Theoretical Chemistry Silliman Seminar with Chris Chipot, University of Lorraine and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Event time: 
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory SCL See map
225 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

Please join Yale Chemistry for a Silliman Seminar in Theoretical Chemistry with Chris Chipot, Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at University of Lorraine, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Chris Chipot is a prominent researcher affiliated with the University of Lorraine and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France. He specializes in theoretical chemistry and computational biophysics. Chipot received his PhD from the Henri Poincaré University and has held various prestigious positions, including a postdoctoral fellowship at NASA Ames Research Center.

Currently, he is also an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he directs an Associate International Laboratory between CNRS and the University of Illinois. His research focuses on free-energy calculations and the exploration of rare events in biological systems.
For more information on Professor Chipot’s research: https://www.lia-uiuc.cnrs.fr/index.php/research

Faculty Hosts: Professor Tianyu Zhu and Professor Bill Jorgensen

This seminar is generously sponsored by the Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Fund.

Admission: 
Free