Spring 2012
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 20
Prof. Patrick Limbach
University of Cincinnati
Host: Eugene Mueller
Title: What’s Wrong with plain old RNA? New Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Identifying Modified RNAs
University of Cincinnati
Host: Eugene Mueller
Title: What’s Wrong with plain old RNA? New Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Identifying Modified RNAs
January 27
Prof. Prashant Jain
University of Illinois
Host: Frank Zamborini
Title: Nano-Optics and Chemistry: From Metals to Semiconductors
University of Illinois
Host: Frank Zamborini
Title: Nano-Optics and Chemistry: From Metals to Semiconductors
February 3
Prof. Gangli Wang
Georgia State
Host: Frank Zamborini
Title: Charges at Nanoscale Interface: Nanomaterails and Nanodevices in Energy Applications
Georgia State
Host: Frank Zamborini
Title: Charges at Nanoscale Interface: Nanomaterails and Nanodevices in Energy Applications
February 10
Prof. Michael McLeish
It's Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Host: Eugene Mueller
Title: Engineering Enzymes and Pathways
It's Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Host: Eugene Mueller
Title: Engineering Enzymes and Pathways
February 24
Dr. Massimiliano Delferro
Northwestern University
Host: Chris Burns
Title: Nuclearity and Cooperative Effects in Olefin Polymerization Catalysts
Northwestern University
Host: Chris Burns
Title: Nuclearity and Cooperative Effects in Olefin Polymerization Catalysts
March 2
Prof. Jef DeBrabander
University of Texas
Host: Frederick Luzzio
Title: Natural Products: An Opportunity for Discovery
March 9
Prof. Piotr Piecuch
Michigan State University
Host: Pawel Kozlowski
Title: Local Coupled-Cluster Methods for Chemical Reaction Pathways
Involving Large Molecular Systems and their Multi-Level Generalizations
Dr. Denis Bucher's Talk has been moved forward
March 29 Physics Dept & March 30
Dr. Denis Bucher
University of California, San Diego
Host: Pawel Kozlowski
Title: Applications of Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics to the study of enzymatic mechanisms
University of Texas
Host: Frederick Luzzio
Title: Natural Products: An Opportunity for Discovery
March 9
Prof. Piotr PiecuchMichigan State University
Host: Pawel Kozlowski
Title: Local Coupled-Cluster Methods for Chemical Reaction Pathways
Involving Large Molecular Systems and their Multi-Level Generalizations
March 23
Dr. Denis Bucher's Talk has been moved forward
March 29 Physics Dept & March 30
Dr. Denis BucherUniversity of California, San Diego
Host: Pawel Kozlowski
Title: Applications of Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics to the study of enzymatic mechanisms
April 6 --- Canceled
Dr. Donald Gauthier
Merck Research Laboratories
Host: Frederick Luzzio
Title: TBA
Merck Research Laboratories
Host: Frederick Luzzio
Title: TBA
April 13
Time changed to 3:00 pm
Prof. Alan Goldman
Rutgers University
Host: Chris Burns
Title: Activation of C-H Bonds by Pincer Iridium Complexes…and then…
Rutgers University
Host: Chris Burns
Title: Activation of C-H Bonds by Pincer Iridium Complexes…and then…
April 20
Dr. Jotham Coe
Pfizer Global Research
Host: Frederick Luzzio
Title: “Natural Products Chemistry and the Discovery of Varenicline . . . or Nicotine Meets its Match?”
Pfizer Global Research
Host: Frederick Luzzio
Title: “Natural Products Chemistry and the Discovery of Varenicline . . . or Nicotine Meets its Match?”
April 27
Prof. Abigail Doyle
Princeton University
Host: G.B. Hammond
Title: Catalytic Methods for Nucleophilic Fluorination
Princeton University
Host: G.B. Hammond
Title: Catalytic Methods for Nucleophilic Fluorination
May 11-----Rescheduled for Fall
Prof. Corey Stephenson
Boston University
Host: G.B. Hammond
Title:
Boston University
Host: G.B. Hammond
Title:
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 12
Mandatory Organizational Meeting
January 19
February 9
February 16
February 23
Student Name (L|R)- Introduction Overheads Video
March 1
Student Name (L|R)- Introduction Overheads Video
March 5
Zhuang Jin Dissertation Defense - Abstract
MITC 201 - 2:00pm
Title: EXPLORATION OF THE CHEMISTRY OF ALKYNES AND SELECTFLUOR. SEARCH FOR CYTOTOXIC AGENTS FROM THE AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST
MITC 201 - 2:00pm
Title: EXPLORATION OF THE CHEMISTRY OF ALKYNES AND SELECTFLUOR. SEARCH FOR CYTOTOXIC AGENTS FROM THE AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST
March 8
March 22
March 23
Kagna Ouch Sampson Dissertation Defense - Abstract
CB LL16 - 10:00am
Title: Carbon-Sulfur Bond Formation/Cleavage Reactions of Metal-Stabilized Thiyl Radicals by Electrochemical and Chemical Methods
CB LL16 - 10:00am
Title: Carbon-Sulfur Bond Formation/Cleavage Reactions of Metal-Stabilized Thiyl Radicals by Electrochemical and Chemical Methods
March 27
Cesar Antonio Masitas Castillo Dissertation Defense - Abstract
CB LL16 - 2:30pm
Title: Sulfur Oxygenation of Ruthenium-Dithiolate Nitrile Hydratase Mimic Enhances Ligand Lability and Hydrolysis Activity
CB LL16 - 2:30pm
Title: Sulfur Oxygenation of Ruthenium-Dithiolate Nitrile Hydratase Mimic Enhances Ligand Lability and Hydrolysis Activity
March 29
April 5
April 6
Manoj Kumar Dissertation Defense - Abstract
CB LL16 - 9:30am
Title: Computational Modelling of Cobalamin-dependent Enzymatic Reactions: Activation of Co-C Bond in Adenosylcobalamin-dependent Mutases and Cob(II)Alamin/Cob(I)Alamin Redox Process in Methyltransferases
CB LL16 - 9:30am
Title: Computational Modelling of Cobalamin-dependent Enzymatic Reactions: Activation of Co-C Bond in Adenosylcobalamin-dependent Mutases and Cob(II)Alamin/Cob(I)Alamin Redox Process in Methyltransferases
April 16
April 19
April 23
May 7
Tatiana Krivokhizhina Dissertation Defense - Abstract
CB LL16 - 10:00am
Title: Applications of solid state NMR to cardiolipin and elastin
CB LL16 - 10:00am
Title: Applications of solid state NMR to cardiolipin and elastin
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