We are so excited to share our upcoming Science and Mathematics, featuring a wide range of interests, across multiple disciplines and research presentations.
March 2023
Speaker: Dr. Jianan Hui, Associate Director of Biostatistics at Servier Pharmaceuticals
Title: “Biostatisticians in Clinical Trials”
Abstract: Clinical trials are a type of research that studies new treatments and evaluates their effects on human health outcomes. The typical flow of clinical trial begins with the trial design and ends with a clinical study report or publication. Biostatisticians play a crucial role throughout the entire process. This talk will introduce different types of clinical trials, walk through the stages of a typical clinical trial and elaborate the roles and responsibilities of biostatisticians at each stage.
Bio: Dr. Jianan Hui is an Associate Director of Biostatistics at Servier Pharmaceuticals. She currently leads several pivotal studies and global submissions in hematology. Prior to her role at Servier, she worked at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals where she served as the project statistician for various projects in immunology, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism. Her research interests include Bayesian statistics, adaptive design, statistical go/no-go decision making and statistical learning. Jianan received her Ph.D. in Applied Statistics at University of California, Riverside with research focuses in Markov chain Monte Carlo and spatiotemporal Bayesian Hierarchical modeling. Prior to that, she received two B.S. degrees in Mathematics from University of Texas at Arlington and in Information and Computational Science from University of Science and Technology Beijing.
The Applied Mathematics in Industry Seminar (AMIS) series is primarily focused on highlighting how mathematics is used in various different careers and is geared toward undergraduates. Seminars typically require little or no advanced mathematical knowledge and are open to anyone.
This seminar will be held virtually. Please click the join stream button and follow the instructions to attend.
Speaker: Will Harlan, Senior Conservation Advocate @ Center for Biological Diversity
Title: “My teacher: the trail”
The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities.
The Spring 2023 seminar series will be held virtually. Seminars will be pre-recorded and available for on-demand viewing by the beginning of each week. Question & Answer sessions will be held virtually on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30pm. If you are interested in watching one of the seminars or joining a live Question & Answer session with the guest speaker, please contact Dr. Todd Pierson for details.
Interested in a professional healthcare program? Then attend one of our Spring 2023 Pre-Health Advising Information Sessions! This is a great opportunity to learn more about admissions requirements for professional health programs and meet our Pre-Health Advisor, Tabitha Robinson. No sign-up required, but please be on time!
This information session is virtual. Please click the join stream button to attend.
Speaker: Dr. Sheyda Azimi, Georgia State University
Title: “TBA”
The Molecular Biosciences Interest Group (MBIG) seminar will take place in-person on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1010. All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to attend.
Interested in a professional healthcare program? Then attend one of our Spring 2023 Pre-Health Advising Information Sessions! This is a great opportunity to learn more about admissions requirements for professional health programs and meet our Pre-Health Advisor, Tabitha Robinson. No sign-up required, but please be on time!
Speaker: Becca Risser, Headwaters Watershed Specialist @ Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Title: “Lake Lanier, a conservation case study”
The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities.
The Spring 2023 seminar series will be held virtually. Seminars will be pre-recorded and available for on-demand viewing by the beginning of each week. Question & Answer sessions will be held virtually on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30pm. If you are interested in watching one of the seminars or joining a live Question & Answer session with the guest speaker, please contact Dr. Todd Pierson for details.
Speaker: Dr. John Gladysz, Texas A&M University
Title: “From Molecular Gyroscopes to Homeomorphic Isomerization: Molecules that Turn Themselves Inside-Out”
Abstract: Children never cease to be fascinated by toy gyroscopes, which commonly consist of (1) a rotating axis and disk, and (2) two to four spokes that connect the termini of the axis. This talk will describe syntheses of molecules that duplicate the connectivity, symmetry, and rotational ability of such gyroscopes. Complexes with trans R3P-MLn-PR3 linkages are first prepared, with R groups that terminate with a CH=CH2 moiety. Then alkene metathesis followed by hydrogenation is used to construct three-spoked cage molecules. Square planar, trigonal bipyramidal, and octahedral systems can be prepared.
