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==ANALYTICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION and ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROGRAM SEMINAR==
 
==ANALYTICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION and ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROGRAM SEMINAR==
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* A shortcut to this page is: [http://tinyurl.com/anylsem2 http://tinyurl.com/anylsem2]
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* The seminar calendar is also displayed [https://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/events/seminars here in the CHEM webpage] and as a Google Calendar.
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** The Google Cal is a public calendar, meaning that you can add it to your personal calendar and it will display the seminars at the right time and will the relevant details. Just enter the Calendar ID under "Other Calendars --> Add a friend's calendar" to the left of your Google Calendar:  qm8k9heqc27sauteit0p01kpjg@group.calendar.google.com. (If the Wiki and GCal don't agree, the Wiki should be correct, but please let us know if this happens).
  
 
=== General Information ===
 
=== General Information ===
  
* Jointly sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CIRES, and the Environmental Program
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* Jointly sponsored by the Department of Chemistry, CIRES, and the Environmental Program
* All seminars are Mondays @ 4 pm, in the [http://cires.colorado.edu/about/contact/directions.html CIRES Auditorium] unless marked otherwise.
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* All seminars will be held on Mondays at '''12:20 - 1:10 PM''', and beginning Fall 2022 will be hybrid remote/in person unless otherwise noted.
* As in the past, students may be asked to move to a later (or occasionally earlier) date to accommodate schedules of invited speakers.
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* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MHU8_vyGSldDWcc2rjywpe_r_2t_0K1ueoor7d0d1iA/pubhtml# Schedules for meeting with external speakers] (Ask Anne or faculty if interested)
* Links of interest:
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* As in the past, CU speakers may be asked to move to a later (or occasionally earlier) date to accommodate schedules of out-of-town speakers.
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/Analytical_Division Analytical Division Main Wiki Page]
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* Links: [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/AnalyticalANYL Division Page] / [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/ANYL_Sem_Guidelines ANYL Seminar Guidelines] / [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/ANYL_Sem_Abstracts ANYL Seminar Abstracts] [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/CU-Analytical-Seminars-Prev Schedules of Past Years] / [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/Analytical/2016_CHEM_Policy_Meals.pdf Guidelines for meal reimbursements in CHEM] / [http://cires1.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/Supergroup Atmos. Chem. Summer Supergroup]
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez/Analytical/Seminar_Guidelines.pdf Analytical Seminar Guidelines]
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* [http://cires1.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/ANYL_Award Best Student Paper Award]
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/ANYL_Sem_Abstracts ANYL Seminar Abstracts]
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/CU-Analytical-Seminars-Prev Schedules of Analytical Seminars in Past Years (for Reference)]
 
** [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/ANYL_Speaker_Schedules Schedules of ANYL Seminar Speakers]
 
 
 
=== Related Seminar Series in Boulder ===
 
* [http://www.essl.ucar.edu/events/events.php?div=acd&type=all NCAR Atmospheric Chemistry] (Mon 3:30 pm, [http://www.ucar.edu/org/bouldermap.shtml Foothills Lab])
 
* [http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/seminars/MICS/ CU Methods in Chemistry] (Tue 12-1 pm, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=CIRE CIRES S274])
 
* [http://lasp.colorado.edu/life/seminars.html CU Astrobiology] (Wed 2-3 pm, LASP conference room D142, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=DUAN Duane Physics Bldg.])
 
* [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/seminars/ NOAA Chemical Sciences Division] (Wed 3:30 pm, [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/img/location.gif Skaggs Bldg.], [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/img/building.gif Room 2A305])
 
* [http://www.colorado.edu/MCEN/news/seminars/ CU Mechanical Engineering] (Thu 3:30 pm, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=EC ECCR 200])
 
* [http://ceae.colorado.edu/env/?ii=37 CU Environmental Engineering] (Fri 11-11:50 am, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=EC ECCE 1B41])
 
* [http://www.colorado.edu/chem/events/pcp.html CU Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics] (Fri 4-5 pm, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=JILA&x=12&y=10 JILA Aud.])
 
