Thursday, May 05, 2005
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Douglas Grotjahn
San Diego State University
Biologically Inspired Organometallic Chemistry: Proton Transfer and Hydrogen Bonding in Structure and Catalysis of Anti-Markovnikov Alkyne Hydration

50th Phillips 4 Lectures

Professor Martin Karplus
Harvard University
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Protein Dynamics & Function: Insights from Simulations

50th Phillips 4 Lectures

Dr. J. Michael Ramsey
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thursday, May 12, 2005
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Micro- and Nanoscale Devices for High-throughput Cellular and Biochemical Assays

50th Phillips 4 Lectures

Professor Daniel Nocera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, May 12, 2005
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Powering the Planet - The Destiny of Chemistry

50th Phillips 4 Lectures

Dr. Dale Boger
Scripps Research Institute
Friday, May 13, 2005
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Chemistry at the Chemistry-Biology Interface

PhD Dissertation Defense

Pamela Y Meadows

Wednesday, May 25, 2005
1:30 PM - CSC 245
The Mechanical Unfolding of Fibronectin Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Its Relevance to Biocompatibility Studies

Twenty-Sixth Annual
Bayer Lectures

Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
5:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Macromolecular Engineering for Nanostructured Polymeric Materials

Twenty-Sixth Annual
Bayer Lectures

Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University
Thursday, May 26, 2005
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Importance of Catalysis in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Thursday, June 02, 2005
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Brian M. Stoltz
California Institute of Technology
Complex Natural Products as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Chemistry

PhD Dissertation Defense

Gil Ma

Friday, June 03, 2005
2:00 PM - Eberly 307
Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecules with New Physical and Biological Properties

Friday, June 17, 2005
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Dr. Michel Mons
Centre d`Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Secondary Structures Of Short Peptide Chains: A Gas Phase Optical Study Of The Influence Of Side-Chain/Backbone Interactions

Friday, June 24, 2005
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Dr. W. Leo Meerts
Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
What can high resolution spectroscopy tell us about biomolecules?

PhD Dissertation Defense

Moon Chul Jung

Friday, July 01, 2005
2:00 PM - Room: n/a
OPTIMIZATION OF PHOTOLUMINESCENCE-FOLLOWING ELECTRON-TRANSFER WITH TRIS(2,2¡¯-BIPYRIDYL)OS(III) AND APPLICATION TO THE DETERMINATION OF DOPAMINE, SEROTONIN AND CARBIDOPA IN BRAIN MICRODIALYSATE

PhD Dissertation Defense

Hanbin Liu

Tuesday, July 05, 2005
2:00 PM - Room: n/a
Improved sampling in Monte Carlo simulations of small clusters

PhD Dissertation Defense

John T. Yi

Wednesday, July 06, 2005
10:00 AM - Room: n/a
High Resolution Electronic Spectroscopy of Large Polyatomic Molecules: Structures, Interactions and Electronic Distributions

PhD Dissertation Defense

John R. Seiders, II

Tuesday, July 12, 2005
10:00 AM - Room: n/a
The Development of Novel Electron Transfer Initiated Cyclization (ETIC) Reactions: Discovery of the Diastereoselective ETIC Reaction and Its Application toward the Total Synthesis of Leucascandrolide A.

PhD Proposal Defense

Laura M. Borland

Thursday, July 14, 2005
11:00 AM - Room: n/a
Investigation of kynurenate production from astrocytes in an in vitro model of Alzheimer’s disease: effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on kynurenate concentration

PhD Dissertation Defense

Vyacheslav N. Romanov

Monday, July 18, 2005
1:30 PM - Room: n/a
Unified Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

PhD Dissertation Defense

Lijun Wang

Tuesday, July 19, 2005
10:00 AM - Room: n/a
Carbon-carbon bond construction using electron transfer initiated cyclization reactions. Ruthenium-catalyzed hydroesterification and its application towards the synthesis of integramycin.

PhD Proposal Defense

Rong Meng

Tuesday, July 26, 2005
2:00 PM - CSC 130
Effect of Metal Ions on Prion Protein Aggregation

MS Thesis Defense

Keerti Gulati

Monday, August 01, 2005
1:00 AM - Room: n/a
Doubly Diffrential Reactive Scattering in Molecular Penning Ionization Systems

PhD Dissertation Defense

Hong Zhao

Monday, August 22, 2005
10:00 AM - Room: n/a
MOLECULAR SELECTIVITY IN FLUOROUS MEDIA

Wednesday, August 31, 2005
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12A
Professor Richard N. Zare
Stanford University
How to Succeed in Research