Theory of Condensed Matter

Hall Viscosity in Quantum Systems with Discrete Symmetry

Barry Bradlyn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Details of video conferencing will be distributed nearer the time..

Thursday 25 June 2020, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

3D Printing and Biofabrication of Functional Material and Dynamic Systems

Dr Yan Yan Shery Huang, CUED.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81286483911?pwd=NXlMZmpoVytsZE9GcDBqck8zWmJiUT09.

Friday 12 June 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Transmission and reflection at the boundary of a random two-component composite

register for this seminar : https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GgUwoeBdSEuFoapyPpDe0A

Professor John R. Willis, University of Cambridge.

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 11 June 2020, 15:00-16:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Universal exfoliation of 2D materials

Bo Peng .

Zoom.

Wednesday 10 June 2020, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

The mechanics of Robotic Matter

https://ter.ps/EMLYouTubeLV

Professor Chiara Daraio,Caltech.

https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684 .

Monday 08 June 2020, 15:00-16:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Cascaded quantum systems - strongly correlated transport and remote interactions

Prof. Klemens Hammerer, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Details of video conferencing will be distributed nearer the time..

Thursday 04 June 2020, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

The mechanical side of artificial intelligence

Dr Rob Wood, Harvard.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81492263459 Meeting ID: 814 9226 3459.

Wednesday 03 June 2020, 15:00-16:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

How to compute spectral properties of operators on Hilbert spaces with error control

Matthew Colbrook -- DAMTP.

Zoom.

Wednesday 03 June 2020, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

New Horizons in Microarchitectured Materials

YouTube Live https://ter.ps/EMLYouTubeLV

Prof Norman Fleck, Cambridge University.

Zoom Discussion https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684.

Wednesday 27 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Shaping Shells with Spontaneous Curvature

Dr Douglas P. Holmes, Mechanical Engineering, Boston University .

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81492263459 Meeting ID: 814 9226 3459.

Friday 22 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Soft-bodied Magnetic Small-scale Mobile Robots.

YouTube Live https://ter.ps/EMLYouTubeLV

Metin Sitti, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.

Zoom Discussion https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684.

Wednesday 20 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Multistable structures - from energy trapping to morphing.

YouTube Live https://ter.ps/EMLYouTubeLV

Prof Katia Bertoldi, Harvard.

Zoom Discussion https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684.

Wednesday 13 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Injectable therapeutic vascularized micro-tissues engineered using sacrificial hydrogels

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81492263459

Dr Ninna Rossen (BRIC-University of Copenhagen).

Online.

Friday 08 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Extreme mechanics of soft materials for merging human-machine intelligence

https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684

Prof Xuanhe Zhao, MIT.

Online.

Wednesday 06 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using CO2 to Your Advantage

Prof Matt Kanan (Stanford University, USA).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 04 May 2020, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Self-excited motions of volatile drops on swellable sheets

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81492263459

Dr Aditi Chakrabarti, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.

Online.

Friday 01 May 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Simulation-assisted discovery of membrane targeting nanomedicine

https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684

Prof Huajian Gao, Nanyang Technological University.

Online.

Wednesday 29 April 2020, 15:00-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Enabling Ideas in the Mechanics of Bio-Integrated Electronic Systems – From COVID-19 Patients to Engineered Mini-Brains

https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684

Prof John A Rogers at Northwestern University.

Oatley 1 Meeting Room, Department of Engineering.

Wednesday 22 April 2020, 15:00-16:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

RSC Award Lecture: Title TBC

Prof. David Britt (U.C Davies, USA).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 21 April 2020, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

New Developments in Shell Stability- https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684

new Zoom ID: 271 079 684

Professor John W Hutchinson, Harvard University.

This meeting is online: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/271079684.

Wednesday 15 April 2020, 15:00-16:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Scrutton, The University of Manchester.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 25 March 2020, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

CANCELLED: Alex Hopkins Lecture: the joy of discovery

Professor Ben Feringa, University of Groningen.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Friday 20 March 2020, 17:00-18:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Lewis Lecture (Part II): Title TBC

Prof. Andy Cooper (University of Liverpool).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Friday 13 March 2020, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

CUED Bioengineering Conference

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McGrath Centre, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge.

Friday 13 March 2020, 08:30-14:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Lewis Lecture (Part I): Title TBC

Prof. Andy Cooper (University of Liverpool).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Optical superresolution microscopy of molecular mechanisms of disease

Prof Clemens Kaminski, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 06 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cancellation - Computational Modelling at the Interface of Physical Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry

This talk has been canceled.

Prof. Fernanda Duarte (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford).

Venue to be confirmed.

Thursday 05 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Approaching Exact Quantum Chemistry by Stochastic Wave Function Sampling and Deterministic Coupled-Cluster Computations

Professor Piotr Piecuch, Michigan State University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Topological phonons in ferroelectrics switched by light

Bo Peng.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 04 March 2020, 11:30-12:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Innovation in synthetic methodology through use of flow

Joint Materials/Synthesis RIG Seminar

Prof. Timothy Noël (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Monday 02 March 2020, 15:00-17:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

The modern-day blacksmith

Dr Gareth Conduit, Theory of Condensed Matter, Physics, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 28 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Designed Polynuclear Metal Compounds For the Activation of Small Molecules

Prof Leslie Murray (University of Florida, USA).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Friday 28 February 2020, 10:00-11:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Chemical equilibrium in the Earth's core

Prof. Dario Alfè, University College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Towards 3D characterization of nanomaterials under realistic conditions

Prof Sara Bals (University of Antwerp, Belgium).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Sum of its Parts: MBE-FCI Theory

Dr Janus Juul Eriksen, University of Bristol.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Bioinspired Nano- and Microstructured Surfaces: From Analysis and Replication to Applications

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Hoelscher (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Germany).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Thermal transport beyond Fourier, and beyond Boltzmann

Michele Simoncelli, Theory and Simulation of Materials (THEOS) and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Geometry and rheology of epithelial monolayers

Dr Alexandre Kabla, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 21 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Simulating Disordered Supramolecular Materials for Organic Electronics using Linear Scaling Density Functional Theory

Dr Laura Ratcliff, Imperial College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Title to be confirmed

Professor John Hartwig, University of California, Berkeley.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 14:00-18:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nuclear Quantum Effects – Fast and Accurate

Venkat Kapil, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Quasi-1D Lithium-ion dynamics in high-rate complex oxide battery electrodes

Can Kocer.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 19 February 2020, 11:30-12:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Assessment of Approximate Methods for Anharmonic Free Energies

Venkat Kapil, EPFL.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Monday 17 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy: characterisation of elastic and anelastic behaviour of metals, ceramics and functional oxides associated with ferroic, multiferroic and normal-superconductor phase transitions

Prof Michael A. Carpenter, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 14 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Topology by non-unitary quantum dynamics

Prof. Dr. Jan Carl Budich, TU Dresden .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantum topological effects in the transport properties of ionic conductors

Professor Stefano Baroni, SISSA — Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Sudi Avanzati, Trieste.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 12 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

An ab initio approach for exciton-photon interactions in molecular crystals

Antonis Alvertis, TCM.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 12 February 2020, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

A phenomenological constitutive theory for polycrystalline ferroelectric ceramics based on orientation distribution functions

Dr Martin I. Idiart, Departamento de Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de La Plata / CONICET, Argentina.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Monday 10 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Emergent Black Hole Dynamics in Critical Floquet Systems

Prof. Dr. Titus Neupert, University of Zurich.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multi-billion speedup of glassy dynamics with swap Monte Carlo: equilibrium phase transitions and rugged energy landscapes

Dr Ludovic Berthier, CNRS & Universite de Montpellier.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 05 February 2020, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Exploring chemical space for computational drug discovery

Alex Wade, TCM.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 05 February 2020, 11:30-12:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Reversible Catalysis in Redox Matrices

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Plumeré (Department of Chemistry, University of Bochum).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 10:00-11:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Deep Learning for Molecular Physics

Professor Frank Noe, Freie Universitaet Berlin.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Friday 31 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Hierarchical structuring of micro and nanoparticles for Li-ion battery electrodes

Dr Michael De Volder, IfM, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 31 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Moiré superlattices in twisted bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides

Prof. Vladimir Fal'ko, University of Manchester.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Tuning Properties and Functionality in the Modulated Self-Assembly of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Prof. Ross Forgan (School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Forces in TDDFT with a moving basis set

Jessica Halliday.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 11:30-12:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Quantized optical responses in chiral insulators and metals

Dr Adolfo G. Grushin.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

High Frequency Dynamic Nuclear Polarization β-Amyloid, Membranes and the Magic Angle

Prof. Robert G. Griffin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Structure searching and longitudinal-transverse mode coupling in sulfur

Jack Whaley-Baldwin.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 22 January 2020, 11:30-12:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceutical Compounds

Dr Martin Eastgate, Bristol- Myers Squibb.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Monday 20 January 2020, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Phase engineered two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for electrochemistry

Dr Manish Chhowalla Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 17 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The Risks of Climate Change: What is Plan B? Climate Repair

Professor Sir David King.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 15:00-16:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Topology and scale invariance in atomic Flatland

Prof. Jean Dalibard, Collège de France and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Small Things Make Big Differences

Athena SWAN Talk

Professor Catherine J. Murphy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The Golden Road: Synthesis and Surface Chemistry of Gold Nanocrystals

BP Sustainability Lecture

Professor Catherine J. Murphy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Optical excitations in layered semiconductors - the case of BiI3

Ivona Bravić.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 15 January 2020, 11:30-12:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Catalytic Conversion of Biomass and Platform Chemicals

Prof. Feng Wang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 10 January 2020, 10:00-11:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Stochastic Approach to Quantum Spin Dynamics

Dr Joe Bhaseen, King's College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthetic maps for navigating high-dimensional data spaces

Professor Alessandro Laio, SISSA Trieste.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 04 December 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Oncotripsy: Selective ablation of cancer cells through tuned low-intensity pulsed ultrasound

Prof Michael Ortiz, Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, Caltech.