Certain complexes can be demetallated to yield dibridgehead diphosphines, which can exist as three stereoisomers (phosphorus lone pairs in/in, out/out, or in/out). This provides a starting point for another very interesting story. It has proved possible to show that these molecules rapidly turn themselves "inside-out" by a dynamic process that has rarely been observed previously. These topologically novel equilibria interconvert what any chemist would regard as two configurational diastereomers by purely conformational processes.
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Departmental Seminar Series covers a broad range of fields in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. In past seminars, scientists from Academia, Government, and Industry have presented their most recent discoveries and contributions in their respective areas. This Seminar Series offers students and faculty the opportunity to interact directly with other leaders in their specializations and to gain a good overview of the entire range of fields in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Speaker: Dr. Siobhan Craige, an Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech
Title: “Reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling in skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise”
The Molecular Biosciences Interest Group (MBIG) seminar will take place in-person on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1010. All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to attend.
Interested in earning a math major/math minor? Need help with course selection? Want to know more about careers in math?
This info session is for you! Join the Department of Mathematics for information about the math major/minor, help with course selection, Putman Exam problems, light refreshments, and more!
Speaker: Dr. Erdi Kara, Spelman College
Title: “Tracking walking droplets and granular intruders”
Abstract: We present a deep learning based object-tracking scheme to accurately extract the trajectory of individual walking droplets in a wide-range of experimental settings. The method presented in this work has the potential to resolve numerous issues concerning tracking the long-time trajectory of wave-particle entities.
The Analysis and Applied Mathematics (AAM) Seminar is intended for Kennesaw State faculty working in the various areas of analysis and applied mathematics to get together to discuss their current work or related questions. Seminars often involve advanced mathematical knowledge. However, the seminars are open to anyone who is interested in attending.
Speaker: Emmanuel Brown
Title: “Logic, Sets and Communicating with the Business”
Abstract: Using Logic to solve problems in complex datasets. Then conveying insights to push data driven decisions.
Bio: As a double Owl from Kennesaw State University, with a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and Master's Degree in Applied Statistics, Emmanuel Brown has been working in the field of data analytics for the past 9 years. He has worked in industries such as Energy, Ecommerce and Retail to hone his analytical skills and provide meaningful insights that the data presents to the business side of each company. With this passion for data, he strives to present an accurate picture of the performance and trends of an organization.
The Applied Mathematics in Industry Seminar (AMIS) series is primarily focused on highlighting how mathematics is used in various different careers and is geared toward undergraduates. Seminars typically require little or no advanced mathematical knowledge and are open to anyone.
This seminar will be held virtually. Please click the join stream button and follow the instructions to attend.
Please join us on Thursday, March 23, 2023, for a visit from one of the College’s most successful alumni, Professor Ali Shilatifard! This will be his first time visiting campus since his graduation, and we would like to give him a warm welcome to KSU.
Dr. Shilatifard will give a lecture at 12:30 pm in Prillaman Hall, HS 1000, followed by a small reception. Students will also have the opportunity to meet Dr. Shilatifard from 5:00 to 6:00 pm in the Science Laboratory Building Atrium.
Professor Shilatifard is the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is Director of the Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, and the Robert Francis Furchgott Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Pediatrics. Learn more about Professor Shilatifard's research!
Speaker: Cyndi Carter, PhD Candidate @ University of Georgia
Title: “Finding my niche: An academic journey exploring the ecology of amphibians and reptiles”
The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities.
The Spring 2023 seminar series will be held virtually. Seminars will be pre-recorded and available for on-demand viewing by the beginning of each week. Question & Answer sessions will be held virtually on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30pm. If you are interested in watching one of the seminars or joining a live Question & Answer session with the guest speaker, please contact Dr. Todd Pierson for details.
Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, Georgia State University
Title: “TBA”
The Molecular Biosciences Interest Group (MBIG) seminar will take place in-person on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1010. All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to attend.