* [http://paos.colorado.edu/events/events.php CU Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences] (Fri 4-5 pm, Physics Commons, top of [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=W-GT&x=20&y=11 Gamow Tower])
 
  
== Fall Schedule 2009 ==
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==Spring 2024==
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* 15 January 2024 - No seminar, first week of class
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* 22 January 2024 *
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* 29 January 2024 *?
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* 5 February 2024 ^ *?
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* 12 February 2024 - [https://architectureandplanning.ucdenver.edu/our-people/person-profile/deSouza-Priyanka-EXTQTN1F7 Prof. Priyanka deSouza], CU-Denver - "Making Air Quality Count: Low-cost Sensors. Public Health and Urban Planning" (hosts: JdG & JLJ) (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Jim Hall)
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* 19 February 2024 - Lindsey Anderson, ANYL 3rd year, de Gouw group: "Observing Wildfire Emissions and Improving Air Quality Forecasting Using Remote Sensing Data"
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* 26 February 2024 $@ - Wyndom Chace, ANYL 3rd year, Brown group: "Efficiency of Urban Ozone Photochemistry during the 2023 AEROMMA and CUPiDS Airborne Field Campaigns"
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* 28 February 2024 @ '''Wednesday, 1:00 PM in the CIRES Auditorium''' - Melinda Schueneman, Jimenez Group, ANYL Dissertation Defense
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* 4 March 2024 #@ - [https://www.sandia.gov/people/staff/ryan-dustin-davis/ Dr. Ryan Davis], Sandia National Labs (host: MT): "From the air to the sea: Addressing environmental challenges through fundamental chemistry" (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Max Lee)
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* 11 March 2024 - Career panel with ANYL alumni: Ingrid Ulbrich (Achieving Academic Success -- her startup company) & Erin McDuffie (US EPA) (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Maddie Farber)
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* 18 March 2024 - Emmaline Longnecker, ANYL 3rd year, Ziemann group: "Comparison of Common Vapor Pressure Estimation Methods through Modeling of the Reactions of Linear and Branched Alkenes with OH/NO<sub>x</sub>"
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* 25 March 2024 - No seminar, Spring Break
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* 1 April 2024 - Hanalei Lewine, ANYL 3rd year, Browne group: "Investigating SOA Formation from Volatile Methyl Siloxanes"
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* 2 April 2024 '''Tuesday, 1:00 PM''' Olivia Jenks, [https://sites.google.com/view/de-gouw-lab/people de Gouw Group], ANYL Dissertation Defense: "Oxidation of Monoterpenes in the Atmosphere and Indoor Environments"
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* 5 April 2024 '''Friday, 2:00 PM''' Michael Robinson, [https://www.colorado.edu/lab/browngroup/members Brown Group], ANYL Dissertation Defense: "New observations and models of ozone photochemistry in wildfire and urban plumes"
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* 8 April 2024 - Canceled
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* 15 April 2024 - [https://staff.ucar.edu/users/qingye Dr. Qing Ye], NCAR (host: JLJ): "Laboratory and mechanistic studies of complex VOC oxidation systems" (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Nathan Sweet)
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* 22 April 2024 - Da Yang, Postdoc, [https://volkamergroup.colorado.edu/ Volkamer group] (1/2 seminar), "A partial story of an aircraft-based laminar gas sampling inlet", and Yandong Tong, Postdoc, [https://volkamergroup.colorado.edu/ Volkamer group] (1/2 seminar), "Characterisation of Br-CIMS response under different humidity level and its application in CLOUD 16"
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* 29 April 2024 - No seminar, finals week
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* 10 May 2024 '''Friday, 10:00 AM in the CIRES Auditorium''' - Christopher Lee, [https://volkamergroup.colorado.edu/ Volkamer group], ANYL Dissertation Defense
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**Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)
  
