Talks


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Talks 2004-2010

  • PACIFICHEM 2010: Early Main Group Chemistry (Inorganic)

    December 15-20 2010, Contributing
    Title: Group II centered catalysts: a computational study
    PACIFICHEM 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • PACIFICHEM 2010: Ionic Liquids in a Sustainable World (Materials & Nanotechnology)

    December 15-20 2010, Invited Speaker
    Title: A tale in two halves: contrasting the electronic and molecular structure of phosphonium and ammonium based ionic liquids
    PACIFICHEM 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    December 9-10 2010, Research Meeting
    Title: Predicting Kamlet and Taft H-bonding parameters for Ionic Liquids
  • The University of Manchester, Department of Chemistry, UK
    December 1 2010, Invited Speaker (Postponed due to the Snow!)
    Title: Ionic Liquids: From the Electronic Structure Up
  • Thomas Young Center for theory and simulation of materials Imperial College, London

    November 1 2010, Invited Speaker
    Title: Solute-solvent and solvent-solvent interactions in molecular liquids
  • Quantum Chemistry beyond the Arctic Circle, Sommarøy - Tromsø, Norway

    June 23-26 2010, Invited Speaker
    Title: Group II centered catalysts: a computational study
    Quantum Chemistry beyond the Arctic Circle
  • Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA

    April 1 2010, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ionic liquids from the electronic structure up
    invitation from Ralph Colby, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Cytec Canada, Niagara Falls, Onterio, Canada

    March 30 2010, Invited Speaker
    Title: Contrasting the electronic and molecular structure of phosphonium and ammonium cations
    Cytec, Canada Inc, 9061 Garner Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6S5
  • University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

    March 29 2010, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ionic liquids from the electronic structure up
    invitation from Ed Maginn, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Spring 2010 ACS National Meeting, San-Francisco, California, USA

    March 21-25 2010, Invited Speaker (and session chair)
    Title: What Happens when you Functionalise an Ionic Liquid with a "Silicone" Side Chain?
    ACS National Meeting, Spring 2010
  • University of Reading, Reading, UK

    November 23 2009, Invited Speaker
    Title: Hydroamination catalysis at group 2 metal centers: a theoretical study
    Chemistry Dept, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
  • BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    October 22 2009, Invited Speaker
    Title: Using theoretical methods to characterize room temperature ionic liquids
    Meeting to discuss ionic liquids, Dr Michael Badine and Dr Ansgar SchŠfer
  • Springboard Women's Development Programme, Imperial College London, UK

    October 16 2009, Invited Speaker
    Title: Becoming an Academic
    Springboard Women's Development Programme

  • Sixth International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems, Rome, Italy

    30 Aug-5 Sep 2009, Invited Speaker
    Title: Molecular Level Interactions in Ionic Liquids.
    IDMRCS
  • COIL3: 3rd Congress on Ionic Liquids, Cairns, Australia

    31 May - 4 June 2009, Invited Speaker (and session chair)
    Title: A tale in two halves: contrasting the electronic and molecular structure of phosphonium and ammonium cations. Workshop on Recent Advances in Theoretical Approaches to Ionic Liquids, pre-symposia to COIL3, May 31.
  • King's College, London, UK

    18 Feburary 2009, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ionic Liquid solvents and electrolytes for the future?
    Physics at the Nanoscale (P@N) seminar series at King's College London.
  • Thomas Young Center, London, UK

    1 December 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ionic Liquids: Solvents and Electrolytes for the Future?
    Thomas Young Center for theory and simulation of materials Local Seminar Series, Imperial College, London.
  • University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    23 September 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: Hydroamination catalysis at group 2 metal centers: a theoretical study
    Chemistry Dept, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • WATOC, Sydney, Australia

    17 September 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: When does a reduction in H-bonding lead to an increase in Viscosity?
    WATOC 2008
  • EUCHEM 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark

    25 August 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: When does a reduction in H-bonding lead to an increase in Viscosity?
    EUCHEM 2008 Conference on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids.
  • Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    3 July 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ionic liquids: From the electronic structure up
    General seminar at Leipzig University invited by Prof Kirchner, Wilhelm-Ostwald Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Germany.
  • Ionic Liquids Workshop, Darmstadt, Germany

    30 June 2008, Keynote presentation (and session chair)
    Title: Ionic liquids: From the electronic structure up
    DFG-SPP 1191 priority program in ionic liquids, Workshop "Theoretical Studies of Ionic Liquids" at the University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Dalton Discussion 11, Berkley, Californa, USA

    23 June 2008, Flash presentation and poster
    Title: Group 2 centered catalysis: An initial investigation
    Dalton Discussion 11: The Renaissance of Main Group Chemistry
  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    23 April 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: Hydroamination catalysis at group 2 metal centers: a theoretical study
    institute seminar, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    22 April 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: Understanding Ionic Liquids
    A small talk for the research group of Professor Röthlisberger, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

    12 March 2008, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ionic Liquids: from the Electronic Structure Up
    Theory Section, Chemistry Department, Cambridge University
  • Imperial College, UK

    16 May 2007, Rectors Visit to the Chemistry Department
    Title: Ionic Liquids: from the Electronic Structure Up
    A talk to highlighting research in the department for the Rector Rectors Blog, Imperial College, London
  • University College, London, UK

    25 January 2007, Invited Speaker
    Title: Understanding Ionic Liquids
    A small talk for the research group of Professor Sally Price, University College London
  • Cardif University, Cardif, UK

    13 December 2006, Invited Speaker
    Title: Using Theoretical Methods to Characterise Ionic Liquids
    A small talk for the research group of Professor Peter Knowles, Cardif University
  • CECAM Workshop, France

    15-18 May 2006, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ehrenfest Dynamics through Conical Intersections
    New developments for first principles molecular dynamics simulations in condensed matter and molecular physics, Leon CECAM Workshop
  • 2nd Australasian Symposium on Ionic Liquids, Australia

    11-12 May 2006, Invited Speaker
    Title: Using Theoretical Methods to Characterise Ionic Liquids
    Center for Green Chemistry, Monash
    Monash Ionic Liquids Group and CSIRO
  • Melbourne, Australia

    8th May 2006, Invited Speaker
    Title: Ab-initio Molecular Dynamcis: Understanding Ultrafast Photochemical Reactions
    University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  • PACIFICHEM, Hawaii

    15-20th December 2005, Invited Speaker
    Title: Using Theoretical Methods to Characterise Ionic Liquids
    Section: Organic Reactions in Neotermic Media
    Pacifichem
  • Auckland, New Zealand

    14th December 2005, Invited Speaker
    Title: Using Theoretical Methods to Characterise Ionic Liquids
    Massey University, Albany Campus, New Zealand
  • London, UK

    21st April 2005, Invited Speaker
    Title: Chemistry with Computers, not Chemicals
    British Computer Society London, Southampton Street
    past events BCS
  • WATOC 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa

    17th Jan 2005
    Title: Solute-Solvent and Solvent-Solvent Interactions of Molecular Liquids
  • Summer School - Molecular Modelling for Nanomaterials, Berg en Dal, South Africa

    Mon 10th January 2005
    A full day of courses on plane wave DFT methods:
    The ingredients of PW-DFT
    Practical PW-DFT Calculations
    Simulating liquids with DFT
    then another day of "Questions and Answers" sessions, and practical workshops ...
    nanomaterials workshop
  • Imperial College, UK

    5th March 2004, Invited Speaker
    Title: Chemistry using Equations Not Chemicals
    Mathematics Department, Imperial College, London, UK