PhD Seminars

Posted on February 26, 2026

See upcoming PhD Seminars that are open to all GWC2 graduate students to attend. Come out to support your fellow students and check off a program requirement by attending a seminar.

Please note PhD seminars will be held in a hybrid manner; in person at the home University of the student and via MicroSoft Teams for the opposite campus (unless otherwise posted). Seminar notices will be provided by email (with the Teams link).

March 3rd, 11:00 am
Aiden Hong (W)
Not a G-quadruplex: Structural Characterization and Ligand Modifications of DNA Mango Aptamer

March 9th, 1:30 pm
Nicholas Horton (G)
Novel Disulfide-containing Linkages of Nucleobases for Caging and/or Reversible (bio)Conjugation

March 17th, 11:00 am
Jixi Zhang (W)
Defect-Induced Structural Instability in MoS2

March 19th, 2:00 pm
Bao Nguyen (W)
Unraveled: Identifying apoSOD12SH Potential Aggregation Initiators

March 27th, 1:30 pm
Xinran Liu (W)
Understanding Metal-Support Interactions in Oxide-Supported Platinum Catalysts

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