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Building a Career Outside Academia

About This Talk Academia isn’t for everyone. Attend this talk to explore career paths outside academic institutions, including industry roles, startups, and consulting. Learn how to identify transferable…

Crushing the Interview

About This Talk How does your research fit with the department? What is your teaching philosophy? How will you secure funding? Get used to these questions—you’ll likely be…

Water-Hydrophobe Interfaces: From Debunking Myths to Boosting Global Food-Water-Climate Resilience

Speaker Himanshu Mishra Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Co-founder, Terraxy LLC About This Talk Professor Himanshu Mishra, from King Abdullah University of…

Mastering Faculty Applications

About This Talk Presenting yourself on paper is a crucial part of the academic researcher job hunt. In this talk, learn the ins and outs of the faculty…

How Halide Perovskites Expanded the Frontiers of Solar Energy and Optoelectronics

Speaker Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University About This Talk Three- and two-dimensional halide perovskites have emerged as an exceptional class of organic-inorganic…

Scientific Networking

About This Talk Networking might not be the first skill budding scientific researchers think they need to master, but it’s crucial for a successful career. This talk will…

Computational and Theoretical Insights on Materials Defects and Adsorption-Related Phenomena for Energy Sustainability

Speaker Wennie Wang Assistant Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin About this Talk Molecular engineering of defects or heterogeneities in semiconductors…

Self-Assembling Peptides for Advanced Biomaterials

Speaker Tania Lopez Silva Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute About This Talk Self-assembling peptide hydrogels are versatile biomaterials demonstrating significant potential for biomedical…

Understanding Reactive Inoculation in Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Insights From Advanced Characterization and Modeling

Speaker Adriana Eres-Castellanos Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sigma Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory About This Talk Additive manufacturing (AM) has unlocked new opportunities for novel part…

Adaptive nanostructured soft materials as bio-inspired interfaces

Speaker Siddharth Doshi PhD candidate, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University About This Talk Living organisms leverage shape changes in soft matter to navigate and survive…