Invited Lectures

  • Sun Yat-sen University, Jean Marie Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, Guangzhou, China, Sept. 2024. Invited Talk
  • South China University of Technology, Spin-X, Guangzhou, China. Sept. 2024. Invited Talk
  • Peking University, China, Sept. 2024, XingDa Lecture. Award Lecture
  • Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), China, Sept. 2024. Invited Talk
  • Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, Sept. 2024. Invited Talk
  • Dalian University of Technology, China, Sept. 2025. Invited Talk
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, June 2024. GDCh Lecture
  • University of California, Berkeley, USA, 05th and 12th of April 2024.  Earl L. Muetterties Memorial Lectures
  • University of California, San Diego, USA, March 2024.  Invited Talk
  • ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, March 2024.  Award Symposium in Honor of Suzanne C. Bart.  Invited Talk
  • ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, March 2024.  Award Symposium in Honor of Frank Neese.  Invited Talk
  • ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, March 2024.  Award Symposium in Honor of Dan Meyerstein.  Invited Talk
  • The Chemistry of f-Elements, Spring School, Leipzig, Germany, Feb. 2024.  Opening Lecture
  • Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany, Jan. 2024.  Inorganic Seminar
  • Universität Innsbruck, Austria, Jan. 2024.  GÖCh-Colloquium

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Oct. 2023.  Inorganic Seminar
  • Max Planck Society, EPR Spectroscopy in Catalysis, Schloss Ringberg, Kreuth, Germany, Sept. 2023.  Invited Talk
  • Organometallic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, July 2023.  Invited Talk
  • Actinides 2023, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA, June 2023.  Invited Talk
  • TU Darmstadt, SFB 1487 „Iron upgraded!“, Germany, May 2023.  Invited Talk
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, May 2023.  Invited Talk
  • Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, Texas, USA, March 2023.  Invited Talk

  • Kindai University, Osaka, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Invited Talk
  • Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Invited Talk
  • JSCC, 72nd Coordination Chemistry Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Award Lecture
  • JSCC, 72nd Coordination Chemistry Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Invited Talk
  • Osaka University, Suita Campus, Osaka, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Invited Talk
  • Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Invited Talk
  • Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Invited Talk
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Japan, Sept. 2022.  Invited Talk
  • 44th ICCC, Rimini, Italy, August 2022.  Keynote Lecture
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, July 2022.  Inorganic Seminar
  • XIIIth International School “Marcial Moreno Mañas” on Organometallic Chemistry, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, June 2022,  Plenary Lecture
  • University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 2022. Invited Talk
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 2022. Invited Talk
  • 233rd ACS Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, March 2022.  Award Symposium in Honor of Robert J. Gilliard Jr. Invited Talk
  • GDCh Lecture, University of Saarland,  Saarbrücken, Germany, February 2022. Invited Talk

  • COVID-19

  • European XFEL/DESY Users Meeting, Hamburg, Germany, January 2020. Invited Talk
  • COVID-19 Pandemic, 1st   German lock-down: March 16th, 2020
  • University of Bern, Switzerland, October 2020. Invited Talk

  • Comprehensive Organometallic  Chemistry, Elsevier, London, England, December 2019. Invited Talk
  • The Chemistry of f-Elements, Dresden, Germany, November 2019. Invited Talk
  • GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie, Aachen, Germany, September 2019. Tandem Lecture
  • XXI Mendelev Congress, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 2019. Plenary Lecture
  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,Germany, June 2019. GDCh Lecture
  • Universität Bielefeld, Germany, May 2019. GDCh Lecture
  • Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany, May 2019. Invited Talk
  • ACS on Campus Event, Moscow, Russia, April 2019
  • ACS on Campus Event, St. Petersburg, Russia, April 2019
  • 3rd Fusion Conference on Small Molecule Activation, Nassau, Bahamas, February 2019. Plenary Lecture

