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 24th, 2:00 PM – Miriam Aziz (Research) -
March 3rd, 2:00 PM – Elena Chen (Research) -
March 10th, 2:00 PM – Nate Malone (Research) –
March 17th, 2:00 PM – Faith Chen (Literature) -
March 27th, 2:00 PM – Bryan Tang (Research) -
March 31st, 2:00 PM – Rahil Ukani (Literature) -
April 7th, 2:00 PM – Yukyung Moon (Literature) –
April 14th, 2:00 PM (M306C) – Abby Jiang (Research) –
April 21st, 2:00 PM – Lei Liu (Literature) -
May 1st, 2:00 PM – Ilbong Lee (Research) -
May 5th, 2:00 PM – Qichen Song (Literature) –
May 12th, 2:00 PM – Dan Laorenza (Research) -
May 20th, 2:30 PM – Vidhya Dev (Literature) -
May 26th, 2:00 PM – Miranda Walter (Research) -
June 2nd, 2:00 PM – Bryan Tang (Literature) -
June 9th, 2:00 PM – Anusree Natraj (Research) -
June 16th, 2:00 PM – Elena Chen (Literature) -
June 23rd, 2:00 PM – Miriam Aziz (Literature) -
June 30th, 2:00 PM - Nate Malone (Literature) -
July 7th, 2:00 PM - Rosemary Buhrman (Literature) -
July 14th, 2:00 PM - Owen Szeglowski (Literature) -