| Date |
|
Speaker |
Lecture Title |
Location/ Time |
Host |
Sponsor/ Lecture Type |
Thursday,
September 4, 2008 |
|
Tim Lodge, University of Minnesota
web page |
Ionic Liquid/Block Polymer Composites: A Dual Designer Materials Platform
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Valerie Pierre |
Departmental Kickoff Lecture |
Thursday
September 11, 2008 |
|
Daniel Rabinovich, University of North Carolina
web page
|
Hooked on Sulfur: Novel Complexes and New Applications
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Kris McNeill |
Departmental Lecture |
Friday-Saturday
September 12-13, 2008 |
|
Al Padwa, Emory University
web page |
Application of Thio Chemistry for the Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles
abstract |
4:15 p.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Chris Douglas |
Abbott Workshop |
Monday
September 15, 2008 |
|
Kevin Dorfman, CEMS University of Minnesota
web page |
DNA Electrophoresis in Lithographically Patterned Arrays |
4:30 p.m.
231 Smith Hall |
TBA |
Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series |
Tuesday
September 16, 2008 |
 |
Alexander (Sasha) Efros, Naval Research Laboratories |
Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
|
Student Seminar Series |
Thursday
September 18, 2008 |
|
Elena Galoppini, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
web page |
Studies of Molecule/Metal Oxide Interfaces
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Wayne Gladfelter |
Departmental Lecture |
Monday
September 22, 2008 |
|
Chun Wang, Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota
web page |
Engineering Polymers for Engaging Dendritic Cells |
4:30 p.m.
231 Smith Hall |
TBA |
Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series |
Tuesday
September 23, 2008 |
|
Joseph Loo, University of California at Los Angeles
web page |
Proteins in a Solventless Environment:
Mass Spectrometry of Complexes and Aggregates
abstract
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Edgar Arriaga |
Departmental Lecture |
Thursday
September 25, 2008 |
|
Jim Weisshaar, University of Wisconsin at Madison
web page |
Protein Diffusion in the Crowded E. coli Cytoplasm
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Christy Haynes |
Departmental Lecture |
Tuesday
September 30 , 2008 |
|
Mark Distefano
web page |
Studies of Protein Prenylation at Three Length Scales |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Jeff Roberts |
Departmental Lecture |
Thursday
October 2, 2008 |
|
Claude Meares, University of California Davis
web page |
The Chemistry of Targeting |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Mark Distefano |
Departmental Lecture |
Monday
October 6, 2008 |
|
Vratislav Kostal, University of Minnesota
Arriaga Research Group |
Isolation and Analysis of
Mitochondrial Subtypes from Aging Rat Myoblast Cells |
4:30 p.m.
231 Smith Hall |
tba |
Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series |
Wednesday
October 8, 2008 |
|
Christina White, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
web page |
Streamlining Synthesis via C—H Oxidation
abstract |
4:15 p.m.
331 Smith Hall |
|
Student Seminar
Series |
Thursday
October 9, 2008 |
|
Daniel Gamelin, University of Washington at Seattle
web page |
Magnetic Dopants and Charge Carriers in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Kris McNeill |
Departmental Lecture |
Friday-Saturday
October 10-11, 2008 |
|
Madeleine Joullie, University of Pennsylvania
web page |
visit cancelled
|
|
|
Abbott Workshop |
Thursday
October 16, 2008 |
|
Jay Labinger, California Institute of Technology |
There and Back again: Homogeneous Catalytic Approaches for Converting Methane to Methanol, and Methanol to a More Interesting Hydrocarbon |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Larry Que |
Departmental Lecture |
Thursday
October 23, 2008 |
|
John Montgomery, University of Michigan
web page |
Discovery and Applications of Nickel-Catalyzed Reactions
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Andy Harned |
Departmental Lecture |
Monday
October 27, 2008 |
|
Professor Xing-Zheng Wu
Fukui University, Japan |
Sample Cleanup and Preconcentration in Capillary Electrophoresis
abstract |
4:30 p.m.
231 Smith Hall |
TBA |
Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series |
Tuesday
October 28, 2008 |
|
Constantino Creton, Laboratoire PPMD – ESPCI France
web page |
Soft Materials: Designing Polymer Networks for Mechanical Properties |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Marc Hillmyer |
I-Prime Seminar |
Friday
October 31, 2008 |
|
Uli Wiesner, Cornell University
web page |
Combining Polymer Science with Inorganic Chemistry into Novel Materials
abstract |
4:15 p.m.