* Coordinator: Prof. Margaret Tolbert
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==Fall 2024==
* Dates may change to accommodate external speakers
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* 2 September 2024 - No seminar, Labor Day
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* 9 September 2024 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations
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* 16 September 2024 - ANYL Best Student & Postdoc Paper Awards Announcement; [https://sites.google.com/site/ziemanngroup/ Paul Ziemann] (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar), and meeting of all first year students w/ faculty (other 1/2)
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* 23 September 2024 - [https://sites.google.com/view/brownelab/people Eleanor Browne] (ANYL Faculty) (1/2 seminar) & [http://volkamergroup.colorado.edu/ Rainer Volkamer] (ANYL Faculty) (1/2 seminar)
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* 30 September 2024 - [https://www.sandiego.edu/cas/faculty/biography.php?profile_id=39 David De Haan], U.C. San Diego (host: Students)
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* 7 October 2024 - [http://cires1.colorado.edu/jimenez/ Jose-Luis Jimenez] (ANYL Faculty) (1/2 seminar), & [https://sites.google.com/view/de-gouw-lab Joost de Gouw] (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar)
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* 14 October 2024 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations
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* 21 October 2024 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations (also AAAR Meeting)
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* 28 October 2024 - Presentations by associated faculty taking students TBD
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* 4 November 2024 - Leo Bloxham, (1/2 seminar) and Natalie Couch, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
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* 11 November 2024 - Valentina Osorio, (1/2 seminar) and Max Muter, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
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* 18 November 2024 - Lee Feinman, (1/2 seminar) and Nell Schafer, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
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* 25 November 2024 - No seminar, fall break
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* 2 December 2024 - Matt Schulman, (1/2 seminar) and Piper Read, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
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* 9 December 2024 - No seminar, Fall AGU Meeting
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* 16 December 2024 - No semester, finals week
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**Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)
  
* August 24, 2009: First day of classes - NO SEMINAR
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==Spring 2025==
* August 31, 2009:  - NO SEMINAR
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* 13 January 2025 - No seminar, first week of classes
* September 7 2009: Labor Day - NO SEMINAR
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* 20 January 2025 - No seminar, MLK Jr day
* September 10, 2009 (Thu)(@): Special Seminar: [http://www.met.wau.nl/index.html?http://www.met.wau.nl/medewerkers/vila/index.html Jordi Vila, Univ. Waveningen (Netherlands)]: "What controls the diurnal variability of carbon dioxide and reactive species?" (host: JLJ)
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* 27 January 2025
* September 14, 2009 (**, @): (faculty) Carl Koval & Dan Feldheim
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* 3 February 2025
* September 21, 2009 (*, @): (faculty) Robert Sievers & Steven George
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* 10 February 2025
* September 28, 2009 (*, #): (faculty) Veronica Vaida and Rainer Volkamer 
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* 17 February 2025
* October 5, 2009 (**):  (faculty)  Margaret Tolbert & Jose-Luis Jimenez
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* 24 February 2025
* October 12, 2009 (**): (1st yr) Sunil Baidar and Gregory Schill
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* 3 March 2025
* October 19, 2009 (**): [http://www.me.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=robinson Allen Robinson, Carnegie Mellon Univ.]: "Sources of organic aerosols: atmospheric transformations of emissions from combustion systems" (host: JLJ)
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* 10 March 2025
* October 26, 2009 (**, #): (1st yr) Kristin Boles
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* 17 March 2025
* November 2, 2009 (*): (1st yr) Lia Rebits, Candice Smith 
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* 24 March 2025 - No seminar, spring break
* November 9, 2009 (**): (3rd yr)  Sean Coburn
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* 31 March 2025
* November 16, 2009 (@):
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* 7 April 2025
* November 23, 2009: THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SEMINAR
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* 14 April 2025
* November 30, 2009 (#, @): (3rd yr): Bryan Tienes
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* 21 April 2025
* December 7, 2009 (@): (3rd yr): Jessica Axson
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* 28 April 2025
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* 5 May 2025 - No seminar, finals week
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**Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)
  
(*): JLJ may be out of town
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== Related Seminar Series in Boulder ==
(**) RES out of town
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/calendar/events/index.php CIRES Events and Seminars] (dates and times vary)
(#):  MAT out of town
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* [https://www2.acom.ucar.edu/seminars ACOM Seminar Series] (Mon 3:30 pm, [https://www2.ucar.edu/campus/map-ncar-ucar-building-locations Foothills Lab]) (Note that they provide videos of many past seminars)
(@): RMV out of town
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* [https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/about/events/science-seminars/ CU Astrobiology] (Wed 2-3 pm, LASP conference room D142, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=DUAN Duane Physics Bldg.])
 