Department of Engineering - LR6.

Friday 29 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Is an efficient intermolecular energy transfer from vibrations to electronic motion possible?

Professor Lorenz Cederbaum, Universitat Heidelberg.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Corrosion Studies on Copper-Coated Carbon Steel Containers for Used Nuclear Fuel

Prof. James J. Noël (The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Tuesday 26 November 2019, 15:00-16:00

Are you interested in the Pharmaceutical industry as a profession after graduation?

Are you interested in the Pharmaceutical industry as a profession after graduation?

Novartis - Dr Adrian Clarke, Dr Chi Ming Cheung & Dr Aude Figuccia.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Sub-ballistic growth of Rényi entanglement in quantum systems with diffusive transport

Dr. Curt von Keyserlingk, University of Birmingham.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 21 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

System-bath quantum dynamics in chemical physics

Professor Peter Saalfrank, University of Potsdam.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

First-principles Investigation of Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries (ASSBs)

Bora Karasulu, TCM.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 20 November 2019, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Understanding the chemistry of ageing and disease in the extracellular matrix

Prof Melinda J Duer, Professor of Biological and Biomedical Chemistry, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 15 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Comprehensive modeling of materials for solar applications from first principles

Prof. Julia Wiktor, Chalmers University of Technology.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 14 November 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Pathway to Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Discrete Dipoles

First Year PhD Report

Haydn Lloyd, University of Cambrisge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Multireference Stochastic Coupled Cluster

First Year PhD Report

Maria-Andreea Filip, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 14:15-14:35

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Modelling physiological and pathological glia-neuron interactions in cerebral organoids

Dr Andras Lakatos, MRC Clinician Scientist, Neurologist, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 08 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Hierarchical equations of motion

First Year PhD Report

Adam Prada, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Rapid Route-Finding for Bifurcating Organic Reactions

First Year PhD Report

Sanha Lee, University of Cambride.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 14:15-14:35

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Approaches to modelling organic/inorganic interfaces, with an example of a Tetracene/Metal halide perovskite interface

Alan Bowman.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 06 November 2019, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Motile cilia - understanding the origin of collective dynamics

Dr Pietro Cicuta (University of Cambridge).

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 01 November 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Introducing Topological Quantum Chemistry and Topological Materials Data Base

Dr Maia Vergniory, Donostia International Physics Center.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 31 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

DP4-AI Automated NMR Data Analysis: Straight from Spectrometer to Structure

First Year PhD Report

Alexander Howarth, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Composite Gaussian processes for probabilistic PES prediction

First Year PhD Report

Fabio Albertani, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 14:15-14:35

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

An analytic model of surface waveguide discontinuities using the Wiener-Hopf method

Tobias Schaich.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 30 October 2019, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Surface energy approaches in modeling of nano-objects

Prof Anna Zemlyanova, Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 25 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Axial anomalies in Weyl semimetals

Prof. Jens Bardarson, KTH Royal Technical Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 24 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Exchange-diffusion Monte Carlo

Michael Hutcheon.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 23 October 2019, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

The Evolution of Solutions

Prof Harry Bhadeshia, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 18 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Spin Transport in 2D Materials and Topological Matter

Prof. Stephan Roche, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 17 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

First order insulator-metal transition at the LaAlO3 / SrTiO3 interface

Danny Bennett.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 16 October 2019, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Hydrogen induced fast fracture

Profs Gábor Csányi and Vikram Deshpande (University of Cambridge).

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 11 October 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Photonic topological anomalies

Prof. Henning Schomerus, Lancaster University.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 10 October 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Amorphous Al2O3 from Atomic Layer Deposition

Angela Harper, University of Cambridge.

Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 09 October 2019, 11:30-12:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Towards the design of molecular materials

Dr Gerit Brandenburg, Heidelberg University and UCL.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Monday 16 September 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Biomolecular interactions in crowded cellular environments

Dr Yuji Sugita, Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 12 September 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

"Quantum Chemistry in the Continuum"

Professor Anna Krylov, University of Southern California.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 11 September 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Machine learning clustering technique applied to X-ray diffraction patterns to distinguish alloy substitutions

Ryo Maezono , JAIST, Ishikawa, Japan.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 11 September 2019, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Towards automated self-correction of approximate DFT using first-principles Hubbard U and Hund's J parameters

David O’Regan, School of Physics, CRANN and AMBER, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 06 September 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

“The crystallisation of organic molecules – a challenge to theory and experiment”

Prof Sarah (Sally) L Price, University College London.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 September 2019, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Recent progress in the first-principles quantum Monte Carlo: New algorithms in the all-electron calculations and a workflow system for QMC optimizations

Kosuke Nakano.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 04 September 2019, 11:30-12:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

From molecular self-association to novel weapons in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

Dr Jennifer R. Hiscock (School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 29 August 2019, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Synthesis and applications of mechanically chiral molecules

Prof. Steve Goldup (University of Southampton).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 28 August 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Accelerating Materials Science through High-throughput First Principles Computations and Machine Learning

Prof. Shyue Ping Ong, UCSD.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 09 August 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Confined Electron Transfer for Premium Photocatalysis within Metal-Organic Architectures

Prof Chunying Duan (Dalian University of Technology, China).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Friday 09 August 2019, 11:00-12:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Dispersion Interactions in Density-Functional Theory and Application to Molecular Crystal-Structure Prediction

Professor Erin Johnson, Dalhousie University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 05 August 2019, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Overview of dense self-assembled collagen materials for tissue engineering and morphogenesis studies

Dr Nadine Nassif (CNRS, Collège de France, Sorbonne Université).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 17 July 2019, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Aromatic foldamer based protein mimicry and recognition

Prof. Ivan Huc (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 04 July 2019, 14:30-15:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Mechanics of Polymer Brushes

Prof Srikantha Anasavarapu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CANADA.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 14 June 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Vestigial order in quantum materials

Prof. Jörg Schmalian, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 June 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

TBC

Dr. Wim L. Noorduin (AMOLF).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 13 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Rethinking the development of constitutive relations

Prof. Kumbakonam Rajagopal, Texas A&M University.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Wednesday 12 June 2019, 14:00-15:00

Synthetic Chemistry Research Interest Group

NEW drugs from OLD pathways - Teaching Nature New Tricks

Professor Tom Simpson, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, University of Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Monday 10 June 2019, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Additive Manufacturing of Biomechanically Tailored Meshes for Compliant Wearable and Implantable

Dr Sebastian Pattinson, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 07 June 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Nonequilibrium Materials Engineering

Dr. Michael Sentef, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 06 June 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Understanding the Dynamics of Unentangled Associating Polymers by Means of Molecular Simulations

Professor Jorge Ramírez García, Universidad Politecnica De Madrid.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 05 June 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Ab initio thermodynamics with the help of machine learning

Dr. Bingqing Cheng, Trinity College, the University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Monday 03 June 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Atomistically inspired origami

Tea and coffee will be available in LR5 after the seminar

Prof Richard D. James, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota.

Department of Engineering - LR6.

Friday 31 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Dissipative "time crystals"

Dr. Achilleas Lazarides, Loughborough University.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 30 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using the Energy Landscape to Elucidate Protein-Ligand Interactions

First Year PhD Report

Alasdair Keith, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 14:15-14:35

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Cell Mechanics Based Microfluidics for Disease Diagnosis & Therapy: From Bench to Bedside

Prof. Chwee Teck (C.T.) Lim, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research and Technology, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore.

LR6, Department of Engineering.

Wednesday 29 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Strain gradient plasticity: Numerical modeling of size-effects in porous metals

Prof Christian F. Niordson, DTU.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 24 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Many-electron quantum simulation of matter: insight from exact time-dependent real-space model systems

Prof. Rex Godby, University of York.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

TBC

Prof. Dr. Sven Schneider (Georg-August-Universität).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

3D nanostructures for biosensing in living tissues

Dr. Francesco De Angelis, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia .

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 23 May 2019, 10:30-11:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

New Directions for Random Search

Professor Chris Pickard, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

The effect of pore structure and pore fluids on the elastic moduli and wavespeeds in porous rocks

Prof. Robert Zimmerman. Imperial College London.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 17 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Computational modelling of itinerant electrons and fluctuating local moments in magnetic materials - permanent magnets, caloric effects and spintronics

Prof. Julie Staunton, University of Warwick.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 16 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Highly Polar Supramolecular Species with Enhanced IR Activity

Professor Fedor Naumkin, University of Ontario.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Quantum Machine Learning in Chemical Space

Felix Faber, University of Basel .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 15 May 2019, 11:30-12:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Flexoelectricity from first principles

Prof. Cyrus E. Dreyer, Stony Brook University and Flatiron Institute.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Monday 13 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Advanced digital drop control: Managing the mechanical forces when printing for new material and device development

Dr Ronan Daly, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 10 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Screening materials from high-throughput ab initio calculations

Prof. Gian-Marco Rignanese, UCLouvain.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

X-ray and light scattering in disordered textured systems: wood and cellulose nano-composites

Prof Yoshiharu Nishiyama (French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 09 May 2019, 13:30-14:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Reviving an old idea of Boys and Handy: the transcorrelated method in the context of FCIQMC

Professor Ali Alavi, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

DENdrimicelles Dendrimer-Encapsulated-Nanoparticle coacervate-core Micelles

Prof. Dr. Aldrik Velders (Wageningen University & Research).

PfizerLecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Wednesday 08 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Self-similarly expanding regions of phase change yield cavitational instabilities and model deep earthquakes

Tea and coffee will be available in the foyer after the seminar

Prof Xanthippi Markenscoff, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego.

Department of Engineering - LR4.

Friday 03 May 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Non-Hermitian symmetry-protected topological band theory

Simon Lieu, Imperial College London .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 02 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Stabilization of AgI’s polar surfaces by the aqueous environment, and its implications for ice formation

Dr Stephen Cox, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 May 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Molecular Theory of Ion Transport through Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

Professor Akihiro Morita, Tohoku University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 29 April 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Bio-electromechanical interfaces and sensors based on functional nanomaterials

Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 26 April 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Spontaneous non-equilibrium magnetism via "Berryogenesis" in driven electronic systems

Prof. Mark Spencer Rudner, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Complex materials: A journey from disappearing ice phases and ‘pink’ phosphorus to stacking disordered silver iodide

Prof. Christoph G. Salzmann (University College London).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 25 April 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Simulating the Quantum Behavior of Matter: Algorithms and Applications

Professor Michele Ceriotti, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 24 April 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Mini-symposium: Programming materials with classical conditioning algorithms

Prof. Olli Ikkala, Molecular Materials (Molmat) - Aalto University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 April 2019, 15:10-16:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Assessing the contribution of hydrogen-deformation interactions to hydrogen-induced intergranular fracture in nickel-base alloys

Dr Zachary Harris. University of Virginia.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 09 April 2019, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Mini-symposium: Assembly of nano-polysaccharides and plant polyaromatics at interfaces

Prof. Orlando J. Rojas, Aalto University (Finland) & North Carolina State University (US).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 April 2019, 14:00-14:50

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Mini-symposium: Wood Hemicelluloses: Molecular Structure and Interactions in Woody Tissues

Prof. Francisco Javier Vilaplana Domingo, UNIVERSITETSLEKTOR.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 April 2019, 13:00-13:50

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

PROTAC-mediated Protein Degradation: A New Therapeutic Modality

Professor Craig Crews, Yale University..

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 03 April 2019, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Alex Hopkins Lecture - ‘Is the Milky Way Special?’ Professor Chris Lintott

Professor Chris Lintott, University of Oxford.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre at the Department of Chemistry (off the SPRI car park).

Friday 22 March 2019, 17:00-18:00

Recent approaches to the fitting or learning of interatomic potentials for molecules and materials

Bastiaan J Braams, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Oatley 1 Seminar Room, Dept. of Engineering (Trumpington St).

Wednesday 20 March 2019, 09:30-10:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Switchable Polymerization Catalysis: Ordered Block Polymers from Monomer Mixtures

Prof. Charlotte Williams (University of Oxford).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Friday 15 March 2019, 12:00-13:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Bioengineering Conference

Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bioengineering-conference-tickets-54846325837

Mihaela van der Schaar, Somenath Bakshi, Sebastian Pattinson, Fumiya Iida, Rasha Rezk, Felice Torrisi, George Malliaras, James Ward, Roger Mason, Andrew Flewitt, Flavia Mancini.

McGrath Centre, St Catharine's College.

Friday 15 March 2019, 08:45-14:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Catalytic Activation of Renewable Resources to make Polymers and Fuels

Prof. Charlotte Williams (University of Oxford).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 March 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

How Space Constrains Evolution: Lessons from Microbes and Bacteriophage

Dr Diana Fusco, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 13 March 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Carbon Nanotube Mechanics: nano and macro; liquid and solid; stiff and soft—but always conductive

Prof Pasquali, Rice University, Huston Texas.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 08 March 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Vibrational Dynamics of the Hydrated Proton

Professor Joel Bowman, Emory University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 March 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Non-conventional polymer composite materials: expanding the design envelope of aerospace structures

Tea and coffee will be available in LR5 after the seminar

Dr Pedro Camanho, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, University of Porto.

Department of Engineering - LR6.

Friday 01 March 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Enhancing materials design using microscopy and modelling

Dr Rebecca Nicholls, University of Oxford.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 28 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Use of different types of information to better understand compounds’ Mechanism of Action.

First Year PhD Report

Maria-Anna Trapotsi, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 27 February 2019, 14:15-14:35

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Oxidation catalysis imparted by donor-flexible ligands

Professor Martin Albrecht (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Bern).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 26 February 2019, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Coupled mechanical and electronic fields in graphene and their optimization for nanomechanical devices

Dr Gareth Wyn Jones, School of Mathematics, University of Manchester.

Oatley Meeting Room.

Friday 22 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Undecidability of the Spectral Gap in One Dimension

Dr Johannes Bausch, DAMTP, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 21 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Ab Initio Thermodynamics with the help of Machine Learning

Bingqing Cheng, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 20 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

General theory of the Kanzaki force field: static and dynamic models of dislocations and other extended defects

Dr Benat Gurrutxaga-Lerma, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 15 February 2019, 14:30-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Phase field modelling of crack propagation

Dr Emilio Martinez-Paneda, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 15 February 2019, 14:00-14:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Non-linear response of two dimensional crystals and layered materials

Dr Claudio Attaccalite, CNRS.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Going green with black: On Biomass, Carbon and Clean Energy

Professor Magdalena Titirici (Imperial College London, Department of Chemical Engineering).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 14 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Exact exchange-correlation kernels for optical spectra

Mike Entwistle, University of York.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 12:00-12:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Spin-Vibronic Dynamics in Organic Electronics: From Simulations to Molecular Design using Dynamo-phores.

Dr Thomas Penfold, Newcastle University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Surprises in the Self-Assembly of Particles in Spherical Confinement

Prof. Alfons van Blaaderen (Debye Institute for Nanomaterials, Utrecht University).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 12 February 2019, 12:30-13:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Lectures "Breakable and self-assembled materials: Synthesis and applications"

Professor Luisa de Cola, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie, Supramoléculaires, Université de Strasbourg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 February 2019, 14:30-15:30

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Active Cell Mechanics

Tea and coffee & biscuits will be available after the seminar

Professor Ulrich Schwarz, Institute for Theoretical Physics and BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Germany .

Department of Engineering - LR4.

Friday 08 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Minimal models for chaotic quantum dynamics in spatially extended many-body systems

Prof. John Chalker, University of Oxford.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Melville Lectures 2019 "Luminescent complexes: assemblies, sensing, towards artificial virus"

Professor Luisa de Cola, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie, Supramoléculaires, Université de Strasbourg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Uncertainty-Driven Construction of Markov Models from Accelerated Molecular Dynamics

Dr Thomas D Swinburne, Aix-Marseille University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Colour prediction of organic molecules in solution: pH indicators

Joseph Prentice.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 06 February 2019, 12:00-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Metamorphic architected materials for dynamic application

Dr Stefan Szyniszewski, University of Surrey .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 01 February 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

50 years on. Recollections of a former young theoretical physicist

Prof. David Khmelnitskii, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

In Situ Self-Assembly of Conjugated Polymers

Prof. Tae-Lim Choi (Seoul Natinoal University) .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 31 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Biomolecular Hydration Shells: Dynamics and Biochemical Function

Professor Damien Laage, ENS Paris.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

A data-derived approach to initialise densities in DFT

Andrew Fowler.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 12:00-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Fluctuations in the life of a cell: maintaining order amidst disorder

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Cambridge Philosophical Society series

Professor Vikram Deshpande, Department of Engineering.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 January 2019, 18:00-19:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Microstructure for continuous and localised intrinsic curvature creation – “strong” micromechanics

Prof Mark Warner, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 25 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

SUPERCHIRALITY AND BLOCH SURFACE WAVES

Prof. Paolo Biagioni, Physics Department, Politecnico di Milano (IT).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 15:00-16:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

3D quantum Hall effects in Dirac loops

Prof. Bruno Uchoa, The University of Oklahoma.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Molecular Photosynthesis: Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On

Professor Marcella Bonchio (University of Padova and ITM-CNR, Department of Chemical Sciences).

