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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dow Lecture Series


Associate Professor Yadong Yin     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of California-Riverside, Riverside CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Magnetic Assembly of Responsive Photonic Nanostructures

Abstract           Host: Andreas Stein



Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Dow Lecture Series


Associate Professor Daniel Mindiola     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University, Bloomington IN

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Taming Methane and Other Alkanes with Metal-Carbon Multiple Bonds

Abstract           Host: Connie Lu



Thursday, March 1, 2012

Bryce L. Crawford Lectureship


Professor Martin Gruebele     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Fast Folding Proteins Meet the Anton Supercomputer

Abstract           Host: Laura Gagliardi



Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Professor Michael Heaven     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Emory University, Atlanta GA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Spectroscopic Studies of Prototype Actinide Compounds (and closely related species)

Abstract           Host: Doreen Leopold



Thursday, March 8, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Professor Clark Landis     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

Time:   9:45
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Enantioselective Hydroformylation: Complex Molecules and Complex Mechanism

Abstract           Host: Christopher Cramer



Tuesday, March 13, 2012

iPrime Seminar


Assistant Professor Parisa Mehrkhodavandi     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Chiral Indium Catalysts for Highly Controlled Ring Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

Host: William Tolman



Friday, March 16, 2012

Abbott Seminar


Professor Steven Burke     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

Time:   4 PM
Room: 117/119 Smith Hall

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Natural Products

Abstract           Host: Thomas Hoye



Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Professor Carrie Haskell-Luevano     (web page)
Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Michael Bowser



Thursday, March 22, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Associate Professor Michael Best     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Chemical Approaches to the Investigation of Protein-Membrane Binding Interactions Using Synthetic Lipid Probes

Abstract           Host: Mark Distefano



Thursday, March 29, 2012

Student Seminar Series


Professor Jonathan Sweedler     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Metabolomics and Chemical Imaging for Probing the Cellular Heterogeneity in the Brain

Abstract           Host: Audrey Meyer



Tuesday, April 3, 2012

iPrime Seminar


Professor Kathryn Uhrich     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, Piscataway NJ

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Polymer Therapeutics: Polymers from Bioactives and for Biodelivery

Host: Theresa Reineke



Thursday, April 5, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Professor Susan Lunte     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Edgar Arriaga



Tuesday, April 10, 2012

iPrime Seminar


Professor Suzie Pun     (web page)
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington, Seattle WA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Synthesis and Application of Peptides and Peptide-Based Copolymers for Targeted Drug Delivery

Host: Theresa Reineke



Thursday, April 12, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Assistant Professor Melissa Grunlan     (web page)
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station TX

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Marc Hillmyer



Monday, April 16, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Mark Pederson, Ph.D.     (web page)
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry
Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

DFT-Based Simulation of Molecular Magnets

Abstract           Host: Connie Lu



Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Departmental Seminar


Professor Cathleen Crudden     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Queen's University, Kingston Ontario

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Andrew Harned



Thursday, April 19, 2012

Etter Lecture


Professor Joseph Lauher     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Ken Leopold



Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Student Seminar Series


Professor Barry Trost     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University, Stanford CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Pat Willoughby



Thursday, April 26, 2012

Dow Lecture Series


Associate Professor Tehshik Yoon     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Christopher Douglas



Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Gassman Lecture


Professor Andrew Myers     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Time:   3:45 PM
Room: 230 Science Teaching & Student Services (STSS)

Lecture #1

Host: Andrew Harned



Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Gassman Lecture


Professor Andrew Myers     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Time:   4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Lecture #2

Host: Andrew Harned



Thursday, May 3, 2012

Gassman Lecture


Professor Andrew Myers     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Harvard MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Lecture #3

Host: Andrew Harned



Friday, May 11, 2012

Abbott Seminar


Professor David E. Nichols     (web page)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Time:   4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Host: Robert Fecik