Thursday, September 09, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Victor Shang-Yi Lin
Iowa State University
Gatekeeper Effect: Multifunctionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere (MSN) Material for Biosensor, Drug Delivery, and Gene Transfection Applications

Thursday, September 09, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Bradley D. Smith
University of Notre Dame
Supramolecular Sensors and Catalysts Using Synthetic Receptors That Stabilize Ion Pairs

Thursday, September 16, 2004
4:45 PM, Mellon Institute Conference Room (CMU), Joint CMU/Pitt Chemistry Colloquium
Professor Adrian E. Roitberg
University of Florida
New Methods for Quantum/Classical Modeling of Enzymatic Reactions

Thursday, September 23, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Daesung Lee
University of Wisconsin Madison
Enyne Metathesis: Scope, Selectivity, and Application

Thursday, September 23, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Jan Hoh
Johns Hopkins University
Properties of Disordered Proteins and Their Role in Organizing the Neuronal Cytoskeleton

Tuesday, September 28, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Zhan Chen
University of Michigan
Molecular Level Studies on Polymer Surfaces/Interfaces and Interactions Between Polymers and Biological Molecules Using Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy

Thursday, September 30, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor James Burgess
Case Western Reserve University
Single Cell Cholesterol Detection using an Enzyme Modified Microelectrode

Thursday, September 30, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Brian L. Pagenkopf
University of Texas at Austin
Part I: Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Silole Chromophores Part II: Studies Toward the Synthesis of Natural Products

Friday, October 01, 2004
12:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 A
Professor Steven G. Boxer
Stanford University
Patterned Bilayers and Tethered Vesicles: Tools for Membrane Biology

Friday, October 01, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12
Professor Kristen Lynch
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Cell-based Screens and Other Approaches Toward Understanding Signal-Induced Alternative pre-mRNA Splicing

Thursday, October 07, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Dr. Alfred Moye
Chemical Education Series
Learning Science and Technology: Transforming the way we teach and learn science?

Thursday, October 07, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Kenneth Janda
University of California Irvine
How Does the Electronic Spectrum of a Molecule Change in Going From Isolated Molecules to the Condensed Phase?

Thursday, October 14, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Dr. Ronald E. Shaffer
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Personal Protective Technologies for Emergency First Responders: Recent Advances and Future Needs from a Chemistry Perspective

Thursday, October 14, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Nicola Pohl
Iowa State University
Chemical Proteomics and Synthetic Strategies to Decipher the Glycocode

PhD Dissertation Defense

Kai Deng

Friday, October 15, 2004
9:00 AM - Eberly 325
Sulfur Based Cyclizations by Intramolecular Carbometallation and Applications to Natural Product Syntheses

PhD Dissertation Defense

Christopher Kendall

Wednesday, October 20, 2004
10:00 AM - Eberly 307
Hydrozirconation/Zr-Zn Transmetalation/Aldimine Addition: One-pot Synthesis of Allylic, C-Cyclopropylalkyl, and Homoallylic Amines from Alkynes

Thursday, October 21, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Paul Floreancig
University of Pittsburgh
Development and Synthetic Applications of Electron Transfer Initiated Cyclization Reactions

Thursday, October 21, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Professor Piotr Piotrowiak
Rutgers University
Hemicarceplexes: From Superexchange Studies to Protein and Nanoparticle Binding

PhD Dissertation Defense

Christopher Lee

Monday, October 25, 2004
1:00 PM - Eberly 325
Synthesis and Studies Directed Toward Multidrug Resistance Modulating Natural Products

Monday, October 25, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 A
Dr. A.K.Mishra
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India
Metal-Insulator Transition in an Electrochemisorbed Layer

Third Annual
ELI LILLY LECTURES

Professor Steven Ley
University of Cambridge
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
5:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Use of Supported Reagents and Scavengers in Organic Synthesis

Eighteenth Annual
KAUFMAN LECTURES

Professor Yuan T. Lee
President of Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
8:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
University Student of the 21st Century

