Seminars

Our seminars are held on Tuesdays or Wednesdays at 2 o'clock, in the lecture room.

Seminars 2026

18.03.2026	-	Prof. Sylvie Ferlay, Université de Strasbourg
		Use of the calix[4]arene platform: formation of metallic clusters and nanoscale cages

Seminars 2025

Seminars 2024

Seminars 2023

28.02.2023	-	Conf. Dr. Augustin M. Mădălan, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry; Inorganic, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis Department
		“Luminescent Molecular Materials”
15.03.2023	-	Drd. Chim. Mihai Răducă, “Costin D. Nenitescu” Institute of Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry
		Metalla-supramolecular assemblies and crystal engineering “Mono-, di- and tri- nitronyl nitroxide radicals and (some) of their complexes”
27.03.2023	-	Prof. Masahiro Yamashita, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
		“Molecular Spin Qubits for Quantum Computer and High-Density Memory Divices Based on Molecular Magnets”
19.05.2023	-	Prof. A. Salifoglou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Engineering, Greece
		Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry and Advanced Materials "Synthetic structural speciation of insulin-mimetic vanadium in Diabetes mellitus II"
23.05.2023	-	Dr. Yann Sarazin, Directeur de Recherche CNRS Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, France
		Adjunct Senior Researcher Fellow Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj, Romania "Low Coordination Main Group Metal Complexes: Synthetic Challenges and Reactivity Opportunities"
08.07.2023	-	Dr. Eng. Petru Filip, “Costin D. Nenitescu” Institute of Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry
		Computational Chemistry: structure and reactivity “Tert-Butylcyanoketene - old chemistry, new data analysis”
06.09.2023	-	Prof. Lionel Delaude, University of Liege, Belgium
		“The reaction of azolium salts in the presence of weak bases: a new paradigm"
03.10.2023	-	Prof. Adrian Salic, Harvard Medical School, USA
		Universitaty of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry "The biochemistry of communication between cells"
10.10.2023	-	Prof. Wojciech Grochala, Universitatea din Varsovia
		"Application of Ag(II) oxidizers in organic chemistry: focus on Ag(II)SO₄"
16.11.2023	-	Prof. Arnaud Comment, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge University
		“Costin D. Nenitescu” Institute of Organic and Supramolecular
		Chemistry „The extraordinary features of alpha-keto acids and their use in magnetic resonance imaging”

Seminars 2022

16.03.2022	-	Dr. Narcis Avarvari, CNRS, Angers
		"Chiral Electro- and Photoactive Materials Based on Helicenes, Tetrathiafulvalenes and Metal Dithiolene Complexes”
22.03.2022	-	Drd. Chim. Cristian Andrei Spinu, “Costin D. Nenitescu” Institute of Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry
		Metalla-supramolecular assemblies and crystal engineering "Synthesis and characterization of nitronyl nitroxide metal complexes derived from nitro-o-vanillin"
29.03.2022	-	Drd. Ing. Andrei Slabu, “Costin D. Nenitescu” Institute of Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Bioresources and sustainable organic chemistry
		"Functionalization of epoxidized linseed oil for obtaining renewable monomers"
07.04.2022	-	Drd. Chim. Mihai Răducă, “Costin D. Nenitescu” Institute of Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry
		Metalla-supramolecular assemblies and crystal engineering “The tale from 2,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)-p-cresol towards nitronyl-nitroxide radical(s) and metal complexes”
12.05.2022	-	Lector Dr. Mihalea Matache, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry; Inorganic, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis Department
		“A short journey through the world of small-molecules switches”
17.05.2022	-	Drd. Ing. Emilian Ghibu, “Costin D. Nenitescu” Institute of Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Smart Organic Materials
		“Poly(2-isopropenyl-2 oxazoline) based hydrogels for drug delivery”
22.05.2022	-	Prof. Maria Vaz, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Química, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
		“Molecular magnetic structures based on organic stable radicals ”
31.05.2022	-	Prof. Pedro Batalha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Química, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Departamento de Química Orgânica
		“Design, synthesis and applications of organic compounds in molecular materials”
15.04.2022	-	Prof. Petre Ioniţă, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Inorganic, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis Department
		„Hydrazyls- the forgotten class of stable free radicals”
21.06.2022	-	Dr. Maria - Andreea Filip, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry
		“Stochastic methods and quantum computers for quantum chemistry”
05.07.2022	-	Dr. Ecaterina Safarica
		“About talent”
07.09.2022	-	Prof. Lionel Delaude, University of Liege, Belgium
		“Ruthenium and Palladium with NHC and NHC-CS₂ ligands”
20.09.2022	-	Prof. Catalin Vasilescu, Chief of General Surgery, Fundeni Clinical Institute
		“Science and emotions. From jealousy to elegance in scientific competition”
29.09.2022	-	Dr. Floriana Ţuna, University of Manchester, Department of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute
		“Organometallic Spin Systems as Qubits or Qudits: What Can Be learned from EPR”
16.11.2022	-	Emeritus Professor, Timothy J. Mason, Coventry University, UK
		“Cavitation - an engineering problem that has become a novel energy source”

