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SUMMARY:Scholars in Focus: Boyuan Zhang & Reinaldo Gonzalez (switched to VIRTUAL)
DESCRIPTION:Join with this link: 
 https://Fairfield.zoom.us/j/93549991144\n\nPlease join us for our spring 
 Scholars in Focus series\, giving you a glimpse into the exciting work 
 happening across the University. Two faculty/staff members will discuss 
 their research for 15 minutes each\, followed by Q&A. \n\nThis Scholars in 
 Focus\, on April 15th at 3:30pm will feature Boyuan Zhang\, Ph.D. Assistant 
 Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry\, and Reinaldo Gonzalez\, Kevin Hanson 
 and Tony Quechol-Arias from the Center for Social Impact.\n\nAssistant 
 Professor Boyuan Zhang will present "Electric Field-Driven Chemistry". 
 Using external electric fields to catalyze chemical reactions is an 
 emerging biomimetic strategy for controlling chemical reactions. Recent 
 studies have demonstrated that electric fields can catalyze chemical 
 reactions using the scanning tunneling microscope-based break junction 
 (STM-BJ) technique. In this presentation\, I will give an overview of the 
 STM-BJ measurement technique and discuss advances in enabling and 
 understanding electric-field-driven chemical reactions. Our experiments 
 demonstrate the application of strong external electric fields while 
 simultaneously detecting reaction products via single-molecule conductance 
 measurements. Additionally\, I will present our use of ex-situ 
 high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to characterize reaction 
 rates\, determining the kinetics as a function of time and applied field. 
 Lastly\, I will explore the role of solvents in these measurements and 
 interpret our findings using density functional theory-based 
 calculations.\n\nAssociate Director of the Center for Social Impact\, 
 Reinaldo Gonzalez\, and CSI Community Engaged Researcher's Kevin Hanson\, 
 and Tony Quechol-Arias Community Engaged Research\, Center for Social 
 Impact will present "Data Accessibility and Analytics Support for "Room at 
 the Table: Increasing Civic Participation in Local Land Use Decision-Making 
 Report". The Center for Social Impact partnered with The Housing Collective 
 to analyze and visualize data from their report\, “Room at the Table: 
 Increasing Civic Participation in Local Land Use Decision-Making.” The 
 primary goal of this collaboration was to co-create knowledge and provide 
 technical support to the Collective\, ensuring their research and data were 
 accessible to a wide range of audiences. As a result\, we co-developed 
 interactive visualizations that translated the study’s findings in a 
 meaningful way to engage the community in conversations about civic 
 participation and land-use decision-making.\n \n\n
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)\, Online
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Thornell":MAILTO:lthornell@fairfield.edu
CATEGORIES:Conversation, Lectures, Quick Info
CONTACT;CN="Lisa Thornell":MAILTO:lthornell@fairfield.edu
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