Chemistry Seminar Program
Fall 2009
All seminars begin at 3:40 pm in Dabney 124 unless otherwise noted.
Refreshments will be served outside Dabney 124 at 3:30 pm
August
Friday, August 28
Host: Mike Whangbo
Gang Cao, University of Kentucky
“Orbitally-Driven Physics in Layered Ruthenates and Iridates”
September
Friday, September 4
Host: Reza Ghiladi
Katherine J. Franz, Duke University
“Manipulating Metal-Catalyzed Oxidative Stress with Triggerable Chelating Agents”
Friday, September 11
Christian Melander, North Carolina State University
“Marine Alkaloids as Structural Inspiration for the Design of Anti-biofilm Compounds”
Friday, September 18
Friday, September 25
Host: Alex Smirnov
Stephen Hill, Florida State University and Director of EMR Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
“Single-Molecule Magnets: Insights from High-Field EPR”
October
Friday, October 2 [CANCELLED]
Host: Dave Muddiman
Fred E. Regnier, Purdue University
“TBA”
Monday, October 12
Host: Dan Comins
Thomas Livinghouse, Montana State University
“New Cationic and Metal Mediated Cyclization Reactions for the Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Ring SystemsNew Cationic and Metal Mediated Cyclization Reactions for the Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Ring Systems”
Organic Division Seminar in Dabney 220 at 3:30 PM.
Friday, October 16
Host: Alex Nevzorov
Pieter C. Dorrenstein, UCSD Department of Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry
“Translating bacterial chemical communication with imaging mass spectrometry”
Friday, October 23
Host: Alex Nevzorov
Gianluigi Veglia, University of Minnesota
Friday, October 30
Host: Mike Whangbo
Houria Kabbour, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, Cité Scientifique - ENSCL, France
“Structure modeling: a tool for the synthesis of new functional materials”
Note: Seminar will begin at 4:00PM
November
Friday, November 6
Friday, November 13
Host: Elon Ison
Maurice Brookhart, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“TBA”
Thursday, Novenber 19
Host: Phi Lambda Upsilon
Jacqueline Barton, California Institute of Technology
“DNA-mediated Signaling”
Friday, November 20
