Past Events

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, Dr. Shannon Regli will visit on Friday, July 29th at noon.  Dr. Regli teaches chemistry and AP chemistry at Troy High School in Fullerton and will be discussing the rewards and challenges of teaching science.  She did her graduate research here at UCI with Bill Reeburgh on methane emissions in Alaska.  She also participated in AirUCI's summer teacher workshop and annually brings her students to UCI's Chemistry Department for lab tours.

On Friday, July 29, 2016, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows will present a webinar entitiled "Creating Space for University Students to Build Skills in Science Policy" hosted by the Engaging Scientists and Engineers in Policy (ESEP) Coalition, and to be aired at 11 am Pacific time.  ESEP is an ad-hoc coalition of organizations formed in 2013 aiming to empower scientists and engineers to effectively engage in the policy making process at all levels of government.
 
This webinar will feature Bill Bonvillian of MIT and Francis...

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, on Friday, July 22nd we will host Dr. Tran Nguyen of the University of California, Davis.  She will be speaking about her career path to academia.  The lecture will begin at noon in Rowland Hall room 390.  We are happy to welcome Tran back to AirUCI, as she earned her PhD in the Nizkorodov group.

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, on Friday, July 15th we will host Dr. Sherri Hunt of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  She will be speaking about her career path and working in Washington D.C.  The lecture will begin at 10:30 am in Rowland Hall room 390.  We are happy to welcome Sherri back to AirUCI, as she was a postdoc in the Finlayson-Pitts group.

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, on Friday, July 8th we will host Dr. Lambert Doezema, professor at Loyola Marymount University in the Department of Chemistry.  He will be speaking about his career as a professor and some of the research projects he has conducted jointly with AirUCI.  The lecture will begin at noon in Rowland Hall room 390.  We are happy to welcome Lambert back, as he was a graduate student in the Blake group and was also a visiting scientist in the Finlayson-Pitts group for two summers.

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, on Friday, July 1st we will host Dr. Teresa Longin, professor at the University of Redlands in the Department of Chemistry.  She will be speaking about her career as a professor and some of the research projects she has conducted jointly with AirUCI as well as how to get a job, what interviewers like to hear, and what to expect as a faculty member.  The lecture will begin at 11 am in Rowland Hall room 390.  We are happy to welcome Teri back to AirUCI, as she has spent several summers at AirUCI...

AirUCI Prof. Emeritus Benny Gerber is hosting Laura McCaslin of the University of Texas at Austin (Stanton group) and she will be presenting a lecture at 1 pm on June 28, 2016 in Rowland Hall room 390.  Her talk is entitled “Using High-Level Ab Initio Methods to Guide Spectral Characterization of Small Molecules.”  All are welcome!

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, on Wednesday, June 22nd we will host Dr. Jennie Thomas of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France.  She will be speaking via Skype about her career path and working overseas.  The lecture will begin at 10 am in Rowland Hall room 390.  We are happy to welcome Jennie back to AirUCI, as she did her PhD in the Finlayson-Pitts and Tobias groups.

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, on Friday, June 10th we will host Dr. Carla Kidd of The Department of Work and Pensions in the United Kingdoma an agency that supports governmental executive decisions and employs many other disciplines besides chemists.  She will be speaking about her career path to the position she currently holds, including some years as university faculty.  The lecture will begin at noon in Rowland Hall room 390.  We are happy to welcome Carla back to AirUCI, as she spent over four years as a postdoc in the...

As part of AirUCI's EACCO outreach endeavor, on Friday, June 3rd we will host Dr. Aaron Katzenstein of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.  He will be speaking about his career path in Atmospheric Chemistry to the position he holds at AQMD.  The lecture will begin at 11 AM in Rowland Hall room 390.  We are happy to welcome Aaron back to AirUCI, as he earned his PhD in the Blake/Rowland group.