Department of Chemistry Seminars
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Seminars This Semester
Colloquium Secretary, Genet Kibreab Department of Chemistry Athens, Georgia 30602-2556 |
| Thursday August 20, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Glycopolymer Colloids" |
| Abstract |
| by Schlaad, Helmut |
| Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Department of Colloid Chemistry Research Campus Potsdam-Golm Potsdam, Germany |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Thursday August 27, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Amazing Functionalization: C-H oxidation with carbenoids, palladocycles, and iron complexes" |
| Abstract |
| by Huddleston, Noah_Eric (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Friday August 28, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Accurate Electronic Structure Theory for Solids and Liquids" |
| Abstract |
| by Manby, Fred |
| University of Bristol, UK |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Wednesday September 2, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Seasonal Variation of Heavy Metals in Ambient Air and Precipitation at a Single Site in Washington, DC" |
| Abstract |
| by Abegaz, Samuel |
| Columbus State University |
| Hosted by Geoffrey Smith |
| Thursday September 3, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Hepatitis C and the Inhibition of Serine Protease and RNA Polymerase" |
| by Do, Quang_Trong (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Wednesday September 9, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Enhancing mercury detection in aqueous samples using gold nanoparticles" |
| Abstract |
| by Saladino, Jessica (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Ron Orlando |
| Thursday September 10, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "New Strategies for Organic Synthesis" |
| Abstract |
| by Davies, Huw |
| Emory University Department of Chemistry |
| Hosted by Vladimir Popik |
| Friday September 11, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Laser Spectroscopy of Biomolecule Building Blocks: Structure & Thermochemistry" |
| Abstract |
| by Douberly, Gary E. |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Tuesday September 15, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Coulson Lecture |
| "Combining quantum chemistry with quantum dynamics for polyatomic reactions" |
| Abstract |
| by Clary, David |
| University of Oxford |
| Hosted by Henry Schaefer |
| Wednesday September 16, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA): Theory and Applications" |
| by Stoudemayer, Christopher_Thomas (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Richard Dluhy |
| Thursday September 17, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, ChemistryBuilding |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Developing New Synthetic Methods" |
| Abstract |
| by Dieter, Karl |
| Department of Chemistry Clemson University |
| Hosted by George Majetich |
| Friday September 18, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Exploring cis-ONNO Predissociation Dynamics" |
| by Vaughn, Alexander (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Thursday September 24, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts in Umpolung Reaction" |
| Abstract |
| by Wang, Xiaocong (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Friday September 25, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Recent Advances in Modeling and Understanding Noncovalent Interactions, and an Update on the PSI ab initio Program" |
| Abstract |
| by Sherrill, David |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Wednesday September 30, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Electrochemical Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Pt and PtRu nanofilms" |
| by Jayaraju, Nagarajan (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by John Stickney |
| Thursday October 1, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Mutasynthesis- A Powerful Tool for Natural Product Chemists" |
| Abstract |
| by Mbua, Ngalle (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Friday October 2, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Two-Dimensional Optical Spectroscopy" |
| by Siddiqi, Ali (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Tuesday October 6, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Mulliken Lecture |
| "Rydberg States in Chemistry and Physics" |
| by Merkt, Frederic |
| ETH Zurich Laboratorium fuer Physikalische Chemie ETH Hoenggerberg HCI CH-8093 Zurich Switzerland |
| Hosted by Henry Schaefer |
| Thursday October 8, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Novel DNA Gyrase Inhibitors: Fragment-based NMR Screening to Antibacterial Agents" |
| by Walkup, Grant |
| AstraZeneca R&D Boston |
| Hosted by Timothy Dore |
| Friday October 9, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Newly Discovered Hydroxycarbebe--Isolation, Identification and Tunneling Effect" |
| by Wu, Chia-Hua (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Wednesday October 14, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Subcellular Proteomic Analysis of Protozoan Parasite Trypanosoma cruzi" |
| Abstract |
| by Zhu, Xiang (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Ron Orlando |
| Thursday October 15, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Metal-chelating polymers and polymer nanoparticles designed for use in bioassays" |
| Abstract |
| by Winnik, Mitchell |
| University of Toronto Department of Chemistry |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Friday October 16, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "IR Spectroscopy of the gas phase Protonated Complexes: Structural Insight" |
| Abstract |
| by Bandyopadhyay, Biswajit (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Monday October 19, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Inorganic Seminar |
| "Redox-Active Ligand-Mediated Organometallic Catalysis at Manganese and Cobalt: New Routes to sp3-Hybridized C-C Bonds" |
| Abstract |
| by Soper, Jake D. |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Hosted by Michael Johnson |
| Tuesday October 20, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Department Colloquium |
| "The Emerging Role of Ion/ion Reactions in Biological Mass Spectrometry" |
| Abstract |
| by McLuckey, Scott A. |
| Department of Chemistry Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Hosted by I_Jonathan Amster |
| Thursday October 22, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Chemical Approaches to the Investigation of Protein-Membrane Binding Interactions Using Synthetic Lipid Probes" |
| Abstract |
| by Best, Michael D. |
| Department of Chemistry The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Friday October 23, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "TBA" |
