The Mason Group meets together weekly during the fall, spring, and summer terms. At these meetings, group members present either current group research or relevant literature. Below are the dates, times, and speakers for group meetings during the 2025-2026 academic year. Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 meetings are held in Naito 030, unless otherwise noted. Talk titles will be added as they become available.

This schedule is subject to change.

September 3rd, 1:30 PM - Hyukhun Hong (Research) - “Interactions of Molecules with Metal-Organic Frameworks in Aqueous Media”

September 12th, 12:00 PM – Illbong Lee (Literature) - “If it won't die, hit it harder: Mechanochemical upcycling of forever chemicals”

September 17th, 1:30 PM – Faith Chen (Research) - “Playing It Cool with Chemistry: Leveraging Chain-Melting Transitions in Layered Materials for Solid-State Cooling”        

September 24th,  1:30 PM – Abby Jiang (Literature) - “Polymer-inorganic interfaces for magnetoelectric sensing”

October 10, 3:00 PM - Rahil Ukani (Research) -   “Disorderly Conduct[ion]: Probing Thermal Transport across Phase Transitions”

October 15th, 3:30 PM – Dan Laorenza (Literature) - “Twisting Light for Phase Change Ferroics”

November 5th, 1:30 PM – Miranda Walter (Literature) -

November 7th, 12:00 PM – Lei Liu (Research) -

November 12th, 2:00 PM – Yukyung Moon (Research) -

November 21st, 1:30 PM – Anusree Natraj (Literature) -

December 3rd, 1:30 PM – Vidhya Dev (Research) -

December 10th, 2:00 PM – Hyukhun Hong (Literature) -

December 17th, 1:30 PM – Qichen Song (Research) -

January 21st, 1:30 PM – Faith Chen (Literature) -

January 28th, 1:30 PM – Bryan Tang (Research) -

February 4th, 1:30 PM – Rahil Ukani (Literature) -  

February 11th, 1:30 PM – Elena Chen (Research) -

February 18th, 1:30 PM – Lei Liu (Literature) -

February 25th, 1:30 PM – Miriam Aziz (Research) -

March 4th, 1:30 PM – Yukyung Moon (Literature) –

March 11th, 1:30 PM – Nate Malone (Research) –

March 18th, 1:30 PM – Vidhya Dev (Literature) –

April 1st, 1:30 PM – Abby Jiang (Research) –

April 8th, 1:30 PM – Qichen Song (Literature) -

April 15th, 1:30 PM – Ilbong Lee (Research) -  

April 22nd, 1:30 PM – Bryan Tang (Literature) -

April 29th, 1:30 PM – Dan Laorenza (Research) -

May 6th, 1:30 PM – Elena Chen (Literature) -

May 13th, 1:30 PM – Miranda Walter (Research) -

May 20th, 1:30 PM – Miriam Aziz (Literature) -  

May 27th, 1:30 PM – Anusree Natraj (Research) -