Seminar Room, BP Institute.

Thursday 24 January 2019, 11:30-12:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Supramolecular Architectures for Artificial Photosynthesis

Professor Marcella Bonchio (University of Padova and ITM-CNR, Department of Chemical Sciences).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 15:45-16:45

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Force Fields and Potential Energy Surfaces

Professor Gábor Csányi, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Athena SWAN Presentation

Professor Marcella Bonchio and Dr Emma Chapman.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 23 January 2019, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Phonon assisted luminescence in hexagonal Boron Nitride

Dr Elena Cannuccia, University of Rome "Tor Vergata".

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 17 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Physical and Chemical Aspects of Surface Chirality

Professor Stephen Jenkins, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Multicatalytic Transformations with and without Light

Professor Kirsten Zeitler, Institut für Organische Chemie, Universitat Leipzig..

Unilever Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 19 December 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Quantum many-body scars

Dr. Zlatko Papić, University of Leeds.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Hybrid molecular materials for water splitting applications

Antoni Llobet, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 29 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using the Force with Quantum Monte Carlo

Professor Claudia Filippi, University of Twente.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 28 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Multiscale physics-based strategies to address parameter uncertainty in crystal plasticity

Dr Gustavo M Castelluccio, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 23 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Dissipative transition in synthetic matter

Prof. Rosario Fazio, ICTP.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 22 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials

Professor Nicola Marzari, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Metal-containing organic cages and macrocycles with open/close feature

Prof Shigehisa Akine (Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 21 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Internet of Everything – From Molecules to the Universe

Dr Ozgur B. Akan, IEEE Fellow, University of Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 16 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Emergence of topological phases in lithium under pressure

Stephanie Mack, University of California, Berkeley.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 16 November 2018, 11:30-12:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Theory of photon- and electron-stimulated surface chemistry

Dr Reinhard Maurer, University of Warwick.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 15 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Visualizing Electrostatics of a Single Biomolecule in the Fluid Phase

Professor Madhavi Krishnan, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

2018 Merck Lectureship

Professor Sarah Reisman- Caltech.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 13 November 2018, 15:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Using Microwell Array Technology to Probe Chemistry and Biology at Their Fundamental Limits

Professor David R Walt, Harvard Medical School.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 12 November 2018, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Anomalous dynamics of snap-through instabilities

Dr Michael Gomez, DAMPT, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 09 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Dynamical quantum phase transitions

Dr Markus Heyl, Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

MAGNETIC BLOCKING AND LARGE COERCIVITY IN LANTHANIDE-BASED SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNETS

Selvan Demir - University of Göttingen, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 08 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Simulation of Reversible Transitions in Multifunctional Biomolecules: the Energy Landscape Perspective

First Year PhD Report

Daniel Sharpe, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Structural Parametrisation of Lanthanide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets for Room Temperature Quantum Computing

First Year PhD Report

David Izuogu, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 14:15-14:35

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Chemical-physics properties, complexity and chirality measures for the amino acids of the isoleucine series from Antarctic meteorites

Fabiana Da Pieve.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Crystal structure prediction for low cost battery anodes

Angela Harper (University of Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 07 November 2018, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

7 tesla magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy

Prof Chris Rodgers, Neuroscience, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 02 November 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Second-Principles DFT methods and current applications

Dr Pablo García Fernández, University of Cantabria.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 01 November 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Programming Hierarchical Self-Assembly for Colloidal Open Crystals

Dr Dwaipayan Chakrabarti, University of Birmingham.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 31 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Tailoring two-dimensional materials for wearable electronics and bio-engineering applications

Dr Felice Torrisi, Cambridge Graphene Centre.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 26 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Uni-axial Negative Thermal Expansion in Layered Perovskites

Prof. Arash Mostofi, Imperial College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 25 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Pathways of Amyloid Aggregation

Dr Birgit Strodel, Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Analyzing the electronic structure of molecules using Continuous Symmetry Measures

Speaker to be confirmed.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Introducing Caesar: an attempt to calculate the properties of crystals at finite temperatures using self-consistent anharmonic phonons without running out of computing time

Speaker to be confirmed.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 24 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Functional Nanoparticles: A Pathway to Low Viscosity Nanofluids, High Graft Density Polymers and Other Fun Things

Prof. David Andrew Lewis, PhD, FRACI (Flinders centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, Flinders University) .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 23 October 2018, 14:30-15:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

On accounting for quasi-brittle fiber damage in computational homogenization of UD-composites

Dr Konstantinos Poulios, Technical University of Denmark.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 19 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Predicting the atomic structure of interfaces and extended defects using Ab Initio Random Structure Searching

Dr Georg Schusteritsch, University of Cambridge .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 18 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Energy Landscapes of Amyloid Oligomers

First Year PhD Report

Luke Dicks, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Matsubara Fluctuations and their Effects on Infrared Spectra

First Year PhD Report

Raz Benson, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 14:15-14:35

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Superconducting DFT

Speaker to be confirmed.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Electronic Structure of Niobium Pentoxide-derived Crystallographic Shear Phases

Speaker to be confirmed.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Electronic Structure of Niobium Pentoxide-derived Crystallographic Shear Phases

Speaker to be confirmed.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 17 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Elasticity as the basis of allosteric interactions in DNA and membranes

Prof Prashant K Purohit, University of Pennsylvania.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 12 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Constant-Uncertainty Molecular Dynamics - A New Method for Approximating Quantum Dynamics?

First Year PhD Report

Sundeep Popat, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Symmetry in Multiple Hartree–Fock Self-Consistent-Field Solutions of Transition-Metal Complexes

First Year PhD Report

Bang Huynh, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 14:15-14:35

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Wibbles and wobbles of the Coulomb crystal

Gareth Conduit (TCM).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

BEEF: Bayesian Error Estimate Functionals

Matthew Evans (University of Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 10 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Welcome Division C’s Bio- and Micromechanics seminar

Prof Michael Sutcliffe.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 05 October 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Mechanics of DNA and its Assemblies: From Twist-Bend Coupling to Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Professor Jonathan Doye, University of Oxford.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Lieb's "Density Functionals for Coulomb Systems"

Nick Woods (University of Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

The role of spin-orbit coupling in superconducting In5Bi3

Bartomeu Monserrat (University of Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 03 October 2018, 11:30-12:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

The role of chirality on the assembly of short peptides into supramolecular hydrogels

Prof. Silvia Marchesan, University of Trieste.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 11:30-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Stimuli Responsive Supramolecular Materials Formed from Host and Guest Polymers

Prof. Yoshinori Takashima (Osaka University, Japan).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 11:00-11:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Pillar-Shaped Macrocyclic Compounds "Pillar[n]arenes": from Simple Molecular Receptors to Bulk Supramolecular Assemblies

Prof. Tomoki Ogoshi (Kanazawa University, Japan).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 10:30-11:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Development of New Chirality-switchable Functional Materials Based on the Solvent-dependent Helix Inversion of Poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl)s

Prof. Yuuya Nagata (Kyoto University, Japan).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 02 October 2018, 10:00-10:30

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Polymer/clay nanocomposites: The catalytic effect of clay

Prof Miroslav Huskić (National Institute of Chemistry).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre.

Friday 28 September 2018, 10:00-11:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Optimizing the Ordered Self-Assembly of Soft and Hard Nanoscale Building Blocks: Pure Components and Alloys

Professor Fernando Escobedo, Cornell University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Thursday 30 August 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

An overview of topological crystalline phases, defect physics and novel Floquet systems

Dr Robert-Jan Slager, MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 26 July 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Nanostructures Prepared from Self-Assembly of Pillararene-Based Macrocyclic Amphiphiles and Supramolecular Amphiphiles

Professor Feihe Huang, Zhejiang University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 24 July 2018, 11:00-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

New tools to simulate strongly correlated systems

Dr Norman Tubman, UC Berkeley.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 20 July 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

From new dynamically self-assembling materials to chemical reactivities in confined environments

Professor Rafal Klajn (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 July 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Bridging the gap between atomistic and macroscopic models of homogeneous nucleation

Bingqing Cheng, EPFL.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 28 June 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Bridging Molecular and Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis Through Graphite Conjugation

Prof. Yogesh Surendranath, MIT, Cambridge, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Monday 25 June 2018, 15:00-16:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

3D bioprinting for in vitro tissue engineering

Prof Wei Sun, University of Nottingham.