  • ETH Zürich, Switzerland, November 2018. Plenary Lecture
  • ETH Zürich, Switzerland October 2018, Guest Professorship. Opening Lecture
  • ACS on Campus Event, Heidelberg, Germany, October 2018
  • Swiss Chemical Society Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2018. Plenary Lecture
  • 10th International Conference on f-Elements (ICFE-10), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2018. Plenary Lecture
  • Swiss Chemical Society Meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2018. Plenary Lecture
  • 10th International Conference on f-Elements (ICFE-10), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2018. Plenary Lecture
  • 10th International Symposium on Nano and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISNSC-10), Dresden, Germany, July 2018. Plenary Lecture
  • Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany, June 2018. Invited Talk
  • University of Hull, UK, April 2018. Award Lecture
  • University of Manchester, UK, April 2018. Award Lecture
  • University of Sussex, UK, April 2018, Award Lecture
  • University of California, Los Angeles, USA, March 2018. Invited Talk
  • University of California, Irvine, USA, March 2018. Invited Talk
  • 255th ACS Meeting, New Orleans, USA, March 2018. Invited Talk
    Symposium in Honor of Clifford P. Kubiak

  • Molecular Science Institute (ICMol) of the University of Valencia, Spain, December 2017. Award Lecture
  • Electric Power University of North China, Beijing, China, November 2017. Invited Talk
  • Beijing University, China, November 2017. Invited Talk
  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, November 2017. Invited Talk
  • Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, November 2017. Invited Talk
  • University of Zurich, Switzerland, October 2017. Departmental Seminar
  • GEQO Organometallic Chemistry Day, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, September 2017. Invited Talk
  • Actinides 2017, Sendai, Japan, July. Plenary Lecture
  • Kindai University, Osaka, Japan, July 2017. Invited Talk
  • Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, July 2017. Invited Talk
  • European Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EICC-4), Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2017. Plenary Lecture
  • St. Petersburg State University, Russia, May 2017. Invited Talk
  • Kurnakov Intitute of General & Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, May 2017. Invited Lectures
  • Moscow State University, Russia, May 2017. Invited Talk
  • ACS Meeting San Francisco, CA; USA, April 2017.
    Symposium in Honor of David L. Clark. Invited Lecture
    Symposium in Honor of Bruce Bursten. Invited Talk
  • Critical Rescource Catalysis, St. Andrews University, Scotland, March 2017. Plenary Lecture
  • CARISMA V, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2017. Keynote Lecture
  • Philips Universität Marburg, February 2017. Invited Talk

  • ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, August 2016. Invited Talk
  • Eröffnungsvortrag Sommerfest, Universität zu Köln, Juli 2016. Invited Talk
  • Secondary and Unconventional Uranium Sources, Future Use of HEU, Depleted, and Reprocessed Uranium, Vienna, Juni 2016. Invited Talk
  • TU München MChG, Mai 2016. Invited Talk
  • COST Action, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2016. Invited Talk
  • ACS Meeting, San Diego, USA, März 2016. Invited Talk
  • Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • CIQSO, Universidad de Huelva, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • IIQ, CSIC – Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • ISQCH, CSIC – Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • CINQUIMA, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Spain, Februar 2016. Invited Talk
  • GDCh Vortrag, Universität zu Köln, Januar 2016. Invited Talk
  • GDCh Vortrag, Technische Universität München, Mai 2016. Invited Talk

  • Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Dezember 2015. Invited Talk
  • GDCh Vortrag, Universität Bayreuth, November 2015. Invited Talk
  • Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan, September 2015. Invited Talk
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Suzukake, Japan, September 2015. Invited Talk
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Japan, September 2015. Invited Talk
  • Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, September 2015. Invited Talk
  • 65th Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry Symposium, Nara, Japan, September 2015. Invited Talk
  • The 2nd Japan-Germany Joint Symposium on Coordination Chemistry, Nara, Japan, September 2015. Invited Talk
  • Indaba 8, Krüger Park, South Africa, August 2015. Invited Talk
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, Mai 2015. Invited Talk
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, Mai 2015. Invited Talk
  • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, Mai 2015. Invited Talk
  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Mai 2015. Invited Talk
  • GDCh Vortrag, Technische Universität Berlin, Mai 2015. Invited Talk
  • EUFEN4, Lissabon, Portugal, April 2015. Invited Talk
  • CARISMA III, Tarragona, Spain, März 2015. Invited Talk
  • ECOST Bio, Marseille, Frankreich, Januar 2015. Invited Talk

  • AREVA Symposium, Avignon, France, September 2014. Invited Talk
  • University of California, Irvine, USA, August 2014. Invited Talk
  • ACS Meeting, San Francisco, USA, August 2014. Invited Talk
  • CARISMA Meeting, Venice, Italy, April 2014. Invited Talk
  • Universität Siegen, April 2014. GDCh Vortrag
  • Journees des Actinides, Ein Gedi, Israel, April 2014. Invited Talk
  • UCLAN, Preston, UK, February 2014. Distinguished Professor Program

