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Chemistry Symposium

2025 C. Eugene Bennett In-House Chemistry Symposium

November 3rd–7th 2025

The Chemistry Department and the Bennett Program invite all undergraduate and graduate students to the 2025 C. Eugene Bennett In-House Chemistry Symposium. The event is designed to provide students with an opportunity to present their research, learn from their peers, and connect with experts in a wide range of chemistry fields.

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Schedule

Monday, November 3rd

Time	Event
3:30 PM–3:35 PM	Welcome Fabien Goulay Assoc. Chair Grad. Studies
	Oral Session 1 Clark 208 Chair: Anjola Adewoye Grad. Students
3:35 PM–3:55 PM	Presentation S1.1: Sohag Ahmed Studying Protein-Ligand Interactions with In-droplet Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass spectrometry and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
3:55 PM–4:15 PM	Presentation S1.2: Amanda Reynolds Tuning photoluminescent properties of a series of blue and green emitting carbazole based potassium complexes
4:15 PM–4:35 PM	Presentation S1.3: Pegah Norouzi Screening assay development to develop inhibitors for $\beta$-catenin/BCL9
4:35 PM–4:40 PM	Break
4:40 PM–5:40 PM	Plenary Session Clark 208 Chair: Brian Popp Department Chair Brent Gunnoe U.Va., Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry
5:40 PM–6:00 PM	Break/Poster set up I Mountainlair
6:00 PM–7:00 PM	Reception and Poster Session / Judges session I Monongahela/Laurel Room
7:00 PM–8:00 PM	Bennett program Remarks I Rhododendron Room Chair: Steve Valentine C. Eugene Bennett Chair of Chemistry Ron Clawson
8:00 PM–9:00 PM	Reception and Poster Session (continued) I Monongahela/Laurel Room

Tuesday, November 4th

Time	Event
5:30 PM–7:30 PM	Bennett Careers for Chemists Student Workshop I STEM Learning Center Preparing for Your Chemistry Career

Time

Event

5:30 PM–7:30 PM

Bennett Careers for Chemists Student Workshop I STEM Learning Center

Preparing for Your Chemistry Career

Wednesday, November 5th

Time	Event
3:30 PM–3:35 PM	Announcements
	Oral Session 2 Clark 208 Chair: David Shelly Grad. Students
3:35 PM–3:55 PM	Presentation S2.1: Emily Heller Nickel-Catalyzed Alkyne Cyclotrimerization with a Vinyl Sulfone Partner
3:55 PM–4:15 PM	Presentation S2.2: Oluwaseun Agunbiade A Mixed Method Approach to Factors Affecting Student Perception in Organic and General Chemistry Labs
4:15 PM–4:35 PM	Presentation S2.3: Laura Taylor Native Capillary Nanogel Electrophoresis Assay of Inhibitors of Neuraminidases Derived from H1N1 and H5N1 Influenza A Pandemics
4:35 PM–4:40 PM	Break
4:40 PM–5:40 PM	Plenary Session Clark 208 Chair: Fabien Goulay Assoc. Chair Grad. Studies Duncan Lorimer WVU, Eberly Distinguished Chair for Academic Excellence
5:40 PM–6:40 PM	Discover chemistry Event Clark Hall

Thursday, November 6th

Time

Event

4:30 PM–5:30 PM

Undergraduate Hot-Topic research presentations
Clark 208

Chair: Michelle Richards-Babb

Assoc. Chair Undergrad. Studies

5:30 PM–7:30 PM

Bennett Careers for Chemists Student Workshop II STEM Learning Center

Job Search / Securing Strategies

Friday, November 7th

Time	Event
3:30 PM–3:35 PM	Announcements
	Oral Session 3 Clark 208 Chair: Latifat Afolabi Grad. Students
3:35 PM–3:55 PM	Presentation S3.1: Taiwo Akinsanaya Suppression of Electroosmotic Flow with a Polymerized Coating
3:55 PM–4:15 PM	Presentation S3.2: Kyani Selvaraj Effect of Surface-Bulk Partitioning on the Heterogeneous Oxidation of Mutli-component Aqueous Aerosols
4:15 PM–4:35 PM	Presentation S3.3: Vahid Lotfikalajahi Developing Novel Small Molecule Calcium Sensitizers
4:35 PM–5:00 PM	Closure