The Chemistry and Sustainability Lecture Series was recently established in the Department of Chemistry with support from the UNH Class of 1954 Academic Enrichment Fund. UNH is nationally recognized as a Sustainable Learning Community that unites the spirit of discovery with the challenge of sustainability. Basic chemistry research will play a pivotal role in driving science and technology innovations that will help achieve a sustainable future. The Chemistry and Sustainability Lecture Series aims to further promote public awareness in sustainability and cultivate research activities in energy, environment, education, and green chemistry.
Upcoming Speakers:
March 11, 2025
Dr. Lin X. Chen
Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry
"Functional Ultrafast Structural Dynamics in Transition Metal Supramolecular Systems and Metal Oxide Thin Films for Solar Energy Conversion"
Past Speakers
Victor Batista
Yale University, Department of Chemistry
"Studies of PCET for Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis"
October 30, 2018
Professor Steven Suib
University of Connecticut, Depts. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Institute of Materials Science
"Applications of Porous Metal Oxides and Sulfide in Adsorption, Batteries, and Catalysis"
April 17, 2018
Allison Leach
UNH Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
"The Nitrogen Footprint: A tool that connects daily choices with reactive nitrogen"
Oct 10, 2017
Professor Charles Schmuttenmaer
Yale University
"THz Spectroscopy: Studying Carrier Dynamics and Solar Energy Conversion in Nanostructured Materials"
March 7, 2017
Professor Patrick Holland
Yale University
"The Global Nitrogen Cycle and Nitrogen Fixation by Iron Complexes"
April 26, 2016
Professor Daniel Jacobs
Harvard University
"Air Quality in the Southeast US: a Chemical Perspective"
November 12, 2015
Professor Shouheng Sun
Brown University
"Tuning Nanoparticle Catalysis for Nanomedicine and Energy Applications"
October 15, 2015
Professor Shelie Miller
University of Michigan
"Estimating the Environmental Impacts of New Technologies Using Agent-Based Modeling"
April 17, 2015
Dr. Tijana Rajh
Argonne National Laboratory
"Versatility of TiO2 Nanoparticles: from Batteries to Medical Therapies"
March 12, 2015
Dr. Michael Wasielewski
Northwestern University
"Solar Fuels: Where Chemistry and Biology Meet to Solve Global Energy Needs"
May 1, 2012
Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos
Tufts University
"Nano- and atomic-scale catalysts in the fight for energy sustainability"
April 7, 2011
Professor Vicki H. Grassian
The University of Iowa
“Chemistry for a Sustainable Future”
October 14, 2010
Professor Gerald J. Meyer
Johns Hopkins University
"Sustainable Energy from Sunlight through Molecular Chemistry at Semiconductor Interfaces"
September 30, 2010
Professor Richard Eisenberg
Rochester University
"A Molecular Approach to Artificial Photosynthesis and the Light Driven Generation of Hydrogen from Water"
April 22, 2010
Professor Robert Crabtree
Yale University
“Climate Change and Our Energy Future”
March 30, 2010
Dr. Etsuko Fujita
Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Photochemical CO2 Reduction: Current Status and Future Prospects"
November 12, 2009
Professor Gary Brudvig
Yale University
"Water Oxidation Chemistry of Photosystem II and Artificial Systems"
September 17, 2009
Lectures are open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Chemistry at 603-862-1550.
