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Rounding out #ACS is @santoslabVT!

Time: 11:10 - 11:25 AM
Talk: "Chemistry and biology of blocking sphingosine-1-phosphate"
Rm: S106a

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Our next faculty talk during #ACS is #vtchem's Shabnam Hematian — @HematianLab!

Time: 10:20 - 10:40 AM
Talk: "Toward selective photoredox catalysis: electronic structure control of ligand-to-metal charge transfer excited states"
Rm: S105a

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It's the final morning of #ACS talks from #vtchem — be sure to check out our first faculty talk of the morning with @santoslabVT!

Time: 8:45 - 9:05AM
Talk: "Structure-activity profile of novel mitochondrial protonophore that reverses obesity and fatty liver disease"
Place: S105d

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Following @AJMorris_Lab is @GregLiu_VT with a keynote spot!

Time: 2:55 - 3:30 PM
Talk: "Chemical conversion of polyolefin wastes into high-value chemicals and materials"
Rm. : W183b (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Next up for our #ACS faculty talks is Amanda Morris!

Time: 2:30 - 3:00 PM
Talk: "Photoinduced bond dynamics as a design principle in metal-organic frameworks"
Rm. : N128 (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Coming up is another #vtchem faculty talk this afternoon — from Guoliang "Greg" Liu!

Time: 2:00 - 2:30 PM
Talk: "Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into high-value lubricants"
Place: S404d (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Don't miss Josh Worch's talk "Monomaterial design for pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes with recyclable backing and adhesive layers."

Time: 10:50 - 11:20 AM
Rm: S401a (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Speaking also at #ACS this morning is John Matson!

Time: 10:20 - 10:45 AM
Talk: "Comparative studies in ring-opening metathesis polymerization and vinyl-addition polymerization: Synthesis, simulations, and gas transport"
Rm: W193a (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Theoretical Chemist Valerie Welborn will be giving a talk this morning titled "Unified electric-field theory for biomolecules."
Time: 9:45 - 10:15 AM
Rm: W183a (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Adrian Figg is speaking at #ACS this morning! Check out his talk:

Time: 9:30 - 10:00 AM
Talk: "Tuning acrylic polymer structures by leveraging photocatalysis kinetics"
Place: Rm. S102d (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Michael Schulz is up for his talk at 9:20 AM! He's speaking on "Thermodynamic insights into the interactions of metal-chelating polymers with rare earth elements in solution."

He's in room N139 (McCormick Place Convention Center).

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Also speaking this morning at #ACSFall2026 is Michael Schulz!
Time: 9:20 - 9:45 AM
Talk: "Thermodynamic insights into the interactions of metal-chelating polymers with rare earth elements in solution"
Place: N139 (McCormick Place Convention Center)
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Fall ACS 2026 Day 2! Right away this morning is John Matson speaking on "Self-assembly of switch peptides."

Time: 8:05 - 8:25 AM
Place: W193b (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Also speaking today at #ACSFall2026 is John Matson!

Time: 5:35 - 6:00 PM
Talk: "Self-assembled peptide nanomaterials for cell internalization and signaling gas delivery"
Room: W187b (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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We've also got DIC Young Investigator winner Lauren Feden with @HematianLab presenting from 5:00 - 5:20 PM in Rm. S104b (McCormick Place Convention Center)! Go Lauren!

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Up next for Fall 2026 VTCHEM faculty talks is Adrian Figg!

Time: 4:20 - 4:30 PM
Talk: "Designing Polymers to Modulation Proteins"
Room: W190b (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Latest update from @AmerChemSociety's Fall 2026 Conference: @AJMorris_Lab has been officially inducted as an ACS Fellow!

Recognizing excellence in our community is always a highlight, and there is more to follow!

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Next up for @AmerChemSociety Fall 2026 VTCHEM faculty talks is Adrian Figg!

Time: 10:10 - 10:30 AM
Talk: "Acrylic copolymers designed to bind to proteins"
Room: S404a (McCormick Place Convention Center)

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Attending @AmerChemSociety Fall 2026? Check out Professor Tao Li's talk in rm W192a (McCormick) at 9:28AM!

Talk: "Probing bulk and interfacial solvation structures in liquid electrolytes via X-ray scattering"

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