Symposia

Interested in hosting a symposium? Contact Brent Feske: bfeske@georgiasouthern.edu

Themed symposia:

Analytical

• Applications of Mass Spectrometry for Drug Discovery and Precision Medicine - organized by Jeremiah Tipton

• Food and Flavor Chemistry - organized by Zack Davis

• Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry: Adding a New Dimension to -Omics Analysis - organized by Christopher Chouinard

• Spectroscopic Imaging: Bridging the gap between chemical and spacial heterogeneity - organized by Ayanjeet Ghosh

Biochemistry

• Advancements in Biocatalysis - organized by Jon Stewart

• Advancements in Chemical Biology - organized by Gavin Williams

• Biochemistry and Human Health - organized by Bailey Mourant

• Bioinorganic Chemistry - organized by Jonathan Caranto

• Forensic DNA Analysis and Beyond: Enabled by  Biological Chemistry - organized by Oluseyi Vanderpuye

• Mechanistic Enzymology - organized by Matthew Thompson

• Recent advances in bioinorganic chemistry - organized by Jonathan Caranto

Catalysis

• Biocatalysis: Down Stream Processing - organized by Andreas Bommarius

• Homogeneous Catalysis in Water - organized by Hans Shanz

Chemical Education

• Active Learning Methods in the Chemistry Classroom - organized by Susan Verberne-sutton

• Chemical Education: Creating a Culture of Assessment - organized by Leah Williams

• Chemistry Education from Research to Practice - organized by Sara Lorraine Johnson

• Cure Chemistry Research in Lab - organized by Arthur Sikora

• Incorporating Primary Literature into the Curriculum - organized by Laura Strausberg

• Incorporating Research into the Analytical Curriculum - organized by Gretchen Potts and Chris Dockery

• Project Seed - organized by Ajay Mallia and Douglas Masterson

• Undergraduate Research Experiences: The Power of Quality Mentorship and Programming - organized by Karelle Aiken

Community

• Diversity and Inclusion: Minority Serving Organizations; Opportunities: Scholarships, Fellowships, and Internships; Experiences and Diversity Initiatives - organize by Ryan Groom

• Relating Research to Community - organized by Karla Sue Marriott

• WCC: Modern issues for women in chemistry - organized by Sarah Zingales

Computational/Physical

• Advances in connecting structure, dynamics, and functions of macromolecules using computational methods - organized by Neville Forlemu

• Astrochemistry in the Southeast and Beyond - organized by Ryan Fortenberry

• Computational Chemistry Applied to Interesting Problems - organized by George Shields

Entrepreneurs

• Entrepreneurs Tool Kit - organized by Joe Sabol

Environmental

• Environmental Chemistry - organized by Vasileios Anagnostopoulos

• Plastics and Microplastics in the Environment - organized by Jay Brandes

• Understanding Coastal Environments through Toxicological Applications and Tools - organized by Eric Gato

Geochemistry

• Aquatic Biogeochemistry - organized by Sarah Gray

• Geochemistry - organized by Cathy MacGowan and Donna Mullenax

History of Chemistry

• The past, present, and future of the periodic table - organized by Dan Rabinovich, Cliff Padgett, and Richard Wallace

Inorganic

• Advancements in Phosphorous Chemistry - organized by Benjamin Wicker

• Coordination Chemistry: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application - organized by Arpita Saha

• F-element coordinations and comparisons - organized by Eric Werner and Anne Gordon

• Well-Defined Supramolecular Materials - organized by Natalia Shustova

• X-ray Diffraction (Biomolecules) in the Southeast - organized by Will Lynch and Ryan Groom

• X-ray Diffraction (Powder Diffraction) in the Southeast - organized by Will Lynch and Ryan Groom

• X-ray Diffraction (Single Crystal) in the Southeast - organized by Will Lynch and Ryan Groom

Legal

• Patent Law For Chemists: What You Need To Know - organized by April Weisbruch

Materials/Physical

• Nanophotonics for Chemical Sensing and Modified Chemistry - organized by Josh Caldwell

Medicinal

• Structure-based Drug Design - organized by Rachelle Bienstock

Nanoparticles

• Recent Advances in Green Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis and Applications - organized by Beverly Penland

• Synthesis and Applications of Novel Nanocatalysts - organized by John Stone

Organic

• Chemical Tools for probing biological functions - organized by Monika Raj

• Heterocyclic Chemistry in the Southeast and Beyond - organized by Chad Stephens

• Microwave Chemistry - organized by Shanaiz Landge

• Organic Chemistry in Fluorescence Microscopy - organized by Lei Zhu

• Strategy and Methodology for Complex Molecule Synthesis - organized by Alexander Grenning

Polymer

• Bio-based and Bio-Inspired Polymers and Composites - organized by Georgia Southern University Chemists

• Biodegradable polymers - organized by Pranav Kalelkar

• Biodegradable Polymers: Recent innovations and Applications - organized by Pascal Binda and Hua Zhao

• Frontier Research in Polymer Science - organized by Erik Berda

• Polymeric materials for the next generation sensing, diagnostics, and therapy - organized by Colleen Scott and Davita Watkins

• Polymers at Interfaces - organized by Lorraine Leon and Blair Brettman

• Recent Advances in Cellulose, Lignin or Hemicellulose Derived Materials and Chemicals - organized by Sabornie Chatterjee

• Smart Polymer Materials and Coatings - organized by Marshall Ming

Two year colleges

• Chemistry at 2 year colleges - organized by Jordan Kiser

General Sessions:

• Organic Chemistry - organized by Giuseppe Gumina

• Inorganic Chemistry - organized by Will Lynch

• Analytical Chemistry - organized by Catherine McKenas

• Physical Chemistry - organized by Cliff Padgett

• Biochemistry - organized by Tom Leeper

• Undergraduate - organized by Mitch Weiland

• Chemical Education - organized by Suazette Mooring

• High School Chemistry - organized by Lea Padgett and Cathy MacGowan