  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, December 2013. Invited Talk
  • Ariel University, Jerusalem, Israel, November 2013. Invited Talk
  • Ben Gurion University, Be’er Sheva, Israel, November 2013. Invited Talk
  • Technion, Haifa, Israel, November 2013. Invited Talk
  • University of Champagne-Illinois, IL, USA, September 2013, Invited Lecture
  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, September 2013. Invited Lecture
  • University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA, September 2013. Invited Lecture
  • ACS Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, USA, September 2013. Invited Lecture
  • University of Nottingham, September 2013. Invited Talk
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim/Ruhr, September 2013. Summer School Opening Lecture
  • Actinides 2013, Karlsruhe, Juli 2013. Invited Talk
  • Gordon Research Conference, Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI, USA, June 2013. Invited Talk
  • Freie Universität Berlin, Juni 2013. Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • Universität Zürich, Schweiz, Mai 2013. Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • EUFEN2, Cost Action Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, April 2013. Invited Talk
  • California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Los Angeles, CA, USA, February 2013. Inorganic Seminar
  • University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA, February 2013. Inorganic Seminar
  • Technische Universität Dortmund, Januar 2013. GDCh Vortrag

  • Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Dezember 2012. GDCh Vortrag
  • Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, October 2012. Invited Talk
  • University of Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2012. Invited Talk
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim/Ruhr, Oktober 2012. Festkolloquium
  • CEA Grenoble, France, September 2012. Invited Talk
  • University of Barcelona, Spain, September 2012. Invited Talk
  • University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France, September 2012. Invited Talks & Visiting Professorship
  • Gordon Research Conference, Inorganic Chemistry, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, USA, June 2012 Invited Talk
  • Graduate Research Conference, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, USA, June 2012. Invited Talk
  • EUFEN1, COST Action Meeting, Tarragona, Spain, April 2012. Invited Talk
  • ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, March 2012. Invited Talk
  • University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France, March 2012. Invited Talks & Visiting Professorship
  • Mesilla Chemistry Workshop, Mesilla, New Mexico, USA, February 2012. Invited Talk
  • Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Februar 2012. Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • Universität Duisburg-Essen, Januar 2012. Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • Universität Leipzig, Januar 2012. GDCh Vortrag

  • Cambridge University, UK, November 2011. Invited Talk
  • Universität Stuttgart, November 2011. GDCh-Vortrag
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 2011. LBNL Review
  • ETH Zürich, Schweiz, Oktober 2011. Invited Talk
  • University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, September 2011. Invited Talk
  • University of Cape Town, South Africa, September 2011. Invited Talk
  • Dalton Transactions Younger Research Symposium, University of Warwick, UK, September 2011Keynote Lecture
  • AGICHEM 2011, Universität Heidelberg, September 2011. Invited Talk
  • SFB 813 – Summer School 2011, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, September 2011. Opening Lecture
  • Rare Earth Reserach Conference 2011, Santa Fe, NM, USA, June 2011. Invited Talk
  • Summer School, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Juni 2011. Invited Talk
  • Humboldt Universität Berlin, April 2011. Invited Talk
  • Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Januar 2011. GDCh Vortrag
  • Technische Universität Dresden, Januar 2011. Anorganisches Kolloquium

  • 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dezember 2010, Invited Talk
  • TU Kaiserslautern, November 2010, Invited Talk
  • YoungChem 2010, Reda, Poland, October 2010. Plenary Lecture
  • Tohuku University, Sendai, Japan, September 2010. Invited Lecture
  • 60th Anniversary Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Osaka, Japan. Plenary Lecture
  • Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, September 2010. Invited Talk
  • Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan, September 2010. Invited Talk
  • Osaka University, Suita Osaka, Japan, September 2010. Invited Talk
  • Kanazawa University, Kakuma Kanazawa, Japan, September 2010. Invited Talk
  • Nagoya Institute of Technology, Chikusa Nagoya, Japan, September 2010. Invited Talk
  • Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, September 2010. Invited Talk
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Japan, September 2010. Invited Talk
  • Strem Chemicals Inc., Newburyport, USA, August 2010. Invited Seminar
  • 240th ACS Meeting Boston, USA, August 2010. Symposium on Ligand Design & Metal Behaviour. Invited Lecture
  • Philipps-Universität Marburg, Juni 2010. GDCh Vortrag
  • Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA) Grenoble, France, June 2010. Invited Seminar
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Mai 2010, Advisory Board meeting ANKA, Invited Talk
  • 239th ACS Meeting San Francisco, USA, March 2010. Award Symposium in Honor of Daniel J. Mindiola. Invited Seminar
  • University of Manchester, UK, Visiting Professorship Inaugural Lecture, February 2010

