Seminars

Seminars and Meetings

Upcoming:

  • 18 Apr 2024: Janko Hergenhahn, Univ Oxford - Electron and Nuclear Spin Interactions in Porphyrin Anions - (11:20 am ICL LT)

Previously:

  • 5 Mar 2024: Prof Nobuhiro Yanai, Kyushu University - Materials Chemistry for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization and Quantum Sensing - (3:30 pm in the JSR, PTCL)
  • 19 Feb 2024: Dr Claudia Tait, University of Oxford - Insights into Photophysical Processes in Organic Photovoltaics by EPR Spectroscopy - (2:00-2:30 pm in Lecture Theatre, PTCL)
  • 21 Nov 2023: Dr Claudia Tait, University of Oxford - Electron Spin Resonance Investigation of Photophysical Processes in Donor:Acceptor Blends for Organic Photovoltaics - (2:00-2:30 pm in Lecture Theatre, ICL)
  • 16 Nov 2023: Dr Emrys Evans, Swansea University, Wales - Photon and Spin Control in Molecular Radical Systems: Towards Optoelectronics and Quantum Technologies - (11-12 pm in Basement Meeting Room, CRL)
  • 07 Nov 2023: Prof Raphaële Clèment, University of California Santa Barbara - A Spin on Redox and Structural Processes in Battery Electrodes - (2-3 pm in Lecture Theatre, ICL)
  • 24 Oct 2023: Prof Clare Grey, University of Cambridge, UK - Toward a Net Zero World: Developing and Applying New Tools to Understand How Batteries Function and Fail - (2-3 pm in Lecture Theatre, ICL)
  • 17 May 2023: Prof Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, USA - Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity in Electron Donor-Acceptor Systems - (2-3 pm in Main Lecture Theatre, PTCL)
  • 04 May 2023: Dr Jess Wade, Imperial College London, - Chiral functional materials as a platform for emerging electronics - (2:30 pm Simpkins Lee room, Clarendon building)
  • 17 Jan 2023: Dr Adriaan Bax, National Institutes of Health, USA - The Increasing Power of NMR in Challenging Structural Biology - (2 pm in Phase 2 Seminar room 20-138) Kavli Research and Enterprise Discussions (K.R.E.D.)
  • 13 Jan 2023: Dr Jeannine Grüne, Prof Neil Greenham Group, Dept of Physics, Univ of Cambridge - Triplet States and Efficiency-Limiting Pathways in Optoelectronic Materials and Devices - (2 pm in ICL Lecture Theatre)
  • 17 Nov 2022: Prof Sir Richard Friend, Dept of Physics, Univ of Cambridge - Electronics with molecules – photosynthesis, OLEDs and solar cells (5:30 pm, Martin Wood Lecture Theatre) organized by OUSS
  • 09 Nov 2022: Mr Gediminas Pazera, Prof Peter Hore Group, Dept of Chemistry, Univ of Oxford - Theoretical (and Practical) Considerations of Performing a CNOT Quantum Logic Gate on Radical-Pair Based Molecular Spin Qubits (2 pm in ICL Lecture Theatre)
  • 27 Oct 2022: Prof Harry L Anderson, Dept of Chemistry, Univ of Oxford - Building Molecular Wires from the Colours of Life (5:30 pm, St Catherine's College JCR Lecture Theatre) organized by OUSS
  • 20 Oct 2022: Mr Miles Collins, School of Physics, UNSW Sydney - Stochastic exchange-driven quintet multiexciton dynamics in singlet fission (11:30 am in CRL Basement Room)
  • 14 Jun 2022: Prof Stefan Stoll, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Washington - EasySpin esfit Workshop (3 pm in JSR Seminar Room)
  • 14 Oct 2021: Dr. Alex Gillett, Dept. of Physics, University of Cambridge - Spin Management in Organic Solar Cells (2 pm in Audrey Wood Room)
  • 18 Feb 2019: Prof. Andrew P. Monkman, Dept. of Phyics, University of Durham; How to achieve 100% efficient intersystem crossing and OLEDs without a single heavy atom in sight, the simplicity (or not) of E-type delayed fluorescence (2 pm in PTCL LT)
  • 11 Feb 2019: Dr. Daniel Kattnig, Dept. of Physics, University of Essex -Magnetosensitivity beyond the radical pair mechanism (4:15 pm in the JSR, PTCL)
  • 7 Nov 2018: Patrick J. Conaghan, Dept. of Physics, University of Cambridge -Efficient Vacuum-Processed Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Carbene–Metal–Amides (3:30 pm in the JSR, PTCL)
  • 16 May 2018: Dr. Nicholas Chilton, Chemistry Dept., University of Manchester -f-Elements as a Playground for Magnetic Phenomena;(11 am in the JSR, PTCL)
  • 14 May 2018: Prof. Ors Legeza, Wigner Res. Cent. Physics, Budapest - 'Tensor product methods and entanglement optimization for strongly correlated systems' (11:30 am in Audrey Woods Seminar Room, Clarendon)
  • 06 Apr 2018: Michael Slota, Prof. Lapo Bogani Group, Materials Dept., University of Oxford - Magnetic edge states, spin dynamics and coherent manipulation of molecular graphene nanoribbons (9:30 am in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 22 Mar 2018: Ms. Elizabeth Canarie, Stoll Group, Chemistry Dept., University of Washington - Experimental Investigation of Spin Label Contributions to DEER Spectroscopy (12 pm in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 12 Feb 2018: Dr. Alberto Privitera, Physics Dept., University of Oxford - Development and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials for Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells (4 pm in the TMCS CDT Seminar Room, PTCL)