JDB Seminar room.

Monday 25 June 2018, 14:30-15:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Mechanics of Hydrogen diffusion and embrittlement

Professor Norman Fleck, CUED.

CUED, LR6.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 15:00-16:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Nonextensivity in classical inertial XY and Heisenberg models

Dr Antonio Rodríguez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Functionalization and Heteroleptic Assembly of Coordination Cages

Prof. Dr. Guido Clever (Anorganische Chemie, Technische Universität Dortmund).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 June 2018, 10:00-11:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Breathing Solids: from Human Hair to Designer Nanoporous Materials

Dr Alex Neimark, Rutgers, Rutgers University, USA.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 08 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Effective Edge State Dynamics in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Prof. Steve Simon, University of Oxford.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Bioengineering human liver organoids using induced-pluripotent stem cells in 3D hydrogel

Dr Soon Seng Ng, King’s College London.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 01 June 2018, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Molecular Imaging of Disease

Bruno Oliveira, Chemistry Dept, Cambridge.

Todd Hamied, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Atomistic graph partitioning across scales: from molecules to precision healthcare

Professor Sophia Yaliraki, Imperial College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Aqueous Catalysis: From Fundamental Water Oxidation to the Commercialisation of Hydrothermal Biomass Upgrading

Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer, Australian Institute of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 29 May 2018, 15:30-16:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Materials and Devices for Interfacing with the Brain

Prof. George Malliaras, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 25 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Computationally Driven Design of New and Improved Transparent Conducting Oxides

Dr David Scanlon, University College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

From kB to kB: Universal and Efficient Entropy Estimation using a Compression Algorithm

Professor Roy Beck-Barkai, Tel-Aviv University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

On the length scale, robustness and manufacturability in topology optimization

Dr Boyan Stefanov Lazarov, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 18 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Selected CI and Jastrow-free QMC methods for Chemistry

Dr Pierre-Francois Loos, Université de Toulouse.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Fractons

Prof. Rahul Nandkishore, Boulder.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Monday 14 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Correlative Imaging of Electrochemical Devices Over Multiple Time and Length Scales

Dr Paul Shearing, Reader in Chemical Engineering & Materials, UCL.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 11 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Using Sequence Data to Probe the Determinants of Higher Order Structure in Fibrallar Collagens

First Year PhD Report

Anna Puszkarska, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

How can we understand Quantum Rate Theory with the help of Matsubara Dynamics?

First Year PhD Report

Eszter Pós, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 14:15-14:35

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Biological and bio-inspired motility at microscopic scales: locomotion by shape control

Professor Antonio De Simone, SISSA, Trieste, Italy.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 04 May 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Magnetism and topology in strongly correlated metals

Prof. Qimiao Si, Rice University.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

What are Extrasolar planets made of? Molecular line lists for hot atmospheres.

Professor Jonathan Tennyson, University College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Polyaromatic Nanocapsules: from Strategic Synthesis to Host Functions

Professor Michito Yoshizawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 27 April 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Quantum Thermalization Dynamics

Prof. Dr. Frank Pollmann, Technische Universität München.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Symmetry, Degeneracy, and Strong Correlation

Professor Gustavo E. Scuseria, Rice University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Semimetals Unlimited: Unbounded electrical and thermal transport properties in three-dimensional nodal semimetals

Dr Brian Skinner, MIT.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 20 April 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Multi-scale dynamic disorder in halide perovskite solar cells

Prof. Aron Walsh, Imperial College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 19 April 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

"Artificial Metalloenzymes: Challenges and Opportunities"

Professor Thomas Ward, University of Basel.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 16 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

David Chandler Linnett Memorial Symposium

Dr Céline Merlet, Prof. Christoph Dellago, Prof. Iris Antes, Prof. Juan P. Garrahan, Dr Lester Hedges, Prof. Pieter Rein ten Wolde, Prof. Berend Smit, Dr Benjamin Rotenberg, Prof. Tuomas Knowles, Dr Ulf Pedersen.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 April 2018, 11:00-18:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

INFRARED TRANSMITTING SILVER HALIDE FIBERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Prof. Abraham Katzir, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 03 April 2018, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Self-assembling Organic Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion

Professor Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Quantum modelling of the interiors of rocky and icy planets

Dr Andreas Hermann, The University of Edinburgh.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Source-and-Sink Models for Molecular Conduction

Professor Patrick Fowler, Unitversity of Sheffield .

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 March 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

On the elastic-brittle versus ductile fracture of lattice materials

Dr Harika Tankasala and Dr Philipp Seiler, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 09 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Dirac and Weyl Semimetals: Synthesis and Characterization

Dr Ivan Kokanovic, University of Zagreb.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 08 March 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Modelling diffusion-osmosis

First Year PhD Report

Simon Ramirez Hinestrosa, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 14:55-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Depolarising Polar Surface Simulations

First Year PhD Report

Thomas Sayer, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 14:35-14:55

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Extracting Adverse Drug Events from Spontaneous Reporting Data for Understanding Drug Side Effects

First Year PhD Report

Ines Smit, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 14:15-14:35

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Mechanical performance of wall structures in 3D printing processes: theory, design tools and experiments

Prof Akke Suiker, Eindhoven University of Technology .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 02 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Delocalised atoms and electrons in quasi-periodic lattices, their edge modes and interactions with heavy impurities

Dr Manuel Valiente, Heriot-Watt University.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 01 March 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Perylene-Based Poly(N-Heterocycles): Organic Semiconductors, Biological Fluorescence Probes and Building Blocks for Molecular Surface Networks

Professor Lutz Gade, Heidelberg University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 March 2018, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Identification of Active Species and Mechanistic Pathways in the Enantioselective Catalysis with 3d Transition Metal Pincer Complexes

Professor Lutz H. Gade, Heidelburg University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Predictive modeling of hydrogen assisted cracking – a Micromechanics conquest

Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 23 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Ergodicity, dissipation, and large-deviation theory in non-equilibrium systems

Dr Robert Jack, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 22 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Efficient Storage Mechanisms for Building Better Supercapacitors

Professor Mathieu Salanne, Sorbonne Université.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Novel proteins that orchestrate starch granule formation in plants

Dr. David Seung, John Innes Centre.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Wednesday 21 February 2018, 09:00-10:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Current-Induced Stresses in Ceramic Lithium-Ion Conductors

Professor Charles Monroe, Energy and Power Group Oxford University.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 16 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Biopolymers for photonics - painting opals with water and light

Prof. Fiorenzo Omenetto, Tufts University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 15 February 2018, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Topological Materials with liquid electrons

Prof. Claudia Felser, Max Planck Institute.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 15 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Second Harmonic Scattering: Atomistic Simulation and Machine Learning

Dr David M. Wilkins, Laboratory of Computational Science and Modelling, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 14 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Recent Advances in Solid State Batteries and Beyond Li Technologies - Challenges for Fundamental Science

Prof Clare Grey, Chemistry, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 09 February 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Using molecular orbital arguments to explain acene-based chromophore spectra

Dr Tim Hele, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 08 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Time Reversal Symmetries and the Simulation of Charge Transport in an External Magnetic Field

Dr Sara Bonella, EPFL.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 07 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Molecular Deformation of Polycarbonate: from Atomistic to Continuum Characterization

Dr Lili Zhang, CUED .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 02 February 2018, 14:30-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Electrochemical and mechanical modeling of lithium-ion batteries

Dr Ying Zhao, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 02 February 2018, 14:00-14:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

TCM Dragon's Den

TCM first year students.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 01 February 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Stokes-Smoluchowski-Einstein-Langevin Theory for Active Colloidal Suspensions

Dr. Ronojoy Adhikari, University of Cambridge.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

The world is not flat: 3D cell biology and 3D devices

Dr Róisín M. Owens, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 26 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Metastability in open quantum dynamics

Dr Katarzyna Macieszczak, University of Nottingham.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 25 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Functional Nanoscale and Hierarchical Materials by Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly

Professor Ian Manners, University of Bristol.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 25 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation

Dr Karel Proesmans, University of Hasselt.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 24 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism at the nanoscale

Prof. Alexandre Buzdin, University of Bordeaux.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 18 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

From binary anionic P4 analogs to ternary intermetalloid clusters

Stefanie Dehnen, Philipps University Marburg.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Thursday 18 January 2018, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Big Molecules and Small Particles

Professor Lennart Lindfors, University of Gothenburg.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

What inspires us to learn?

Fun Man Fung, National University of Singapore.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 15 December 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Organic Electronics for Monitoring and Hosting of 3D Cell Biology Models

Dr. Róisín M. Owens, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 12 December 2017, 14:30-15:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Modeling Collective Cell Migration: Clusters and Monolayers

Professor Nir Gov Department of Chemical and Biological Physics Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 12 December 2017, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Snaking, dripping, and fluttering of elastic rods

Professor Davide Bigoni,Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento, Italy.

Department of Engineering - LR4.