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* [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/seminars/ NOAA Chemical Sciences Division] (Wed 3:30 pm, [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/img/location.gif Skaggs Bldg.], [http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/img/building.gif Room 2A305])
== Spring 2010 ==
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* [https://www.colorado.edu/mechanical/news-events/me-department-calendar CU Mechanical Engineering] ([http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=EC ECCR 200])
 
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* [https://www.colorado.edu/ceae/newsevents/seminars CU Environmental Engineering] (Fri 11 am, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=EC ECCE 1B41])
* Coordinator: Prof. Bob Sievers
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* [https://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/events Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics] (Fri 4-5 pm, [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=JILA&x=12&y=10 JILA Aud.])
 
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* [https://www.colorado.edu/atoc/colloquium CU Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences] (Fri 4-5 pm, Physics Commons, top of [http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=W-GT&x=20&y=11 Gamow Tower])
* January 11, 2010 FIRST DAY OF CLASSES – NO SEMINAR
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* [http://cires.colorado.edu/jimenez-group/wiki/index.php/FRAC_Meetings Front Range Aerosol Community (FRAC) Meetings] (2-3 meetings per year on afternoons)
* January 18, 2010 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
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* [https://facss.mit.edu/ Frontiers in Atmospheric Chemistry Seminar Series] - Online only, join email list for links
* January 25, 2010: (3rd yr): Alison Craven
 
* February 1, 2010: [http://spot.colorado.edu/~felis/ Imma Ferrer] and E. Michael Thurman, [http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2008/07apr-ca08025.html CU Center for Environmental Mass Spectrometry]: "Environmental Analysis of Water and Food Samples by Advanced Mass Spectrometric Techniques" (host: JLJ)
 
* February 8, 2010: (3rd yr):  Ryan Thalman
 
* February 15, 2010 (#):
 
* February 22, 2010 (3rd yr): Raea Lessard
 
* March 1, 2010 (*):
 
* March 8, 2010 : (3rd yr) Carly Robinson
 
* March 15, 2010
 
* March 22, 2010 SPRING BREAK – NO SEMINAR
 
* March 29, 2010 (#):
 
* April 6, 2010
 
* April 12, 2010
 
* April 19, 2010
 
* April 26, 2010 (**):
 
 
 
(*): JLJ may be out of town
 
(**)  RES out of town
 
(#): MAT out of town
 

Latest revision as of 06:27, 24 April 2024

ANALYTICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION and ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY PROGRAM SEMINAR

  • A shortcut to this page is: http://tinyurl.com/anylsem2
  • The seminar calendar is also displayed here in the CHEM webpage and as a Google Calendar.
    • The Google Cal is a public calendar, meaning that you can add it to your personal calendar and it will display the seminars at the right time and will the relevant details. Just enter the Calendar ID under "Other Calendars --> Add a friend's calendar" to the left of your Google Calendar: qm8k9heqc27sauteit0p01kpjg@group.calendar.google.com. (If the Wiki and GCal don't agree, the Wiki should be correct, but please let us know if this happens).