  • 30 Jan 2018: Prof. Kui Yu, Chengdu, China, Two-step nucleation of magic-size clusters prior to nucleation and growth of conventional quantum dots (2 pm Rowlinson Room in the PTCL)
  • 22 Jan 2018: Prof. Ilya Kuprov, Chemistry Dept., University of Southampton -Tensor network methods in spin dynamics and magnetic resonance (11:30 am Aubrey Wood Seminar Room, Clarendon Building)
  • 16 Jan 2018: Prof. Eric McInnes, Chem. Dept., University of Manchester - EPR in Actinide Chemistry (2 pm in ICL LT)
  • 06 Dec 2017: Prof. Maureen Willis, Sino-British Materials Research Institute at Sichuan University in Chengdu, CHINA - MuSR studies in magnetically-filled nanotubes (2 pm in the JSR Seminar Room, PTCL)
  • 23 Nov 2017: Prof. Can Xie, Peking University - A Moving Landscape of Perspectives on Animal Magnetoreception (2 pm in the Wolfson Seminar Room, CRL)
  • 06 Oct 2017: Prof. Peter Hore, Chemistry Dept., Oxford University - Introduction to Spin Chemistry (4 pm in the JSR Seminar Room, PTCL)
  • 11 August 2017: Prof. Jonathan Baugh, Univeristy of Waterloo, Toronto, CANADA - Optimal quantum control for spin qubits with ESR ( 11 a.m. John Rowlinson Seminar Room, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory).
  • 29 June 2017: Prof. Jishan Wu, National University of Singapore - From Open-Shell Singlet Diradicaloids to Polyradicaloids ( 11 a.m. John Rowlinson Seminar Room, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory).
  • 2-6 April 2017: RSC ESR conference, Oxford Univ., 31 Jan. submission deadline
  • 23 March 2017: Prof. Malcolm D.E. Forbes, Bowling Green State Univ., USA - Photons, Fluids, Bubbles and Beer: Using Free Radicals to Understand the Universe (4:00 p.m. in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 28 Feb 2017: Prof Victor Henner, Univ. Louisville, USA; Perm State Univ., RUSSIA - Classical and quantum simulation of spin dynamics: applications to fast coherent relaxation in systems of nanomagnets and to several NMR systems. (11am in the Materials Department, 12/13 Parks Road)
  • 30 Jan 2017: Prof. Wilfred Hagen, TU Delft - Broadband CW-EPR. (12pm in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 16 Jan 2017: Leah R. Weiss, Sir Richard Friend group; Cambridge Univ. - Probing Exchange Coupling of Triplet Excitons in Organic Semiconductors. (12pm in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 1 Dec 2016: Prof. Bo Albinsson; Chalmers Univ. of Tech, Sweden - Delocalization and Electron Transfer in Conjugated Systems (4:00pm in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 28 Nov 2016: David Goodwin; University of Southampton - Optimal Control Pulse Formation in ESR (12:00pm in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 8 Nov 2016: Prof Snorri Sigurdsson; University of Iceland - Stable radicals for EPR and NMR spectroscopies (2:00pm in the Wolfson Seminar Room, CRL)
  • 17 Oct 2016: Prof. Christiane Timmel, Chemistry Dept., Oxford University - Transient ESR (9:00am in F20, ICL)
  • 13 Oct 2016: Prof. Peter Hore, Chemistry Dept., Oxford University - Introduction to Spin Chemistry (3:00pm in the John Rowlinson Seminar Room, PTCL)
  • 06 Oct 2016: Mr. David Franke, TU Munich - Electrical Detection of Magnetic Resonance and Nuclear Spins in Silicon (12:00pm in the Phront)
  • 3-7 April 2016: RSC ESR conference, Essex Univ., 1 Feb. submission deadline
  • 15 Feb 2015: Michael Slota, Dr. Lapo Bogani Group, Materials Dept., Oxford University - Characterization of Photoactive and Molecular Magnetic Materials (11:00am in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 7 Dec 2015: Dr Kourosh Honarmand Ebrahimi, Prof. Fraser Armstrong Group, Oxford University - Unity in biochemistry of iron-storage protein ferritin (11:00am in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 23 Nov 2015: [ CANCELLED ] Dr Alice Bowen, Prof. Thomas Prisner Group, Goethe Universität - Introduction and Developments in Double Electron-Electron Resonance
  • 9 Nov 2015: Prof Dr Arzhang Ardavan, University of Oxford - ESR in Quantum Information Processing (11:00am in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 26 Oct 2015: Prof Dr Chris Timmel, University of Oxford - Transient ESR (11:00am in the Abbott's Kitchen, ICL)
  • 18 June 2015: Prof Dr Joris van Slageren, University of Stuttgart - Quantum coherence in molecular nanomagnets (14:15 in the Audrey Wood Seminar Room, Clarendon Laboratory)

