COSAM Interdisciplinary Colloquium

2021 - 2022

Fall Semester

September 14th, 2021 (5:30-6:30PM); Room # SCC 115

• Chidinma Lucy Odili (Chemistry and Biochemistry): 
  Studies on the Post-Translational Modifications of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase (MCR)
• Kyle Lesinger (Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences): 
  Spatiotemporal Variability of Flash Droughts in the Continental United States
• Nirob Saha (Chemistry and Biochemistry): 
  The Development of Pi-Extension Strategies for the Conversion of Strained Benzenoid Macrocycles to Curved, PAH Segments of Carbon Nanotubes

October 5th, 2021 (5:30-6:30PM); Room # SCC 115

• Rezoanul Islam (Chemistry and Biochemistry):
  Solvent Dependent Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies of Nickel (II) Diethyldithiocarbamate for Energy Storage
• Nafiul Huda (Biological Sciences):
  The Sex Dimorphic Effects of Reduced Insulin Signaling on Food Consumption in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster

November 9th, 2021 (5:30-6:30PM); Room # SCC 115

• Segun Obisesan (Chemistry and Biochemistry):
  Oxygen reduction using a novel Cobalt (II) complex with redox active ligands
• Emma Rhodes (Biological Sciences):
  Mitochondria and Migration

Spring Semester 

February 8th, 2022 (5:30-6:30PM); Room # SCC 115

• Sana Karbalaei (Chemistry and Biochemistry): 
  Quinol-containing Compounds Act as Antioxidants and MRI Contrast Agent Sensors for Reactive Oxygen Species
• Maria Amarakristi Onyido (Mathematics and Statistics): 
  Spreading Speeds of Nonlocal Fisher-KPP equations in almost periodic environment
• Chris Norris (Biological Sciences): 
  Lizards that experience early seasonal environments during development have reduced survival in low structure habitat

March 1st, 2022 (5:30-6:30PM); Room # SCC 115

• Shawn Yates (Biological Sciences): 
  The Role of a Conserved Viral Regulatory Protein in Promoting Host Cell Death

April 5th, 2022 (5:30-6:30PM); Room # SCC 115

• Niharika Dalpati (Chemistry and Biochemistry): 
  Nickel dithiocarbamate complexes as redox mediator in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
• Md Riaz Uddin (Geosciences): 
  Geochemical and mineralogical studies of salt water-intruded and Arsenic (As)-contaminated coastal aquifers of southwestern Bangladesh