CHEMISTRY SEMINARS SPRING 2012
Quinlan Life Science 142 - 4:00pm
Weekly seminars and the annual Denkewalter Lecture (which brings the winner of either the American Chemical Society's Pure Chemistry or Eli Lilly awards to campus) provide an opportunity to learn about up to date advances from respected scientists from industry and academia.
Seminars Begin at 4:00 pm, Quinlan Life Science 142, Refreshments at 3:45 pm
May 15, 2012
Greg Petsko
Brandeis University
Title: "A New Approach to Understanding and Treating Lou Gehrig's Disease"
http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/faculty/petsko.html
April 26, 2012
Mike Trenary
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Spectroscopic Characterization of Surface Intermediates"
http://www.chem.uic.edu/mtrenary/
April 19, 2012
Nick Camillone
Brookhaven National Lab
Title: "Subpicosecond Surface Chemical Dynamics at the Nanoscale"
http://www.bnl.gov/chemistry/bio/Camillone%20IIINicholas.asp
April 12, 2012
Cathy Middlecamp
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Title: "Inspiring Chemistry Education for a World that is Finite, Interconnected, and Changing"
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/users/cathy
March 29, 2012
Chitta Das
Purdue University
Title: "Structure and Mechanism of Ubiquitin Hydrolases"
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/people/faculty/faculty.asp?itemID=82
March 22, 2012
Paul Chiarelli
LUC
Title: "Analysis of Novel Pollutants in Water: Applications and Strategies"
http://www.luc.edu/chemistry/facultystaff/faculty_chiarelli.shtml
March 15, 2012
Harold Scheraga
Cornell
Title: "The Protein Folding Problem: Structure Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and Folding Pathways"
http://www.chem.cornell.edu/has5/
February 23, 2012
W. Cary Huffman
LUC
Title: "From CDs to Deep Space"
http://www.luc.edu/math/ftfaculty/wch.shtml
February 16, 2012
Kathryn Nagy
University of IL at Chicago
Title: "Protein-like binding of mercury in natural organic matter: A missing link in the mercury cycle?"
http://www.uic.edu/depts/geos/people/nagy_research.html
February 9, 2012
Joseph Moran
University of Texas at Austin
Title: "Reversing the Cope Elimination and Transfer Hydrogenation for Intermolecular C-N and C-C Bond Construction"
February 2, 2012
Chad Eichman
Northwestern Univeristy
Title: "Discovery and Application of Unusual Bond Forming Reactions Promoted by Metal and Metal-Free Catalysts"
January 23, 2012 - MONDAY
Kami Hull
Stanford University
Title: "Development of a Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reaction and Progress Towards the Total Systhesis of (-)-LasonolideA"
January 19, 2012
Timothy Brunker
Towson University
Title: "Chiral Molecular Switches and Sandwiches: Design, Synthesis and Reactivity"