Friday 08 December 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Stereodivergent Catalysis, Strategies and Tactics Towards Secondary Metabolites as enabling tools for the Study of Natural Products Biology

Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zürich.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 December 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Covalent and Non-Covalent Interactions in Molecular Systems

Professor Alexandre Tkatchenko, University of Luxembourg.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 06 December 2017, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Adsorption-induced stresses and variations of permeability in coal seams during CO2 storage or CH4 production

Dr Matthieu Vandamme, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 01 December 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

New Frontiers in Biocatalytic C-H Functionalization

Professor Greg Challis, University of Warwick.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Nuclear Quantum Effects in Water Reorientation & Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics

Professor James T. (Casey) Hynes.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Mind-matter Unification Project (TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory)

Incorporating Meaning into Fundamental Physics

Lecture given at the Frontiers of Fundamental Physics 15 Conference: video, with slides included, available at link below.

Brian Josephson, Physics Department, University of Cambridge.

view on your computer via webcast, link below.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 10:00-11:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Using Simulation for Additive Manufacturing Designing and Process Simulation

Dr Claus Pedersen, Dassault Systèmes Deutschland.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 24 November 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Halide Double Perovskites: The search for environmentally benign alternatives to the lead-based materials

Patrick M. Woodward, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University.

TCM Seminar room (530), Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 15:30-16:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Unconventional Order in some Framework Materials

Prof. Andrew Goodwin, University of Oxford.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Slimming Down Through Frustration

Dr Martin Lenz, Université Paris-Sud.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Coupled phenomena: theory and applications

Dr Václav Klika, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University Prague.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 17 November 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Solid State Seminar Series: "Oxide Ion Conductors for Energy Applications: Structure and Dynamics"

Dr Ivana Evans (Durham University).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 15:30-16:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Solid State Seminar Series: "Crystal structure prediction for next-generation battery anodes"

Matthew Evans (Department of Physics, University of Cambridge).

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 15:00-15:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Exploring Chemical Space with Random Matrix Theory

Dr Alpha Lee, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 16 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Challenges to Theory of Predicting the Crystallisation of Organic Molecules

Professor Sally Price, University College London.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 15 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Innovations in Drug Delivery by Supramolecular Design

Eric Andrew Appel, PhD, Assistant Professor Stanford University.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 10 November 2017, 14:45-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Functional materials: Exploiting dynamic self-assembly at interfaces

Professor Oren Scherman, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 10 November 2017, 14:00-14:45

Theory of Condensed Matter

Anharmonic and quantum effects in (bio)organic systems with first-principles accuracy

Dr Mariana Rossi, Fritz Haber Institut.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 09 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Bonfires with a bang

Warning: There will be smoke, bright flashes and loud bangs!

Dr Andy Szydio.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre at the Department of Chemistry (off the SPRI car park).

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Quantum Machine Learning

Professor Anatole von Lilienfeld, University of Basel.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Laboratory for Scientific Computing

Simultaneous and coded seismic sources: Present and upcoming technologies

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Raymond Abma - BP America.

Rayleigh seminar room, 2nd floor, Maxwell Building, Cavendish laboratory.

Tuesday 07 November 2017, 11:00-13:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

On-The-Fly AB Initio Semiclassical Dynamics for Computing Vibrationally Resolved Electronic Spectra

Professor Jiří Vaníček (EPFL, Lausanne).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Elastic instabilities in soft solids

Dr John Biggins, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 27 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Entanglement and thermodynamics in out-of-equilibrium systems

Vincenzo Alba.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 26 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Liquid State Theory Meets Deep Learning and Molecular Informatics

Dr Alpha Lee, University of Cambridge, Department of Physics.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Properties of direct-spun carbon nanotubes mat and their composites

Dr Wei Tan and Joe Stallard, CUED .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 20 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Predicting and designing the self-assembly of colloidal particles: a computer game

Professor Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Friday 20 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Predicting and Designing the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Particles: A Computer Game

Formal Materials - Theory Seminar

Professor Marjolein Dijkstra, Utrecht University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Pfizer lecture theatre.

Friday 20 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Surprises from 'simple' metals -- a case study of layered delafossites

Prof. Andrew Mackenzie, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 19 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Computing and Understanding the Ro-Vibrational Spectrum of CH5+

Professor Tucker Carrington, Queen's University.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Shedding some Light on the Dark Matter of the Genomic Universe: Ribozymes, Telomerase and Regulating Epigenetics

2017 Herchel Smith Lecture given by Nobel Laureate Professor Tom Cech

Professor Tom Cech, University of Colorado Boulder.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre at the Department of Chemistry (off the SPRI car park).

Monday 16 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Self-assembly of Si- and SiGe-based dielectric Mie resonators via templated solid-state dewetting

Marco Abbarchi, Aix-Marseille Université.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Bio- and Micromechanics group – An Introduction

Prof Norman Fleck and Prof Michael Sutcliffe, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 13 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Scaling laws for spreading the quantum information

Dr Adam Nahum, University of Oxford.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 12 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Holomorphic Hartree-Fock Theory: Exploiting Multiple SCF Solutions for Non-Orthogonal Configuration Interaction

1st Year PhD Report

Hugh Burton.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 14:40-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Mean-Fielding in Path-Integral Simulations of Quantum Condensed Matter Systems

1st Year PhD Report

George Trenins.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 14:15-14:35

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Cracking of thin films

Professor Michael Thouless, University of Michigan.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 06 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Topological electronic properties of silicon

Prof. Claudio Chamon, Boston University.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 05 October 2017, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

The artificial leaf for efficient generation of solar fuels: involved elementary steps and material's design

Prof. Wolfram Jaegermann, TU Darmstadt.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 05 October 2017, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

BP KEYNOTE LECTURE: Importance of C-O Bond Activation for CO2/COUtilization - An Approach to Energy Conversion and Storage

Yuhan Sun, CAS Key Lab of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai..

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 03 October 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

First Principles Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase, Sorption, and Reaction Equilibria

Professor Ilja Siepmann (University of Minnesota).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Friday 22 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Photosynthetic water oxidation - the substrates view

For more information, please contact Dr. Erwin Reisner (reisner@ch.cam.ac.uk)

Prof. Johannes Messinger, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 13 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

First Principles Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase, Sorption, and Reaction Equilibria

Professor Ilja Siepmann, University of Minnesota.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Monday 11 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Manufacturing of designed nanomaterials

If you would like more information regarding Dr. Torrente's talk, please contact Dr. Erwin Reisner (reisner@ch.cam.ac.uk)

Dr. Laura Torrente Murciano, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 06 September 2017, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Electron doping of samarium nickelate from first principles

Michele Kotiuga (Rutgers University).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Tuesday 22 August 2017, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cyclic Peptides: Building Blocks for Supramolecular Designs

Professor Juan R. Granja - University of Santiago de Compostela .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 22 August 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Networks, resilience and complexity

Professor Gabriel Cwilich, Yeshiva University, New York, USA.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Unilever Centre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 15 August 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Defect tolerance and design principles for bio-inspired fibrillar dry-adhesives

Mattia Bacca, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, The University of British Colombia, Vancouver.

JDB Seminar Room, CUED.

Friday 04 August 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

3D Bioprinting of Vascularized Tissues

Mark Skyler-Scott, Harvard University.

LR5, CUED.

Monday 17 July 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Correlation between reflected and transmitted light in scattering media

Dr. Jacopo Bertolotti, University of Exeter.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 29 June 2017, 15:30-16:30

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Alternative Approaches to Chemical Risk Assessment: Assays, Databases, Models

Dr Richard Judson is a research chemist at the US EPA's National Center for Computational Toxicology. His research involves the development of databases and computer models to predict toxicological effects across a wide variety of chemicals.

Dr Richard Judson, EPA National Centre for Computational Toxicology.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Monday 26 June 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

4-bar mechanisms in nature: their function and potential for biomimicry

Prof Stuart Burgess, University of Bristol.

Teaching Room JDB, Department of Engineering.

Friday 23 June 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Unlocking new potentials: Incorporating atomic-level anisotropy and improved radial dependencies into simple intermolecular force fields

Mary Van Vleet, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 23 June 2017, 12:00-12:40

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Perspectives in Chemistry: From Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry

Professor Jean-Marie Lehn.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 22 June 2017, 11:00-12:00

Machine Learning for the Materials World

Efthimios Kaxiras, Harvard University.

Lecture Room 1, Dept. of Engineering (Trumpington St).

Monday 19 June 2017, 10:00-11:00

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Engineered growth factor microenvironments for regenerative medicine

Prof Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Glasgow University.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 16 June 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Theory RIG Informal Symposium

Fredrik Svensson, Laura Mitchell & Brian Ng.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Monday 12 June 2017, 16:00-19:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Cellulose Photonics: from nature to applications

Dr Silvia Vignolini, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 09 June 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Magnetic moments in superconductors: From Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states, to topological superconductors and frustrated magnetism

Prof. Jens Paaske, University of Copenhagen.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 08 June 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

On signatures of Majorana fermions

Dr Benjamin Béri (University of Birmingham) .

