doping"

January 31, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

Meredith Hughes, Astronomy

“The Missing Link: Planetary System Evolution from Millions to Billions of Years.”

January 31, 
3:30pm-4:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Department Colloquium

Dr. Bakar HassanNational Cancer Institute

"Designing Next Generation Rpn13-Targeting Small Molecules with Nanomolar Efficacy"

Host: Taylor

February 5, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Clarissa Cavarsan Muller, Wesleyan University

Title TBA

Host: Treloar

February 7, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

Natalia Gonzalez-Pech, Chemistry

Metal Oxides Nanoparticles in the Environment: The Good, The Bad and The Promising

February 7, 
3:30pm-4:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Department Colloquium

Prof. Tomoyasu Mani, University of Connecticut

Host: Chen

February 12, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Amanda Larracuente, University of Rochester

Host: MacQueen

February 13, 
11:50am-1:10pm

Exley 058

 Physics Department Colloquium

Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University

Active Matter Transport in Heterogeneous Mediums

February 14, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

Alex Kruckman, Math

Universal Countable Structures

February 19, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Aaron Griffing, Princeton University

Host: Tezak

February 19, 
4:30pm-5:30pm

Van Vleck Observatory 110

Astronomy Colloquium

Aleksandra Kuznetsova

“Cosmic Cohorts: Insights into the shared environments of protostars and their planets”

February 20, 
11:50am-1:10pm

Exley 058

Physics Department Colloquium

Ali Gokirmak, University of Connecticut

Phase Change Memory & Electronic and Thermoelectric Transport at Small Scales

February 20, 
4:30 pm

Exley 405 

E&ES Seminar

Caught in the current: Climate change, offshore wind, and fish

Dr Meghna Marjadi discusses the impacts of climate change, offshore wind and effects on the local ecology!

February 21, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

Anthony Cummings, Earth and Environmental Science

“Humans and Jaguars: Stories on Wild Interactions.”

February 21, 
3:30pm-4:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Department Colloquium

Prof. Jonathan Ashby, Trinity College

Host: Gonzalez-Pech

February 26, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Peter Tsvetkov, Broad Institute

Host: Padilla-Benavides

February 28, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

March 6, 
11:50pm-1:10pm

Exley 058

Physics Department Colloquium

Abhishek Gupta, Brown University

Non-Hermitian Metamaterials for Enhance Actuation and Vibration Isolation

March 7, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

March 26, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Xiaofang Jiang, National Institutes of Health

Host: Olson

April 2, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Dr. Kelsey Fisher, CT Dept. of Entomology - CAES

Host: Cohan

April 2, 
4:30pm-5:30pm

Van Vleck Observatory 110

Astronomy Colloquium

Brittany Miles

Brown Dwarfs and Planetary Atmospheres in the Mid-Infrared"

April 4, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

 

April 4, 
3:30pm-4:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Department Colloquium

Prof. Aurelia Ball, Skidmore College

Host: Smith

April 9, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Xiaolan Zhao, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Manage the genome beyond double stranded DNA

Host: Holmes

 

April 10, 
11:50pm-1:10pm

Exley 058

Physics Department Colloquium

Gabriel Popkin, Journalist

April 11, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

April 11, 
3:30pm-4:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Department Colloquium

Prof. Benjamin MillerUniversity of Rochester Medical Center

Host: Calter

April 16, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Nader Nikbakht, MIT

Host: Aaron

April 18, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

April 23, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Gabriele Meloni, University of Texas at Dallas

Host: Padilla-Benavides

April 24, 
11:50pm-1:10pm

Exley 058

Physics Department Colloquium

Brian Stewert, Wesleyan University

Earth Day Rant

April 25, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series

April 25, 
3:30pm-4:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Department Colloquium

Prof. Benjamin McDonald, Brown University

Host: Elling

April 28, 
12:10pm-1:10pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Dr. Joel Wetheim, UC San Diego

Host: Cohan

April 30, 
4:30pm-5:30pm

Van Vleck Observatory 110

Astronomy Colloquium

Alice Booth

"The Chemistry of Planet Formation"

May 2, 
12:00pm-1:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series