Chemistry Department Seminars

Spring 2005

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January 6	Prof. Brian Stoltz California Institute of Technology	Complex Natural Products as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Chemistry	Jennings
January 13	Prof. Evert Duin Auburn	Properties and Reaction Mechanism of Methyl-coenzyme-M Reductase	Kispert
January 20
January 27	Prof. W. David Nes Texas Tech	Tinkering with Sterol Pathway: New Compounds from Old Enzymes	Vincent
February 1 Tuesday, 4:00 PM Shelby 150	Prof. Norman Lu National Taipei University of Technology	Two Industrial Applications of Fluoropolymers: Perfluoropolyalkylethers annd Lithium Battery Electrolytes	Thrasher
February 10	Dr. Mary Kirchhoff ACS Div. of Ed. Activities	Integrating Green Chemistry into the Curriculum	Rogers
February 17	Prof. Tom Russell U Mass- Amherst	The Assembly of Nanoparticles at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces	Bakker
February 24	Prof. Sherine Obare Western Michigan University	Nanostructured Materials for Chemical Sensing and Environmental Remediation Applications	NOBCChE
March 3	Prof. Gregory Dudley Florida State University	Towards Improving the Efficiency of Organic Synthesis	Jennings
March 10	Prof. Neil Coville University of Witwatersrand	Solventless Organometallic Chemistry	Shaughnessy
March 17	Prof. Marc Snapper Boston College	Cyclobutadiene: Using Molecular Strain to Access Molecular Complexity	Snowden
March 23 Wednesday, 4:00 PM Shelby 107	Prof. Mark Banaszak Holl, Ms. Claire Chisolm, and Ms. Pascale Leroueil University of Michigan	Studio Chemistry at the University of Michigan	Thrasher
March 24	Prof. Petra Fromme Arizona State University	From Light to Electron Transfers: New insights into the Structure and Function of Photosynthetic Membrane Proteins	Kispert
March 25 Friday, 2:00 PM Bevill 204	Prof. Mark Banaszak Holl University of Michigan	Biologic Nanotechnology: Dendritic Drug Transport Agents	Mint
March 31		Spring Break
April 7	Prof. Maryanne Collinson Kansas State University	Template Based Strategies for the Fabrication of Macroporous Silicate Materials	Street
April 14	Prof. Charles Spangler Montana State University	New Design Paradigms Leading to Greatly Enhanced Multi-Photon Absorption in Dendrimers and Porphyrins: Implications for Photonic and Biomedical Applications	Rogers
April 14 4:00 PM, 107 Shelby	Prof. Joseph Francisco Purdue University	Halogen chemistry on Earth and Mars: Any connections?	Thrasher
April 21
April 28	Prof. Raj Rathore Marquette University	Design, Syntheses, and Study of Electronic Communication Through Cofacially-Arrayed Polybenzenoid Nanostructures	Blackstock