Date | Seminar | Time & Location |
11/05/20 | Chemical Biology Professor Jeremy Baskin, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, and Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology, Cornell University Chemical Tools that IMPACT Lipid Signaling | 12:30 p.m., via Zoom Abstract |
09/17/20 | Professor Dustin Maly, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle Allosteric Modulation of Protein Kinases Through Their ATP-Binding Sites | 12:30 p.m., via Zoom Abstract |
05/06/20 | Organic-Materials ** CANCELLED ** Professor Ting Wang, State University of New York, Albany New Synthetic Opportunities through Organic Photocatalysis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/29/20 | Organic-Materials ** CANCELLED ** Dr. Michael Patane, President, Mitobridge (an Astellas Company, Cambridge, MA tba | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/28/20 | Inorganic ** CANCELLED ** Professor Jenifer Shafer, Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines | 12:30 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
04/23/20 | Chemical Biology ** CANCELLED ** Professor Tarun Kapoor, Departments of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology and Structural Biology | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
04/20/20 | Physical-Theoretical ** CANCELLED ** Professor Louis Bouchard, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles | 12:00 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
04/13/20 | Physical-Theoretical ** CANCELLED ** Professor Alexey Akimov, Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, SUNY | 12:00 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
04/09/20 | Chemical Biology ** CANCELLED ** Professor Philip Dawson, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
04/08/20 | Organic-Materials ** CANCELLED ** Professor Justin J. Wilson, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/07/20 | Inorganic ** CANCELLED ** Professor Natalia Shustova, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina | 12:30 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
04/06/20 | Physical-Theoretical ** CANCELLED ** Professor Hua Guo, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico | 12:00 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
04/03/20 | Organic-Materials ** CANCELLED ** Professor Douglas Adamson, Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/02/20 | Chemical Biology ** CANCELLED ** Professor Suzanne Walker, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
04/01/20 | Other ** CANCELLED ** Catalysis that Enables Sustainability, Symposium in Honor of Professor Geoff Coates | 8:30 to 5:00, TCC Room 450 Abstract |
03/31/20 | Other ** CANCELLED ** Professor Geoff Coates, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University 48th John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences: 'In Pursuit of the Perfect Plastic' | 3:30 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
03/27/20 | Organic-Materials ** CANCELLED ** Professor Nathan Schley, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Cationic IridiumComplexes for the Selective Activation and Cleavage of Alkyl Ethers | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/25/20 | Organic-Materials ** CANCELLED ** Professor TImothy Jackson, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas Insights into Metalloenzyme Function from Bio-Inspired Manganese Complexes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/12/20 | Chemical Biology ** CANCELLED ** Professor Goncalo Bernardes, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Chemical Physiology of Antibody Conjugates and Natural Products | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
03/10/20 | Inorganic Professor Aron Walsh, Department of Materials, Imperial College, London New Adventures in Computational Chemistry | 12:30 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
03/05/20 | Chemical Biology ** CANCELLED ** Professor Zhougyu Yang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University On the interface of enzymes and Metal-Organic Framework (MOFs): an EPR microscope to reveal the structure and dynamics of enzymes in complex materials | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
03/04/20 | Special Seminar Professor Aaron Rossini, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Sensitizing Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy for the Atomic Level Characterization of Surfaces | 12:00 p.m., SOS B2 Abstract |
02/28/20 | Seventeenth Annual Carl M. Franklin Lecture on Science and Society, Professor Mark S. Humayun, Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering, and Integrative Anatomical Sciences, Director of the USC Ginsburg Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics, & Co-Director of the USC Roski Eye Institute Advanced Retinal Implants for Restoring Sight to the Blind | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
02/26/20 | Organic-Materials Professor Andrew Weller, Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratories, University of Oxford Solid-State Molecular Organometallic Chemistry: 'Impossible'lkane Compllllexes, Catalysis and More | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/25/20 | Inorganic Professor Michael Shatruk, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University Adventures in Solid State Chemistry: from Theoretical Insight to Application-Driven Materials Design | 12:30 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
02/20/20 | Chemical Biology Professor David Crich, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia Shaping Next Generation Aminoglycoside Antibiotics for Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Diseases | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
02/18/20 | Inorganic Professor Henry La Pierre, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology Electron Delocalization in the f-Block | 12:30 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
02/10/20 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Laura Kaufman, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University Single Molecule Probes and Single Particles, Probed | 12:00 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
02/06/20 | Chemical Biology Dr. Amelle Joffrin, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Photoaffinity Tools for Understanding Neuroplasticity | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
02/04/20 | Inorganic Professor Katherine Mirica, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College Molecular Engineering of Materials for Chemical Sensing and Microelectronics | 12:30 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
02/03/20 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Paul Zimmerman, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Near-Exact Wave Functions: Pushing Towards Accurate Transition Metal Simulations | 12:00 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
01/27/20 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Dan Fu, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Pump probe microscopy: quantitative chemical analysis in living cells and animals | 12:00 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
01/22/20 | Organic-Materials Professor Joseph Topczewski, Department of Chemistry University of Minnesota Harnessing the Winstein Rearrangement: Dynamic Chemistry of Allylic Azides | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/15/20 | Organic-Materials Professor Kimberly See, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology Next-Generation Batteries Based on Multivalent Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/20/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Luis Campos, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University The Exciton Bond in Organic Molecules: Concepts for Catalysis and Solar Cells | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/18/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Victor Acosta, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico Diamond quantum sensors | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
11/07/19 | Chemical Biology Professor Susruta Majumdar, Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University in St. Louis Design of ligands that enable opioid functional selectivity | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
11/05/19 | Inorganic Professor Michael Wolf, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia Controlling Optical Properties of Conjugated Oligomers Using Metal and Main Group Chemistry | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
11/04/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Nicholas Mayhall, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech Picking the right gates at the right time: an adaptive quantum algorithm for simulating molecular systems on quantum computers | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
10/29/19 | Inorganic Professor Matthew Conley, Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside Generation of Active Sites on Surfaces: A Chemist's View of Heterogeneous Catalysts | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
10/22/19 | Inorganic Professor Cliff Kubiak, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego Tuning the properties of catalysts for the reduction of CO 2 with metals, ligands, and applied electric fields | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
10/21/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Chandrasekhar Ramanathan, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College Hyperpolarizing Nuclear Spins in Semiconductors to Study Local Physics and Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
10/18/19 | Other Professor Gerard Parkin, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University Burg Memorial Lecture: Tripodal Ligands in Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide Functionalization, Mercury Detoxification, and New Classes of Atranes | 4:00 p.m., SLH 100 Abstract |
10/14/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Eric Neuscamman, Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley Excited-State-Specific Quantum Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
10/10/19 | Chemical Biology Professor Kathryn Mouzakis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola Marymount University An RNA Pseudoknot stimulates HTLV-1 pro-pol Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshifting | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
10/08/19 | Inorganic Professor Dmitri Talapin, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Engineering functionality in colloidal semiconductor nanomaterials | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
10/07/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Lan Cheng, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University New advances in electronic structure methods with non-perturbative treatment of spin-orbit coupling | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
10/07/19 | Special Seminar Dr. Emily A. Carter, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA Unconventional Quantum Mechanics Methods for Design of Materials for Sustainable Energy Technologies | 3:00 p.m., SOS B4 Abstract |
10/04/19 | Special Seminar Dr. William West, Electrochemical Technologies Group at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Electrochemistry Society Seminar: Advanced Energy Storage Technologies for NASA's Robotic Exploration in Extreme Environments | 12:00 noon, GFS 118 Abstract |
10/03/19 | Chemical Biology Professor Brett Van Veller, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Surfing the ground and excited state energy surfaces towards new applications in chemical biology | 12:30 p.m., TRF 120B Abstract |
10/01/19 | Inorganic Professor Michael Nippe, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University Taking Inspiration From Bulk: Molecular Electrocatalysis and Magnetization Dynamics of Heterometallic Lanthanide – Transition Metal Complexes | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
09/25/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Skye Fortier, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, El Paso Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/24/19 | Inorganic Professor John Arnold, College of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley Catalytic and Stoichiometric Reactivity with Electropositive Metals | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
09/23/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Rolf Schäfer, Department of Physical Chemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Dielectric and magnetic behavior of pure and doped clusters | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
09/10/19 | Inorganic Professor Smaranda Marinescu, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Bioinspired Coordination Complexes and Polymers for Energy Applications | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
09/03/19 | Inorganic Professor Federico Rabuffetti, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Synthesis, Crystal-Chemistry, and Reactivity of Bimetallic Fluoroacetates: From Serendipity to a New Family of Organic–Inorganic Hybrids | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
08/27/19 | Inorganic Dr. Anna Regoutz, Department of Chemistry, University College London X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: From the Surface into the Bulk | 12:30 p.m., VPD 105 Abstract |
08/23/19 | Inorganic Professor David Mills, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Building precise molecular architectures to unlock remarkable f-element properties | 12:30 p.m., GFS 101 Abstract |
04/25/19 | Inorganic Professor Roman Dobrovetsky, Department of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University Chemical Transformations Induced by Main Group Compounds | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/24/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Graham Dobereiner, Chemistry Department, Temple University Acidic Additives in Organotransition Metal Catalysis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/23/19 | Inorganic Professor Joe Hupp, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University AIM-ing for Catalyst Synthesis with Single-atom Precision | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/22/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Tessa Calhoun, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennesse Nonlinear Phenomena at the Edge | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/18/19 | Chemical Biology Professor Hien Nguyen, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Specific Inhibition of Heparanase by Glycopolymers for Cancer Therapeutics | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/17/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Francois Diederich, ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry. Department of Chemistry and Applied Bio Sciences Molecular Recognition in Chemical and Biological Systems: Chemical Models and Biostructural Investigations | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/16/19 | Inorganic Professor Tom Meyer, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Making Solar Fuels | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/15/19 | Physical-Theoretical ** CANCELLED ** Professor Tessa Calhoun, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennesse Nonlinear Phenomena at the Edge | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/11/19 | Chemical Biology Dr. Morgan Huse, Immunology Research Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Architectural Control of Cytotoxic T Cell Function | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/09/19 | Inorganic Professor Connie Lu, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota Innovating Bimetallic Active Sites for Small-Molecule Catalysis | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/08/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Sunil Saxena, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Cu 2+ -ion as an ESR probe of protein/DNA structure | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/05/19 | Organic-Materials ** CANCELLED ** Professor Plamen Atanassov, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Cailfornia, Irvine New Generation Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/04/19 | Special Seminar Professor Matthew Pratt, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Chemical Approaches to Understand Protein O-GlcNAc Modification | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/28/19 | Chemical Biology Professor Rakhi Rajan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma Mechanisms of CRISPR-Cas Systems | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/27/19 | Special Seminar Professor Barry Thompson, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Reimagining Semiconducting Polymers with Alternative Energy Applications | 12:00 p.m., MCB 101 Abstract |
03/25/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego Polariton chemistry: molecules in optical cavities | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/22/19 | Other Frontiers in Chemical Dynamics: Complex Phenomena in Biological and Condensed Phase Systems, Stauffer Symposium in Honor of Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer | 8:30 to 5:00, TCC 450 Abstract |
03/21/19 | Other Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry, Yale University 47th John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences: Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion | 3:30 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
03/19/19 | Inorganic Professor Yujie Sun, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University Innovative Strategies for Nonconventional Water Splitting and Beyond | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/18/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Juergen Gauss, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Toward the Exact Solution of the Electron Correlation Problem | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/13/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Emily Pentzer, Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University Assembly of 2D particles at Fluid-Fluid Interface to Architect Advanced Composite Materials | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/08/19 | Special Seminar Sixteenth Annual Carl M. Franklin Lecture on Science and Society, Dr. Michael J. Ahearn, Founder, and Former CEO and Current Chairman of First Solar The Solar Energy Industry – Looking Backward and Forward | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