  • TU Berlin, Dezember 2009. Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Dezember 2009. Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • Nottingham University, UK, October 2009. Invited Seminar
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Oktober 2009, BMBF Kick-off Meeting
  • Universität Paderborn, Juni 2009. GDCh Vortrag
  • RWTH Aachen, Mai 2009. GDCh Vortrag
  • Technische Universität München (TUM), Mai 2009. Anorganisch-Chemisches Kolloquium
  • Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa, Israel, May 2009. Plenary Speaker
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, April 2009. Invited Seminar
  • Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Japan, April 2009. Invited Seminar
  • Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, Japan, April 2009. Invited Seminar
  • 237th ACS Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah (USA), March 2009. Award Symposium in Honor of Daniel G. Nocera. Invited Speaker
  • Zing Coordination Chemistry Conference. The Jolly Beach Resort, Antigua, W.I., March 2009.  Invited Speaker
  • Diaconescu Group Seminar. University of California, Los Angeles, USA, March 2009
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA, March 2009. Invited Seminar
  • University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, March 2009. Invited Seminar
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, March 2009. Invited Seminar
  • California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, USA, March 2009. Invited Seminar
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Feb. 2009. Invited Lecture
  • Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Jan. 2009. GDCh Vortrag
  • Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernchemie, Jan. 2009. Invited Seminar

  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Dez. 2008. GDCh Vortrag
  • Bayer Technology, Leverkusen, Nov. 2008. Invited Lecture
  • Ruperto Carola Symposium Bioenergy Conversion, Universität Heidelberg, Okt. 2008. Invited Lecture
  • Edingburgh University, UK, Oct. 2008. Invited Lecture
  • Manchester University, UK, Oct. 2008. Invited Lecture
  • Oxford University, UK, Oct. 2008. Invited Lecture
  • University of Sussex, UK, Oct. 2008. Invited Lecture
  • 26th Poland-Germany Colloquium on Organometallic Chemistry, Bad Alexandersbad, Sept. 2008. Lecture
  • 38th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Jerusalem, Israel, July 2008. Invited Lecture
  • Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Juni 2008. Invited Seminar
  • Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2008. Invited Seminar
  • Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Mai 2008. GDCH Vortrag
  • Universität Bayreuth, Jan. 2008. Invited Seminar

  • Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Dez. 2007. Invited Seminar
  • Mie University, Tsu-Mie, Japan, Nov. 2007. Invited Seminar
  • Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, Nov. 2007. Invited Seminar
  • International Workshop on “Bioinorganic and Organometallic Perspectives
    in Activation of Small Molecules”
    Institute for Molecular Sciences (IMS), Okazaki, Japan, Nov. 2007. Invited Talk
  • John van Geuns Lecture, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences,
    University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Nov. 2007. Invited Talk
  • ACTINET Meeting, Avignon, France, Oct. 2007. Invited Talk
  • Heron Island Conference on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (Heron 4). Heron Islands, Queensland, Australia, July 2007. Invited Talk
  • Universität Bielefeld, Juni 2007. GDCh-Vortrag
  • Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC/CNRS) / Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France, June 2007. Invited Talk
  • Universität Regensburg, Anorganisch-Chemisches Kolloquium, Juni 2007. Invited Talk
  • Freie Universität Berlin, Anorganisch-Chemisches Kolloquium, Juni 2007. Invited Talk
  • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Mai 2007. Invited Seminar
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München, Kolloquium Anorganische Chemie, Mai 2007
  • 233rd ACS Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 2007. F. Albert Cotton Award Symposium in Honor of Christopher C. Cummins. Invited Talk

  • Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Chemischen Institute. Bonn, Nov. 2006. Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • Workshop on the Chemistry of Actinide Molecular Clusters, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU), Karlsruhe, Nov. 2006. Invited Talk
  • Symposium. Universität Erlangen, Okt. 2006. Invited Talk
  • University of Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan, Sept. 2006. Invited Talk
  • 13. Vortragstagung der Wöhler-Vereiningung für Anorganische Chemie. Aachen, Sept. 2006. Invited Talk
  • 232nd ACS Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, Sept. 2006.
  • Antrittsvorlesung, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Juli 2006
  • Philipps-Universität Marburg, Fachbereich Chemie, Hamburg, Juni 2006. Kolloquium für anorganische und analytische Chemie.
  • Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich Chemie, Hamburg, Juni 2006, Anorganisches Kolloquium
  • Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, Karlsruhe, April 2006. Invited Talk
  • 231st ACS Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 2006. Inorganic Chemistry Award Symposium in Honor of Karl Wieghardt. Invited Talk
  • UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 2006. Invited Talk
  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Feb. 2006. Invited Talk
  • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA, Feb. 2006. Invited Talk
  • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, Jan. 2006. Invited Talk

  • Uranium Complexes for Small Molecule Activation Chemistry: Control of Reactivity via Molecular Architecture.
    Seminar. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. Sept. 2005. Invited Talk
  • Alkane Coordination, CO/CO2 Activation & Nitrogen Atom Transfer Chemistry Utilizing Low- and High-Valent Uranium Coordination Complexes.
    Seminar. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Berkeley, CA. May 2005. Invited Talk
  • Coordination Chemistry with the Heaviest Element, Uranium: A Story of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.
    Departmental Seminar. University of Arkansas. May 2005. Invited Talk
  • Alkane Coordination, CO/CO2 Activation & Nitrogen Atom Transfer Chemistry Utilizing Low- and High-Valent Uranium Coordination Complexes.
    2005 DOE-BES Separations and Heavy Element Contractor’s Meeting. Rockville, MD. April 2005
  • SFB 583: Redox-Active Metal Complexes: Control of Reactivity via Molecular Architecture.
    Symposium. University of Erlangen – Nuremberg, Germany. March 2005. Invited Talk
  • Redox-Active Transition and Actinide Metal Complexes for Small Molecule Activation: Control of Reactivity via Molecular Architecture.
    Departmental Seminar. University of California, Irvine. Feb. 2005. Invited Talk
  • Coordination Chemistry at Highly Reactive Uranium Centers: From Alkane Coordination to CO/CO2 Activation & Nitrogen Atom Transfer.
    Seminar. Technical University Munich, Germany. Jan. 2005. Invited Talk

  • Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal and Uranium Centers in New Trigonal Coordination Environments.
    Seminar. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. Nov. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal and Uranium Centers in New Trigonal Coordination Environments.
    Seminar. Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain. Nov. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal and Uranium Centers in New Trigonal Coordination Environments.
    Organic Chemistry Seminar. University of Zuerich, Switzerland. Nov. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal and Uranium Centers in New Trigonal Coordination Environments.
    Seminar. Max-Planck-Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Muelheim/Ruhr, Germany. Nov. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Aktivierung kleiner Molekuele an elektronenreichen Uebergangsmetall- und Urankomplexen.
    Group Seminar (Prof. Huttner). Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany. Nov. 2004. Invited Seminar.
  • Uebergangsmetall- und Actinoidkomplexe mit sterisch anspruchsvollen Liganden: Neue Koordinationsmodi und Aktivierung kleiner Molekuele.
    Inorganic Chemistry Colloquium. Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany. Nov. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal and Uranium Centers in New Trigonal Coordination Environments.
    Inorganic Seminar. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Oct. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal and Uranium Centers in New Trigonal Coordination Environments.
    Inorganic – Electrochemistry Seminar. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Oct. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Small Molecule Activation at Transition Metal and Uranium Centers in New Trigonal Coordination Environments.
    Departmental Seminar. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Sept. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Uranium Coordination Chemistry: From Alkane Coordination to CO/CO2 Activation & Nitrogen Atom Transfer Chemistry.
    Departmental Seminar. Georgetown University, Goergetown, Washington DC. Aug. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Metal Complexes of Novel Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity.
    228th ACS National Meeting. Symposium: The Use of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Catalysis (Steve Nolan). Philadelphia, PA. Aug. 2004. Invited Talk.
  • Nitrogen Atom Transfer Chemistry Utilizing High-Valent Uranium(V) Imido Complexes: The Imdio Functionality as a Nitrogen Source for the Synthesis of Carbodiimides.
    XXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Vancouver, Canada. July 2004. Oral Presentation.
  • Gordon Research Conference: Inorganic Chemistry.
    Discussion Leader: Structure & Bonding. Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, July 2004.
  • NSF/DOE Workshop “Actinide Science for the 21st Century”
    Discussion Leader: Actinide Coordination Chemistry, Washington DC, May 2004.

