Colloquia 2025 - 2026
Weekly Seminar Series
Join us every Friday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM for our weekly seminars, hosted by the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Each week, we welcome guest speakers from universities and industry to share their research and professional insights.
Everyone is welcome—students, faculty, staff, and visitors alike!
Check the list below to see upcoming speakers and topics
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Fall 2025
October 3rd, 2025
Speaker: Kathalena Cocker, Associate Development Engineer
Affiliation: University of California, Riverside
Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Title: Laboratory Safety Best Practices
October 10th, 2025 Speaker: Dr. Ellen Casavant, Technical Marketing Manager
Affiliation: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Title: TBA
October 17th, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Mingxun Wang, Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of California, Riverside
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Title: Metabolomics at Repository Scales-Leveraging Mass Spectrometry Big Data to Illuminate Dark Matter
October 24th, 2025 Speaker: Dr. Erik Jensen, Director of R & D
Affiliation: HJ Science & Technology, Inc.
Title: TBA
October 31st, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Sheesley, Professor
Affiliation: Baylor University
Department: Environmental Science
Title: TBA
November 7th, 2025 Speaker: Dr. Adam Boies, Associate Professor
Affiliation: Stanford University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: TBA
November 14th, 2025 Speaker: Dr. Ran An, Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of Houston
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Title: TBA
November 21st, 2025 Speaker: Bosen Jin, Postdoc
Affiliation: University of California, Riverside
Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Title: TBA
November 28th, 2025 No Seminar Session: Thanksgiving Holiday Observation
December 5th, 2025 Speaker: Dr. Daniel Petras, Assistant Professor
Affiliation: University of California, Riverside
Department: Biochemistry
Title: TBA
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Winter 2026
January 9, 2026
Speaker: Dr. Astrid Mueller
Affiliation: University of Rochester
Department: Chemical Engineering
Title: Electrocatalysis for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing and PFAS Defluorination
January 16, 2026 Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Woolston
Affiliation: Northeastern University
Department: Chemical Engineering
Title: Engineering Microbes for Sustainable Chemical Production and Human Health
January 23, 2026
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Young
Affiliation: University of California, Davis
Department: Environmental Engineering
Title: Application of Multiple Prioritization Schemes to Explore Data From a Comprehensive Non-Target Analysis of Drinking Water Supplies
January 30, 2026 Speaker: Dr. Chuanhua Duan
Affiliation: Boston University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Title: Thinking Outside the Box: Engineering Micro/Nanoscale Solid-Liquid Interactions for a Sustainable Future
February 6, 2026
Speaker: Dr. Ram B. Gupta
Affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University
Department: Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Title: Battery Technology and Sustainability
February 13, 2026 Speaker: Dr. Yoshihiro Izumiya
Affiliation: University of California, Davis
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Title: Development of Cancer Drugs from Studies on Oncogenic Viral Gene Regulation
February 20, 2026 Speaker: Dr. Yiying Wu
Affiliation: Ohio State University
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Title: TBA
February 27, 2026 Speaker: Dr. Patricia Holden
Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara
Department: Environmental Microbiology
Title: TBA
March 6, 2026 Speaker: Dr. Arthur Chan
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Department: Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Title: TBA
March 13, 2026 Speaker: Dr. Sandra Dworatzek
Company: SiREM Labs
Title: TBA