| by Reed, Zachary (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Friday October 23, 2009 4:00 p.m. Location Room 430, Chemistry Building |
| Special Seminar |
| "A Tale For Our Times: Climate Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" |
| by Solomon, Susan |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, Colorado |
| Note: Alumni Appreciation Seminar |
| Hosted by Michael Duncan |
| Monday October 26, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Inorganic Seminar |
| "Studies of Metal/Anion Interactions Relevant to Biological Oxidative Stress and their Application to Drug Discovery " |
| Abstract |
| by Summers, Jack |
| Western Carolina University |
| Hosted by Michael Johnson |
| Wednesday October 28, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Electrochemical Atomic Layer Deposition of a phase change material, GexSbyTez" |
| by Liang, Xuehai (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by John Stickney |
| Thursday October 29, 2009 11:00am Location Room 400 |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Ionic Liquid - Beyond the Green Solvent for Organic Synthesis" |
| Abstract |
| by Do, Quang_Trong (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Tuesday November 3, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Special Seminar |
| "Species-specific Redox Reaction Studies in Li-ion Batteries using a Synchrotron Source" |
| Abstract |
| by Alamgir, Faisal M. |
| Georgia Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering Atlanta, Georgia |
| Note: Please note that this is not Department Colloquium |
| Hosted by John Stickney |
| Wednesday November 4, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "A High Resolution View of Pathological Protein Misfolding: New Analytical Methods Provide Critical Information" |
| Abstract |
| by Raleigh, Daniel P. |
| Stony Brook Univeristy Department of Chemistry |
| Hosted by John Stickney |
| Friday November 6, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Surface Plasmon mediated Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer" |
| by Narendrapurapu, Beulah_Sugandhini (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Monday November 9, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Inorganic Seminar |
| "DNA damage detection, recognition and catalysis of HhH-GPD family Glycosylase in Base Excision Repair (BER) pathway" |
| Abstract |
| by Zhu, Yixuan (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Michael Johnson |
| Tuesday November 10, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Department Colloquium |
| "Mass Spectrometry Approaches in Structural Proteomics" |
| Abstract |
| by Gross, Michael L. |
| Department of Chemistry Washington University in St. Louis |
| Hosted by I_Jonathan Amster |
| Wednesday November 11, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Rutherford Backscattering" |
| by Perdue, Brian_Robert (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by John Stickney |
| Thursday November 12, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Aptamers-Nucleic Acids beyond the Genetic Code" |
| Abstract |
| by Ambre, Shailesh (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Yan Geng |
| Thursday November 12, 2009 2:00 pm Location 409 |
| Final Defense |
| "Electrodeposition of metal thin films using Electrochemical-ALD." |
| by Thambidurai, Chandru (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by John Stickney |
| Friday November 13, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Combustion Chemistry: Decomposition, Oxidation, and Pollutant Formation" |
| Abstract |
| by Klippenstein, Stephen |
| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Monday November 16, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Inorganic Seminar |
| "Designed Photosensitive NO Drugs for Cancer Therapy" |
| Abstract |
| by Mascharak, Pradip |
| University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Hosted by Todd Harrop |
| Wednesday November 18, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "Applications of the IDAWG Technique to Quantitative Glycomics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells" |
| Abstract |
| by Fang, Meng (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Lance Wells |
| Thursday November 19, 2009 11:00 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Organic Seminar |
| "Enhancing turnover of amyloidogenic peptides through small molecule activators of IDE" |
| Abstract |
| by Schmidt, Walter K. |
| University of Georgia Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Hosted by Timothy Dore |
| Friday November 20, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "Neutron Reflectometry" |
| by Cheng, Timothy (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Monday November 30, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Inorganic Seminar |
| "Unprecedented amide and phosphate ester bond hydrolysis by transition and rare earth metal ions." |
| Abstract |
| by Grant, Kathryn B. |
| Georgia State University |
| Hosted by Michael Johnson |
| Monday November 30, 2009 3:00 pm Location 508 |
| Final Defense |
| "Design, Synthesis and Reactivity of Cyclopropenone-Containing Nine Membered Cyclic Enediyne and Enyne-allene Precursors as Prototype Photoswitchable Antitumor Agents." |
| Abstract |
| by Pandithavidana, Dinesh_Raveendra (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Vladimir Popik |
| Wednesday December 2, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Analytical Seminar |
| "TBA" |
| by Saladino, Jessica (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Ron Orlando |
| Wednesday December 2, 2009 2:00 pm Location 508 |
| Final Defense |
| "Formation of Platinum Thin Films by Electrochemical ALD and 2d Networks of Carbon Nanotubes for Electrochemical Applications" |
| by Vairavapandian, Deepa (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Marcus Lay |
| Friday December 4, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Physical Seminar |
| "The Water Dimer Radical Cation" |
| Abstract |
| by Cheng, Qianyi (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Wesley Allen |
| Friday December 4, 2009 2:30 pm Location CCRC Auditorium |
| Final Defense |
| "The Use of Synthetic Oligosaccharides and Glycoconjugates to Probe Immunological and Biological Processes" |
| Abstract |
| by Asong, Jinkeng (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Geert-Jan Boons |
| Monday December 7, 2009 1:00 pm Location Auditorium |
| Final Defense |
| "Chiral auxiliaries for 1,2-cis stereoselective glycosylations" |
| by Park, Jin (Graduate student seminar) |
| Department of Chemistry University of Georgia |
| Hosted by Geert-Jan Boons |
| Monday December 7, 2009 11:15 a.m. Location Room 400, Chemistry Building |
| Inorganic Seminar |
| "Open-Chain Amidate Ligands: Versatile Frameworks Transition Metal Ions" |
| by MacBeth, Cora |
| Emory University |
| Hosted by Michael Johnson |
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