Chemistry Seminars


Seminars for Friday, September 01, 2000 to Sunday, December 31, 2000


Tuesday, September 05, 2000
12:15 PM, 12 A CSC
Dr. Donald F. Hunt
University of Virginia
Proteomics: Automated Identification of Peptides and Proteins at the Attomole Level in Complex Mixtures by Mass Spectrometry


Thursday, September 07, 2000
2:30 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Benjamin Miller
University of Rochester
Molecular Recognition of Lipid A and Simple Carbohydrates in Aqueous Solution


Thursday, September 07, 2000
4:00 PM, 12B CSC
Dr. Richard Schultz
Bar-Ilan University
Ligand Attack at Organometallic Reactive Intermediates Studied by Fast Time-Resolved IR Absorption Spectroscopy: Kinetics from Microseconds to Millions of Microseconds


Thursday, September 14, 2000
2:30 PM, 12B CSC
Professor David Collum
Cornell University
Structure-Reactivity Relationships in Lithium Amides: Lessons Learned from Solution Kinetics (With No Math!)


Thursday, September 14, 2000
4:00 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Mark Johnson
Yale Univesitry
Ions on the Rocks: A Cluster-Based Exploration of Anion Hydration
(Perspectives in Chemical Science)


125th Anniversary Weekend Lecture

Dr. Alfred Bader
Aldrich Chemical Company
Friday, September 15, 2000
3:30 PM - Room 12 B Ashe Auditorium
Richard Anschütz, Archibald Scott Couper and Josef Loschmidt: A Detective at Work


Wednesday, September 20, 2000
3:00 PM, 12A CSC
Professor Ron Naaman
Weizmann Institute of Science
Electron Transmission Through Organized Organic Layers - The Role of Quantum Mechanics


Thursday, September 21, 2000
2:30 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Nick Hadjiliadis
University of Ionnina, Greece
Biomimetic Approaches: Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Peptide and Schiff-Base Complexes Supported on Inorganic Polymers


Thursday, September 21, 2000
2:30 PM, 12B CSC
Professor John G. Dorsey
Florida State University
Modern Liquid Chromatography: Are There Still Problems Remaining?


Wednesday, September 27, 2000
3:00 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Jeffrey Winkler
University of Pennsylvania
Synthesis of Natural and Unnatural Products


Thursday, September 28, 2000
4:00 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Philippe Guyot-Sionnest
University of Chicago
A Chemical with Size-Tunable Mid-Infrared Electronic Absorption: N-Type Semiconductor Nanocrystals
(Perspectives in Chemical Science)


Monday, October 02, 2000
4:00 PM, Ashe Auditorium
Professor Geraldine Richmond
University of Oregon
Structure and Hydrogen Bonding at Water Surfaces: Some Surprises!


Tuesday, October 03, 2000
12:15 PM, 12A CSC
Professor Michael Klein
University of Pennsylvania
Computer Simulation of Biophysical Systems: from Micelles to Model Membranes and Membrane Proteins


Twenty-Second Annual
BAYER LECTURES

Professor Robert Langer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wednesday, October 04, 2000
5:30 PM - Room 12 CSC
Biomaterials and How They Will Change Our Lives


Twenty-Second Annual
BAYER LECTURES

Professor Robert Langer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, October 05, 2000
2:30 PM - Room 12 B CSC
Novel Drug Delivery Systems


Tuesday, October 10, 2000
4:00 PM, 12A CSC
Professor Tara Meyer
University of Pittsburgh
Catalytic Imine Metathesis


Thursday, October 12, 2000
2:30 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Jon Rainier
University of Arizona
Efficient Approaches to Heterocyclic Natural Products


Jointly sponsored by the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Professor Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
Friday, October 13, 2000
4:00 PM - Room 1175 Benedum
Growth, Properties and Applications of Nanotubes


Thursday, October 19, 2000
2:30 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Malcom Chisholm
Ohio State University
Multiple Bonds Between Metal Atoms in Ordered Assemblies


Thursday, October 19, 2000
4:00 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Susan Lunte
University of Kansas
Separations-based Sensors for Neurochemical Applications


Friday, October 20, 2000
4:00 PM, 12B CSC
Professor John B. Simons
University of Oxford
UV and IR Laser Spectroscopy of Small Biomolecules and their Hydrated Complexes in the Gas Phase: Getting Into Shape


Thursday, October 26, 2000
2:30 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Cassandra Fraser
University of Virginia
Polymeric Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications


Thursday, October 26, 2000
4:00 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Tom Moore
Arizona State University
Design, Assembly and Energetics of an Artificial Photosynthetic Membrane
(Perspectives in Chemical Science)


Fourteenth Annual
KAUFMAN LECTURES

Professor Casey Hynes
University of Colorado and École Normale Supérieure
Wednesday, November 01, 2000
5:30 PM - Room 12 B CSC
Chemistry in a Cold Climate: Theoretical Insights for Heterogeneous Reactions Important for Stratospheric Ozone Depletion


Fourteenth Annual
KAUFMAN LECTURES

Professor Casey Hynes
University of Colorado and École Normale Supérieure
Thursday, November 02, 2000
5:30 PM - Room 12 B CSC
A Nontraditional View of Proton Transfer Reaction Dynamics in Solution


Tuesday, November 07, 2000
4:00 PM, 12 B CSC
Dr. Beat Keller
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Dubendorf, Switzerland
Surface Properties of Ion-containing Polymers as Revealed by TOF-SIMS


Thursday, November 09, 2000
2:30 PM, 12 B CSC
Professor Christopher Hadad
Ohio State University
Experimental and Computational Studies of Radical Reactions with Volatile Organic Compounds and Towards Coal


Friday, November 10, 2000
4:00 PM, 12 B CSC
Professor Victoria Colvin
Rice University
Inside-Out Chemistry: Nanostructured Materials from Artificial Opals


Sunday, November 26, 2000
2:30 PM, 12 B CSC
Professor Jumi Shin
University of Pittsburgh
Exploiting Nature’s Design: Minimalist Helical Proteins Bind Specific DNA Sequences


Friday, December 01, 2000
4:00 PM, 12B CSC
Professor Stacey Bent
Stanford University
Functionalization and Growth of Electronic Materials


Tuesday, December 05, 2000
2:30 PM, 12 B CSC
Professor Scott G. Nelson
University of Pittsburgh
Ketene-Aldehyde Cycloadditions: New Reaction and Catalyst Designs for Asymmetric Synthesis