03/07/19 | Chemical Biology Professor Danny Chou, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah Insulin Engineering for Optimal Diabetes Treatment | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/05/19 | Inorganic Professor Lawrence Sita, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Organometallic, Polymer, and Material Science of the Living Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization of Olefins | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/04/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Gang Lu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge Electronic Excitations in Materials: From Photovoltaics to Plasmonics | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/27/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Jianguo Mei, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Semiconducting Polymer Blends: The Best of Two Worlds for Organic Electronics | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/26/19 | Inorganic Professor David Herbert, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba Benzannulated Aromatic N-Heterocycles and their Coordination Complexes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/25/19 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Wei Xiong, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego Molecular Polaritons - Janus Particles of Photon and Molecules | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/20/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Sebastien Tibaudeau, Department of Chemistry, Univerisite de Poitier Creating Molecular Diversity by Exploiting Superacids | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/12/19 | Inorganic Dr. Mark Allendorf, Department of Metal Organic Framework Materials for Electronic Devices, Energy Harvesting and Sensing, Sandia National Laboratory Defects in MOFs: Blessing or Curse? | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/07/19 | Chemical Biology Professor Dirk Trauner, Department of Chemistry, New York University Drawing Inspiration from Nature’s Reactions and Receptors | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/06/19 | Special Seminar Professor Carlos Gutierrez, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry California State University, Los Angeles A SACNISTA in Academia: Teaching, Research, and Preparing Students for Success in PhD Programs | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/05/19 | Inorganic Professor John Berry, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison New Chemistry of Metal-Metal Bonded Compounds: Toward a Nitrogen Energy Economy | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/30/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Guoliang (Greg) Liu, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech Block Copolymer-based Porous Carbon Fibers and Plasmonic Polymer NanoComposites | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/29/19 | Inorganic Professor Jakoah Brgoch, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston The pursuit of novel phosphors for the next generation of LED lighting | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/23/19 | Organic-Materials Professor Jacqueline Barton, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology DNA Signaling | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/22/19 | Inorganic Dr. Aaron Appel, Department of Physical Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboraotry Using Free Energies for H+ and H– Transfers to Design Catalysts for the Reduction of CO2 | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/08/19 | Organic-Materials Professor James Mayer, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Molecular Electrocatalysis and Materials Reactivity from a Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Perspective | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/10/18 | Special Seminar Dr. Andreas Marzinzik, Director, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland Discovery of Asciminib (ABL001), an Allosteric Inhibitor of the Tyrosine Kinase Activity of BCR-ABL1 | 12:00 p.m., MCB 101 Abstract |
12/04/18 | Inorganic Professor Seth Marder, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology Applications of Molecular Dopants and Interface Modifiers for Electronic and Opto-Electronic Applications | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/29/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Kai Zhang, Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Delineating receptor tyrosine kinase signaling pathways during cell differentiation and embryonic development | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/19/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Lois Pollack, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University How Partners Fold RNA and DNA | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/15/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Danica Fujimori, Department of Cellular Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco Regulation and Inhibition of Jumonji Histone Demethylases | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/14/18 | Organic-Materials Prof. G. K. Surya Prakash, Chemistry Department, University of Southern California Beyond Oil and Gas - The Methanol Economy | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/12/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Adam Willard, Department of Chemistry, Massachusettts Institute of Technology The statistical mechanics of hydrogen bonding at the liquid water interface | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/08/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Bryan Dickinson, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Harnessing Evolution to Tackle Challenges in Synthetic Biology and Molecular Recognition | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/08/18 | Special Seminar Professor Gunther Andersson, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders Univesity, South Australia Analyzing the Structure of Soft Matter Interfaces | 5:00 p.m., SGM 460 Abstract |
11/07/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Masahiro Murakami, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Organic Synthesis Driven by Photons | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/06/18 | Inorganic Professor Sara Skrabalak, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Multimetallic Nanomaterials by Design | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/05/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Josh Vura-Weis, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ultrafast extreme ultraviolet spectroscopy reveals short-lived states in transition metal complexes and organohalide perovskite semiconductors | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/30/18 | Inorganic Professor Trevor Hayton, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara Synthesis and Characterization of Atomically Precise Copper Nanoclusters | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/29/18 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Peter Walter, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory The TMO Instrument: Opportunities and Plans for Time-resolved Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science at LCLS-II | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/26/18 | Other Professor Warren Piers, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary Burg Lecture: New BN Isosteres of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | 4:00 p.m., SLH 100 Abstract |
10/26/18 | Special Seminar Prof. Ron Naaman, Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel Chiral Molecules and the Electron’s Spin - From Spintronics to Enantio-Separation | 2:00 p.m., SSL 150 Abstract |
10/25/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Shelley Claridge, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Standing, Lying, and Sitting: Transforming the Cell Membrane to Interface with Synthetic Nanomaterials | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/24/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Giovanni Costantini, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Seeing is Believing: High-Resolution Scanning Probe Microscopy of Conjugated Polymers | 3:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/24/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Michael Hilinski, Department of Chemistry University of Virginia New Frontiers in Catalytic Heteroatom Transfer: Applications to Late Stage Oxidation and Small Molecule Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/17/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Adelina Voutchkova, Department of Chemistry, George Washington University Value-added Chemicals from CO2 and Biomass via Transfer Hydrogenation from Glycerol | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/16/18 | Inorganic Professor Daniel Shoemaker, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois In Situ Synthesis and Discovery of Functional Inorganic Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/15/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ziad Ganim, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Force-Detected Absorption Spectroscopy in Solution With Optical Tweezers | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/09/18 | Inorganic Professor Taylor Sparks, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah The Promises Challenges, and Opportunities in Materials Informatics | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Peter Zhang, Department of Chemistry, Boston College Metalloradical Catalysis for Stereoselective Radical Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/05/18 | Other Professor Ben Feringa, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Olah Lecture | 4:15 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
10/02/18 | Inorganic Professor Jeffrey Rinehart, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego Designing molecular and nanoscale materials for bottom-up control of magnetism | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/25/18 | Inorganic Professor Janet Macdonald, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Synthesizing Nanoparticles for Green Energy: New Chemistry from the Core to the Surface | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/18/18 | Inorganic Professor Scott Daly, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa Cooperative Small Molecule Reactivity with Triaminoborane-Bridged Diphosphines and Redox-Active Tetradentate Ligands | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/11/18 | Inorganic Professor Aaron Sadow, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Rare Earth and Main Group Organometallic Compounds for Catalytic Hydroboration and Hydrosilylation | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/10/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Robert Baker, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University Visualizing Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at Catalytic Surfaces | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/06/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Evan Miller, Department of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley Electrophysiology, Unplugged: New Chemical Tools to Watch Cells in Action | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/04/18 | Inorganic Professor Hill Harman, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Boron-Doped Acenes for the Redox Activation of Small Molecules | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/30/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development, University of Minnesota Twin Cities In Cell Biochemistry: Targeting Synergies in Dynamic Protein Ensembles | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/01/18 | Special Seminar Dr. Raji Heyrovska, Academy of Sciences Czech Republic The Golden Ratio in Atomic Architecture and Additivity of Radii in Bond Lengths | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
06/13/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Ingo Krossing, Institut fur Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg From Chemistry with Weakly Coordinating Anions to Absolute Acidity and Protoelectric Potential Map | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
06/08/18 | Special Seminar Dr. Boryann Liaw, Idaho National Laboratory. Clean Energy & Transportation Division Recent R&D Activities on Energy Storage and Advanced Vehicles at INL | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/08/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Dmitry Peryshkov, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina Multiple Metal-Boron Interactions in Carboranyl Pincer Complexes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/30/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Laura Gagliardi, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota Electronically Excited States and Metal Containing Systems are a Challenge for Modern Quantum Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/25/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Loi Do, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston Therapeutic SIMSCats: In Pursuit of Catalytic Medicines | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/24/18 | Special Seminar Professor Peter Qin, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Understanding Nucleic Acid Recognitions Using Site-Directed Spin Labeling | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/23/18 | Organic-Materials Professor David Milstein, Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) Design of Catalytic Reactions for Sustainable Synthesis and Energy | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/19/18 | Departmental colloquia Professor Barbara Imperali, Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Chemistry and Biology of Asparagine-Linked Protein Glycosylation | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/18/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Jenny Y. Yang, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Catalysis for Renewable Fuels | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/17/18 | Inorganic Professor Claudia Turro, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University Excited States of Transition Metal Complexes: From Fundamental Science Toward Photochemotherapy | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/16/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Latha Venkataraman, Department of Applied Physics and Department of Chemistry, Columbia University Quantum Interference Based Single-molecule Insulators | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/16/18 | Inorganic Professor Tom Meyer, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill tba | 12:30 p.m., tba Abstract |
04/13/18 | Other Professor John Hartwig, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Stauffer Symposium: Advancing Chemistry with Catalysis and Synthesis | 9:00-4:00, TCC Room 450 Abstract |
04/12/18 | Other Professor John Hartwig, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Stauffer Lecture: Catalysis - Dictating What We Make and How We Make It | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
04/10/18 | Inorganic Professor Kenneth Hanson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University Harnessing Molecular Photon Upconversion Using Self-Assembled Multilayers on Metal Oxide Surfaces | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/09/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Massimo Olivucci, Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University Is Vibrational Coherence Required for Optimizing Double Bond Photoisomerization Quantum Yields? | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/05/18 | Chemical Biology Dr. Mitchell deLong, Vice President, Chemistry R&D, Aerie Pharmaceuticals The Discovery of Netarsudil, the First FDA-approved ROCK Inhibitor for the Treatment of Glaucoma | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/04/18 | Special Seminar Professor Travis Williams, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Applications and Mechanism in Hydrogen Transfer Catalysis | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
04/03/18 | Inorganic Professor Emily McLaurin, Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University Controlling Nanocrystal Properties using Surface Chemistry | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/02/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Anne B. McCoy, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Understanding spectral signatures of large amplitude vibrations and hydrogen-bonding through studies of the vibrational spectroscopy of solvated ion complexes | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/27/18 | Inorganic Dr. Susan Habas, National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Advances in Nanoscale Metal Phosphide and Carbide Catalysts for Renewable Fuels and Chemicals | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/26/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Patanjali (Pat) Kambhampati, Department of Chemistry, McGill University Surface Science on the Nanoscale and Optical Analogs of 2D-NMR | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/23/18 | Departmental colloquia Professor Peter C. Stair, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Gas Phase Routes to Solid Catalyst Materials | 4:00 p.m., SLH 100 Abstract |
03/22/18 | Chemical Biology ** CANCELLED ** Professor Morgan Huse, Department of Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Mechanical Control of Cytotoxic T Cell Function | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/14/18 | Inorganic Professor Dean Roddick, Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming Platinum Organometallics under Superacidic Conditions: An Extreme Approach to Modeling Electrophilic Alkane Activation | 12:30 p.m., SGM 460 Abstract |
03/13/18 | Inorganic Professor Ian Tonks, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Ti-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions: Harnessing the Ti II /Ti IV Redox Couple for New Organic Methods | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/08/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Minkui Luo, Chemical Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Chemical Interrogation of Protein Methyltransferases: Function, Inhibition and Mechanism | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/06/18 | Inorganic Professor Louis Piper, Department of Chemistry, Binghamton University, SUNY Mind the gap: Bridging the theoretical and practical capacity of layered Li-ion batteries | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/27/18 | Inorganic Professor Michelle Dolgos, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University Structure-Property Relationships in Novel Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/26/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Sean Roberts, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas Manipulating Energy and Spin in Molecular Semiconductors | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/23/18 | Special Seminar Professor Raymond C. Stevens, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, Founding Director, The Bridge Institute, USC Fifteenth Annual Carl M. Franklin Lecture on Science and Society: A New Approach Towards Diabetes Drug Discovery | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
02/21/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Christopher Uyeda, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Catalysis at Metal-Metal Bonds | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/20/18 | Inorganic Professor Christopher Cummins, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phosphorus-Element Bond-Forming Reactions | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/15/18 | Chemical Biology Professor David Vocadlo, Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University (Canada) Chemical Biology Tools to Perceive and Perturb Carbohydrates and Carbohydrate Processing Enzymes in Living Systems | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/15/18 | Special Seminar Dr. Anirban Roy, Anasys Instruments Corporation Nanoscale IR Spectroscopy and Imaging: Looking beyond the Diffraction Limit | 3:30 p.m., SGM 101 Abstract |
