Seminars

The MBSE Seminar Series occurs weekly during the fall semester only. In fall 2026, seminars will be on Mondays from 2-3 p.m. in Social Science & Management Building(SSM), room 104 in person only.

If you want to be included in the MBSE Seminar distribution list, please contact Beth Nowadnick.

MBSE Seminar Schedule Fall 2026

Sept. 8

"Negative Charge Transfer: Ground State Precursor towards High Energy Batteries" 

Tom Devereaux, Stanford University

Sept. 15

"Modeling Materials Interfaces for Energy Applications" 

Anh Pham, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Sept. 22

"Tip-specific Endothelial Cells Induction in vitro and Their Role in Matrix Remodeling During Angiogenesis"

"Engineering Surface Interactions for High-Precision Placement of DNA Origami onto Nanoscale Lithographic Patterns"

MBSE Student Speakers: Yichen Li and Hoda Arab Zadeh

Sept. 29

"Modelling biointerphases: From the micro to molecular scales"

Roberto Andresen Eguiluz, UC Merced

Oct. 6

"Creating Bioinspired Ceramics from Fungi”

Debora Lyn Porter, UC Merced

Oct. 13

Yan Li, SanDisk

Oct. 20

Younjin Min, UC Riverside

Oct. 27

Gary Banuelos & Colleen McMahan, USDA

Nov. 3

Kathy Lu, University of Alabama

Nov. 10

Emily Asenath, Dartmouth

Nov. 17

Ali Emamjomeh, Lytx, Inc.

Nov. 24 TBD

Dec. 1 TBD

Dec. 8 TBD