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 2nd, 2:00 PM (Betley Conf RM) - Rahil Ukani (Research) - “Disorderly Conduct[ion]: Probing Thermal Transport across Phase Transitions”
October 10th, 3:30 PM – Dan Laorenza (Literature) -
October 15th, 2:30 PM – Lei Liu (Research) -
October 29th, 1:30 PM – Miranda Walter (Literature) -
November 5th, 1:30 PM – Yukyung Moon (Research) -
November 12th, 2:00 PM – Anusree Natraj (Literature) -
November 21st, 1:30 PM – Vidhya Dev (Research) -
December 1st, 1:30 PM – Hyukhun Hong (Literature) -
December 10th, 2:00 PM – Qichen Song (Research) -
December 17th, 1:30 PM – Faith Chen (Literature) -
January 21st, 1:30 PM – Bryan Tang (Research) -
January 28th, 1:30 PM – Rahil Ukani (Literature) -
February 4th, 1:30 PM – Elena Chen (Research) -
February 11th, 1:30 PM – Lei Liu (Literature) -
February 18th, 1:30 PM – Miriam Aziz (Research) -
February 25th, 1:30 PM – Yukyung Moon (Literature) -
March 4th, 1:30 PM – Nate Malone (Research) -
March 11th, 1:30 PM – Vidhya Dev (Literature) -
March 18th, 1:30 PM - Abby Jiang (Research) -
April 1st, 1:30 PM – Qichen Song (Literature) -
April 8th, 1:30 PM – Ilbong Lee (Research) -
April 15th, 1:30 PM – Bryan Tang (Literature) -
April 22nd, 1:30 PM – Dan Laorenza (Research) -
April 29th, 1:30 PM – Elena Chen (Literature) -
May 6th, 1:30 PM – Miranda Walter (Research) -
May 13th, 1:30 PM – Miriam Aziz (Literature) -
May 20th, 1:30 PM – Anusree Natraj (Research) -