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2026-2027 Academic Year Seminars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Date<\/th>Speaker<\/th>Title<\/th>Host<\/th>Location<\/th>Type<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
11-Sep-26 3:30pm<\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/strong>
Department of Chemistry
URI<\/td>		Looking back on the original 9-11<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
14-Sep-26 3:00pm<\/td>Prof. Zhou Lin<\/strong>
University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/td>		Physics-Informed Machine Learning and Quantum Mechanics for Electronic Structures and Molecular Spectroscopy<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Coraline Tao<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
18-Sep-26 3:30pm<\/td>Dennis Hilliard<\/strong>
Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory Director
<\/td>		CSI @ URI<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
21-Sep-26 3:00pm<\/td>Jeff Barlow
<\/strong>RenewCO2<\/sub>
<\/strong><\/td>		From Milligrams, to Kilograms, to Tons: Scaling Electrochemical CO2<\/sub> Reduction From the Bench to the Consumer<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Dan Huh<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
25-Sep-26 3:30pm<\/td>James Clift<\/strong>
Warwick Police Bureau of Criminal Identification<\/td>		Crime Scene Investigation: Every scene every time, striving to ensure justice<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
28-Sep-26 3:00pm<\/td>Helen E. Blackwell<\/strong>
University of Wisconsin, Madison<\/td>		Redirecting Bacterial Conversations with Synthetic Chemical Signals<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Fang Wang<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
02-Oct-26 3:30pm<\/td>Alexis Donaway<\/strong>
RI Department of Health<\/td>		Forensic Toxicology<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
05-Oct-26 3:00pm<\/td>Professor Paul Chirik<\/strong>
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University<\/td>		THE ALEXANDER M. CRUICKSHANK LECTURESHIP<\/strong>
Catalysis with Earth-Abundant Metals: Bond-Formation in Strong versus Weak Ligand Fields<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		Lorenzo Mosca & Daniel Huh<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
05-Oct-26 5:30pm<\/td>Professor Paul Chirik<\/strong>
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University<\/td>		THE ALEXANDER M. CRUICKSHANK LECTURESHIP<\/strong>
Re-Imagining the Periodic Table: The Elements and You<\/strong><\/a><\/td>		Lorenzo Mosca & Daniel Huh<\/td>Avedisian 170<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
09-Oct-26 3:30pm<\/td>Alec Wyers<\/strong>
Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory criminalist I<\/td>		Shooting Straight: The Basics of Firearm and Toolmark Examinations<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
16-Oct-26 3:30pm<\/td>Sabra Jones<\/strong>
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Northeast regional toxicology liaison<\/td>		How a Toxicologist Uses Science to Shape Policy and Save Lives<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
19-Oct-26 3:00pm<\/td>Yu-Shan Lin<\/strong>
Tufts University<\/td>		<\/td>Fang Wang<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
23-Oct-26 3:30pm<\/td>Mark Zabinski<\/strong>
Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory criminalist II latent print examiner<\/td>		Forensic Photography<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
26-Oct-26 3:00pm<\/td>Brandon Yik
<\/strong>University of Georgia
<\/strong><\/td>		From Promise to Practice: What We Know About Specifications Grading in Chemistry<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Justin Pratt and SEISMIC<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
30-Oct-26 3:30pm<\/td>Sujit Purushothaman<\/strong>
FM senior lead research engineer<\/td>		Crime Doesn't Pay, but Forensic Investigations Do<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
02-Nov-26 3:00pm<\/td>Tomoyasu Mani<\/strong>
University of Connecticut<\/td>		<\/td>Coraline Tao<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
06-Nov-26 3:30pm<\/td>Kelly Cormier<\/strong>
Cold Case Coalition<\/td>		Branches, Bloodlines and Breakthroughs: DNA, Genealogy and the Future of Forensics<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
09-Nov-26 3:00pm<\/td>Hsing-Ta Chen<\/strong>
University of Notre Dame<\/td>		<\/td>Coraline Tao<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
13-Nov-26 3:30pm<\/td>Brian Andrews<\/strong>
Rhode Island State Police detective (retired)<\/td>		Cat and Mouse<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
16-Nov-26 3:00pm<\/td>Rishab Dutta<\/strong>
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<\/td>		Exploring Quantum Chemistry\u00a0Across Representations<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>Coraline Tao<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
20-Nov-26 3:30pm<\/td>Kirk Yeager<\/strong>
Senior forensic examiner, explosives, Federal Bureau of Investigation<\/td>		Whatever happened to Ragnar?<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
04-Dec-26 3:30pm<\/td>Gregory Emerson<\/strong>
RI Department of Health<\/td>		Forensic Drug Analysis<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n
07-Dec-26 3:00pm<\/td>Phillip J. Milner<\/strong>
Cornell University<\/td>		Simplifying Synthesis at the Interface of Organic and Materials Chemistry<\/strong><\/td>Fang Wang<\/td>Beaupre 105<\/td><\/td> <\/tr>\n
11-Dec-26 3:30pm<\/td>Gil Sapir<\/strong>
Forensic science consultant and attorney in Chicago<\/td>		Forensic Science and Expert Witness Testimony<\/strong><\/td>Jimmie Oxley<\/td>Beaupre 100<\/td>Forensics<\/td> <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n \n \n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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