The “Virginia Clean Energy and Catalysis Monthly Invited Talk Series” is a series of Zoom webinars organized by the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and the Virginia Commonwealth University.
Future Presentations
- Our Monthly Speaker Series of webinars is currently on hiatus — we are planning a return in the future, especially if COVID spikes again. Please check back at a later time for updates. Thank you for your interest!
Past Presentations:
- Tuesday, March 2, 2021 featured Professor Stanislaus S. Wong from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, who presented: “Solution-based Synthesis and Applications of Multi-functional Nanoscale Systems”
- Friday, April 9, 2021 featured Professor Karthish Manthiram from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who presented: "Controlling interfacial electron and atom transfer reactions for chemical synthesis"
- Tuesday, May 4, 2021 featured Professor Hailiang Wang from Yale University, who presented: "Heterogenized Molecular Catalyst Materials for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Conversion"
- Tuesday, June 1, 2021 featured Professor Matteo Cargnello from Stanford University, who presented: “Understanding and Engineering Catalytic Materials Using Nanocrystal Precursors”
- Tuesday, July 6, 2021 featured Professor Haotian Wang from Rice University, who presented: “Electrifying CO2 Into Fuels and Chemicals"
- Tuesday, September 7, 2021 featured Professor Chong Liu from UCLA, who presented: “Electrochemical Activation of Light Alkanes at Low Temperatures"
- Tuesday, October 5, 2021 featured Professor Raffaella Buonsanti from EPFL., who presented: “Colloidal chemistry for controlled and tunable electrocatalysts"
- Tuesday, November 2, 2021 featured Professor Smaranda C. Marinescu from the University of Southern California, who presented: "Bioinspired Coordination Complexes and Polymers for Energy Applications"
- Tuesday, December 7, 2021 featured Professor Ifan Stephens from Imperial College London, who presented: "Common challenges in electrocatalysis: from batteries to the production of green hydrogen and ammonia"
- Tuesday, February 8, 2022 featured Professor María Escudero-Escribano from University of Copenhagen, who presented: "Tailored interfaces for oxygen and carbon dioxide electrocatalysis"
- Tuesday, March 1, 2022, featured Professor Christina Li from Purdue University, who presented: "Tuning Active Sites in Catalytic Nanomaterials through Colloidal Synthesis"
- Tuesday, April 5, 2022, featured Professor Feng Lin from Virginia Tech, who presented "Synthesizing electrode surface chemistry at the electrochemical interface"
- Tuesday, May 3, 2022 featured Professor Charles McCrory from the University of Michigan, who presented: "Encapsulated Co Catalysts: Modulating Activity and Selectivity by Controlling the Catalyst’s Coordination Environment"