Sharing the science—and building community around it.

Prof. Matta Kaur has delivered 42 conference and seminar presentations, including 18 invited talks across North America. Her contributions also include session chairing, symposium organization and mentoring.

2026

How Photosynthetic Proteins Control Energy Flow

30th Canadian Symposium on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry · Ottawa

Computational Insights into Photosystem I Adaptation in Acaryochloris marina

Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition · Frontiers in Biomolecular Simulation Symposium · Toronto

Invited presentation

Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition · Emerging Computational and Theoretical Investigators Symposium · Toronto

Invited keynote

Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference · Woods Hole, Massachusetts

2025

Invited keynote lecture

Center for Research in Molecular Modeling Symposium · Montréal

Invited talk and session chair

Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition · Ottawa

Invited colloquium

Department of Physics, McMaster University · Hamilton

Invited mentorship discussion

10th Annual Biophysical Society of Canada Meeting · Hamilton

2024

Computational studies of photosynthesis

9th Annual Biophysical Society of Canada Meeting · Invited talk and poster judge · Montréal

Charge-transfer studies in photosynthetic reaction centres

Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition · Invited talk and EDI symposium organizer · Winnipeg

Invited talk

Canadian Symposium on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry · Halifax · Declined during parental leave

2023

Theoretical studies of photosynthetic reaction centres

Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition · Vancouver

Electron–proton transfer in photosynthetic reaction centres

Concordia University invited seminar · Montréal

Invited seminar

Indian Institute of Science · Bengaluru

Light-driven electron and proton transfer in photosynthetic proteins

Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Seminar Series

2022

Heterodimeric special-pair formation in heliobacterial reaction centres

Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference · Woods Hole, Massachusetts

2021

Proton egress pathways surrounding the oxygen-evolving complex of Photosystem II

Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference · Invited talk · Virtual

Photosynthetic reaction-centre seminar

Brock University · St. Catharines