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 2026-2027 academic year. Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 meetings are held in Naito 205, unless otherwise noted. Talk titles will be added as they become available.
This schedule is subject to change.
September 25, 2026, 11:30 AM in Naito 030 – Lei Liu (Literature) - “Engineered CRISPR prime editors with compact, untethered reverse transcriptases”
October 2, 2026, 11:30 AM in Naito 030 – Rahil Ukani (Research) - "Everything, Everywhere, But Not Quite at Once: Rethinking Heat Transport through Dynamic Disorder"
October 5, 2026, 12:00 PM – Ilbong Lee (Literature) - “Against Entropy: Membrane-based Separations”
October 21, 2026, 10:30 AM – Elena Chen (Research) - “Understanding and manipulating empty pores in microporous water”
November 2, 2026, 1:00 PM – Bryan Tang (Literature) -
November 9, 2026, 12:00 PM – Anusree Natraj (Research) -
November 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – Ro Buhrman (Literature) -
November 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – Nate Malone (Research) -
December 7, 2026, 12:00 PM – Alice Su (Literature) -
December 14, 2026, 12:00 PM – Hyukhun Hong (Research)
January 19, 2027, 1:00 PM in Naito 030 – Brian Sun (Literature) -
January 25, 2027, 12:00 PM – Miriam Aziz (Research) -
February 1, 2027, 12:00 PM – Abigail Jiang (Literature) -
February 8, 2027, 12:00 PM – Bryan Tang (Research) -
February 16, 2027, 1:00 PM in Naito 030 – Chungkeun Shin (Literature) -
February 22, 2027, 12:00 PM – Ro Buhrman (Research)
March 1, 2027, 12:00 PM – Anusree Natraj (Literature) -
March 8, 2027, 12:00 PM – Owen Szeglowski (Research)
March 15, 2027, 12:00 PM – Rahil Ukani (Literature) -
March 29, 2027, 12:00 PM – Lei Liu (Research)
April 5, 2027, 12:00 PM - Elena Chen (Literature)
April 12, 2027, 12:00 PM – Ilbong Lee (Research) -
April 19, 2027, 12:00 PM – Nate Malone (Literature) -
April 26, 2027, 12:00 PM – Alice Su (Research) -
May 3, 2027, 12:00 PM – Hyukhun Hong (Literature) -
May 10, 2027, 12:00 PM – Brian Sun (Research) -
May 17, 2027, 12:00 PM – Miriam Aziz (Literature) -
May 24, 2027, 12:00 PM – Abigail Jiang (Research) -
June 4 2027, 11:00 AM in Naito 030 – Owen Szeglowski (Literature) -
June 7, 2027, 12:00 PM – Chungkeun Shin (Research) -