FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR

Professor Emeritus Theodore Cohen
University of Pittsburgh
Thursday, September 14, 2006
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center, 12
Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Methodology from Five Decades of Research in the Cohen Lab

Monday, September 18, 2006
12:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12B
EH&S SAFETY SEMINAR

Laboratory Safety & Chemical Hygiene

Monday, September 18, 2006
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center Room 130
Professor Jason Belitsky
Oberlin College
Heterocyclic Oligomers, Polymers, and Supramolecular Assemblies for Exploring Molecular Recognition in Water

Wednesday, September 20, 2006
12:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12B
EH&S SAFETY SEMINAR

Laboratory Safety & Chemical Hygiene

Fifth Annual
ELI LILLY LECTURES

Professor Gilbert Stork
Columbia University
Thursday, September 21, 2006
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center, 12
Looking Back, Selectively

Friday, September 22, 2006
8:00 AM, Chevron Science Center 12B
EH&S SAFETY SEMINAR

Laboratory Safety & Chemical Hygiene

Tuesday, September 26, 2006
7:15 PM, Chevron Science Center 12B
Professor Alison Frontier
University of Rochester
New Twists in Nazarov Cyclization Chemistry

Thursday, September 28, 2006
2:30 PM, Chevron Science Center, 12B
Professor Kazunori Koide
University of Pittsburgh
Chemical approaches to the development of probes for biological research

Chemistry Education Seminar

Professor Joseph A. Gardella, Jr.
SUNY Buffalo
Friday, September 29, 2006
11:00 AM - Chevron Science Center 12B
Linking research in analytical environmental chemistry to public service-learning in the urban environment: curriculum development and student accomplishments in western New York

PhD Proposal Defense

Jeremy Walker

Tuesday, October 03, 2006
10:00 AM - Room: n/a
Ddevelopment of a Multiplex Flow Cytometry Assay for Noninvasive Detection of Bladder Cancer in Voided Urine

Thursday, October 12, 2006
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center, 12B
Professor Chris Schafmeister
University of Pittsburgh
Bis-amino Acids: A New Technology for Synthesizing Macromolecules with Designed Shapes

TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL BAYER LECTURES

Professor Jean-Marie Lehn
Nobel Laureate, ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, and Collegè de France, Paris
Thursday, October 19, 2006
9:30 AM - Chevron Science Center 12B
From Supramolecular Chemistry to Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry

TWENTIETH ANNUAL KAUFMAN LECTURES

Professor Carl Lineberger
University of Colorado
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
4:00 PM - Chevron Science Center 12
Radicals, reactive intermediates and transition states: spectroscopy along a reaction coordinate

Thursday, October 26, 2006
1:00 PM, Chevron Science Center, 12A
Professor Lawrence Williams
Rutgers University
Spirodiepoxides in Total Synthesis

TWENTIETH ANNUAL KAUFMAN LECTURES

Professor Carl Lineberger
University of Colorado
Thursday, October 26, 2006
2:30 PM - Chevron Science Center 12B
The cage effect revisited: Time-resolved dynamics with partially solvated anions

PhD Dissertation Defense

Alexander Tikhonov

Friday, October 27, 2006
2:00 PM - 327 Eberly Hall
I. Theory of Laser Driven Molecular Wires. II. Light Diffraction by Colloidal Crystals – Numerical Simulations for Realistic Finite Systems Using Single Scattering Theory.

Thursday, November 02, 2006
4:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12B
Professor Emeritus Bodie Douglas
University of Pittsburgh
Inorganic Crystal Structures - A Unifying Approach

PhD Dissertation Defense

James Copenhafer
University of Pittsburgh
Monday, November 06, 2006
9:00 AM - 325 Eberly Hall
Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-mb-methylene)s

Tuesday, November 07, 2006
1:00 PM, Chevron Science Center 12B
Professor Paul Alivisatos
University of California, Berkeley
Chemical Transformations of Nanocrystals

PhD Dissertation Defense

Aleksandr Mikhonin

Wednesday, November 22, 2006
1:00 PM - Room: n/a
DIRECT UV RESONANCE RAMAN MONITORING OF PROTEIN FOLDING REACTION COORDINATE: alpha-HELIX MELTING AND FORMATION REVISITED

PhD Dissertation Defense

Benjamin D. Stevens

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
7:15 PM - Chevron Science Center 12B
Applications of Iridium Catalyzed Isomerization Claisen Rearrangements to Complex Molecule Synthesis

PhD Dissertation Defense

Jeremy Walker

Thursday, November 30, 2006
10:00 AM - Chevron Science Center 12B
Development of Photonic Crystal Hydrogel Sensors for Organophosphates and Ammonia

Thursday, December 14, 2006
4:00 PM, 307 Eberly Hall
Professor Robert M. Dickson
Georgia Tech
Ultrabright Metal Nanoclusters for Single Molecule Bioimaging

PhD Dissertation Defense

Branko Mitasev

Wednesday, December 20, 2006
1:00 PM - Room: n/a
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions of Allenes in Diversity-Oriented Synthesis