Seminars 2021

05.02.2025	-	Drd. Raluca-Ioana Jalbă, Institutul de Chimie Organică şi Supramoleculară “Costin D. Neniţescu”
		Chimie computațională (studii teoretice): structură și reactivitate “Mechanistic investigations of CO₂ reduction on Fe, Co/graphene catalysts: experimental kinetics and theoretical modelling”
17.02.2025	-	Mihai-Alexandru Molența, Institutul de Chimie Organică şi Supramoleculară “Costin D. Neniţescu”, Materiale Organice Inteligente
		“Colour tuneability handles – from fluorescent 1,3,4-oxadiazoles congeners to highly functionalized azobenzenes”
05.03.2025	-	Drd. Ing. Laura Miu, Departamentul Bioresurse și Chimie Organică Sustenabilă (BioCOS) din cadrul ICOS
		“Uleiuri vegetale. Funcționalizare și Aplicații”
20.03.2025	-	Drd. Diana-Ioana Eftemie, Institutul de Chimie Organică și Supramoleculară ”C.D. Nenițescu”, Chimie metalosupramoleculară și inginerie cristalină
		”New Schiff base ligands for 3d, 3d-4f, 4f and 4f-4f ' complexes”
10.04.2025	-	Lector. Dr. Catalin Maxim, Universitatea București, Facultatea de Chimie, Departamentul de Chimie Organică, Biochimie și Cataliză
		“Complecsi de Cu(II) cu baze Schiff tridentate derivate de la aminoacizi”
10.09.2025	-	Prof. Lionel Delaude, Universitatea Liège, Belgia
		„Cesium carbonate a weak, innocuous base for the straightforward activation of N-heterocyclic carbenes and olefins”
07.10.2025	-	Dr. Valentin Paul Nicu, ProVitam Foundation, Cluj-Napoca
		“The Digital Chiroscope from AI-assisted spectral analysis to periodic structure simulations”

25.06.2024	-	Prof. Marc A. Ilies, Temple University, Facultatea de Farmacie, Departamentul de Științe Farmaceutice, Philadelphia, USA
		“Nanoparticule polimerice pentru livrarea de principii active: reglarea interactiei lor cu esterazele”
27.06.2024	-	Prof. Kazuo Sakurai, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Kitakyushu
		“Polysaccharide/DNA Complexes to Deliver Therapeutic Oligonucleotides to Immunocytes”
09.07.2024	-	Stefan Dimitriu, Institutul de Chimie Organică şi Supramoleculară “Costin D. Neniţescu”
		Chimie metalosupramoleculară şi inginerie cristalină "Sinteza de custi moleculare"
15.10.2024	-	Prof. Laurean ILIEȘ, Saitama University and RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japonia
		“Catalyst-controlled selective organic transformations”
27.10.2024	-	Prof. Marc Abadie, Université Montpellier, France
		Can Mesh-size be Anticipated in the Structure of Thermosets? Assessments or Reality?

08.06.2021	-	Acad. Marius Andruh
		“Crystal engineering of coordination polymers”
15.06.2021	-	Dr. Sergiu Calancea, Moldova State University, Chemistry Department, Chisinau
		“Organic switches”
22.06.2021	-	Dr. Sergiu Calancea, Moldova State University, Chemistry Department, Chisinau
		“Inorganic Molecular switching phenomena: metal-to-metal electron transfer, spin crossover and single molecule magnets ”
29.06.2021	-	Acad. Marius Andruh
		“Heterotrimetallics”
06.07.2021	-	Acad. Marius Andruh
		“2p-3d-4f Single Molecule Magnets (SMM)”