Speaker: Dr. Ronghu Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology
Title: “Effective Mass Spectrometry-Based Methods for Comprehensive and Site-Specific Characterization of Protein Glycosylation”
Abstract: Glycosylation determines protein folding, trafficking and stability, and it regulates nearly every extracellular activity, including cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, and cell immune response. Currently, mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics provides a unique opportunity to analyze proteins and their modifications on a large scale. However, global and site-specific analysis of glycoproteins is extraordinarily challenging because of the low abundance of many glycoproteins, the heterogeneity of glycans, and the complexity of biological samples. In order to globally analyze protein glycosylation in complex biological samples, innovative enrichment methods are imperative. We have developed effective MS-based chemical and enzymatic methods to comprehensively and site-specifically analyze glycoproteins. Furthermore, almost all proteins on the cell surface are glycosylated and surface glycoproteins are essential for cells to interact with other cells and the extracellular matrix. Global analysis of glycoproteins only on the cell surface is even more challenging. We have worked on the development of novel methods integrating metabolic labeling and bioorthogonal chemistry to specifically target surface glycoproteins for MS analysis. Then, the developed method was applied to systematically investigate the dynamics of surface glycoproteins in immune cells (monocyte and macrophage) during the infection, and besides the well-documented glycoprotein changes, we also identified some new surface glycoproteins participating in the immune response. Additionally, the research provided site-specific information regarding protein glycosylation changes during the immune response. The quantification of glycoproteins in the differentiation experiment from monocyte to macrophage revealed that different responses were at least partly attributed to the priming of monocytes during the differentiation. Global analysis of glycoproteins and surface ones will provide in-depth understanding of protein functions and cellular activities, leading to the discovery of glycoproteins as disease biomarkers and drug targets.
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Departmental Seminar Series covers a broad range of fields in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. In past seminars, scientists from Academia, Government, and Industry have presented their most recent discoveries and contributions in their respective areas. This Seminar Series offers students and faculty the opportunity to interact directly with other leaders in their specializations and to gain a good overview of the entire range of fields in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
This seminar will take place in person.
Interested in a professional healthcare program? Then attend one of our Spring 2023 Pre-Health Advising Information Sessions! This is a great opportunity to learn more about admissions requirements for professional health programs and meet our Pre-Health Advisor, Tabitha Robinson. No sign-up required, but please be on time!
Speaker: Dr. John Phillips, Assistant Professor @ Valdosta State University
Title: “From zero to Sixty in three-million years: speciation and biogeography in Galápagos land snails”
The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities.
The Spring 2023 seminar series will be held virtually. Seminars will be pre-recorded and available for on-demand viewing by the beginning of each week. Question & Answer sessions will be held virtually on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30pm. If you are interested in watching one of the seminars or joining a live Question & Answer session with the guest speaker, please contact Dr. Todd Pierson for details.
Speaker: Ariel Cook, Auburn University
Title: “Colorings of Graphs with Reference to Other Graphs”
Abstract: Suppose that G and H are (finite, simple) graphs on the same vertex set V. A (proper) G-coloring of H is an assignment to each vertex v of an element of NG(v) so that vertices adjacent in H are assigned different vertices. A G-coloring of G is a self-coloring of G. A Gc-coloring of G is an anti-self-coloring of G. Numerous questions arise, some of which will be reported on in this talk. These questions all descend from an ancestral question, posed by Steve Hedetniemi: For which graphs G does the indexed family of open neighborhoods in G of G’s vertices have a system of distinct representatives? Clearly such an SDR would constitute a G-coloring of the complete graph on V(G). Hedetniemi’s question was satisfactorily answered in 2018, by Hedetniemi, Holliday, and Johnson, but its position in the wider context introduced here was not realized until recently. The talk is based on joint work with Sarah Holliday and Peter Johnson.
The Discrete Math Seminar (DMS) is intended for Kennesaw State faculty working in the various areas of algebra, number theory, and discrete mathematics to get together to discuss their current work or related questions. Seminars often involve advanced mathematical knowledge. However, the seminars are open to anyone who is interested in attending.
Speaker: TBA
Title: “TBA”
The Molecular Biosciences Interest Group (MBIG) seminar will take place in-person on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1010. All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to attend.
April 2023
Speaker: Dr. Morgan Stefik, University of South Carolina
Title: “Persistent Micelle Templates for Single-Variable Series of Porous Nanomaterials”
Abstract: Block polymer structure‐directing agents (SDA) enable the production of porous nanoscale materials by controlling the arrangement of material precursors. The subsequent removal of the polymer thus yields porous nanomaterials that are useful for a wide range of applications including energy storage and catalysis. The iteration of most such strategies however lead to complex sequences of nanomaterials that change multiple spatial variables at a time, including morphology, pore size, and wall thickness due to equilibration. In contrast, persistent micelle templates (PMT) are based upon the kinetic entrapment of polymer chains to enable sample adjustments with constant morphology (isomorphic) and constant pore size. Such series of nanomaterials with a single spatial variable are well poised to clarify cause-and-effect for nanoscale phenomena. The PMT approach has enabled wide spanning feature sizes over two orders of magnitude with 2 Å precision adjustments between samples. The PMT method is simple to validate with diffraction models and is feasible in any laboratory with minimal equipment. Finally, recent energy device research enabled by PMT are noted where tailored nanomaterials provided a unique perspective to unravel complex battery behaviors.