02/13/18 | Inorganic Professor James Neilson, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Towards a paradigm of materials design: kinetic control in solid state chemistry | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/12/18 | Organic-Materials Prof. Dr. Benjamin List, Managing Director, Max-Planck Institute for Coal Research (Germany) Very Strong and Confined Acids Enable a General Approach to Asymmetric Lewis Acid Catalysis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/08/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Matthew Shoulders, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Viral Evolution, the 1918 Spanish Flu, and the Chemical Biology of Proteostasis | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/07/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Barry Trost, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University Self Assembly of Dinuclear Main Group Catalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/06/18 | Inorganic Professor Vincent Artero, Department of Chemistry, University of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble. France Towards molecular-based H2-evolving photocathodes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/05/18 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Veronica Vaida, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder Molecular Complexity at Air-Water Environmental Interfaces | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/01/18 | Chemical Biology Professor Eric Kool, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University Probing DNA Repair Pathways with Designer Nucleotides | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/31/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Kevin Noonan, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University Developing Controlled Polymerization Techniques to Synthesis Conjugated Polymers and Polyelectrolytes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/30/18 | Inorganic Professor Paul G. Hayes, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge (Canada) Designing New Ancillary Ligands for Organometallic Chemistry of the f-Elements | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/25/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Yogesh Surendranath, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bridging Molecular and Hetereogeneous Electrocatalysis Through Graphite Conjugation | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/23/18 | Organic-Materials Professor Christopher Chang, Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley Bringing Inorganic Chemistry to Life: Transition Metal Signaling and Artificial Photosynthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/11/18 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Ilia Kaminker, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara Mutual Interrogation of Electron and Nuclear Spins - From a Hundred-fold NMR Signal Amplification to Wet Adhesion Applications | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/06/17 | Inorganic Professor Vincent Lavallo, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Boron Rich Nanoclusters for Energy Storage Applications and Advanced Catalyst Design | 12:00 p.m., GFS 116 Abstract |
11/29/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Tayebeh Ameri, Friederich Alexander University, Erlangen/Nuremberg, Germany Design, Development and Understanding of Ternary Sensitization Concept in Organic Photovoltaics | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/22/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Justin Dubois, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University The Molecular Mystique of Nature’s Poisons | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/20/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Shane Ardo, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Protonic Solar Cells By Sensitization of Passive Ion-selective Polymers With Photoacid Dyes | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/16/17 | Chemical Biology Professor Michael Cohen, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University Decoding Protein ADP-ribosylation Networks in Cells Using Chemical Genetic Approaches | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/14/17 | Inorganic Professor David Dixon, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama Recent Advances in Computational Inorganic Chemistry: Actinides, Metal Oxides, and MOFs | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/13/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Anne Myers Kelley, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Merced Exciton-phonon coupling in semiconductor quantum dots | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/08/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Daniel Ess, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University Computational Molecular Catalysis and Mechanistic Studies | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/07/17 | Inorganic Professor Brian Trewyn, Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines Exploring Energy, Environmental, and Biological Challenges with Mesoporous Nanoparticle Technology | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/06/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ignacio Franco, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester Atomistic Modeling of Electromechanical Spectroscopies in Molecular Junctions | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/31/17 | Inorganic Professor Cyrille Costentin, Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moleculaire, Paris Diderot University Molecular Catalysis of Electrochemical Reactions: Principles and Applications. Reduction of CO2 and O2 with transitions metal porphyrins. | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/30/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor John Marohn, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University Pushing the Spatio-temporal Limits of Scanned Probe Microscopy | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/27/17 | Departmental colloquia Professor Angela Wilson, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University Accurate (and Inaccurate) Energetic and Spectroscopic Properties Across the Periodic Table | 4:00 p.m., SGM 101 Abstract |
10/26/17 | Organic-Materials Dr. Allison Campbell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory A Career in Science: How I Got from There to Here | 12:30 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
10/24/17 | Inorganic Professor Casey Wade, Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University Design and Reactivity of Metal-organic Frameworks Assembled from Diphosphine Pincer Complexes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/23/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Naomi Ginsberg, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Tracking the Nanoscale Dynamics of Ultrafast Electronic Energy Flow and Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Energy Materials | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/17/17 | Inorganic Professor Natalie Stingelin, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology The Power of Materials Science Tools for Gaining Insights in Solution-processed Optoelectronic Devices | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/11/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Mahdi Abu-Omar, Department of Chemistry University of California, Santa Barbara Catalytic Depolymerization of Lignin (CDL) - First to Make Chemicals and Materials from Biomass | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/10/17 | Inorganic Professor Richard G. Finke, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University The ‘Who’s the Catalyst?’ Problem: Distinguishing Homogeneous from Heterogeneous Catalysis | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/09/17 | Special Seminar Professor Richard G. Finke, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Critical Readhing and Analysis Skills via a Proper Scientific Method | 4:00 p.m., SGM 460 Abstract |
10/06/17 | Other Professor Frances H. Arnold, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Olah Lecture: Enzyme Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
10/05/17 | Chemical Biology Professor Floyd Romesberg, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute A Semi-synthetic Organism that Stores and Retrieves Increased Genetic Information | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/04/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Gagik Melikyan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Northridge Propargyl Radical Chemistry: Renaissance Instigated by Metal Coordination | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/03/17 | Inorganic Professor Paul Chirik, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University Catalysis with Earth Abundant Transition Metals | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/02/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Sean Garret-Roe, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy of Ionic Liquids: Insight into Carbon Capture, Chemical Reactions, and Energy Storage | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/27/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Jessica Hoover, Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University Catalytic Oxidative Decarboxylative Coupling Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/26/17 | Inorganic Professor Brent Melot, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Ions, Electrons, and Phonons: On the movement of charge through solids | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/21/17 | Departmental colloquia Professor Alanna Schepartz, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Visualizing organelle dynamics in live cells for (almost) forever at super-resolution | 4:00 p.m., GFS 116 Abstract |
09/19/17 | Inorganic Professor Boniface P.T. Fokwa, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Boron: Enabling Magnetic Electrocatalytic Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/14/17 | Chemical Biology Professor Chao Zhang, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Covalent Bonding of Chemistry and Biology | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/13/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Garret Miyake, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder Strongly Reducing Organic Photoredox Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/12/17 | Special Seminar Dr. Thomas Fransson, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A sheep among wolves: Experiments at the LCLS free-electron laser from a theoretical chemist's point of view | 5:00 p.m., SSL 150 Abstract |
09/12/17 | Inorganic Professor Andrew Gewirth, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Understanding and Controlling Electrochemistry for Fuel Cells and Batteries | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/11/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Jahan Dawlaty, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Light, Electrons, and Protons: Lessons from Model Systems and Potentials for Photocatalysis | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/01/17 | Other Professor Francois Gabbai, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University Burg Lecture Exploiting the Non-Innocence Of Antimony Ligands: From Organometallic Catalysis to the Photoreductive Elimination of Halogens | 4:00 p.m., SLH 100 Abstract |
08/24/17 | Chemical Biology Professor Brian McNaughton, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Strategies and Tactics for Biologics Drug Discovery | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/15/17 | Special Seminar Dr. Christina Birkel, Technische Universitat, Darmstadt, Germany Non-conventional synthesis of MAX phases and investigation of their structural and magnetic properties | 12:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
06/02/17 | Special Seminar Professor Takahiko Akiyama, Department of Chemistry and Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University, Japan Recent Progress in the Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalysis | 3:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/04/17 | Inorganic Professor Joshua Figueroa, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego Unsaturated Metal Isocyanides: Molecules to Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/27/17 | Departmental colloquia Professor Hector Abruna, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University Operando Methods for The Study of Energy Materials | 3:30 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
04/17/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Poul Petersen, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University Giving Infrared Spectroscopy a Boost: New Methods for Studying Interfaces, Chirality, and Strongly Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/12/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Neil Garg, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Recent Forays in Methods Development and Complex Molecule Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/11/17 | Inorganic Professor Theo Siegrist, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-Florida State University Exploratory Crystal Growth Using Metal Fluxes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/11/17 | Special Seminar Professor Alexander Nemukhin, Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University “Computational modeling of molecular processes in proteins" | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/10/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Dominika Zgid, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan QM/QM Embedding Scheme for Strongly Correlated Problems | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/10/17 | Special Seminar Professor Massimo Olivucci, Bowling Green State University and University of Siena Towards Systematic (High Throughput) Quantum Chemical Studies of Natural and Artificial Rhodopsins | 2:00 p.m., SGM 460 Abstract |
04/07/17 | Organic-Materials Prof. Dr. Erick M. Carreira, Laboratorium fuer Organische Chemie,Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland Versatile Iridium Catalysts for a Broad Range of Asymmetric Transformations | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/06/17 | Chemical Biology Professor Eranthie Weerapana, Department of Chemistry, Boston College Chemical Proteomic Strategies to Investigate Reactive Cysteines | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/30/17 | Other Professor Carolyn Bertozzi, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University 45th John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences: Targeting the Glyco-Immunosuppression Axis for Cancer Immunce Therapy | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
03/21/17 | Inorganic Professor Jordi Cabana, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago Chemical Phenomena at Interfaces Between Battery Cathodes and Electrolytes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/13/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Joel Eaves, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Aqueous Flow Through Two-Dimensional Crystals | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/08/17 | Organic-Materials Professor P. V. Ramachandran, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Amine-Boranes: Synthesis and Applications | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/06/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Randall Goldsmith, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison Single-Molecule Spectroscopy with Molecular Catalysts, Conductive Polymers, and Optical Microresonators | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/28/17 | Inorganic Professor Thomas Rauchfuss, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Organometallic Perspectives on the Hydrogenase Enzymes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/28/17 | Special Seminar Professor Thomas Jagau, Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen Analytic Gradients for the Complex-Absorbing Potential Equation-of-Motion Coupled-Cluster Method Hosted | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/27/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Sean Garrett-Roe, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh CANCELLED | Abstract |
02/27/17 | Special Seminar Dr. Ernst-Walter Knapp, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin Marriage of quantum chemistry and electrostatics to compute protonation and redox equilibria | 11:00 a.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
02/24/17 | Other Professor Kip S. Thorne, California Institute of Technology 14th Annual Carl M. Franklin Lecture on Science and Society: Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves: LIGO, the Big Bang, and Black Holes | 3:30 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
02/23/17 | Inorganic Professor Michael Rose, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin Moving Hydrides with Iron and Electrons through Metal Oxides: Biomimetic and Solar Fuels Approaches for H 2 Utilization and Generation | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/22/17 | Organic-Materials Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller, Director, Leibniz-Institute for Catalysis, University of Rostock, Germany Be Practical! Development of Novel Homo- and Heterogeneous Catalysts for Fine and Bulk Chemical Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/21/17 | Special Seminar Professor Agostino Migliore, Department of Chemistry, Duke University Molecular electronic structure and local chemical environment: A toolbox for nanotechnology | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/21/17 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Dr. Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Isolated Transition Metal Clusters and Complexes: Flying Surfaces | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/15/17 | Organic-Materials Prof. Jeffrey Gustafson, Department of Chemistry, San Diego State University Exploiting Atropisomerism to Increase the Target Selectivity of Kinase Inhibitors and as Inspiration for New Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/15/17 | Special Seminar Michael Hayward, University of Oxford Topochemical Transformation of Transition-Metal Oxides: A Route to New Electronic Materials | 3:00 p.m., SGM414 Abstract |
02/14/17 | Inorganic Professor Alan Sellinger, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Program, Colorado School of Mines Conjugated Ligands for Tuning Bandgaps and Work-Functions of Hybrid Quantum Dots and Oxide Electrodes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/14/17 | Special Seminar Professor Joe Subotnik, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania Three different views of electrochemistry: All roads lead to Marcus | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/13/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Spiridoula Matsika, Department of Chemistry, Temple University Modeling Photophysics and Photochemistry in Biological Molecules | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/09/17 | Departmental colloquia Professor Benjamin Cravatt, The Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute Activity-based proteomics – protein and ligand discovery on a global scale | 3:30 p.m., SGM124 Abstract |
02/07/17 | Inorganic Professor Daniel Ruddy, Sr. Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Exploring molybdenum carbide catalysts for biomass upgrading - from bulk to nanoscale | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/06/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Mark Tseytlin, IMMR Center, West Virginia University Field-modulated pulsed EPR | 12:00 p.m., OCW 214 Abstract |
