2025-2026 Academic Year Seminars
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-26 03:00 pm | Seminar Canceled due to Weather | ||||
| 30-Jan-26 03:30 pm | Dennis Hilliard Director, URI State Crime Lab | CSI at URI | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 02-Feb-26 03:00 pm | Cory Windorff New Mexico State University | Exploring the Synthesis and Characterization of Hetero- and Homometallic Clusters | Dan Huh | Beaupre 105 | |
| 06-Feb-26 03:30 pm | Kerry Burke Medicolegal Scene Investigator, RI State Med | Role of Medicolegal Investigator | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 09-Feb-26 03:00 pm | Mary Kate Donais St. Anselm College | Spectroscopic Characterization of Historic Fabrics: The Bossi Book, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and other Surprising Sources of Dyestuff Samples | Justin Pantano | Beaupre 105 | |
| 13-Feb-26 03:30 pm | Michael DiLauro Attorney | Artificial Intelligence & the Criminal Law | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 23-Feb-26 03:00 pm | Molly Atkinson University of North Texas | Undergraduate Preparation for Roles in Chemical Industry (virtual) | Justin Pratt | Beaupre 105 | |
| 23-Feb-26 03:30 pm | Bridget Buxton URI Professor of History | Forensic Archaeology | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 02-Mar-26 03:00 pm | Yihan Shao Brandeis University | TBA | Coraline Tao | Beaupre 105 | |
| 06-Mar-26 03:00 pm | Jennifer Robisheaux Criminalist II, Lead Firearm & Tool Examiner | A Career in Forensic Science | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 105 | Forensic Science |
| 09-Mar-26 03:00 pm | David Manke UMass Dartmouth | TBA | Dan Huh | Beaupre q105 | |
| 13-Mar-26 03:30 pm | Ahmed Salem Cairo Forensic Lab | Forensics in Egypt | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 23-Mar-26 03:00 pm | Matthew Lueckheide Harvard University | TBA | Dan Huh | Beaupre 105 | |
| 27-Mar-26 03:30 pm | Mark Zabinski RI State Crime Lab | Morphology of Friction Skin | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 30-Mar-26 03:00 pm | Mary P. Watson University of Delaware | TBA | Fang Wang | Beaupre 105 | |
| 03-Apr-26 03:30 pm | Marius Tarau RI Chief Medical Examiner | The way to a man's heart is NOT through his stomach | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 06-Apr-26 03:00 pm | Maxwell Franklin URI | TBA | Justin Pratt | Beaupre 105 | |
| 10-Apr-26 03:30 pm | Steve Dambruch Special Assist Attorney General State of Rhode Island | Prosecutor's Role in the Criminal Justice System | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 13-Apr-26 03:00 pm | Ricardo Metz UMass Amherst | TBA | Daniel Thomas | Beaupre 105 | |
| 17-Apr-2026 03:30 pm | Jacquelyn Verdi Forensic Scientist, RI State Police | Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 20-Apr-26 03:00 pm | Juan DelValle University of Notre Dame | TBA | Fang Wang | Beaupre 105 | |
| 24-Apr-26 03:30 pm | Stephanie Hartung Senior Staff Attorney, New England Project Innocence | Faulty Forensics and Wrongful Convictions | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 27-Apr-26 03:00 pm | Yu-Shan Lin Tufts University | TBA | Fang Wang | Beaupre 105 | |
| 12-Sep-25 3:30 pm | James Clift Warwick PD | All inĀ a day's work | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 15-Sep-25 3:00 pm | Amit Chaudhary Broad Institute | Protein editing using proximity-inducing molecules | Fang Wang | Beaupre 105 | |
| 19-Sep-25 3:30 pm | Anthony Amore Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum | Pulling off the World's Biggest Heist | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 22-Sep-25 3:00 pm | Andre Isaacs College of the Holy Cross | Making it Click: An Approach to N-Heterocycles and Inclusive Excellence | Lorenzo Mosca | Beaupre 105 | |
| 26-Sep-25 3:30 pm | Victor Fey-Wolfe URI Computer Science | Digital Forensics | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 29-Sep-25 3:00 pm | Eric Cueny Boston University | Metal-Metal Interactions, Bridging Arene Ligands, and Their Importance in Cooperative Catalysis | Dan Huh | Beaupre 105 | |
| 03-Oct-25 3:30 pm | Virginia Maxwell University of New Haven | Defending the Dumb | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 06-Oct-25 3:00 pm | Christopher J. Johnson Stony Brook University | Understanding and Synthetically Controlling the Properties and Catalytic Activity of Ligand-Protected Metal Nanoclusters | Daniel Thomas | Beaupre 105 | |
| 10-Oct-25 3:30 pm | Manning & Given RI State Fire Marshal | A hot topic | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 17-Oct-25 3:30 pm | Otto Gregory URI Chemical Engineering | The Role of Microscopy in Forensics | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 24-Oct-25 3:30 pm | Cara Lupino RI Department of Health | DNA | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 31-Oct-25 3:30 pm | Bryan Volpe & Tom Chadronet NE High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area | Overdose Response Strategy, Trends & Emerging Threats | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 03-Nov-25 3:00 pm | James Blakemore University of Kansas | Controlling f-Element Redox with Heterometallic Effects and Crown Ether Chelation | Dan Huh | Beaupre 105 | |
| 07-Nov-25 3:30 pm | Mark Comorosky US Secret Service | The Secret of the USSS | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 10-Nov-25 3:00 pm | Ginger Shultz University of Michigan | Transformative Teaching in Science | Justin Pratt | Beaupre 105 | |
| 14-Nov-25 3:00 pm | Kirk Yeager FBI | Mean, Motive, Opportunity: The Timeless Terrorist Trifecta | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 21-Nov-25 2:00 pm | Maggie Mahaney URI Chemistry - Ph.D. Seminar | Isolation of ZrIII Aryloxides: A New Class of Molecular Qudits | Fang Wang | Beaupre 105 | |
| 21-Nov-25 3:30 pm | Chief Jagoda URI Security Director | Security | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
| 24-Nov-25 3:00 pm | Chi Ting Brandeis University | Chemical and Biocatalytic Synthesis of Amino-Acid Derived Natural Products | Fang Wang | Beaupre 105 | |
| 01-Dec-25 3:00 pm | Liam McDermott University of Connecticut, Avery Point | Hidden Games and Firework Thought - Insights from a Grounded Theory Study on Neurodivergent Problem Solving | Justin Pratt | Beaupre 105 | |
| 05-Dec-25 3:30 pm | Alec Wyers URI State Crime Lab | Shooting Straight | Jimmie Oxley | Beaupre 100 | Forensic Science |
