Symposium: LGBTQ+ Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Research Symposium (Wed PM)

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The symposium will consist of scientific talks by LGBTQ+ graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and will conclude with a panel discussion and a keynote presentation. Presenters have the option of presenting a 20-minute presentation or a lightning talk presentation. Presenters within all disciplines of chemistry are invited to apply. Selected presenters may be awarded registration “travel awards” for the symposium.

• Introductory Remarks
  01:00pm – 01:10pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021

• Robust self-assembled nanoribbons for sequestering heavy metals from drinking water
  01:10pm – 01:30pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021
  Ty Christoff-Tempesta, Presenter | Julia Ortony

• Advanced functional polypeptides for biological, energy, and electronic applications
  01:30pm – 01:50pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021
  Tan Nguyen, Presenter | Soon-Mi Lim | Alexandra Easley | Jodie Lutkenhaus | Karen Wooley

• Predictive design of tobacco mosaic virus double-disks for biomimetic light harvesting
  01:50pm – 02:10pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021
  Avery Tytla, Presenter | Amanda Bischoff | Matthew Francis | Amanda Li

• Intermission
  02:10pm – 02:15pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021

• Developing an inclusive department culture: Experiences from a pilot anti-racism workshop at Portland State University
  02:15pm – 02:35pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021
  Nicole Javaly, Presenter | Irving Rettig

• Diverse organic transformations enabled by electrocatalysis
  02:35pm – 03:05pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021
  Song Lin, Presenter

• Concluding Remarks
  03:05pm – 03:15pm USA / Canada – Pacific – April 7, 2021

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Wednesday April 7, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:15 pm
The symposium will consist of scientific talks by LGBTQ+ graduate students and postdoctoral scholars and will conclude with a panel discussion and a keynote presentation. Presenters have the option of presenting a 20-minute presentation or a lightning talk presentation. Presenters within all disciplines of chemistry are invited to apply. Selected presenters may be awarded registration "travel awards" for the symposium.