02/01/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Bradley Pentelute, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Precision Cellular Delivery and Discovery of Fluorine Containing Abiotic Macromolecules | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/25/17 | Organic-Materials Alex Dilman, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Moscow Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds Using Difluorocarbene | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/23/17 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Timothy Schmidt, Department of Chemistry, University of New South Wales Triplet fusion and singlet fission: Prospects for improved photovoltaic energy conversion efficiencies | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/18/17 | Organic-Materials Professor Hariprasad Dasari, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India Ceria-Based Materials and Their Applications in Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells/Electrolysis Cells | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/17/17 | Inorganic Professor Dave Johnson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon Synthesis of Heterostructures with Designed Nanoarchitecture | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/07/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Dale Boger, Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute Redesign of Vancomycin for Resistant Bacteria | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/28/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Brooks Pate, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia Broadband Rotational Spectroscopy: Molecular Dynamics and the Absolute Structure of Molecules | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/22/16 | Special Seminar Professor Mark Davis, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Nanoparticle Therapeutics: From Concept to Clinic | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/17/16 | Departmental colloquia Professor Michael Wasielewski, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Light-Driven Processes in Self-ordering Molecular Materials | 3:30 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
11/16/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Kendall Houk, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Dynamics and Mechanisms of Organic Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/14/16 | Special Seminar Prof. Shuming Nie, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Unusual Properties on the Nanoscale: from Single-Molecule Raman Spectroscopy to Smart Molecular Imaging Probes | 3:00 p.m., SGM 460 Abstract |
11/10/16 | Chemical Biology Professor Gregory Weiss, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Revving and Listening to Enzymes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/08/16 | Inorganic Professor Daniel Stack, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University The Role of Cu(III) in Biological Oxidation Processes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/07/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Abraham Nitzan, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania Electron Transfer Across Thermal Gradients | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/03/16 | Chemical Biology Professor Stefan Stoll, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Mapping Protein Conformations Using DEER/EPR Spectroscopy | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/02/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Darren Lipomi, Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego Molecularly Stretchable Electronics for Energy and Healthcare | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/01/16 | Inorganic Professor Curtis Berlinguette, Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia Solar Chemistry at the Interface | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/28/16 | Other Professor Douglas Stephan, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Anton B. Burg Lecture: The Broadening Reach of FLP Chemistry | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
10/27/16 | Chemical Biology Dr. Arvin Dar, Mount Sinai Co-targeting catalytic and scaffolding activities of an oncogenic signaling complex | 12:30 p.m.,Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/19/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Fu-Sen Liang, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico Chemical Approaches to Engineer Mammalian Cell Signaling | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/18/16 | Inorganic Professor Brandi Cossairt, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington From Multimetallic Molecular Catalysts to Nanoscale Phosphides: A Tale of Atomically Precise Synthesis | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/18/16 | Special Seminar Prof. Dr. Juergen Gauss, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Gutenberg Universitat, Mainz Efficient Treatment of Relativistic Effects in Quantum Chemistry | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/17/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Andrei Sanov, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona Underemployed and Looking for Action: The Plight of Unpaired Electrons in Radical and Diradical Reactive Intermediates | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/12/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Christine Thomas, Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University New Frontiers in the Metal-Metal Bonding and Reactivity of Early/Late Heterobimetallics | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/11/16 | Inorganic Professor Efrain Rodriguez, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland New Layered Transition Metal Chalcogenides as Functional Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/06/16 | Chemical Biology Professor Lars Eckmann, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego Next-generation nitroheterocycles as new antimicrobial drugs | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/04/16 | Inorganic Professor Jillian Dempsey, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Processes Underpinning the Production of Renewable Fuels | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/03/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Libai Huang, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Ultrafast Nanoscopy of Energy and Charge Transport | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/30/16 | Other Professor Jan-Erling Bäckvall, Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University 2016 Annual George A. Olah Lecture in Chemistry: Biomimetic Catalysis in Green Organic Transformations | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
09/29/16 | Chemical Biology Professor Ruben Abagyan, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California at San Diego Assigning Biological Function to a Chemical | 12:30 p.m.,Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/28/16 | Organic-Materials Prof. Chulsung Bae, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Troy, New York Molecular Engineering of Ion-Conducting Polymers for Clean Energy Technology | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/27/16 | Inorganic Dr. Etsuko Fujita, Senior Scientist, Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory Artificial Photosynthesis for Generation of Fuels using Molecular Catalysts and Metal Carbide-Nitride Composites | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/26/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Susumu Takahashi, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Nanoscale Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Using Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/20/16 | Inorganic Professor Gerald Meyer, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dye-Sensitized Solar Energy Conversion | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/12/16 | Organic-Materials Prof. Josef Michl, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Colorado Structures for Singlet Fission | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/06/16 | Inorganic Professor David Ji, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University Structure-Property Relationships in Materials for Li-S Energy Storage | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/01/16 | Departmental colloquia Professor Gregory Scholes, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University Using Coherence to Enhance Function in Chemical and Biophysical Systems | 3:30 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
08/31/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Nathaniel Szymezak, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Catalytic Hydrogen Transfer Reactions Enabled by Ligand Design | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
08/10/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Jun Ling, MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis & Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China New Synthetic Strategies Towards Poly α-Amino Acid)s | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
08/09/16 | Organic-Materials Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach, Lehrstuhl fur Organische Chemie I Technische Universität Muenchen Hydrogen Bonds as Directing Elements in Enantioselective Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
07/26/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Valentin O. Rodionov, KAUST Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Enzyme-Inspired Soft Materials for Catalysis by Design | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
07/14/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Huchen Zhou, School of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Chemical Biology Efforts in Cancer Drug Discovery | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/06/16 | Other Dr. Andrew Gilbert, Australian National University, Canberra IQmol: Visualising the future of Q-Chem | 12.00.p.m., TTH 118 Abstract |
04/28/16 | Chemical Biology Ratmir Durta, Department of Chemistry and Alberta Glycomics Center, University of Alberta, Canda Discovery of Functional Ligands from Genetically-Encoded Libraries or Peptide Derivatives | 12:30 p.m.,Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/26/16 | Inorganic Professor Vlad Iluc, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame Secondary Metal Ligand Interactions: C-H Activation and Metal-Carbon Multiple Bonding in Palladium Carbene Complexes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/21/16 | Other Professor Robert Cava, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University 44th John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences | 3:30 p.m.,Seeley G. Mudd Auditorium, Room 123 Abstract |
04/19/16 | Inorganic Professor Richard Brutchey, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California The Search for a Modern-Day Alkahest to Solution Process 'Insoluble' Bulk Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/14/16 | Chemical Biology Dr. Dmitry Lyumkis, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies High Resolution CryoEM Structural Analysis of Heterogeneous Macromolecular Machines | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/13/16 | Other David Casanova (view abstracts and suggested readings), Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia, Euskadi, Spain; and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain Wave function analysis methods and tools | 12:00 p.m, THH 118 Abstract |
04/12/16 | Inorganic Professor Tom Mallouk, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University Managing Electrons and Protons in the Bio-Inspired Production of Solar Fuels | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/11/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Naresh Dalal, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University Designing Pb-free Multiferroics | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/07/16 | Departmental colloquia Professor Todd Krauss, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Robust and Efficient Solar Hydrogen Production | 3:30 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
04/06/16 | Other David Casanova (view abstracts and suggested readings), Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia, Euskadi, Spain; and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain Nuts and bolts of RAS-CI methods with general excitation operators | 12:00 p.m, THH 118 Abstract |
04/04/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor David Casanova, Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia, Euskadi, Spain; and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain Computational studies of photophysical phenomena in molecules and aggregates | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/30/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Jeremiah Johnson, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Strategies for Scalable Synthesis of Precise Polymers and Control of Topology in Polymer Networks | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/28/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Svetlana Kotochigova, Physics Department, Temple University Probing Quantum Chaos and Quantum Magnetism with Cold Magnetic Atom | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/21/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Gareth Eaton, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver Direct-Detected EPR, a New Way of Looking at Electron Spins | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Center Abstract |
03/12/16 | Special Seminar Quantum Dynamics and Spectroscopy, location: Paradise Point Resort and Spa, 1404 Vacation Road, San Diego Symposium dedicated to Prof. Howard Taylor for his extraordinary contributions to the theoretical chemical physics. | 8:00 a.m. Abstract |
03/11/16 | Other Open house for prospective graduate students | >a href="../Chem_abstracts/">Abstract< |
03/10/16 | Chemical Biology Professor William DeGrado, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California at San Francisco Analysis and Design of Proton Transporters | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/09/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Paul Fischer, Chemistry Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota Reflection and Highlights from a Synthetic Inorganic Research Program at a Small Liberal Arts College | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/09/16 | Other Prof. Oleg N. Kalugin (view abstracts and suggested readings), Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukrain 3. Can quantum chemistry explain Raman and NMR spectra of the binary mixtures of room temperature ionic liquids with polar liquids? | 12:00 p.m.,THH 118 Abstract |
03/08/16 | Inorganic Professor Jay Whitacre, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Melon University A Case Study in The Science and Engineering of Energy Storage Materials and Devices | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/02/16 | Special Seminar Prof. Oleg N. Kalugin (view abstracts and suggested readings), Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukrain 2. Molecular dynamics simulation as a powerful tool for elucidation of microscopic structure and particle dynamics in the binary mixtures of room temperature ionic liquids with polar liquids | 12:00 p.m.,THH 118 Abstract |
03/02/16 | Special Seminar Dr. Kyril Solntsev, Senior Staff Scientist at OLIS, Inc. and Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech Photoinduced processes in Fluorescent Proteins. From ultrafast to ultraslow | 3:00 p.m., SLH 102 Abstract |
02/29/16 | Physical-Theoretical Todd Martinez, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University Discovering Chemistry With an Ab Initio Nanoreactor | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Center Abstract |
02/26/16 | Special Seminar Professor Michael Jung, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Franklin Lecturer: Drug-Discovery in Academia: A Successful Case Study | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
02/25/16 | Chemical Biology Dr. Ken Jacobson, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Structure-Based Design and Therapeutic Potential of PZY Receptor Ligands | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/24/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Mindy Levine, University of Rhode Island Cyclodextrin Complexation: From Fundamental Science to Applied Toxicant Detection | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/24/16 | Other Prof. Oleg N. Kalugin (view abstracts and suggested readings), Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukrain 1. Room temperature Ionic liquids and binary mixtures based on them: from transport properties to electrochemical application | 12:00 p.m.,THH 118 Abstract |
02/18/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Neal Mankad, University of Illinois at Chicago Catalytic Reactions That Utilize Bimetallic Cooperativity | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/16/16 | Special Seminar Dr. Kuang Yu, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University Optimizing Materials for Gas Separation and Solar Energy Conversion from First Principles | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/11/16 | Departmental colloquia Professor Daniel R. Gamelin, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Doping Up Semiconductor Nanocrystals | 3:30 p.m.,SGM 123 Abstract |
02/08/16 | Special Seminar Professor Xiangqun Zeng, Department of Chemistry, University of Oakland Ionic Liquid Electrochemistry and Biointerface Design for Sensors | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/05/16 | Other Open house for prospective graduate students | >a href="../Chem_abstracts/">Abstract< |
02/01/16 | Special Seminar Dr. Wesley A. Henderson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Delving within Electrolytes: Demystifying Solution Structure and Electrolyte Properties | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/28/16 | Chemical Biology Professor Huiwang Ai, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Molecular Probes for Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/28/16 | Organic-Materials Professor Melissa A. Grunlan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University Amphiphilic Silicones to Control Biological Adhesion | 3:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/25/16 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Filipp Furche, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Random Phase Approximation Methods and Their Uses in D- and F-Element Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/19/16 | Special Seminar Dr. Bin Zhang, Center for Theoretical and Biological Physics, Rice University Understanding Sequence-structure-function Relationships of the Genome | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/12/16 | Inorganic Professor T. Don Tilley, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Chemistry and Mechanism of Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts Based on Non-Critical Metals | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/11/16 | Special Seminar Dr. Shane Yost, Lawrence Berkeley Laborabory New Excited State Multi-Reference Method: A Non-Orthogonal Approach | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/10/15 | Organic-Materials Dr. Konrad Seppelt, University of Berlin Radical Cations by Oxidation with Strong Oxidizers | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/07/15 | Organic-Materials Prof. Andreas Kornath, Ludwigs-Maximillians-University, Munich Germany Diprotonation of Dicarboxylic Acids | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/03/15 | Organic-Materials Dr. Morris Bullock, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Molecular Electrocatalysts for Production and Oxidation of Hydrogen: Shoving Protons Around with Proton Relays | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/30/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Amber Krummel, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Illuminating the Structure of Dye Molecules in the Condensed Phase with Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/22/15 | Special Seminar Multiscale Modeling of Complex Molecules and Life Processes - A Symposium Honoring Arieh Warshel on the occasion of his 75th Birthday November 20-22, 2015 | >a href="../Chem_abstracts/">Abstract< |
11/21/15 | Special Seminar Multiscale Modeling of Complex Molecules and Life Processes - A Symposium Honoring Arieh Warshel on the occasion of his 75th Birthday November 20-22, 2015 | >a href="../Chem_abstracts/">Abstract< |