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 01 June 2017, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Joost Reek, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 31 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Correlated electronic structure: What can physicists and chemists learn from each other?

Dr George Booth.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 25 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Tuning charge transfer in low-dimensional nano carbons

Prof. Dirk Guldi, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 23 May 2017, 15:00-16:00

Exploration and learning of free energy landscapes of molecular crystals and oligopeptides

Mark E. Tuckerman, New York University.

Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Avenue.

Friday 19 May 2017, 11:00-12:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Coordination Self-Assembly: From the Origins to the Latest Advances

Prof. Makoto Fujita, University of Tokyo.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 18 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Magnetic Moment Fragmentation in Spin Ice and Artificial Spin Ice

Prof. Peter Holdsworth, ENS Lyon.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 18 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Engineering with uncertain load regimes and strange materials – the story of aerospace and nuclear safety critical components

Prof Dave Rugg, Senior Fellow, Rolls Royce.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 12 May 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Recent Forays in Methods Development and Complex Molecule Synthesis

Professor Neil Garg, University of California, Los Angeles.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 11 May 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Transformation optics, surface plasmons, and metasurfaces

Professor Sir John Pendry, Imperial College, London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 11 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Merck, Sharp & Dohme Lecture

Professor Stephen Buchwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr Richard Tillyer, Merck.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 08 May 2017, 14:30-16:30

Theory of Condensed Matter

Emergent phenomena in classical spin liquids

Ludovic Jaubert, University of Bordeaux.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 04 May 2017, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

The Entropy Production Paradox: The Mysterious World Between Diffusion and Waves.

Professor Christopher Essex, University of Western Ontario.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Todd Hamied Room.

Monday 01 May 2017, 10:00-11:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

2017 Lord Lewis Lecture (II) Plasmonics for sustainability: harvesting light energy for new solar applications

Professor Naomi Halas, RICE University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 28 April 2017, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Unknowns of energy concentrating phenomena

Prof Seth Putterman, UCLA .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 28 April 2017, 14:00-15:00

Multiscale Simulations of Patchy Particle Systems Combining Molecular Dynamics, Path Sampling and Green’s Function Reaction Dynamics

Prof. Peter Bolhuis (University of Amsterdam).

Dept. of Engineering (Trumpington St), Lecture Room 4 (ground floor).

Thursday 27 April 2017, 16:15-17:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

2017 Lord Lewis Lecture (I) Sustainable plasmonics: abundant materials for modular photocatalysis

Professor Naomi Halas, RICE University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 April 2017, 16:00-17:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Cellulose-based helical micro/nano filaments and films

Prof. Maria Helena Figueiredo Godinho, Universidad Nova de Lisboa.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 11 April 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

RSC Prizewinner's seminar: Self-assembed coordination cages: host-guest chemistry and functional behaviour

Prof. Michael Ward, University of Sheffield.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Atomistic modelling of excited states and luminescence in sodium silicate glass

Dr Konstantinos Konstantinou, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 15 March 2017, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Decompressive Craniectomy following Traumatic Brain Injury

Mr Hadie Adams, Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 10 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Understanding SAR of the apelins and how it impacts patho-physiology

Dr Eric Marsault, Univerisity of Sherbrooke.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 08 March 2017, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Shell buckling - without those ‘imperfections’

Prof Chris Calladine, Structural Mechanics, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 03 March 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Prof. Nicola Marzari, EPFL.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 02 March 2017, 14:15-15:15

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Car and Parrinello meet Green and Kubo: simulating atomic heat transport from equilibrium ab initio molecular dynamics

Prof. Stefano Baroni (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 February 2017, 11:30-12:30

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Uncovering fatigue damage development in unidirectional composites using x-ray computed tomography

Lars Mikkelsen, Institute for Wind Energy, DTU, Denmark .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 17 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Unravelling the Mysteries of the Water-Solid Interface with Statistical Mechanics and Ab Initio Simulations

Angelos Michaelides, University College London.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 16 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Biomimicry with Synthetic Receptors: Self-Assembly and Molecular Recognition

Richard Hooley, University of California.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

TALK CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Hydrogen embrittlement in metals - the role of internal stresses

Prof Alan Cocks, Materials Engineering, University of Oxford.

LR4, Department of Engineering.

Friday 10 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Melville Lecture 2: Rational Strategy for Chain-Growth Supramolecular Polymerization

Professor Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

First-principles simulation of electrochemical reactions at solid-liquid interface

Dr Minoru Otani, National Institute of Advanced Inductrial Science and Technology (AIST).

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Melville Lecture 1: Stimuli-Responsive Smart Soft Materials abricated under Nonequilibrated Conditions

Professor Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo .

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

A multiscale modelling strategy for virtual design of metallic alloys

Prof Javier LLorca, IMDEA Materials Institute, University of Madrid.

LR4, Engineering Department.

Friday 03 February 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Inhibition of Protein-Protein Interactions Using Biomimetic Approaches

Professor Andrew Wilson, University of Leeds.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 02 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Curl forces and beyond

Professor Sir Michael Berry, University of Bristol).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 02 February 2017, 14:15-15:15

Co(non)solvency or the puzzle of polymer properties in mixed good or poor solvents

Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz.

Dept. of Chemistry, Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Monday 30 January 2017, 14:30-15:30

Laboratory for Scientific Computing

Academic Writing

Dr. Karen Ottewell MCIL, University of Cambridge Language Centre.

Rayleigh seminar room, 2nd floor, Maxwell Building, Cavendish laboratory.

Monday 30 January 2017, 10:00-11:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

The non-linear mechanics of slender deformable bodies

Prof Basile Audoly, Laboratoire de mécanique des solides, École Polytechnique.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 27 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Counting the Uncountable

Prof. Daan Frenkel.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 26 January 2017, 14:15-15:15

Laboratory for Scientific Computing

The Future of Microprocessors

Ms Sophie Wilson FREng FRS.

Rayleigh seminar room, 2nd floor, Maxwell Building, Cavendish laboratory.

Thursday 26 January 2017, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

How many stem cells can you fit in a stem cell niche?

Prof Henrik Jönsson, Associate Director Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, .

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 20 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

TCM Dragons' Den

First year PhD students.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Molecular Organisation: Working with Molecules on the Nanoscale

Prof. Neil Champness, University of Nottingham.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 19 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Combined first principles and experimental NMR of paramagnetic materials - application to LiTi(x)Mn(2-x)O4 cathode material

Roberta Pigliapochi (Chemistry).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 18 January 2017, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Materials Challenges for Rolls Royce

Dr Neil Glover, Head of Materials - Capability Acquisition at Rolls-Royce plc.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 13 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

New Directions in Ni-catalyzed Cross Coupling

Professor Abigail Doyle, Princeton University.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Materials Challenges for Rolls Royce

Dr Neil Glover, Head of Materials - Capability Acquisition at Rolls-Royce plc.

Oatley Meeting Room.

Friday 13 January 2017, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Label-free detection mechanism for carbon nanoparticles using non-linear optical excitation

Dr. Christian Steuwe, Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Leuven.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 13 January 2017, 12:30-13:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Spin-orbit coupling, photoemission and light absorption from first-principles calculations

Cheol-Hwan Park (Seoul National University).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 14 December 2016, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Buckling of Spherical Shells Revisited

John W. Hutchinson, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Monday 12 December 2016, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Interfacial Coordination Programming of 1D and 2D Materials

Prof. Hiroshi Nishihara, University of Tokyo.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 08 December 2016, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

From zeolite nets to (meta-) stable ice structures: a theoretical study

Edgar Engel (University of Cambridge).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 07 December 2016, 11:30-12:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

First-principles anharmonic calculations and the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect

Joseph Prentice (TCM).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 07 December 2016, 11:00-11:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

RSC Prizewinner's seminar - From the Digitisation of Matter to Chemical Cybernetics

Prof. Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 01 December 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Symposium

Fatima Baldo & Nadia Petersen.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 30 November 2016, 16:30-18:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Nature of the Metalization Transition in Solid Hydrogen

Sam Azadi (Imperial College London).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 30 November 2016, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Biological and bio-inspired locomotion at small scales - Mechanics Colloquium

Prof Antonio De Simone, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR4.

Friday 25 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Biological and bio-inspired locomotion at small scales

Prof Antonio De Simone, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy.

Department of Engineering - LR4.

Friday 25 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Network Properties of Atomic Clusters

Thesis Seminar

John Morgan (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 25 November 2016, 12:00-12:40

Laboratory for Scientific Computing

Kernels for Sequentially Ordered Data

Dr Franz Kiraly.

Rayleigh seminar room, 2nd floor, Maxwell Building, Cavendish laboratory.

Friday 25 November 2016, 11:00-12:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

The intimate relation between mechanics and geometry

Prof. Mark Warner, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 24 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Laboratory for Scientific Computing

Moving Pictures: Mathematical Reconstruction of Paintings

Dr Carola Schonlieb, DAMTP.

