Seminars for 2013

Corinna Schindler, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Natural Product Synthesis: Design and Discovery of New Avenues to Molecular Complexity

Renee Frontiera, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University, Evanston Ill

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Obtaining Structural Snapshots of Reacting Molecules in Real Time with Ultrafast Vibrational and Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopies

Shane Ardo, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Demonstration of Artificial Photosynthesis with Peeled Silicon Microwire Arrays

Professor Hugh Hillhouse     (web page)
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Washington, Seattle WA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Earth Abundant Element Solar Cells from Nanocrystal-Inks and Molecular-Inks

Professor Randall Snurr     (web page)
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Northwestern University, Evanston ILL

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Molecular Modeling of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Energy and Environmental Applications

Associate Professor Alena Kubatova     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Chemical Characterization and Mechanism of Crop Oil Pyrolysis to Produce Fuel and Chemical By-Products

Professor Mary Wirth     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Time:   3:45 PM
Room: 100 Smith Hall

Protein Separations Using Colloidal Silica: Nanoscale Phenomena

Professor Mary Wirth     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Protein Separations Using Colloidal Silica: Ultrahigh Performance Chromatography

Professor Mary Wirth     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Protein Separations Using Colloidal Silica: Miniaturized Electrophoresis and Isoelectric Focusing

Associate Professor B. Jill Venton     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Developing Rapid Tools for In Vivo Neurotransmitter Measurements

Professor Qiang Cui     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Development and Application of Approximate Models for Processes in Membrane Proteins and Biomembranes

Professor Erno Lindner     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Memphis, Memphis Tennessee

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Optical and Electrochemical Sensors for the Analysis and Monitoring of Small Sample Volumes

Assistant Professor Matthew Allen     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Wayne State University, Detroit MI

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Lanthanide Chemistry in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Catalysis

Assistant Professor Geoffrey Hutchison     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Rational Design of Molecular Materials: Molecular Springs, Solar Cells & More

Senior Research Investigator Amin Kamel, Ph.D.     (web page)
Department of Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Using Structural Alerts to Mitigate Formation of Reactive Metabolites in Drug Discovery

Professor Paula T. Hammond     (web page)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Polymer Nano-Assemblies for Targeted Bioresponsive Cancer Delivery

Assistant Professor Erin Carlson     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University, Bloomington IN

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Chemical Strategies to Promote Discovery of Antibacterial Agents

Principal Research Scientist Eric Voight, Ph.D.    
Neuroscience Research, Global Pharmaceutical R&D
AbbVie, North Chicago IL

Time:   4:30 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Heterocycle Synthesis in Process and Medicinal Chemistry

Professor Andrew Myers     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Harvard MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Bringing the Full Power of Chemical Synthesis to Bear on the Discovery of New Antibiotics

Professor Lingjun Li     (web page)
School of Pharmacy
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Probing Neurochemical Signaling with a Multi-Faceted MS-Based Platform

Professor John T. Yates Jr.     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

A New Kind of Active Site in Heterogeneous Catalysis on Au Nanoparticles

Professor Geoffrey Coates     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Cornell University, Ithaca NY

Time:   7 PM
Room: 100 Smith Hall

In Pursuit of the Perfect Plastic

Professor Anthony "AC" Legon     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Bristol, Bristol UK

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Systematics of Non-Covalent Interactions: The Hydrogen Bond B...HX, the Halogen Bond B...XY, and the Silver Bond B...AgX

Professor Donna Blackmond     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA

Time:   4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis: A Powerful Methodology for Streamlining Mechanistic Analysis of Organic Catalytic Reactions

Professor Donna Blackmond     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

A New Paradigm for Stereocontrol in Organocatalysis

Professor Donna Blackmond     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Physical and Chemical Models or the Origin of Biological Homochirality

Professor Jeffrey Zink     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Multifunctional Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Controlled by Nanomachines for In Vitro and In Vivo Drug Delivery

Professor Raoul Kopelman     (web page)
Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Applied Physics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Targeted and Cloaked Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Bioanalysis, Biomedical Imaging,Therapy and Surgery

Professor Stephen Benkovic     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

A Perspective on Biological Catalysis

Arthur J. Coury, Ph.D.    
Biomaterials Executive
Coury Consulting Services, Boston MA

Time:   3 PM
Room: 231 Smith Hall

Organic Chemistry: Passport to a “Hybrid” Career

Professor Richard O'Hair     (web page)
School of Chemistry
University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia

Time:   4 PM
Room: 117/119 Smith Hall