11/20/15 | Special Seminar Multiscale Modeling of Complex Molecules and Life Processes - A Symposium Honoring Arieh Warshel on the occasion of his 75th Birthday November 20-22, 2015 | >a href="../Chem_abstracts/">Abstract< |
11/19/15 | Chemical Biology Professor Lynn Kamerlin, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University Evolution through Cooperativity in the Alkaline Phosphatase Superfamily | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/18/15 | Organic-Materials D. Michael Heinekey, University of Washington Pincer Complexes for Catalytic Hydrogenation | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/17/15 | Inorganic Professor Eric Schelter, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania Metals Recycling and Photoredox: New Chemistry to Improve the Sustainability of the Rare Earth Elements | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/12/15 | Chemical Biology Professor Arthur Olson, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute Envisioning the Visible Molecular Cell | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/11/15 | Organic-Materials Prof. Alexander J.M. Miller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Tuning the Catalytic Activity of Transition Metal Hydrides with External Stimuli” | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/10/15 | Inorganic Professor Mircea Dinca, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teaching Sponges New Tricks: Catalysis and Charge Transport in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/09/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Marius Schmidt, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Time Resolved (Serial Femtosecond) Crystallography | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/05/15 | Chemical Biology Dr. Vsevolod (Seva) Katritch, Department of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Computational Biology Section, University of Southern California Computational Modeling of GPCRs: Understanding Receptor Signaling for Biology and Drug Discovery | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/03/15 | Inorganic Professor Seth Cohen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego The MOF-Polymer Interface: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/02/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Chong Fang, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University Capturing Molecular Movies during Chemical Reactions with Femtosecond Raman Spectroscopy | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/30/15 | Special Seminar Professor Guy Bertrand, Inaugural Anton B. Burg Memorial Lecture Department of Chemistry, University of California at San Diego Stable Carbenes as Powerful Tools in Organic, Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry | 4:00 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
10/28/15 | Special Seminar Professor Paul Zimmerman, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Ultrafast Processes Involving Multi-Electron Excited States | 12:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
10/22/15 | Inorganic Professor Joseph Loo, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry: from Structure to Binding to Biomarkers | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/20/15 | Inorganic Professor Sarbajit Banerjee, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Electronics and Energy Applications: Endowing “Intelligence” through Phase Transformations | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/19/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Yosuke Kanai, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Electronic Stopping under Proton Irradiation: Understanding Electronic Excitation Dynamics using First-Principles Theory | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/15/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Larry Overman, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Linking Chiral Rings at Stereocenters | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/12/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Delroy Baugh, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles Single Molecule Reaction Dynamics Studied by Electron and Photon Scanning Probe Techniques | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/15 | Inorganic Professor Zachary Tonzetich, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio Non-Traditional Organometallic Chemistry: Fundamental Studies and Catalytic Applications (Note: Different Day for this Seminar Series) | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/07/15 | Special Seminar Professor Ryan Steele, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah Ab Initio Molecular Motion and Ionized Water | 12:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
10/06/15 | Inorganic Professor Hanno zur Loye, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina Crystal Growth, Structure Determination and Magnetic Properties of New Complex Oxides and Fluorides Containing U(IV) and U(VI) | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/30/15 | Organic-Materials Dr. James Boncella, Los Alamos National Laboratory Actinide Imido Complexes: What can 5f Metal-Ligand Interactions Teach Us About Bonding? | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/28/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Amy Mullin, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Dynamics of Super-Rotor Molecules Formed in an Optical Centrifuge | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/25/15 | Special Seminar Professor Chad Mirkin, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Olah Lecture | 3:30 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
09/22/15 | Inorganic Professor Ken Poeppelmeier, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Accelerated Discovery of Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/17/15 | Chemical Biology Professor James Fraser, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco Some Like It Hot: Protein Ensembles from X-ray Crystallography | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/16/15 | Organic-Materials Ryan Shenvi, The Scripps Research Institute Chemical Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/15/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Karen Goldberg, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington (Note: different day for this seminar series Catalysis, Mechanistic Understanding and Collaboration as Tools to Sustainable Production of Chemicals and Fuels | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/10/15 | Chemical Biology Professor Matthew Pratt, Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California Using Chemistry to Reveal the Consequences of Protein O-GlcNAc Modification | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/08/15 | Inorganic Professor Darrell Schlom, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Cornell University Thin-Film Alchemy: Using Strain and Dimensionality to Unleash the Hidden Properties of Oxides | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/03/15 | Chemical Biology Professor Andrej Sali, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco Integrative Modeling of Biomolecular Assemblies and Pathways | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/02/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Nicholas Graham, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California Systems Biology Approaches for Linking High-Content Molecular Data to Cancer Phenotypes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/01/15 | Inorganic Professor Shannon Boettcher, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon Oxygen Electrocatalysis and Interfacial Charge Transfer with Transition Metal (Oxy)hydroxides: Fundamentals and Applications in Solar Water Splitting | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/31/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor John Miao, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles Beyond Crystallography: Coherent Diffractive Imaging and Atomic Resolution Electron Tomography | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/11/15 | Special Seminar Prof. Dr. Christian Ochsenfeld, Department of Chemistry, University of Munich Fast Quantum-Chemical Methods for Describing Energetics and Response Properties of Large Molecules | 2:00 p.m., GFS 207 Abstract |
05/27/15 | Special Seminar Dr. Sergei Tretiak, Theoretical Division, Center for Nonlinear Studies and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory Non-adiabatic excited state dynamics simulations of extended molecular systems Mini lecture series on materials for energy research | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
05/20/15 | Organic-Materials Raghavan B. Sunoj, Indian Institute of Technology Synergism Between Theory and Experiments in Asymmetric Catalyst: Transition State Modeling for Rationalizations and Catalyst Design | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/18/15 | Special Seminar Dr. Sergei Tretiak, Theoretical Division, Center for Nonlinear Studies and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory Multiscale DFT-based modeling of functional electronic materials Mini lecture series on materials for energy research | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
05/13/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Kai Chen, Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Development of Novel Molecular Imaging Probes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/13/15 | Special Seminar Dr. Sergei Tretiak, Theoretical Division, Center for Nonlinear Studies and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory From engineering interfaces in soft electronic materials to efficient perovskite photovoltaics Mini lecture series on materials for energy research | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
05/05/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Zev Gartner, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California at San Francisco Building Tissue to Understand How Tissue Build Themselves | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/29/15 | Organic-Materials Professor William Evans, School of Physical Science, University of California, Irvine The Importance of Questioning Scientific Assumptions: Lessons from the Rare Earth and Actinide Metals | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/28/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Richard Lunt, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Exciton: Unique Opportunities for Excitonic Photovoltaics and Solar Concentrators | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/24/15 | Departmental colloquia Professor Teri W. Odom, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Gold Nanostar Probes for Imaging and Therapeutics | 4:00 p.m,, SGM 123 Abstract |
04/22/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Hao Xu, Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University Searching for New Reactivity: Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Olefin Aminohydroxylation and Aminofluorination Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/21/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Eric Toberer, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines New Approaches to Thermoelectric Materials Discovery and Design | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/17/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Stauffer Symposium, Electronic Processes in Complex Systems http://heat.usc.edu/stauffer/sympo.html | 8:30-5:00, Ronald Tudor Hall Board Room, RTH 526 Abstract |
04/16/15 | Special Seminar Professor George Schatz, Northwestern University John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences http://heat.usc.edu/stauffer | 4:00 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
04/14/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Daniel Mindiola, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania Dehydrogenation of Volatile Alkanes with Titanium Carbon Multiple Bonds | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/08/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Brian Stoltz, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Complex Natural Produces as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/07/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jeffery Byers, Department of Chemsitry, Boston College Versatile Iron-Catalysts for the Control of Tacticity, Architecture and Composition in Biodegradable Polymers | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/06/15 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Mark Sherwin, Department of Physics, UC Santa Barbara Surprises and opportunities in very high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance | 12:00 Noon, Abstract |
03/31/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Tom W. Muir, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University Chromatin: An Expansive Canvas for Chemical Biology | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/30/15 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Gordana Dukovic, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCB Photophysics and Photochemistry of Nanoscale Semiconductors and Implications for Solar Fuel Generation | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
03/27/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Takehiko Yamato, Saga University, Japan Calixarene-Based Fluorescent Chemosensors via Click Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/25/15 | Organic-Materials Professor John Bercaw, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Light Hydrocarbon Upgrading to Fuels and Chemicals Progress Towards Homogeneous Catalyst | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/20/15 | Organic-Materials Dr. Vatsala Rani, Fluoro-Organics Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Investigations on Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/18/15 | Organic-Materials Prof. Luis Campos, Columbia University Thiophene Rust in Organic Electronics | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/11/15 | Organic-Materials Prof. Mike Orfanopoulos, University of Crete Singlet Oxygen Photooxidation of Alkenes: a Controversial Mechanism | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/10/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jill Millstone, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Surface Chemistry-Controlled Synthesis of Mixed Metal Nanoparticles | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/09/15 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Bruce Kay, Pacific Northwest National Lab Creating Beakers without Walls: Formation of Deeply-Supercooled Liquids and Solutions from Nanoscale Amorphous Solid Films | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/03/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Champak Chatterjee, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Chemical Approaches to Study Ubiquitin-Like Proteins in Bacteria and Humans | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/02/15 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Ward H. Thompson, University of Kansas Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Liquids Confined within Nanostructured Porous Materials | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/26/15 | Departmental colloquia Professor Sri Narayan, Loker Hydrocarbon Institute and Department of Chemistry, USC Sustainable and Robust Electrochemical Energy Storage - Challenges and Prospects | 3:45 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd, Room 123 Abstract |
02/23/15 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. James L. Skinner, University of Wisconsin - Madison The Mystery of Water and Its Condensed Phases | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/20/15 | Special Seminar Carl M. Franklin Lecture on Science and Society. Dr. Daniel R. Cohn, Division Head and Senior Research Scientist, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cleaner, More Efficient Cars, Trucks and Ships Using Methanol Engines | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
02/19/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Mitch Smith, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University C–H Borylation in Complex Molecule Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/17/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Yong (Tiger) Zhang, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Investigating and Engineering Novel Biomolecules for Drug Discovery | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/12/15 | Organic-Materials Steven P. Bitler, Ph.D, Vice President, Corporate Technology, Landec Corporation Temperature Triggered Polymers and Materials: Utility in Food, Agriculture, Personal Care, Adhesives and Other Applications | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/10/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Matthew Whited, Department of Chemistry, Carleton College Novel Small-Molecule Activation Pathways Exploiting Rhodium/Silicon Cooperation | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/09/15 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Christopher Elles, University of Kansas The Role of Higher-lying Excited States in the Reactions of Photochromic Molecules | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/04/15 | Special Seminar Dr. Stella Stopkowicz, The Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway Coupled-Cluster Theory for Molecules in Strong Magnetic Fields | 12:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
02/03/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Neal Devaraj, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego Advancing Bioorthogonal Chemical Reactions for Applications in Imaging and Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/30/15 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Raymond E. Schaak, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University Synthetic Design Tools for Complex Inorganic Solids and Nanostructures | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 252 Abstract |
01/26/15 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Robert Continetti, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego Reaction Dynamics of Transient Species: From Elementary Reactions to Nanoparticles | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/22/15 | Departmental colloquia Professor Shannon Stahl, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin at Madison Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation Reactions for Organic Chemical Synthesis | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
01/22/15 | Organic-Materials John P. Lemmon, Program Director, ARPA-E, Washington D.C. Reimagining the Grid with Distributed Generation and Storage | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/08/15 | Organic-Materials Professor Bumjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Design of Electroactive Materials for Improving Mechanical and Thermal Stabilities in Efficient Polymer Solar Cells | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/15/14 | Organic-Materials Prof. Sarah Reisman, California Institute of Technology From Alkaloids to Terpenoids: New Strategies and Tactics for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/09/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Noah Malmstadt, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, USC Interfacial engineering in biomembranes and micro flows | 4:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
12/08/14 | Departmental colloquia Professor Valery Fokin, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute Catalysis and Complexity: From Reactive Intermediates to Biomedical Applications | SGM 123, 4:00 p.m. Abstract |
