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Chemistry Seminars


Seminars for Tuesday, August 25, 2009 to Thursday, December 31, 2009


PhD Dissertation Defense

Maciej A. A. Walczak

Monday, August 31, 2009
10:00 AM - Eberly 307
Synthesis and Reactions of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes


Thursday, September 3, 2009
4:00 PM , Benedum 157
Prof. Troy van Voorhis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -MIT
Exploring Electron Transfer: From Photochemistry to Energy Conversion


PhD Dissertation Defense

Wangyang Tu

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
2:30 PM - n/a
Oxidative C-H Bond Activation: Study on DDQ-Induced Intramolecular Cyclization Reactions and Application to the Formal Synthesis of Neopeltolide


Thursday, September 10, 2009
4:00 PM , Benedum 157
Prof. Fotios Papadimitrakopoulis
University of Connecticut
Squeezing out perfection in Single Walled Nanotubes through the Helical Self Assembly of Flavins


Thursday, September 17, 2009
4:00 PM , Benedum 155
Prof. Michael Kahlow
University of Wisconsin- River Falls
"Encouraging, Designing and Implementing Curricular Change:  An Organic First Curriculum"


PhD Dissertation Defense

Sangmi Jun

Thursday, September 24, 2009
10:00 AM - Eberly 307
Measurements of Protein Folding/Misfolding using Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance


Canceled

Prof. Ben Cravatt
The Scripps Research Institute
Thursday, September 24, 2009
2:30 PM - Benedum 157
Activity-Based Proteomics: Applications for Enzyme and Inhibitor Discovery


Prof. Christina White
University of Illinois at Urbana
Thursday, September 24, 2009
2:30 PM - Eberly 307
C-H: A New Functional Group for Streamlining Synthesis


Thursday, October 1, 2009
2:30 PM , Benedum 157
Prof. Bruce Gibb
University of New Orleans
Water-Soluble, Supramolecular Capsules: Structured Nano-space for Inhibiting or Promoting Chemical Reactivity


Thursday, October 1, 2009
4:00 PM , Benedum 157
Prof. Jim Weisshaar
University of Wisconsin
Protein Diffusion in Live E. Coli


22nd Annual

KAUFMAN LECTURES

Prof. Angela Belcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, October 8, 2009
2:30 PM - Crawford 169
From Nature and back again...Giving new life to materials for energy, electronics and the environment


22nd Annual

KAUFMAN LECTURES

Prof. Angela Belcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -MIT
Friday, October 9, 2009
2:30 PM - Crawford 169
Genetically Engineered Materials for Energy Applications


Thursday, October 15, 2009
2:30 PM , Benedum 157
Prof. Sam Gellman
University of Wisconsin
Structure and Function in Peptidic Foldamers


UPDATED

Prof. Qing Lin
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Friday, October 23, 2009
2:30 PM - Eberly Hall 307
Photoinducible Bioorthogonal Chemistry: A New Tool for Chemical Biology


MS Thesis Defense

Akira Nakamura

Thursday, October 29, 2009
2:00 PM - n/a
Enantioselective Synthesis of Mefloquine Analogs and Their Derivatives


Thursday, October 29, 2009
2:30 PM , Benedum 157
Prof. Mark Lautens
University of Toranto
Synthesis and Reactions of Heterocycles: The Use of Strain in the Development of New Reactions


Thursday, October 29, 2009
4:00 PM , Benedum 157
Prof. Christopher Jaroniec
The Ohio State University
Atomic-Resolution Studies of Protein Structure and Dynamics by Magic-Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy


UPDATED

Prof. Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
3:00 PM - THAW 11
Anisotropic Nanostructures – Building Valency into Nanoparticles


 30th Annual

Bayer Lectures

Prof. Takuzo Aida
University of Tokyo
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
4:00 PM - Crawford 169
Dendritic Macromolecules for Energy and Environmental Issues


 30th Annual

Bayer Lectures

Prof. Takuzo Aida
University of Tokyo
Thursday, November 5, 2009
2:30 PM - Crawford 169
Carbon Nanomaterials by Programmed Self-Assembly


UPDATED

Prof. Catherine Murphy
University of Illinois at Urbana
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 PM - Eberly Hall 307
Synthesis, Assembly, Sensing and Imaging with Metallic Nanorods


CANCELED

Nihar Sarkar

Monday, November 16, 2009
2:00 PM - Eberly Hall 325
Alkenyl Iminium Ion in Diels-Alder Reaction: Synthesis of Highly Substituted N-Heterocycles


CANCELED

Binita Chandra

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
10:00 AM - Eberly Hall 307
Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Complex Polypropionates: A Synthesis of Erythronolide B


PhD Dissertation Defense

Sergei V. Bykov

Monday, December 14, 2009
12:30 PM - Eberly Hall 325
Developement of Raman Instrumentation and Methodologies for Peptide and Protein Investigations


PhD Dissertation Defense

Chenbo Wang

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
2:00 PM - Eberly Hall 325
Synthetic Studies on Haouamine A


PhD Proposal Defense

Patrick Rodgers

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
10:00 AM - n/a
Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with an Array of Noble-Metal Electrocatalysts for High Throughput Screening of Catalytic Activity for Ethanol Oxidation Reaction