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Future Faculty Presentations
Get to know our upcoming faculty presenters and explore their cutting-edge research. Join us to discover new areas of chemistry, connect with faculty, and find your next research opportunity
Professor
Dr. Biwu Ma
The Ma Group develops functional materials for applications in energy, environmental, and information technologies. Their research focuses on molecular-level materials design, device fabrication, and structure–property relationships to advance next-generation electronic and energy devices.
November 5, 2025
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November 19, 2025
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Past Faculty Presentations
Explore the faculty members who have shared their research with us in past ACS presentations. From groundbreaking discoveries to personal research journeys, these talks highlight the diverse expertise within our department.
Professor
Dr. Edward Kalkreuter
The Kalkreuter Group investigates bacterial biosynthetic pathways to discover novel natural products and enzymes. Using directed evolution, synthetic biology, genome mining, and enzymology, they aim to unlock silent gene clusters and expand nature’s chemical diversity for new drug discovery.
Email: kalkreuter@chem.fsu.edu
October 22, 2025
Assistant Professor
Dr. Robert Lazenby
The Lazenby Lab develops electroanalytical methods and scanned probe microscopy for imaging, sensing, and materials characterization. Their work creates micro- and nanoscale biosensor probes that enable high-resolution mapping of chemical fluxes and concentrations in biological and non-biological systems.
Email: rlazenby@fsu.edu
October 8, 2025
Professor
Dr. Oliver Steinbock
The Steinbock Group studies self-organization in non-equilibrium systems to reveal how nature operates far from equilibrium. Their research spans cardiac biophysics, enzymatic catalysis, and inorganic synthesis through biomimetic pathways, uncovering new approaches to pattern formation and material design.
Email: steinbck@chem.fsu.edu
September 24, 2025
Professor
Dr. Michael Shatruk
The Shatruk Group investigates inorganic, materials, and physical chemistry to design new quantum materials. Their work combines synthesis and crystal structure determination with advanced optical, magnetic, and theoretical techniques to discover molecular qubits, quantum magnets, and stimuli-responsive materials for applications in quantum information, sensing, and data storage.
Email: shatruk@chem.fsu.edu
September 10, 2025
Assistant Professor
Dr. Wen Zhu
The Zhu Group explores how metalloenzymes use metal cofactors and protein dynamics to carry out complex biochemical reactions. Using structural biology, biophysical techniques, and genome mining, we aim to uncover catalytic mechanisms and advance drug discovery, especially for rare diseases lacking effective treatments.
Email: wzhu@chem.fsu.edu
April 16, 2025
Assistant Professor
Dr. Bryan Kudisch
The Kudisch Group studies the photophysical and photochemical mechanisms behind next-generation photocatalysts. By combining synthetic chemistry with ultrafast spectroscopy, they explore radical excited states, ligand-to-metal charge transfer, and reaction dynamics to advance photoredox catalysis and quantum applications.
Email: kudisch@chem.fsu.edu
April 2, 2025
Professor
Dr. Geoffrey F. Strouse
The Strouse Group investigates nanoscale materials through advanced spectroscopic, structural, and magnetic techniques. Their work focuses on catalysis, energy, sustainability, and optical devices by tailoring nanocrystals for applications like solid-state lighting, photochromics, and heterogeneous catalysis
Email: strouse@chem.fsu.edu
March 5, 2025