12/03/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Alexander Statsyuk, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Chemical Tools to Explore Ubiquitin Signaling | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/01/14 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Michelle Povinelli, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electrophysics, USC Light-assisted Templated Self Assembly | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
11/25/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Harry Gray, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Solar-Driven Water Splitting | 3:30 p.m., SGM 124 Abstract |
11/24/14 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Nir Goldman, LBNL Quantum Simulations of Reactive Materials to Near-Equilibrium Timescales | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
11/21/14 | Special Seminar Professor Scott H. Kable, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Chemistry at the Threshold: Unexpected Products, Unusual Mechanisms, and Genreally Weird Things that Happen Near the Energetic Threshold for a Reaction | 1:30 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
11/20/14 | Special Seminar Professor Scott H. Kable, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Student Perceptions and Staff Misconceptions on Student Learning in the Laboratory: Data from the ASELL Project | 3:30 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
11/19/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Stephen J. Lippard, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hydrocarbon Oxidation at Carboxylate-Bridged Diiron Centers | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/18/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Alexei Korennykh, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University Structural mechanisms of human stress and immune kinases that cleave RNA for living | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/11/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor David Shultz, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Biradicals in Ground- and Excited States: Correlation of Exchange and Electronic Coupling with Excited-State Wave Function Mixing | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/06/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Vincent Lavallo, Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside Icosahedral Carborane Anions as Ligand Substituents for Catalysts | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/04/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Stephanie Brock, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University The Role of Synthetic Levers for Control of Phase and Size in Nanoscale Transition Metal Pnictides: Consequences for Catalytic and Magnetic Properties | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/03/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Luis Brus, Columbia University Size, Dimensionality and Strong Electron Correlation in Nanoscience | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/28/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jens Hasserodt, Laboratoire de Chimie, University of Lyon-ENS Magnetogenic and Fluorogenic Stealth Probes that Respond to Specific Enzyme Activity | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/23/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Patrick Holland, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Nitrogen Fixation Using Low-Coordinate Iron Complexes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/21/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Bart Bartlett, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Designing Chemically Robust Solar-Responsive Metal Oxides for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/20/14 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Juergen Gauss, University of Mainz, Germany Quantum Chemistry Meets Rotational Spectroscopy: The Quest for High Accuracy | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
10/16/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Mark Biscoe, Department of Chemsitry, The City College of New York Rethinking Asymmetric Synthesis: The Development of General Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions that Enable the Use of Optically Active Nucleophiles | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/14/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Stosh Kozimor, Los Alamos National Laboratory Covalency in Actinides | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/13/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Kristie A. Boering, UC Berkeley, Departments of Chemistry and of Earth and Planetary Science Reaction dynamics and kinetics of oxygen isotope exchange reactions and their application to the unusual isotopic compositions of stratospheric ozone and carbon dioxide | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/10/14 | Special Seminar Professor Barry Thompson, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Improving Spectral Response in Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells | 12:00 noon, SAL 101 Abstract |
10/07/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jennifer Presher, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Expanding the Imaging Toolbox | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/02/14 | Departmental colloquia Professor Jillian Buriak, Department of Chemistry, and the National Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Alberta Pushing Block Copolymer Self-Assembly to its (sub-10 nm) Limits | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
09/30/14 | Special Seminar Professor Markus Meuwly, Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland Solvation Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity from Force Field-Based Atomistic Simulations | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Hanbin Mao, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University Mechanochemical Properties of DNA Tetraplexes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/22/14 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Andrei Tokmakoff, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago 2D IR Spectroscopy of Tautomerism in DNA with Applications to an Anti-HIV Drug | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/19/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Norio Shibata, Department of Frontier Materials, Nagare College, Nagoya Institute of Technology New Strategy for Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolation Reaction | 3:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/17/14 | Organic-Materials Prof. Ilyas Washington, Columbia University Medical Center Two Photochemical Reactions that Influence Blindness and Oxidative Stress | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/16/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Kirill Kovnir, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis Novel Approaches for Thermoelectric and Strongly Correlated Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/11/14 | Departmental colloquia Professor Guillermo Bazan, Department of Materials and Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes for Bioelectronic Applications | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
09/02/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Frank Osterloh, Department of Chemsitry, University of California, Davis Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion - The Good and the Bad | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/26/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Dong Wang, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego RNA Polymerase II Transcriptional Fidelity Control and Lesion Recognition | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/15/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Takehiko Yamato, Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Saga University, Japan Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Pyrene-Based Blue Light-Emitting Monomers | 11:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
07/30/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Jun Ling, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University Cylindrical Polymer Brushes: Properties and Applications | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
07/29/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Dr. Helmut Schwarz, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany The Role of Radicals, Spin States, and Reactive Sites in the Thermal Activation of Hydrocarbons: Mechanistic Aspects of the Oxidative Coupling of Methane | 10:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
07/21/14 | Organic-Materials Prof. Berthold Hoge, Centrum fur Molekulare Materialien, Universitat Bielefeld About the Different Reactivity of Perfluoromethyl and Perfluoroethyl Compounds | 12:00 p.m., GFS 116 Abstract |
05/07/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Jeffrey Moore, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Self-Healing Materials and Mechanochemical Activation of Polymers | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/05/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Moh El-Naggar, USC Department of Physics and Astronomy Extracellular Electron Transport in Microbial Redox Chains | 12:00 Noon, Abstract |
05/01/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Tobias Ritter, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University Late Stage Fluorination | 12:30 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/30/14 | Organic-Materials Dr. Richard Pederson, Vice President of Research & Development, Materia Inc. Alkenolysis: From Discovery to World's First Bio-Refinery Plant | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/29/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Prof. Jonathan S. Owen, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University The Coordination Chemistry of Semiconductor Nanocrystals | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/28/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Valeria Kleinman, University of Florida Excited State Dynamics of Conjugated Molecules. | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/23/14 | Organic-Materials Prof. Matthias Brewer, Department of Chemistry, The University of Vermont Ring Fragmentations and Cationic Heteroallenes: Unconventional Routes to Nitrogen Heterocycles | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/21/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Francesco Paesani, University of California San Diego Computer modeling of metal-organic frameworks: From molecular adsorption to proton conduction | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/17/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jean-Luc Bredas, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology Electronic and Optical Processes in Organic Solar Cells: A Description from a Multiscale Computational Approach | 4:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
04/16/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Luping Yu, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago The Dipole Change that Matters-Design Low Bandgap Semiconducting Polymers for Solar Cells | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/16/14 | Special Seminar Dr. Bernard Brooks, The Laboratory of Computational Biology, National Institute of Health Computing Free Energies via Molecular Simulation: Why it is Difficult and What Can we do About It? | 12:00 p.m., GFS 106 Abstract |
04/10/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Pierre Audebert, Ecole Normale Superieure Cachan, Paris, France New Functional Electroactive Tetrazine Derivatives; Electrochemistry Fluorescence and Applications | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/09/14 | Organic-Materials Prof. Jonathan Ellman, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Adventures in Two Disparate Areas: Phosphatase Inhibitor Development and C-H Functionalization | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/03/14 | Organic-Materials Prof. Mitchell P. Croatt, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Significance of New Approaches: How Umpolung Translated Triazoles into Cyanocarbenes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/01/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Sheryl Tsai, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine Catching Megasynthase in Action: Structural and Synthetic Biology of Fatty Acid and Polyketide Synthase | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/31/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/26/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Liming Zhang, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara Homogeneous Gold Catalysis: Reactivity Discovery and Methodology Development | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/25/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Prof. Joshua Kritzer, Department of Chemistry,Tufts University Conformational Control of Peptide Function and Cell Penetration | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/24/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Enrique del Barco, University of Central Florida Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization in Molecular Magnets: A Microscopic View | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/19/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Anthony C. Bishop, Department of Chemistry Amherst College Small-Molecule on/off Switches for Signaling Enzymes: Target-Specific Inhibition and Activation of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/11/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Prof. Patrick Woodward, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Superexchange Coupling Gone Mad: Synthesis and Magnetism of Double Perovskites Containing Osmium | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/04/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Reid Johnson, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Assembly and Control of a Protein Swivel that Recombines DNA | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/26/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Mingdi Yan, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell Versatile Chemistry and Applications of Perfluorophenyl Azides | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/25/14 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Alexander Bagaturyants, Russian Academy of Sciences, Photochemistry Center Multiscale Atomistic Modeling of the Structure and Electronic Properties of Functional Layers Used in OLED Stacks | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/24/14 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Vladimir Chernyak, Wayne State University Analytical and Topological Properties of Exciton Scattering in Branched Conjugated Molecules | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/18/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Ilya Zharov, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah Functional Mesoporous Materials by Assembly of Colloidal Spheres: Preparation, Surface, Modification, Molecular and Ionic Transport | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/11/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Ming Hamond, Department of Chemistry, University of California,Berkeley Privileged RNA Scaffolds for in vivo Sensing Function | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/28/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University From Atomic to Nano and Mesoscale: All-scale Hierarchical Thermoelectrics with High Performance | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/23/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Marcetta Darensbourg, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University [FeFe]-H2ase Enzyme Active Site Biomimetics for Proton Reduction | 12:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
01/21/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Tim Swager, Department of Chemistry - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Carbon Nanotubes Chemiresistors: A Platform for Distributed Chemical Sensing | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/15/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong, Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Strategic Applications of Chemical Theory and Computations to Organic Synthesis: Discovery of New Mechanistic Themes in Organic Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/14/14 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Matt Law, Department of Chemistry - University of California, Irvine Designing quantum dot solids for next-generation photovoltaics | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/08/14 | Organic-Materials Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/06/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Serena Corr, Ph.D., School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Local structure investigations of (nano)materials for energy applications | 12:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
12/04/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Jack Taunton, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco Covalent Inhibition of Proteins with Tunable Electrophiles | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/04/13 | Organic-Materials Dr. Jennifer Jordan, Program Officer (PO), Energy, Power, and Propulsion Division (RTE), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Future Directions in Dynamic Materials and Interactions Basic Research: An Air Force Perspective | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/03/13 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Oleg Prezhdo, University of Rochester Quantum Dots - Artificial Atoms, Molecules or Small Pieces of Bulk? Insights from Time-Domain Ab Initio Studies | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/20/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Andres Cicneros, Wayne State University Insights on DNA repair enzymes from computational simulations | 05:00 p.m, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/20/13 | Organic-Materials Prof. Robin G. Hicks, Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada The Renaissance and Redesign of Non-Innocent Ligands: REDOX REDUX | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/19/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Amit Basu, Brown Univ, Chemistry New Molecules and Materials for Studying Carbohydrate Recognition. | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/14/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Marco Rolandi, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Polysaccharide Nanofibers for Bioinspired Materials and Devices | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/05/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Andy Borovik, U.C. Irvine Chemistry Synthetic Chemistry as a Window into Biology: Probing Active Site Metal–Oxo and Metal–Hydroxo Complexes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/04/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Jeff Cina, University of Oregon Handling faster and slower chemical dynamics when you’re interested in either one or both | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/29/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Gemma-Louise Davies, Oxford U.K. PD Development of Nanoparticulate Imaging Probes for Biomedical Applications Carbohydrate Recognition. | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/28/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Erin Johnson, UC Merced Dispersion Interactions in Density-Functional Theory | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/25/13 | Organic-Materials Prof. William Dichtel, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University Bottom-up Synthesis of Structurally Precise Organic Materials and Interfaces | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/22/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Viktor Poltavets, Michigan State U. Soft chemistry approaches to new cathode, thermoelectric, and strongly-correlated electron materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/21/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Jurong Zheng, Rice University Multiple-Mode Multiple-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/14/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Andrew Moran, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Uncovering Molecular Relaxation Processes with Nonlinear Spectroscopies in the Deep UV | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Nilay Hazari, Yale The Role of Pd(I) Dimers with Bridging Allyl Ligands in Cross-Coupling and Carbon Dioxide Activation | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/07/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Wen Li, Wayne State University Strong field probe and control of chemical dynamics | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/01/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Frank DiSalvo, Cornell Nano-materials for Potential Applications in Energy Systems. | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Bill Trogler, U.C.S.D. CHEM DEPT. Biomedical applications of hollow silica and doped silica Nano- and Microshells | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Bo Huang, UC San Francisco Life inside the cell: super-resolution microscopy | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/17/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Francois Gabbai, TEXAS A&M UNIV. CHEM DEPT. Lewis acidic properties of heavy main group compounds | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/16/13 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Oleg Prezhdo, University of Rochester Quantum dots - artificial atoms, molecules or small pieces of bulk? Insights from time-domain ab initio studies | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