3 June 2015: Shu-hao Liou, University of California, Davis - Using Double Electron Electron Resonance to study P450s solution structure with reductase and ligands (10 am in the Chapel, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory)

 

29 Mar to 2 Apr 2015: RSC-ESR conference, Southampton, UK.  http://www.esr-group.org/conferences/2014-conference-southampton/

12 Feb 2015: Mark Oxborrow, Department of Materials, Imperial College - Cryogenic amplification at room temperature: the pentacene:p-terphenyl MASER (2:15 pm in the Clarendon Laboratory (Physics)  )

19 Jan 2015: Dr. Lauren Jarocha; Peter Hore group, Univ. of Oxford - Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Phase and Equilibrium Behavior of Catanionic Mixtures of SDS-DTAC  (9.15 in Abbott's Kitchen, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory)

11 Dec 2014: Professor R. David Britt; University of California, Davis;  Biosynthesis of the Catalytic H-Cluster of (FeFe) Hydrogenase (15.30 in ICL Lecture Theatre, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory)

24 Nov 2014: Privatdozent Dr. Erik Schleicher; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - Radicals and Radical Pairs in Flavoproteins  (11.00 in Abbott's Kitchen, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory)

06 Nov 2014: Prof. Val Vardeny; Distinguished Professor, University of Utah , USA - The Organic Magnetic Field Effect; Physics and Applications (14.00 in John Rowlinson Seminar Room, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory)

16 Sept 2014: Gail Fanucci; Professor of Physical Chemistry at Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, USA - Elucidating Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in HIV-1 Protease and Dynamics of the Glycine Riboswitch (14.00 in Main Seminar Room, New Biochemistry Building)

19 June 2014: Prof. Dr. Frank Neese; Direktor der Molekulare Theorie und Spektroskopie in Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion (14.00 in the JSR, PTCL)

12 Feb 2014: One day ESR symposium at Manchester, http://www.epr.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/epr-symposium-wednesday-12th-february-2014/

14 Feb 2014 Prof. Ron Naaman; Dept. Chemical Physics, Weizmann Inst.; The Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity effect. From Electron Transfer in Biology to Spintronics (11.15 in the JSR, PTCL)

05 Mar 2014: Dr. Alice Bowen; Dept. of Physics, Oxford; TBA (9am in the IT Suite, PTCL)

10 Mar 2014: Dr. Frank Vollmer; Max Planck Inst., Erlangen, Ger., - Taking detection to the limit: biosensing with optical microcavities. (14.15 in the PTCL Lecture Theatre)

12 Mar 2014: Sabine Richert; Dept. of Chemistry, Oxford; TBA (9am in the IT Suite, PTCL)

07 Apr 2014: Prof. Michael R. Wasielewski; Northwestern Univ., Illinois, USA, - Integrated Molecular Systems for Artificial Photosynthesis. (11.00 in the ICL Theatre)

12 Dec 2013: Claudia Tait - EPR on triplet states of multi-porphyrin systems. (9.00 in the IT Suite, PTCL, Dept. of Chemistry)

04 Dec 2013: Dr. Kiminori Maeda - Spin-selective recombination reactions of radical pairs: experimental test of validity of reaction operators.  (9.00 in the IT Suite, PTCL, Dept. of Chemistry)

20 Nov 2013: Dr. William Myers - Some more points about Electron-Nuclear DOuble Resonance and 2-D Electron Spin Echo Envelope Modulation.  (9.00 in the IT Suite, PTCL, Dept. of Chemistry)

23 Oct 2013: Dr. Simon George - How Biology Assembles the FeFe Hydrogenase H-cluster: a Stopped-Flow IR and EPR/ENDOR Study. (9.30 in the Wolfson Seminar room, CRL, Dept. of Chemistry)

07 Oct 2013: David Reid - The calculation of NMR parameters for large molecules. (14.15 in the John Rowlinson Room, PTCL, Dept. of Chemistry)

20 Jun 2013:  Professor Mark Newton - Exploiting and understanding vacancy centres in diamond. (14.15 in the Audrey Wood Seminar Room, Department of Physics)

22 May 2013: Claudia Tait - EPR of triplet states in porphyrin nanowires and rings. (17.00 in the JSR Seminar Room, PTCL, Dept. of Chemistry)

05 Mar 2013: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory mini symposium on EPR - with talks by Prof Brian Hoffmann  and Dr Richard Layfield (Inorganic Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry)

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