Third Annual
ELI LILLY LECTURES

Professor Steven Ley
University of Cambridge
Thursday, October 28, 2004
1:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
A Fascination with Spiroketals

Eighteenth Annual
KAUFMAN LECTURES

Professor Yuan T. Lee
President of Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Thursday, October 28, 2004
3:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Isomerization and Decomposition of Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PhD Dissertation Defense

Andrew J. Kassick

Monday, November 01, 2004
2:00 PM - Eberly 325
Catalytic, Asymmetric Acyl Halide-Aldehyde Cyclocondensations in Complex Molecule Synthesis and Application to the Installation of Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters

Tuesday, November 02, 2004
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Peter W. Carr
University Minnesota
Use of Physico-Chemical Measurements by Capillary Electrophoresis to Explore Retention Mechanism of Organic Bases in Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography

Thursday, November 04, 2004
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 B
Dr. Bruce D. Kay
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Using Nanoscale Amorphous Films to Study Processes in Supercooled Liquid Water and Aqueous Solutions

PhD Dissertation Defense

Beomjun Joo

Monday, November 08, 2004
10:00 AM - Eberly 228
Synthetic Studies toward Biologically Active Quinones and Alkaloids

Ninth Annual
DOWD LECTURES

Professor Virginia W. Cornish
Columbia University
Monday, November 08, 2004
5:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Chemical Complementation: A Genetic Assay for Protein Evolution and Proteomics

Ninth Annual
DOWD LECTURES

Professor Virginia W. Cornish
Columbia University
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Co-Opting the Ribosome for Peptidomimetic Synthesis

FARADAY LECTURE 2004

Dr. John Fortman
Wright State University
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
7:30 PM - Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
THE CHEMISTRY OF ENERGY

Twenty-Sixth Annual
BAYER LECTURES

Dr. Francoise Brochard-Wyart
Institute Curie
Monday, November 15, 2004
12:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
CANCELLED

Twenty-Sixth Annual
BAYER LECTURES

Professor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
College de France
Monday, November 15, 2004
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
CANCELLED

Monday, November 15, 2004
4:15 PM, Chevron Science Center 12 A
Professor D. Matyushov
Arizona State University
Polar Solvation: Born vs. Onsager

Twenty-Sixth Annual
BAYER LECTURES

Dr. Francoise Brochard-Wyart
Institute Curie
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
12:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
CANCELLED

Twenty-Sixth Annual
BAYER LECTURES

Professor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
College de France
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
CANCELLED

PhD Dissertation Defense

Mingxiang Lin

Monday, November 22, 2004
2:00 PM - CSC 245
Application of Ion-Molecule Reactions to Structure Characterization and Thermochemical Property Measurements

PhD Dissertation Defense

Jianjun Wei

Tuesday, November 23, 2004
9:30 AM - Eberly 307
Heterogeneous Electron Transfer of Supramolecular Assemblies

PhD Dissertation Defense

Richard A. Christie

Tuesday, December 07, 2004
3:30 PM - Eberly 307
Theoretical Studies of Hydrogen-bonded Clusters

PhD Dissertation Defense

Corey R. J. Stephenson

Wednesday, December 08, 2004
1:00 PM - Eberly 307
Novel Cascade Reactions of Alkenylzirconocenes and Their Application to the Synthesis of Cyclopropyl Peptide Mimetics

MS Thesis Defense

An T. Ngo

Thursday, December 16, 2004
9:00 AM - Room: n/a
Osmotic dehydration of replacement lung surfactant: Implications for ARDS therapy

PhD Dissertation Defense

Raghuram S. Tangirala

Thursday, December 16, 2004
10:00 AM - Eberly 225
CASCADE RADICAL CYCLIZATION: APPLICATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL CAMPTOTHECIN ANALOGS AND A SHORT SYNTHESIS OF LUOTONIN A AND ITS ANALOGS

Thursday, December 16, 2004
4:00 PM, Room 2500 Posvar Hall
Professor Peter Wipf
Universtiy of Pittsburgh
Organic Synthesis at the Nexus of Science and Technology