Seminar Series
Fall 2026
All seminars are held in the Pearson Chemistry Building, 62 Talbot Ave., Rm. P-106 on the Medford Campus at 12:00 pm unless otherwise noted. For further information, please contact Marianne O'Connell at (617) 627-2649 or by email marianne.o_connell@tufts.edu.
Please note: Visitors are welcome to attend all seminars.
September 9, 2026
Title: "Seeing Chemistry in Space and Time: Mass Spectrometry Innovations for Biological Discovery"
Prof. Lingjun Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Prof. Kevin Clark
September 16, 2026; Pearson 104
Alumni Career Panel
Join us for an alumni career panel featuring Tufts Chemistry alumni working across a variety of fields, including industry, law, education, and more! This event is a great opportunity to hear firsthand about different career paths and the transition from undergraduate or graduate school into a career. Current undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs are all encouraged to attend and connect with alumni from across the field.
Host: Tufts Chemistry DEIJ Committee
September 25, 2026
Title: "Disulfide-Constrained Peptides for targeted delivery and targeted degradation"
Dr. Stephen Miller, Genentech, Inc.
Host: Prof. Krishna Kumar
September 30, 2026
Title: "Obscure Functional Groups Create New Opportunities in Peptide Chemistry"
Prof. Brett VanVeller, Iowa State University
Host: Prof. Krishna Kumar
October 7, 2026
Title: "Microscopic and Spectroscopic Studies of Novel Model Catalysts on Surfaces"
Prof. Fang Xu, University of Texas at San Antonio
Host: Prof. Charles Sykes
November 5, 2026; 4:30 PM
Title: TBA
Prof. John Chu, National Taiwan University
Host: Prof. Yu-Shan Lin
November 18, 2026
Title: TBA
Kinsey Drake, University of Washington
Host: Prof. Charles Mace
December 2, 2026
Title: "The Largest Small Molecule: Manufacturing Process for Enlicitide"
Dr. David Thaisrivongs, Merck
Host: Prof. Joshua Kritzer
December 9, 2026
Title: TBA
Prof. Charles Brooks III, University of Michigan
Host: Prof. Xinqiang Ding