Foster Colloquium Series
This ongoing series features international experts from across the chemical sciences, showcasing cutting-edge research and emerging ideas that shape the future of chemistry.
Fall 2026 - Fridays at 2:30 pm in 112 O'Brian Hall
Friday, September 18, 2026
30 Years of Environmental NMR Development: Transferable Technologies and Techniques for Everyone
Presented by: Andre Simpson, PhD, FRSC, Director of the Environmental NMR Center, Director of TRACES, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus
Friday, September 25, 2026
Title to be announced
Presented by: Minkui Luo, PhD, Chemical Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus
Friday, October 2, 2026
Explorations of Noncovalent Sigma-Hole Bonding for Permanently Porous Framework Materials
Presented by: C. Michael McGuirk, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus
Friday, October 23, 2026
Negotiations with Nature -- What happens when a Physicist tries to be a Chemist
Presented by: Paul Canfield, PhD, Senior Scientist, Ames National Laboratory and Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, Iowa State University
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus
Friday, November 6, 2026
Title to be announced
Presented by: Gwendolyn A. Bailey, PhD, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus
Friday, November 13, 2026
Title to be announced
Presented by: Caren L. Freel Meyers, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus
Friday, November 20, 2026
Photocatalytic Chemistry: From Water Splitting to Light Hydrocarbon Valorization
Presented by: Dunwei Wang, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Boston College
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus
Friday, December 4, 2026
Title to be announced
Presented by: Alexander T. Radosevich, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:30 p.m. in 112 O'Brian Hall, UB North Campus