331 Smith Hall
|
Tim Lodge |
Etter Lecture |
Tuesday
November 4, 2008 |
|
Norman Dovichi, University of Washington at Seattle
web page |
Ultrasensitive Bioanalysis
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Mike Bowser |
Dow Lecture |
Thursday
November 6, 2008 |
|
Mike Frisch, Gaussian, Inc.
web page |
Vibrational and Electronic Optical Activity
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Don Truhlar |
Moscowitz Lecture |
Tuesday Nov. 11
Thursday Nov. 13
Friday Nov. 14, 2008 |
|
Peter Vollhardt, University of California at Berkeley
web page
A reception will be held in 117/119 Smith Hall following the first lecture. |
1. Apparent Progress in the Total Synthesis of Carbon
2. Excessively Unhappy Hydrocarbons
3. The Cobalt-Way to Heterocycles |
Lecture 1 4:30 p.m. Smith 100
Lecture 2 9:45 a.m. Smith 331
Lecture 3 4:15 pm Smith 331 |
Bill Tolman |
Gassman Lecture |
Friday
November 21, 2008 |
|
John Gladysz, Texas A&M University
web page |
Alkene Metathesis in Metal Coordination Spheres: The Quest for Molecular Gyroscopes
abstract |
4:15 p.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Phil Buhlmann |
Dow Lecture |
Monday,
November 24, 2008 |
|
Shana Sturla, Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
web page |
Chemical Probes of Genotoxicity
abstract
|
4:30 p.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Christy Haynes |
Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series |
Tuesday
December 2, 2008 |
|
Jimmy Mays, University of Tennessee
web page |
Novel Charged Polymers: From Biomineralization to Fuel Cell Membranes |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Mac Hillmyer |
I-Prime Seminar |
Thursday
January 22, 2009 |
|
Shannon Stahl, University of Wisconsin
web page |
Aerobic Oxidative Amination Reactions Catalyzed by Palladium and Copper
abstract |
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Chris Douglas |
Departmental Lecture |
Tuesday
January 27, 2009 |
|
Chuck Black, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
|
Microstructured Polymer Seminar |
Thursday
January 29, 2009 |
|
Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Dave Blank |
Dow Lecture |
Thursday
February 5, 2009 |
|
Ken Poeppelmeier, Northwestern University
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Andreas Stein |
Departmental Lecture |
Thursday
February 12, 2009 |
|
Bruce Lennox, McGill University
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Christy Haynes |
Departmental Lecture |
Friday-Saturday
February 13-14, 2009 |
|
Andy Judd, Abbott Laboratories |
|
4:15 p.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Tom Hoye |
Abbott Workshop |
Thursday
February 19, 2009 |
|
Ruth Pachter, US Air Force
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Don Truhlar |
Departmental Lecture |
Thursday
February 26, 2009 |
|
Steven Baldelli, University of Houston
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Aaron Massari |
Departmental Lecture |
Tuesday
March 3, 2009 |
|
Padma Gopalan, University of Wisconsin
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Marc Hillmyer |
I-Prime Seminar |
Thursday-Friday
March 5-6, 2009 |
|
Richard Eisenberg, University of Rochester
web page |
|
|
Bill Tolman |
Dow/Ethics |
Monday-Friday
March 9-13, 2009 |
|
Cathy Murphy, University of South Carolina
web page |
|
|
Valerie Pierre |
Kolthoff Lecture |
Tuesday
March 17, 2009 |
|
Evan Williams, University of California at Berkeley
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
|
Crawford Lecture / Student Seminar Series |
Monday – Friday
March 30 – April 3, 2009 |
|
Dan Singleton, Texas A&M
web page |
|
|
Mark Distefano |
Gassman Lecture |
Thursday
April 9, 2009 |
|
Chuan He, University of Chicago
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Larry Que |
Departmental Lecture |
Friday-Saturday
April 10-11, 2009 |
|
Keith Woerpel, University of California at Irvine
web page |
|
4:15 p.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Andy Harned |
Abbott Workshop |
Tuesday
April 14, 2009 |
|
Justine Roth, Johns Hopkins
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
|
Student Seminar Series |
Thursday
April 16, 2009 |
|
Trevor Douglas, University of Montana
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Valerie Pierre |
Departmental Lecture |
Monday-Friday
April 20-24, 2009 |
|
Jeanne Pemberton, University of Arizona
web page |
|
|
Peter Carr |
Kolthoff Lecture |
Tuesday
April 28, 2009 |
|
Thomas Spiro, Princeton University
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
|
Student Seminar
Series |
Thursday
April 30, 2009 |
|
Sylvia Daunert, University of Kentucky
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Mike Bowser |
Departmental Lecture |
Thursday
May 7, 2009 |
|
Dean Toste, University of California Berkeley
web page |
|
9:45 a.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Chris Douglas |
Departmental Lecture |
Thursday-Friday
June 4-5, 2009 |
|
Milt Brown, Georgetown University
web page |
|
4:15 p.m.
331 Smith Hall |
Robert Fecik |
Abbott Workshop |