  • Hot Chemistry with Depleted Uranium: From Carbene and Alkane Coordination to Small Molecule Activation.
    Departmental Seminar. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Nov. 2003. Invited Talk.
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Tripodal Carbene Ligands and Their Metal Complexes. Insights into the Electronic Structure of Diaminocarbene Metal Complexes.
    Inorganic Chemistry Seminar. University of California, Riverside. Nov. 2003. Invited Talk.
  • Coordination Chemistry at Highly Reactive Uranium Centers: From Carbene and Alkane Coordination to Small Molecule Activation. Anything is Possible.
    Group Seminar (Prof. R.H. Holm) Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Oct. 2003.
  • Coordination Chemistry at Highly Reactive Uranium Centers: From Carbene and Alkane Coordination to Small Molecule Activation. Anything is Possible.
    Inorganic Chemistry Seminar. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Oct. 2003. Invited Talk.
  • Coordination Chemistry at Highly Reactive Uranium Centers: From Carbene and Alkane Coordination to Small Molecule Activation. Anything is Possible.
    Inorganic Chemistry Seminar. University of California, Santa Barbara. Oct. 2003. Invited Talk.
  • Coordination Chemistry at Highly Reactive Uranium Centers: From Carbene and Alkane Coordination to Small Molecule Activation. Anything is Possible.
    Inorganic Chemistry Seminar. University of California, Berkeley. Oct. 2003. Invited Talk.
  • Coordination Chemistry at Highly Reactive Uranium Centers: From Alkane Coordination to CO/CO2 Activation.
    Inorganic Chemistry Seminar/Minority Access to Research in Chemistry (MARC). University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Sept. 2003. Invited Talk.
  • Engendering Highly Reactive Uranium Species with a Single Pocket for Reactivity: A Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Study.
    5th International Conference on f-Element Chemistry 2003, Geneve, Switzerland, Aug. 2003. Invited Talk.
  • Engendering Highly Reactive Uranium Species with a Single Pocket for Reactivity: A Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Study.
    Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference 2003, Newport, Rhode Island, July 2003. Invited Poster Award Talk. have a look @ it here
  • Engendering Highly Reactive Uranium Species with a Single Pocket for Reactivity: A Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Study.
    Plutonium Futures 2003-The Science Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 2003. Invited Talk.

  • Metal Complexes of Novel Tripodal N-Heterocycliuc Carbene Ligands: A Combined Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Study.
    Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, Westfaelische-Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, Germany, Dec. 2002.
  • Uranium Tris-Aryloxide Derivatives Supported by Triazacyclononane: Engendering a Reactive Uranium(III) Center with a Single Pocket for Reactivity.
    Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, Westfaelische-Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, Germany, Dec. 2002.
  • Hot Chemistry in the Meyer Lab: The Wieghardt-Cummins Fusion Chemistry.
    Lecture in Honor of Prof. Karl Wieghardt’s 60th Birthday, Max-Planck-Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Muelheim a. d. Ruhr, Germany, July 2002.

  • Molecular and Electronic Structure of Simple High-Valent Cr, Mn, Fe, and U complexes.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Jan. 2000.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Jan. 2000.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Dec. 1999.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Dec. 1999.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, University of California, Davis, CA, Dec. 1999.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Dec. 1999.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, Nov. 1999.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Nov. 1999.
  • Group Seminar (Prof. Richard H. Holm), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 1999.
  • Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 1999
  • A New Generation of High-Valent Nitrido Complexes – Synthesis, Molecular & Electronic Structure.
  • Royal Danish Chemical Society, Inorganic Section, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 1997
  • Molecular and Electronic Structure of High-Valent Nitrido-chromium and -manganese Complexes.
  • Inorganic Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Aug. 1997
  • Scientific Collaboration on Single-Crystal Absorption Spectroscopy.
    Prof. Dr. H.U. Güdel, University of Bern, Switzerland, Feb. 1997