Fall 2025  

Friday seminars take place in the Byker Auditorium at 3:10 pm unless noted otherwise.

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION HOST
August 29 Emmanuel Osuagwu 4th Year MTSI Seminar Nick Stadie
September 5 Brandon Greene UCSB Joan Broderick
September 12 Beverly Piggott UM Brian Bothner
September 19 Craig Nunemaker Ohio University Martin Lawrence
September 22 (4 pm) Ricardo Louro Universidade Nova de Lisboa Joan Broderick
September 26 So Hirata U of Illinois  Martin Mosquera
October 3      
October 10 Isaac Schomberg-Sanchez 4th Year Chemistry Seminar Christopher Lemon
October 17 Andrea Stierle UM Mary Cloninger
October 24 Heather Callaway MSU Rob Walker
October 31 Chris Lemon MSU  
November 7 Martin Mosquera MSU Jen DuBois
November 14 David Fialho MSU  
November 21 Ethan Wiita 4th Year Chemistry Seminar Chris Lemon
December 5 Miguel Soto U- Saskatchewan Nick Stadie

PhD and MS Defenses Fall 2025

Date Name Time, Place Advisor
November 12 Jonah Theisen 12:30 pm, Byker Erik Grumstrup
November 18 Andrew Gleason 3:00 pm Byker Joan Broderick
November 20 Gwen Cooper 3:00 pm Byker Brian Bothner
December 4 Bamidele Samuel 9 am PSB -108 Rob Walker
       

Fourth Year Seminars and Special Topics

Date Name Time. Place Advisor
September 4 Manu Srivathsa 3:00 pm Byker Mary Cloninger
September 11 Alex Marlott 3:00 pm Byker Joan Broderick
November 6 Manny Akpoto 3:10 pm Byker Jen DuBois
December 4 Charlie Pollock 3:10 pm Byker Mock/Mosquera

 

SPRING 2026 SNEAK PEEK

Date

 Speaker  Institution 

Host
Janaury 16 Nick Stadie MSU  
January 23      
January 30      
Februrary 6      
February 13      
February 20      
February 27 Grad Recruiting    
March 6      
March 13 Adrian Roitberg University of Florida Martin Mosquera
March 20 Spring Break    
March 27      
April 3 University Day    
April 10 Amethyst Demeritte MSU Garrett Moraski
April 17 Neil Garg UCLA  
April 24 Sloan Siegrist U-MASS (Amherst)  
May 1