Rayleigh seminar room, 2nd floor, Maxwell Building, Cavendish laboratory.

Wednesday 23 November 2016, 12:00-13:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

High temperature creep of superalloys: discrete dislocation plasticity modelling

Dr Siamak Shishvan, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 18 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Development of the first proteochemometric model to understand the selectivity of bromodomains for small molecule inhibitors

1st Year PhD Report

Kathryn Giblin (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 18 November 2016, 12:20-12:40

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Insights into compound mode-of-action by exploring gene expression space

1st Year PhD Report

Benjamin Alexander-Dann (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 18 November 2016, 12:00-12:20

Theory of Condensed Matter

Theoretical Physics in the Cavendish Laboratory: from the Beginning to 1962

Prof. Malcolm Longair, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 17 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Artificial photosynthesis: From bio-inspired H2-evolving catalysts to photoelectrode materials

Informal Materials RIG Seminar

Dr. Vincent Artero, SolHyCat, Université Grenoble Alpes.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 14:30-16:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Molecular catalysis for the reduction of CO2 with Fe complexes

Informal Materials RIG Seminar

Prof. Marc Robert, Université Paris.

Todd-Hamied meeting room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 14:30-16:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Scalable computation of thermomechanical turbomachinery problems

Ettie Unwin & Nate Sime, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 11 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Mapping the molecular landscape of disease

1st Year PhD Report

Erin Oerton (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 11 November 2016, 12:20-12:40

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Lattice models for DNA origami self-assembly

1st Year PhD Report

Alexander Cumberworth (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 11 November 2016, 12:00-12:20

Combined TCM Seminars and TCM blackboard seminar listing

Title to be confirmed

Prof Michael J Hartmann.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Thursday 10 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Self-assembly of jammed heterogeneous colloidal shells by combining electrohydrodynamics and dielectrophoresis

Prof. Jon Otto Fossum, Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 10 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

First-principles non-equilibrium transport simulation to nano-electronics devices: Topological super-lattice PCM and HfOx ReRAM cells

Hisao Nakamura (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 09 November 2016, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Computational modelling of fracture phenomena

Dr Arun Raina, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 04 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Predictive Multiscale Modelling: Multidisciplinary Challenges for the Future of Computational Chemistry

Dr. Judith B. Rommel (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 04 November 2016, 12:00-12:40

Theory of Condensed Matter

Upside Down and Inside Out: The Biomechanics of Cell Sheet Folding

Prof. Ray Goldstein, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 03 November 2016, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Localized loading of compliant composite laminate

Dr Mark O'Masta, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 28 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Stochastic Coupled Cluster in Model Solid Systems

1st Year PhD Report

Verena Neufeld (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 28 October 2016, 12:20-12:40

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Synthesis and Analysis of Nanobody Sequence and Structure Data

1st Year PhD Report

Laura Mitchell (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 28 October 2016, 12:00-12:20

Theory of Condensed Matter

Quantum Criticality, Strange Metals and High Temperature Superconductors

Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverside.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 27 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

BP Keynote Lecture: Developing and applying new tools to understand how materials for Li and “beyond-Li” battery and supercapacitor technologies function

Professor Clare Grey, University of Cambridge.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 25 October 2016, 03:00-04:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Contacts and Fretting - Mechanics Colloquium

Prof David Hills, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR4.

Friday 21 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Mechanics Colloquia Research Seminars

Contacts and Fretting

Prof David Hills, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.

Department of Engineering - LR4.

Friday 21 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Hadean, pre-biotic Photosynthesis and Enzyme-like Heterogeneous Catalysts: Mimicking a state we do not know

Prof. Markus Antonietti, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 20 October 2016, 15:30-16:30

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Controlling Life with Photons

Guglielmo Lanzani, Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia & Dep.of Physics, Politecnico di Milano .

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 20 October 2016, 14:30-15:30

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Doping-dependent screening of adatoms in graphene from first-principles multiscale simulations

Fabiano Corsetti (Imperial College London).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 19 October 2016, 11:00-12:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Biomimetic inspired joining of composite and metal structures

Evangelos Avgoulas, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 14 October 2016, 14:30-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Cohesive zone modelling of the dynamic behaviour of two shipbuilding adhesives

Kevin Maloney, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 14 October 2016, 14:00-14:30

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Applying Stochastic Coupled Cluster Theory to the Solid State

1st Year PhD Report

Charlie Scott (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 14 October 2016, 12:20-12:40

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Energy Landscape Landscaping

1st Year PhD Report

Konstantin Roeder (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 14 October 2016, 12:00-12:20

Theory of Condensed Matter

Current trends in cold atom physics

Prof. Nigel Cooper, University of Cambridge.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 13 October 2016, 14:15-15:15

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Surface properties in additive manufacturing

Dr Tatiana Hentrich, Fraunhofer.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 07 October 2016, 14:30-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Failure mechanism in thermal barrier coatings

Dr Philpp Seiler, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 07 October 2016, 14:00-14:30

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Stochastic Coupled Cluster Theory

Alex Thom (University of Cambridge).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 07 October 2016, 12:00-12:40

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Fröhlich electron-phonon coupling from first principles: theory and applications

Carla Verdi (University of Oxford).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 05 October 2016, 11:00-11:40

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Materials and devices for electrochemical water splitting: a fresh look at some old catalysts and some new(er) catalysts for old applications

Dr Mark D. Symes, University of Glasgow.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 27 September 2016, 14:00-15:00

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

Surface properties in additive manufacturing

Dr Tatiana Hentrich, Fraunhofer.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Wednesday 07 September 2016, 14:30-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Quantum dynamics in condensed phase using the non-perturbative hierarchical equations of motion approach

Qiang Shi, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Tuesday 30 August 2016, 12:00-13:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Is the crystallisation of pharmaceutical molecules controlled by thermodynamics or kinetics?

Prof. Sarah (Sally) Price, UCL.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 04 August 2016, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Decorating the room at the bottom – designer nanomaterials for catalytic renewables conversions

Prof. Anthony Masters, The School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Australia.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 July 2016, 14:00-15:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

CO2 + H2O + Sunlight → Chemical Fuels + O2

Prof. Peidong Yang, Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 07 July 2016, 14:00-15:00

Electronic Structure Discussion Group

Two theoretical approaches to nanostructured interfaces

Georgios Tritsaris.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Wednesday 06 July 2016, 11:00-12:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Artificial photosynthesis—From catalysts to devices for water splitting

Professor Licheng Sun, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 01 July 2016, 15:00-17:00

Chemistry Departmental-wide lectures

Studying Interfacial Processes During Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction

Dr Alexander Cowan, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 01 July 2016, 15:00-17:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

The origin of anomalously high melting temperatures in gallium clusters

Nicola Gaston, University of Auckland.

Todd Hamied Room, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 29 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theory of Condensed Matter

Liquid-crystalline states of ultracold atomic systems

Sarang Gopalakrishnan.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 23 June 2016, 14:15-15:15

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Unusual NMR experiments using home-made and open-resource systems

Dr. Kazuyuki Takeda, .

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 16 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Catalysis and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks

Prof. Mircea Dincă Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Pfizer Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 13 June 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Semi-stochastic and excited-state approaches in FCIQMC

Nicholas Blunt (Chemistry).

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 10 June 2016, 12:00-12:40

Theory of Condensed Matter

Frustration and Correlations in Stacked Triangular Lattice Ising Antiferromagnets

John Chalker (Theoretical Physics, Oxford University).

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Friday 10 June 2016, 11:15-12:15

Theory of Condensed Matter

Non-local density functional theory

Prof. Stewart Clark, Durham University.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 09 June 2016, 14:15-15:15

Theory - Chemistry Research Interest Group

Informal TMI RIG Seminar

Patrick Lewis, Chongli Qin & Dr Nitin Sharma.

Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Unilever lecture theatre.

Wednesday 08 June 2016, 16:00-17:30

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

Theoretical advances in aqueous ion solvation: Charge asymmetry

Dr Stephen J. Cox - University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 03 June 2016, 12:00-12:40

Theory of Condensed Matter

How to describe inhomogeneous quantum systems in one dimension with (conformal) field theory: lessons from non-interacting Fermi gases

Jerome Dubail, CNRS, Institut Jean Lamour, Nancy.

TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory.

Thursday 02 June 2016, 14:15-15:45

Engineering Department Bio- and Micromechanics Seminars

A brief summary of 20 years of research into random dynamic systems

Professor Robin Langley, CUED.

Oatley Seminar Room, Department of Engineering.

Friday 27 May 2016, 14:00-15:00

Theoretical Chemistry Informal Seminars

How bonding topology affects polyacene spectra: design principles for singlet fission chromophores

Timothy Hele.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Friday 27 May 2016, 12:00-12:40

Materials Chemistry Research Interest Group

Biomineralization of nacre

Prof. Pupa Gilbert, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Unilever Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 26 May 2016, 14:30-15:30