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) - “Chemistry & Art: the Sequel”
November 7th, 12:00 PM – Lei Liu (Research) - “Zwitterion-coated silicalite nanoparticles as a low-fouling gas carrier”
November 12th, 2:00 PM – Yukyung Moon (Research) - “Understanding and Enhancing Transport Properties of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Gas Adsorption”
November 24th, 2:00 PM – Anusree Natraj (Literature) - “Teaching materials new tricks ~the out-of-equilibrium edition~”
December 3rd, 1:30 PM – Vidhya Dev (Research) - “Spinning Iron into Refrigerants: Controlling SCO Transitions for Barocaloric Cooling”
December 10th, 2:00 PM – Hyukhun Hong (Literature) - "The Science of Veisalgia: Blame it on Last Night"
December 17th, 1:30 PM – Qichen Song (Research) - “Observation of microscopic domain effects in the metal-insulator transition of thin-film NdNiO₃”
February 25th, 1:30 PM – Miriam Aziz (Research) -
March 4th, 1:30 PM – Elena Chen (Research) -
March 9th, 2:00 PM – Nate Malone (Research) –
March 18th, 1:30 PM – Faith Chen (Literature) -
April 1st, 1:30 PM – Bryan Tang (Research) -
April 8th, 1:30 PM – Rahil Ukani (Literature) -
April 15th, 1:30 PM – Yukyung Moon (Literature) –
April 22nd, 1:30 PM – Abby Jiang (Research) –
April 29th, 1:30 PM – Lei Liu (Literature) -
May 6th, 1:30 PM – Ilbong Lee (Research) -
May 13th, 1:30 PM – Vidhya Dev (Literature) –
May 20th, 1:30 PM – Dan Laorenza (Research) -
May 27th, 1:30 PM – Qichen Song (Literature) -
June 3rd, 1:30 PM – Miranda Walter (Research) -
June 10th, 1:30 PM – Bryan Tang (Literature) -
June 17th, 1:30 PM – Anusree Natraj (Research) -
June 24th, 1:30 PM – Elena Chen (Literature) -
July 1st, 1:30 PM – Miriam Aziz (Literature) -
July 8th, 1:30 PM - Nate Malone (Literature) -
July 15th, 1:30 PM - Rosemary Buhrman (Literature) -
July 22nd, 1:30 PM - Owen Szeglowski (Literature) -