Spring 2011
Faculty Seminars
Seminars are held in the Chemistry Building, Room LL16 at 4:00 p.m. on Fridays unless otherwise specified. Refreshments are served at 3:45 p.m. For more information call (502) 852-6798.
January 18
Dr. Feng-Ling Qing
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Inst. of Organic Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. GB Hammond
Title: Oxidative Fluoroalkylation
Location/Time: Shumaker Research Building Room 139 at 4 pm
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Inst. of Organic Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. GB Hammond
Title: Oxidative Fluoroalkylation
Location/Time: Shumaker Research Building Room 139 at 4 pm
January 21 - canceled due to bad weather
Dr. Hunter MoseleyUniversity of Louisville, Dept. of Chemistry
Rescheduled for February 4th
January 28
Dr. Douglas Stephan
University of Toronto, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Christopher Burns and Dr. John Richardson
Title: "Frustrated Lewis Pairs": Metal-Free Activation of Hydrogen and
Small Molecules
University of Toronto, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Christopher Burns and Dr. John Richardson
Title: "Frustrated Lewis Pairs": Metal-Free Activation of Hydrogen and
Small Molecules
February 3
Dr. Jinjun LiuOhio State University, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Richard Wittebort
Title: Molecular Spectroscopy: from Terahertz (THz) to eXtreme
UltraViolet (XUV)
Location/Time: Chemistry Building Room LL16 at 4 pm
February 4
Dr. Hunter MoseleyUniversity of Louisville, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Richard Wittebort
Title: Metabolic Modeling of Converging Metabolic Pathways
February 11
Dr. John Markley
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Biochemistry
Host(s): Dr. Hunter Moseley
Title: Order-disorder Transitions in IscU, the Scaffold Protein for
Iron-sulfur Assembly
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Biochemistry
Host(s): Dr. Hunter Moseley
Title: Order-disorder Transitions in IscU, the Scaffold Protein for
Iron-sulfur Assembly
February 18
Dr. Hairong Guan
University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Christopher Burns
Title: Catalysis with Bis(phosphinite) Pincer Complexes: From Reduction of
CO2 to the Release of H2 from Formic Acid and Ammonia-Borane
University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Christopher Burns
Title: Catalysis with Bis(phosphinite) Pincer Complexes: From Reduction of
CO2 to the Release of H2 from Formic Acid and Ammonia-Borane
February 25
Dr. Lili Ma
Northern Kentucky University, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Frederick Luzzio
Title: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Isoflavanone Derivatives as
Aromatase Inhibitors
Northern Kentucky University, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Frederick Luzzio
Title: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Isoflavanone Derivatives as
Aromatase Inhibitors
March 4
Dr. Rebecca Lai
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Frank Zamborini
Title: Folding-based Electrochemical Biosensors
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Frank Zamborini
Title: Folding-based Electrochemical Biosensors
March 11
Dr. Stephen Foley
University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Chris Burns
Title: Design of Organometallic Complexes for Applications in Cross
Coupling Reactions and Polymerizations of Cyclic Esters
University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Chris Burns
Title: Design of Organometallic Complexes for Applications in Cross
Coupling Reactions and Polymerizations of Cyclic Esters
March 25
No SeminarApril 1- CANCELLED
Dr. Robert Synovec
University of Washington, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Xiang Zhang
Title: Analytical Adventures with Gas Chromatography:
From Metabolomics to Ultra Fast GC Analyzers
University of Washington, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Xiang Zhang
Title: Analytical Adventures with Gas Chromatography:
From Metabolomics to Ultra Fast GC Analyzers
April 8
Dr. John Herbert
The Ohio State University, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Pawel Kozlowski
Title: Quantum Chemistry for Macromolecules and Condensed Phases:
From DNA to Solvated Electrons and Beyond
The Ohio State University, Dept. of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Pawel Kozlowski
Title: Quantum Chemistry for Macromolecules and Condensed Phases:
From DNA to Solvated Electrons and Beyond
April 15
Dr. Jonathan Lindsey
North Carolina State University, Dept. Of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Richard Wittebort
Title: Advances in the Synthetic Chemistry of Tetrapyrroles - The Pigments of Life
North Carolina State University, Dept. Of Chemistry
Host(s): Dr. Richard Wittebort
Title: Advances in the Synthetic Chemistry of Tetrapyrroles - The Pigments of Life
April 22
Dr. Seth Brown
University of Notre Dame, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Host(s): Dr. Craig Grapperhaus
Title: Unorthodox Redox: Gauging the Efficiency of Ligand Participation in
Metal-Mediated Oxidation Reactions
University of Notre Dame, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Host(s): Dr. Craig Grapperhaus
Title: Unorthodox Redox: Gauging the Efficiency of Ligand Participation in
Metal-Mediated Oxidation Reactions
Student Seminars
Graduate student seminars are held in the Chemistry Building, Room LL-16 at 2:30 p.m. on Thursdays unless otherwise specified. For more information, call (502) 852-6798.
January 13
Mandatory Organizational Meeting
January 14
January 20
February 3
February 10
Edward Miracco - Abstract
Dissertation Presentation - Mechanistic Studies of the Pseudouridine Synthases TruB and RluA and their Interaction with 5-Fluorouridine
Dissertation Presentation - Mechanistic Studies of the Pseudouridine Synthases TruB and RluA and their Interaction with 5-Fluorouridine
February 17
open (L|R) - Introduction Overheads Video
February 24
open (L|R) - Introduction Overheads Video
March 3
March 10
open (L|R) - Introduction Overheads Video
March 24
open (L|R) - Introduction Overheads Video
March 31
open (R|L) - Introduction Overheads Video
April 7
April 14
April 21
open (R|L) - Introduction Overheads Video
2011 Faculty Favorite Awards