07/13/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Akihiko Tsuge, Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan Novel Organogelators Based on a Cyclophane Structure and an Europium Complex | 11:00 a.m. Olah Library Abstract |
06/03/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Stephen Buchwald, Chemistry Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Palladium-catalyzed Carbon-Nitrogen and Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Processes: Progress, Applications and Mechanistic Studies | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/29/13 | Organic-Materials Dr. Margaret Faul, Executive Director, Chemical Process Research and Development, Amgen Challenges in Pharmaceutical Process Development | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/01/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Thomas J. Meade, Professor of Chemistry Northwestern University Student Hosted Colloquium: Some Coordination Chemistry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probes: Are we There Yet? | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/30/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Christian P.R. Hackenberger, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Leibniz-Institut fur Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) Chemoselective Staudinger Reactions: Powerful Tools for Protein Synthesis and Chemical Biology | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/29/13 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ben Schwartz, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA What Can Experiments and Simulations Tell Us About the Nature of Excess Electrons in Polar Liquids? | 12:00 Noon, SSC Auditorium Abstract |
04/26/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Dean Roddick, Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming Catalytic Applications of Perfluorinated Acceptor Phosphine Complexes | 12:00 noon, Seeley G. Mudd, Room 414 Abstract |
04/23/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Javier Vela, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State Univrsity of Science and Technology Molecular Control of Nanoscale Composition, Morphology and Function: From Compositionally Graded Nanorods to Phootchemical Alcohol Dehydrogenation | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/17/13 | Special Seminar Stauffer Lecture: Roger Y. Tsien, University of California, San Diego 41st John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences | 4:00 p.m.,Seeley G. Mudd Auditorium, Room 123 Abstract |
04/16/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Simon Humphrey, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin Porous Materials and Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Applications in Small Molecule Storage, Sensing and Catalysts | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/08/13 | Physical-Theoretical Professor John Wright, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin The Multiresonant Family of Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy- Examples in Vibrational Spectroscopy and Quantum Confined Nanostructures | 12:00 Noon, SSC Auditorium Abstract |
04/01/13 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ara Apkarian, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine When Wave Functions are the Observables ... | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/27/13 | Special Seminar WiSE Research Horizon, 8:00 am -5:00 pm, USC Gerontology Auditorium and Courtyard, WiSE Research Horizon: A day honoring Professor Hanna Reisler | 8:00 am, USC Gerontology Auditorium and Courtyard Abstract |
03/26/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Joshua Goldberger, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Properties by Design in Dimensionally Reduced Materials | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/20/13 | Organic-Materials Prof. Lisa Rosenberg, Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada Understanding and Exploiting Catalytic E-H Activation Reactions in Main Group Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/13/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Jimmy Wu, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College Sulfur and Indole: Old Friends, New Methods | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/12/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jeffrey Long, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Carbon Dioxide Capture and Hydrocarbon Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/06/13 | Organic-Materials Prof. Santos Fustero Lardies, Department of Chemistry, University of Valencia, Spain Stereoselective Synthesis of Fluorinated and Non-Fluorinated Building Blocks: New Synthetic Strategies | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
03/05/13 | Organic-Materials Prof. Ognjen S. Miljanic, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas Regulated Equilibria and Compartmentalization in Synthetic Chemistry: Unusual Routes to New Molecules and Materials | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
03/04/13 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Victor Salvador Batista, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University Studies of Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/26/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Liviu Mirica, Department of Chemistry Washington University, St. Louis, MO Oxidation Reactivity of Pd (III) and Pd (IV) Complexes Supported by Flexible Multidentate Ligands | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/20/13 | Special Seminar Professor Ray Stevens, Departments of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Structure, Function, Evolution and Drug Discovery of the Human GPCR Superfamily | 12:00 noon, RRI, Room 101 Abstract |
02/19/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Tyrel M. McQueen, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Institute for Quantum Matter Johns Hopkins University Bringing Selective Control of Chemical Reactivity to the Solid State | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/14/13 | Special Seminar Professor Wybren Jen Buma, University of Amsterdam, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences Taming Molecular Complexity | 4:00 pm, SGM 414 Abstract |
02/12/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor James M. Mayer, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: from Hydrogen Atom Transfer and Marcus Theory to Electrocatalysis to Nanoparticles | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/05/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Daniel Gamelin, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Dopants, Carriers, and Excited States in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/31/13 | Organic-Materials Professor Ralf Haiges, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Chemistry with a Click - Green Energetic Materials and High-Oxygen Carriers | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/24/13 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Mikhail Lemeshko, Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (ITAMP), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University Controlling Collective Molecular States with Conservative and Nonconservative Forces | 12:30 p.m.. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/22/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Tom Baker, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa Carry That Weight: Enabling Catalysis Studies of Amine-Borane Dehydrogenation Towards Renewable Transportation Fuels | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/17/13 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Kateri DuBay, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University The Twists and Turns of Conjugated Polymer Morphology | 12:30 p.m.. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/16/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Smaranda Marinescu, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Catalytic Processes for Organometallic Reactions and Solar Energy Conversion | 12:00 p.m., GFS 116 Abstract |
01/15/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Kate Carroll, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Florida Painting the Cysteine Chapel: New Tools to Probe Oxidation Biology | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/14/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. W. Hill Harman, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Cooperative Bond Activation and Catalysis with Nickel–Borane Complexes | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/10/13 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Adam Willard, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin Exciton Migration and Dissociation in Model Organic Photovoltaics | 2:00 p.m.. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/09/13 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Shane Ardo, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Demonstration of Artificial Photosynthesis with Peeled Silicon Microwire Arrays | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/07/13 | Organic-Materials Dr. Stelios Arseniyadis, CNRS Laboratoire de Chemie Organique, ESPCI Paris Tech Exploring Chemical Reactivities to Maximize Structural Diversity: Application to Natural Product Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/26/12 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Kenneth Lopata, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Shedding Light on Ultrafast Dynamics and Excited States with Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/19/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Paul Weiss, Department sof Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Designing, Measuring, and Controlling Molecular and Supramolecular Devices | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/12/12 | Organic-Materials Dr. Jeff Bottaro, Orbitec Co. Madison, Wisconsin Ongoing Innovations in Energetic Materials Chemistry | 11:00 am, Olah Library Abstract |
11/06/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Richard Brutchey, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California tert-Butyl Chalcogenides as Useful Precursors for Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis and their Surface Modification | 12:30 p.m., GFS 116 Abstract |
11/05/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor John F. Stanton, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin My Long-lasting Struggle with NO3 and its Spectroscopy | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/31/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Christophe Coperet, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich Controlled functionalization of surfaces: understanding of oxide surfaces and design of supported catalysts | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
10/30/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Joshua Figueroa, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego Unsaturated Metal Isocyanides | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/23/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jonas C. Peters, Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology Fe Model Complexes of the Interstitial Atom of the Cofactor: A Molecular Spring for N2 Uptake and Reduction | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/22/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Arthur Suits, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Roaming Radical Reactions and New Strategies for Universal Detection in Dynamics Experiments | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/17/12 | Organic-Materials Professor Travis Williams, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California A Dual Site Catalyst for Hydride Manipulation | 12:00 pm, Olah Library Abstract |
10/16/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Elizabeth Boon, Stony Brook Nitric Oxide Signaling in Bacteria: Discovery of a New Mechanism for Regulating Bacterial Biofilms | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/15/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Andrey Vilesov, Chemistry Department, University of Southern California Clusters and spinning superfluid droplets | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/10/12 | Organic-Materials Professor Mitsuru Kitamura, Department of Applied Chemistry Kyushu Institute of Technology Fukuoka, Japan Safe and Efficient Diazo-Transfer Reagents-Guanidinodiazonium Salts | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
10/09/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Tom Hamann, Michigan State Molecular and Material Approaches to Advance Solar Energy Conversion | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/05/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ralph Jimenez, University of Colorado, Boulder Flow spectroscopy on cells: microfluidics-based selections targeting the excited-state dynamics of fluorescent proteins. joint seminar with Molecular Biology | 12:00 noon, RRI 101 Abstract |
10/02/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Rick Russell, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin Getting Unstuck: RNA Misfolding and ATP-Dependent Chaperones | 12:30 p.m.. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/26/12 | Organic-Materials Professor Matthew J. Allen, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Lanthanide Chemistry in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Catalysis | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
09/24/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Pierre-Nicholas Roy, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Molecular Rotations in Superfluid Clusters | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/12 | Special Seminar Professor Emily Weiss, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University A Molecule to Detect and Perturb the Confinement of Charge Carriers in Colloidal Quantum Dots | 3:00 p.m., RRI 101 Abstract |
09/17/12 | Organic-Materials Professor Santau Bhattacharya, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Supramolecular Gelation in the Development of Nanocomposites | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/12/12 | Organic-Materials Professor John A. Soderquist, Department of Chemistry University of Puerto Rico New Asymmetric Organoborane Conversions via the Amazing 9-Borabicyclo[3.3.2]decanes | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
09/10/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Greg Beran, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Riverside Predicting Molecular Crystal Properties with Quantum Chemistry | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/05/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. Theodor Agapie, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Heterometallic Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
09/04/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Prof. Amy Prieto, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Inexpensive, Efficient Approaches for Energy Production and Storage: Photovoltaic Devices and Li-Ion Batteries | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/29/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. Timothy Clark, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of San Diego Iridium-Catalyzed, Ortho-Selective C-H Borylation Reactions of Benzylic Amines | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
08/28/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Richard Kaner, Department of Chemistry, UCLA Exploring the Synthesis and Applications of Graphene | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
05/30/12 | Organic-Materials Professor Robert Batey, University of Toronto Reaction Development and Discovery: Synthesis of Alkaloids and Heterocyclic Natural Product Targets | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
05/23/12 | Organic-Materials Jamie Jarusiewicz, University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry Synthesis of Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors and Development of New Catalytic Methods | 2:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
05/11/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ralph Jimine, JILA and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado and NIST Flow spectroscopy on cells: microfluidics-based selections targeting the excited-state dynamics of fluorescent proteins | 12:00 Noon, RRI 101 Abstract |
04/30/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Thomas Beck, University of Cincinnati Specific ion effects in ion hydration and interactions with the water surface | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
04/25/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. Richard J. Hooley, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Synthetic Receptors as Protein Mimics | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
04/24/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Marsha Lester, University of Pennsylvania Dynamical Outcomes of Quenching: Reflections on a Conical Intersection | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
04/16/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Stephan Link, Rice University Collective Plasmon Modes in Nanoparticle Assemblies | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/11/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. Jay S. Siegel, Chair Organisch-chemisches Institut Universitat Zurich, Switzerland Corannulene en Masse | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
04/09/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Stefan Vajda, Argonne National Lab (Sub)nanometer Clusters and Cluster-Assembled Materials: Composition and Catalytic Properties | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
