CU-Analytical-Seminars

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

• Jointly sponsored by the Department of Chemistry, CIRES, and the Environmental Program
• 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.
• Schedules for meeting with external speakers (Ask Anne or faculty if interested)
• 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.
• Links: ANYL Division Page / ANYL Seminar Guidelines / ANYL Seminar Abstracts / Schedules of Past Years / Guidelines for meal reimbursements in CHEM / Atmos. Chem. Summer Supergroup
• Best Student Paper Award

Spring 2023

• 16 January 2023 - No seminar, MLK Jr Day / 1st week of classes
• 23 January 2023 - Dr. Doug Day (ANYL ResSci, Jimenez group), "Secondary Organic Aerosol Mass Yields and Composition from NO3 Oxidation of α-Pinene and Δ-Carene: Effect of RO2 Radical Fate" (1/2 seminar) and Swaleha Inamdar (ANYL Professional Research Assistant, Volkamer Group), "A study of iodine chemistry in the Indian and Southern Ocean marine boundary layer" (1/2 seminar), Abstracts
• 30 January 2023 - Prof. Jordy Bouwman CHEM & LASP, Univ. of Colorado, "Formation and dissociation of hydrocarbons under interstellar conditions", Abstract (host: JLJ)
• 6 February 2023 - Prof. Greg Rieker & Prof. Scott Diddams CU Engineering - "Frequency comb spectroscopy: from Nobel prize to practical application", Abstract (host: JLJ)
• 13 February 2023 @ - Marina Friedel (via zoom) IAC, ETH Zuerich "Springtime Arctic ozone depletion forces northern hemisphere climate anomalies" (host: RMV)
• 20 February 2023 - Prof. Tunga Salthammer, Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Germany (via Zoom) - "Assessment of indoor air quality using substance-specific guide values and TVOC", Abstract[host: JLJ]
• 27 February 2023 - Prof. Colleen Reid, Univ. of Colorado Geography and Institute for Behavioral Science: "Investigations into the health effects of wildfire smoke", Abstract (host: JdG)
• 6 March 2023 - Prof. Eve-Lyn Hinckley, Univ. of Colorado Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: "Advancing Process-based Understanding of How Humans Are Changing the Global Sulfur Cycle", Abstract (host: JdG & JLJ)
• 13 March 2023 - Zachary Schiffman, ANYL 3rd year, Tolbert group, "Metal Oxide Particles as Atmospheric Nuclei: Exploring the Role of Metal Speciation in Heterogeneous Efflorescence and Ice Nucleation" Abstract
• 14 March 2023 - Tuesday, 11:00 AM, CIRES Auditorium - Nathan Reed, Tolbert/Browne groups: "The Effects of Trace H2S in Laboratory Experiments of Planetary Organic Haze Chemistry", PhD Defense, Abstract
• 20 March 2023 * - Michael Robinson, ANYL 3rd year, Brown group, "Ozone photochemistry and free radical budgets in the Los Angeles basin: A comparison of ground-based observations in 2021 and 2010"
• 27 March 2023 - No seminar, Spring Break
• 3 April 2023 * - Bri Dobson, ANYL 3rd year, "Chemical and Meteorological Controls on New Particle Formation in the Southern Great Plains" Browne group Abstract
• 4 April 2023 - Tuesday, 3:00 PM, CIRES Auditorium - Kevin Jansen, Tolbert group: "Optical Properties of Brown Carbon Found in Earth and Planetary Haze Aerosol", PhD Defense, Abstract
• 10 April 2023 * - Alexander Bradley, ANYL 3rd year, de Gouw group, "Pollution distribution in the Denver metroplex: Chemical, sociological, and historical insights"
• 11 April 2023 Tuesday, 9:00 AM - Andrew Jensen, de Gouw Group: "Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds in Urban Air by Proton-Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry", PhD Defense, Abstract
• 17 April 2023 - Seonsik Yun, ANYL 3rd year, Jimenez group, "Design and Characterization of the CU-Boulder Environmental Chamber Facility & Long-term and High-time-resolution Measurement for the Characterization of Aerosol Properties in the Denver Metropolitan Area"
• ANYL Special Seminar, 17 April 1:15 PM - Julia Bakker-Arkema, Metropolitan Museum of Art
• 24 April 2023 ^ - Kyle McMillan, ANYL 3rd year, Tolbert group, "The Role of Organic Heterogeneous Nuclei in Contact Crystallization of Atmospherically Relevant Salts"
• 1 May 2023 ^ - Randall Chiu, ANYL PhD thesis, Volkamer group: "TBD"
• 8 May 2023 ^ - No seminar, finals week
  • Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)

Fall 2023

• 28 August 2023 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations
• 4 September 2023 - No seminar, Labor day
• 11 September 2023 - ANYL Best Student & Postdoc Paper Awards Announcement; Jose-Luis Jimenez (ANYL Faculty), "Understanding aerosols for pollution, climate change, and disease transmission" (1/2 seminar), and meeting of all first year students w/ faculty (other 1/2)
• 18 September 2023 - Joost de Gouw (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar), and Paul Ziemann (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar)
• 25 September 2023 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations
• 2 October 2023 - Jesse Kroll, MIT (host: Students)
• 9 October 2023 - Rainer Volkamer, (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar), and Eleanor Browne (ANYL Faculty), (1/2 seminar)
• 16 October 2023 - No Seminar -- Meeting of CHEM-6101 to prepare 1st yr student presentations
• 23 October 2023 - Maggie Tolbert (1/2 seminar) & 1st year 1/2 seminar
• 30 October 2023 - ANYL 1st year 1/2 seminar x2
• 6 November 2023 - ANYL 1st year 1/2 seminar x2
• 13 November 2023 - ANYL 1st year 1/2 seminar x2
• 20 November 2023 - No seminar, fall break
• 27 November 2023 - ANYL 1st year 1/2 seminar x2
• 4 December 2023 - Career panel with ANYL alumni
• 11 December 2023 - AGU, no seminar
• 18 December 2023 - No seminar, finals week
  • Dates in which specific faculty are out-of-town: (*): JLJ; (#): MAT; (%): PJZ; (^): ECB; (@): RMV; ($): JdG; (?): not sure)

Spring 2024

• 15 January 2024 - No seminar, first week of class
• 22 January 2024
• 29 January 2024
• 5 February 2024
• 12 February 2024
• 19 February 2024
• 26 February 2024
• 4 March 2024
• 11 March 2024
• 18 March 2024
• 25 March 2024 - No seminar, Spring Break
• 1 April 2024
• 8 April 2024
• 15 April 2024
• 22 April 2024
• 29 April 2024 - No seminar, finals week

Related Seminar Series in Boulder

• CIRES Events and Seminars (dates and times vary)
• ACOM Seminar Series (Mon 3:30 pm, Foothills Lab) (Note that they provide videos of many past seminars)
• CU Astrobiology (Wed 2-3 pm, LASP conference room D142, Duane Physics Bldg.)
• NOAA Chemical Sciences Division (Wed 3:30 pm, Skaggs Bldg., Room 2A305)
• CU Mechanical Engineering (ECCR 200)
• CU Environmental Engineering (Fri 11 am, ECCE 1B41)
• Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics (Fri 4-5 pm, JILA Aud.)
• CU Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Fri 4-5 pm, Physics Commons, top of Gamow Tower)
• Front Range Aerosol Community (FRAC) Meetings (2-3 meetings per year on afternoons)
• Frontiers in Atmospheric Chemistry Seminar Series - Online only, join email list for links