Registration 8:15-9:00am in the atrium of the chemistry building

Session 1: 9:00am-10:20am 

9:00-9:15 Qing Yun Li: Tuning Formamidinate Ligand Scaffolds to Extend Excited State Lifetimes in Paddlewheel Dirhodium Photocatalysts

9:15-9:30 Margaret Ball: The Role of Electron Transfer in Copper-Mediated C(sp2)-H Trifluoromethylation

9:30-9:45 Alexander Stone: Non-Covalent Interactions of the Useful Air-Stable Primary Phosphine Ortho-Phosphinopheno

9:45-10:00 Man Kshetri: Engineering Novel Amphiphilic Platinum(IV) Complexes to Co- Deliver Cisplatin and Doxorubicin

10:00-10:15 Erin Ramey: Dinuclear First-Row Photosensitizer for Use in Hydrogen Evolution.

10:20-10:40am Break 1 

Session 2: 10:40-11:50am

10:40-10:55 Justin Miller: Comparison of the Stability and Reactivity of Square Pyramidal Cobalt(III) Alkyl Complexes with a Redox-Active and Redox-Inert Ligand Framework

10:55-11:10 Lingfeng Yin: Catalytically Relevant Organocopper(III) Complexes

11:10 - 11:25 Michael O. Lengel: Synthesizing Iron-Hyponitrite Complexes Relevant to NO Reduction in Flavodiiron Nitric Oxide Reductases

11:25-11:40 Donovan Dugger: Ligand-controlled Selective Couplings of Organotetrafluorosilicate and Aryldiazonium salts

11:50am-1:30 pm Lunch Break

Session 3: 1:30-2:50pm 

1:30-1:45 Christopher Woodley: Cu Doping Increases Capacity Retention in LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2 (NMC622) by Altering the Potential of the Ni-Based Redox Couple and Inhibiting Particle Pulverization

1:45-2:00 Josalyne Beringer: Linked Dicopper Bis-β-determinates: Flexible Metal-Metal Distances and Ammonia Activation

2:00-2:15 Sara Worku: Selective Separation of Rare-Earth Elements

2:15-2:30 Elizabeth R. Pugliese: Organometallic Rare Earth Complexes and Their Prospects in Single-Molecule Magnet Design

Break 2 2:30-2:50 pm

Session 4: 2:50-3:55pm

2:50-3:05 Elliot Furr: Protein Based Lanthanide Capture from Coal Fly Ash

3:05-3:20 Andrew LaDuca: The Effect of Secondary Sphere Hydrogen Bonds on O2 Reactivity within a Non-Heme Iron Complex

3:20-3:35 Md Masudur Rhaman: Addressing Synthetic Challenges in Calcium Sulfide Aerogel Formation via Oxidative Assembly