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Departmental Seminar Series covers a broad range of fields in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. In past seminars, scientists from Academia, Government, and Industry have presented their most recent discoveries and contributions in their respective areas. This Seminar Series offers students and faculty the opportunity to interact directly with other leaders in their specializations and to gain a good overview of the entire range of fields in Chemistry and Biochemistry.
This seminar will take place in person.
Speaker: Dr. Betsie Rothermel, Associate Research Biologist @ Archbold Biological Station
Title: “Turtles are social, too: How body size and relatedness affect social networks of female Gopher Tortoises”
The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities.
The Spring 2023 seminar series will be held virtually. Seminars will be pre-recorded and available for on-demand viewing by the beginning of each week. Question & Answer sessions will be held virtually on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30pm. If you are interested in watching one of the seminars or joining a live Question & Answer session with the guest speaker, please contact Dr. Todd Pierson for details.
Speaker: TBA
Title: “TBA”
The Molecular Biosciences Interest Group (MBIG) seminar will take place in-person on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1010. All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to attend.
Interested in a professional healthcare program? Then attend one of our Spring 2023 Pre-Health Advising Information Sessions! This is a great opportunity to learn more about admissions requirements for professional health programs and meet our Pre-Health Advisor, Tabitha Robinson. No sign-up required, but please be on time!
Speaker: Dr. Anna McKee, Ecologist @ United States Geological Survey
Title: “TBA”
The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities.
The Spring 2023 seminar series will be held virtually. Seminars will be pre-recorded and available for on-demand viewing by the beginning of each week. Question & Answer sessions will be held virtually on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30pm. If you are interested in watching one of the seminars or joining a live Question & Answer session with the guest speaker, please contact Dr. Todd Pierson for details.
Interested in a professional healthcare program? Then attend one of our Spring 2023 Pre-Health Advising Information Sessions! This is a great opportunity to learn more about admissions requirements for professional health programs and meet our Pre-Health Advisor, Tabitha Robinson. No sign-up required, but please be on time!
This information session is virtual. Please click the join stream button to attend.
Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Dodson, Colby College
Title: “TBA”
Abstract: TBA
The Analysis and Applied Mathematics (AAM) Seminar is intended for Kennesaw State faculty working in the various areas of analysis and applied mathematics to get together to discuss their current work or related questions. Seminars often involve advanced mathematical knowledge. However, the seminars are open to anyone who is interested in attending.
This seminar will be held virtually.
Speaker: TBA
Title: “TBA”
The Molecular Biosciences Interest Group (MBIG) seminar will take place in-person on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1010. All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to attend.
Interested in a professional healthcare program? Then attend one of our Spring 2023 Pre-Health Advising Information Sessions! This is a great opportunity to learn more about admissions requirements for professional health programs and meet our Pre-Health Advisor, Tabitha Robinson. No sign-up required, but please be on time!
Speaker: Dr. Amy Trice, Director of Ocean Planning @ Ocean Conservancy
Title: “TBA”
The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities.
The Spring 2023 seminar series will be held virtually. Seminars will be pre-recorded and available for on-demand viewing by the beginning of each week. Question & Answer sessions will be held virtually on Thursdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30pm. If you are interested in watching one of the seminars or joining a live Question & Answer session with the guest speaker, please contact Dr. Todd Pierson for details.
Speaker: Dr. Brooke Maslo, Rutgers University
Title: “TBA”
The Molecular Biosciences Interest Group (MBIG) seminar will take place in-person on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1010. All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to attend.
Interested in a professional healthcare program? Then attend one of our Spring 2023 Pre-Health Advising Information Sessions! This is a great opportunity to learn more about admissions requirements for professional health programs and meet our Pre-Health Advisor, Tabitha Robinson. No sign-up required, but please be on time!
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