Spring 2008 Schedule

Graduate Student Seminar Program

Spring 2008

All seminars are at 12:45 PM in room 151 Shelby Hall, unless noted.

January 15		Mandatory Meeting for Seminar Presenters
January 22	Nikolaus Cordes	Chemical Force Microscopy
January 29
February 5	Vincent Franco	Asymmetric Organocatalysis
February 12	Jonathan Brauer	CO oxidation by Au
February 19	Jason Runyon	Concurrent Tandem Catalysis
February 26
March 4	Jeremy Pritchett	Practical Uses of Carbon Nanotubes
March 11	Meghna Dilip (PhD Research)	The Role of Water in the Aggregation and Salting-Out of Ionic Liquid Solutions
March 12 Wednesday, 12:00 PM	Ligia Focsan (PhD Research)	Xanthophyll Cycle - New Insights into Photoprotection
March 18		Spring Break
March 25	Ashok Ganta (PhD Research)	Postponed
April 1	Julia Shamshina (PhD Research)	I. New Synthetic Applications of Trichloromethyl Carbinols. II. Synthesis of Small-Molecule Natural Products
April 8	Chris Redden	Postponed
April 15	Jian Tang (PhD Research)	Structural and Magnetic Characterization of the Interfaces between Ferromagnetic Metals and Organic Films
April 22	Amanda Mueller	Chemical Warfare
April 29	Dionicio Martinez-Solorio	Umpolung Reactions - Powerful Tools in the Construction of Natural Products