General Information

Spring 2024

  • 15 January 2024 - No seminar, first week of class
  • 22 January 2024 *
  • 29 January 2024 *?
  • 5 February 2024 ^ *?
  • 12 February 2024 - Prof. Priyanka deSouza, CU-Denver - "Making Air Quality Count: Low-cost Sensors. Public Health and Urban Planning" (hosts: JdG & JLJ) (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Jim Hall)
  • 19 February 2024 - Lindsey Anderson, ANYL 3rd year, de Gouw group: "Observing Wildfire Emissions and Improving Air Quality Forecasting Using Remote Sensing Data"
  • 26 February 2024 $@ - Wyndom Chace, ANYL 3rd year, Brown group: "Efficiency of Urban Ozone Photochemistry during the 2023 AEROMMA and CUPiDS Airborne Field Campaigns"
  • 28 February 2024 @ Wednesday, 1:00 PM in the CIRES Auditorium - Melinda Schueneman, Jimenez Group, ANYL Dissertation Defense
  • 4 March 2024 #@ - Dr. Ryan Davis, Sandia National Labs (host: MT): "From the air to the sea: Addressing environmental challenges through fundamental chemistry" (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Max Lee)
  • 11 March 2024 - Career panel with ANYL alumni: Ingrid Ulbrich (Achieving Academic Success -- her startup company) & Erin McDuffie (US EPA) (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Maddie Farber)
  • 18 March 2024 - Emmaline Longnecker, ANYL 3rd year, Ziemann group: "Comparison of Common Vapor Pressure Estimation Methods through Modeling of the Reactions of Linear and Branched Alkenes with OH/NOx"
  • 25 March 2024 - No seminar, Spring Break
  • 1 April 2024 - Hanalei Lewine, ANYL 3rd year, Browne group: "Investigating SOA Formation from Volatile Methyl Siloxanes"
  • 2 April 2024 Tuesday, 1:00 PM Olivia Jenks, de Gouw Group, ANYL Dissertation Defense: "Oxidation of Monoterpenes in the Atmosphere and Indoor Environments"
  • 5 April 2024 Friday, 2:00 PM Michael Robinson, Brown Group, ANYL Dissertation Defense: "New observations and models of ozone photochemistry in wildfire and urban plumes"
  • 8 April 2024 - Canceled
  • 15 April 2024 - Dr. Qing Ye, NCAR (host: JLJ): "Laboratory and mechanistic studies of complex VOC oxidation systems" (Post-Sem. Disc. Leader: Nathan Sweet)
  • 22 April 2024 - Da Yang, Postdoc, Volkamer group (1/2 seminar), "A partial story of an aircraft-based laminar gas sampling inlet", and Yandong Tong, Postdoc, Volkamer group (1/2 seminar), "Characterisation of Br-CIMS response under different humidity level and its application in CLOUD 16"
  • 29 April 2024 - No seminar, finals week
  • 10 May 2024 Friday, 10:00 AM in the CIRES Auditorium - Christopher Lee, Volkamer group, ANYL Dissertation Defense
    • Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)

Fall 2024

  • 2 September 2024 - No seminar, Labor Day
  • 9 September 2024 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations
  • 16 September 2024 - ANYL Best Student & Postdoc Paper Awards Announcement; Paul Ziemann (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar), and meeting of all first year students w/ faculty (other 1/2)
  • 23 September 2024 - Eleanor Browne (ANYL Faculty) (1/2 seminar) & Rainer Volkamer (ANYL Faculty) (1/2 seminar)
  • 30 September 2024 - David De Haan, U.C. San Diego (host: Students)
  • 7 October 2024 - Jose-Luis Jimenez (ANYL Faculty) (1/2 seminar), & Joost de Gouw (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar)
  • 14 October 2024 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations
  • 21 October 2024 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations (also AAAR Meeting)
  • 28 October 2024 - Presentations by associated faculty taking students TBD
  • 4 November 2024 - Leo Bloxham, (1/2 seminar) and Natalie Couch, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
  • 11 November 2024 - Valentina Osorio, (1/2 seminar) and Max Muter, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
  • 18 November 2024 - Lee Feinman, (1/2 seminar) and Nell Schafer, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
  • 25 November 2024 - No seminar, fall break
  • 2 December 2024 - Matt Schulman, (1/2 seminar) and Piper Read, (1/2 seminar) (ANYL 1st years)
  • 9 December 2024 - No seminar, Fall AGU Meeting
  • 16 December 2024 - No semester, finals week
    • Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)

Spring 2025

  • 13 January 2025 - No seminar, first week of classes
  • 20 January 2025 - No seminar, MLK Jr day
  • 27 January 2025
  • 3 February 2025
  • 10 February 2025
  • 17 February 2025
  • 24 February 2025
  • 3 March 2025
  • 10 March 2025
  • 17 March 2025
  • 24 March 2025 - No seminar, spring break
  • 31 March 2025
  • 7 April 2025
  • 14 April 2025
  • 21 April 2025
  • 28 April 2025
  • 5 May 2025 - No seminar, finals week
    • Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)

Related Seminar Series in Boulder