03/30/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. Dr. Antonio Togni, Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland Recent Progress in Electrophilic Trifluromethylation | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
03/23/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. dr. ir. Norbert De Kimpe, Department of Sustainable Organic Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Synthesis of Carbocyclic and Heterocylic β-Amino Acids Derivatives | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
03/19/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Michael Tauber, UCSD Exciton fission in organic molecular aggregates: spectroscopy and relevance for solar energy conversion | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/05/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Linda Columbus, University of Virginia Membrane protein structural biology: from micelles to bacterial invasion | 12:00 Noon, SSA Abstract |
02/28/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Rory Waterman, Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont Zirconium Mediated Bond Formation: Materials, Molecules, and Methods. | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/27/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Christine Payne, Georgia Institute of Technology Imaging Chemical Reactions Inside Living Cells | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/21/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. Zhaomin Hou, Chief Scientist Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, Riken, Saitama, Japan Efficient Carboxylation with Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Copper Complexes | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
02/21/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Isaac Carrico, Department of Chemistry, University of Stony Brook. Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 Selective chemical modification of viral surfaces | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/21/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Ada Yonath, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science What was First... the Genetic Codes or its Products? | 1:30 p.m., Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
02/13/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Andy Marcus, University of Oregon Conformation of exciton coupled molecular dimers - in membranes and DNA - by phase-modulation 2D fluorescence spectroscopy | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/07/12 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor R. David Britt, Department of Chemistry, U.C. Davis Multifrequency EPR Studies of Enzymes and Bio-inspired Catalysts | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/06/12 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Yung-Ya Lin, UCLA Seeing Seeds of Cancers by Active Feedback Magnetic Resonance | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/03/12 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Klaus Müller-Dethlefs, School of Chemistry The University of Manchester, UK A Novel Ultra-cold Quantum Plasma: from Wigner Crystallization to a Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensate? | 3:00 p.m. GFS 118 Abstract |
02/01/12 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Hoi Sung Chung, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIH/NIDDK Single Molecule Studies of Protein Folding | 12:00 p.m., GFS 106 Abstract |
01/30/12 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Xiaohui Qu, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Watching Single Ribosome Translation in Real Time: A Quantitative Study of Ribosome Helicase Activity | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/19/12 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Terefe Habteyes, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Plasmonics and High Resolution Near-Field Optical Microscopy | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/17/12 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Jahan Dawlaty, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Dynamics of Photosynthetic Antennae: New Coherent Spectroscopy Approaches | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/16/12 | Organic-Materials Prof. Li-Xin Dai, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghi Institute of Organic Chemistry Several Research Highlights of SIOC | 2:00 PM, Olah Library Abstract |
01/09/12 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Etienne Garand, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Probing non-covalent Interactions through Vibrational Spectroscopy of Cold Complexes | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/07/11 | Organic-Materials Prof. Kit Cummins, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts institute of Technology Reversible Reduction of Oxygen to Peroxide Facilitated by an Anion Receptor | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
12/07/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Brent Melot, Universite de Picardie Jules Verne Laboratoire de Reactivite et Chimie des Solides, UMR-CNRS Rational Design and Characterization of Materials for Energy Storage | 2:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/07/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Lee Woodcock, University of South Florida Multiscale modeling as an avenue to explore enzyme structure and function | 12:00 Noon, SSC 319 Abstract |
12/05/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Theresa McCormick, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Turning Lights into Chemical Bonds: Hydrogen Generations Systems and Extended Valence Adducts of Tellurophenes | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/01/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Benjamin Yuhas, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Biomimetic Chalcogels: Porous Chalcogenide Frameworks as Solar Fuel Catalysts | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/30/11 | Organic-Materials Prof. Douglas Stephan, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Frustrated Lewis Pairs: A New Paradigm for Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
11/29/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Brandi Cossairt, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University The Chemistry of Inorganic Clusters | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/29/11 | Special Seminar Dr. Bella Grigorenko, Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Green Fluorescent Protein: Solving Puzzles | 5:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
11/15/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Neal Armstrong, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Arizona The Interface Science of Organic (and Semiconductor Nanocrystal) Energy Conversion Platforms | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/14/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Christoph Boehme, University of Utah Electrically and optically detected coherent spin spectroscopy in organic thin film semiconductor materials | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/14/11 | Organic-Materials Professor N. Nagaraju, St. Josephs College, Bangalore, India Heterogeneous Catalysis for Organic Fine Chemical Synthesis and Carbon Nanotube Production | 3:00 PM Olah Library Abstract |
11/09/11 | Organic-Materials Prof. Robert Bergman, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Selective Stoichiometric Catalytic Reactions in Water-Soluble Host-Guest Supramolecular Systems | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
11/07/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Kelly Gaffney, Stanford University - SLAC Resolving the Mechanism of H-bond Switching and Ligand Exchange in Aqueous Ionic Solution | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/01/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor James McCusker, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University Identifying Reaction Coordinates for Ultrafast Excited-state Dynamics: Fundamental Issues to Applications in Solar Energy Conversion. | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/31/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Shaul Mukamel, UC Irvine Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy of Biological Complexes and Proteins: From NMR to X Rays | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/25/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Peter Wolczanski, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University Modern Coordination Chemistry: Sucking N2 from the Air and Making C-C Bonds | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/24/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Ksenija Glusac, Bowling Green State University Natural and Artificial Calatysis by Flavins | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/19/11 | Organic-Materials Prof. Assaf Friendler, Head of the School of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Targeting the HIV-1 Integrase: From Inhibition to Activation | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
10/18/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Philip Power, Department of Chemistry, UC Davis Heavier Main Group Compounds as Transition Metals | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/11/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Wayne Gladfelter, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota Excited State Charge Transfer from Dyes to ZnO Nanocrystals | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/10/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. David McCamant, University of Rochester Photoinduced Ultrafast Charge and Energy Transfer in Model and Practical Molecular Systems | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/26/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Remo Rohs, USC MCB DNA shape is a source for protein-DNA binding specificity | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/19/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Jay Nadeau, McGill University Where does your electron go? Imaging, sensing and therapy using electron transfer | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/12/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Gary Douberly, University of Georgia Spectroscopy of Transient Species in Superfluid Helium Droplets | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/07/11 | Organic-Materials Dr. Eric Wachsman, Director, University of Maryland Energy Research Center, University of Maryland Protonic Membrane Reactors; Converting Hydrocarbon Resources and CO2 to Fuels | 3:00 PM, Olah Library Abstract |
08/26/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Jinbo Hu, Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai City, China New Progress in Organofluorine Chemistry Research: From Serendipitous Discoveries to Design of Synthetic Methods | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
08/22/11 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Fabien Pinaud, USC MCB Nanometer accuracy targeting and tracking of biomolecules in living cells and organisms with synthetic peptide-based fluorescent nanomaterials and probes. | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/03/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Brindaban Ranu, Department of Organic Chemistry Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Kolkata India Sustainable Metal Catalyst for Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
07/29/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Takehiko Yamato, Saga University Japan Selective Synthesis and Photo Physical Properties of Pyrene Cored New Class of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | 11:00 A.M Olah Library Abstract |
07/20/11 | Organic-Materials Prof. Valerij A. Nikolaev, Department of Chemistry Saint-Petersburg State University Russia Fluorinated Diazodiketones – Unexplored Area in the Chemistry of Aliphatic Diazo Compounds | 12:00 P.M. Olah Library Abstract |
05/24/11 | Organic-Materials Professor William B. Tolman, Chair, Department of Chemistry University of Minnesota Targeting Monocopper Oxygen Complexes as Copper Protein Active Site Models | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
05/23/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Scott A. Snyder, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University Lessons in Chemoselectivity: Total Syntheses of Polyphenolic Natural Products | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
05/12/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Elon Ison, Department of Chemistry North Carolina State University Green Catalysis: Homogeneous Catalysis by Transition Metal Complexes | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
05/04/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Christopher J. Chang, Associate Professor Of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Molecular Imaging Approaches to Understanding Chemistry in the Brain | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
04/20/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Jacek Stawinski, Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory Stockholm University Some Aspects of the C-P Bond Formation - Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
04/18/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Caroline Chick Jarrold, Indiana University "Molecular structures and chemical properties of transition metal suboxide cluster anions" | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/13/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Steven Boxer, Stanford University "Imaging and Reaction Dynamics in Model Membranes: Soft Nanoscience" | 12:00 Noon, SGM 101 Abstract |
04/13/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Michael Marsella, Department of Chemistry University of California, Riverside Cannabinoid Analogues for CNS Disorders: Design and Synthesis | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
04/12/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor John Berry, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison Coordination Complexes with Multiple Inorganic Functional Groups | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/05/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Frederic Fontaine, Department of Chemistry, Laval University The Coordination Chemistry of Borabenzene Revisited | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/04/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Ed Rosenberg, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula Photophysical properties of Ru Complexes in lipid vesicles and on silica composite surfaces | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/30/11 | Organic-Materials Peter Wipf, Professor of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh Total Synthesis of Stemona and Ergot Alkaloids | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
03/24/11 | Organic-Materials John Hartwig, Kenneth L. Rinehart Jr. Professor Of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Selective Catalytic Functionalization of Aryl and Akyl C-H Bonds | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
03/08/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Wei You, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Molecular Engineering of Conjugated Polymers to Reach Higher Efficiency "Plastic" Solar Cells | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/07/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Greg Engel, University of Chicago "Imaging Excited State Dynamics: Uncovering Design Principles behind Quantum Biology" | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/28/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ed Valeev, Virginia Tech "Beyond Orbitals and Determinants: Towards Predictive Quantum Chemistry" | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/23/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Aaron Massari, University of Minnesota "Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Organic Electronic Materials" | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/22/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Bogdan Oleynuk, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California Regulation of Transcription and Receptor Function with Rationally Designed Protein Ligands | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/16/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Catharine Larsen, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Base- and Ligand-Free Copper Catalysis for Direct Access to Propargylamines | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/14/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Anastasia Alexandrova, UCLA "Design of artificial enzymes: an ambitious prospect for outdoing Nature in catalysis" | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/09/11 | Organic-Materials Theodore Goodson III, University of Michigan Enhanced and Useful Optical Properties of Multi-Chromophore Materials | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/08/11 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Richard Laine, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan [RSiO1.5]8/10/12 3-D Nanobuilding Blocks (NBs) for Structural, Photonic and Electronic Applications | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/07/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Nicolai Lehnert, Dow Corning Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Assistant Professor of Biophysics, University of Michigan The Many Faces of the Coordination Chemistry of Nitric Oxide and its Biological Significance | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/31/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Alex Smirnov, North Carolina State University "Substrate-supported Nanotubular Lipid Bilayers for Studies of Membrane | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/24/11 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Lou Allamandola, NASA Ames Chemical Evolution in Deep Space: From Astrochemistry to 'Astrobiology' | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/21/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Sukwon Hong, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida Exploring New Ligand Designs for Asymmetric Catalysis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/04/11 | Organic-Materials Professor Theodore Betley, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University Iron Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
12/13/10 | Organic-Materials Dr. Kuiling Ding, Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Endeavors Towards Bridging the Gap between Homo and Heterogeneous symmetric Catalysis with Organometallics | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/06/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Steven Corcelli, University of Notre Dame Dynamics of DNA Hydration and Damage: A Computational Study of Coumarin 102/DNA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/29/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Jennifer Chen, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Molding the Flow of Light: From Optically Amplified Photocatalysts to Plasmon-Based Biosensors | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/22/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Elsa Yan, Yale Univerity Characterization of Protein Structures at Interfaces by Chiral Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/17/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Howard Taylor, Chemistry Department University of Southern California Increasing the Sensitivity for Lorentzian NMR Spectra | 12:00 P.M Olah Library Abstract |
11/16/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Matthew Shores, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University Putting a New Spin on Coordination Chemistry | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
11/10/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Jean Sommers, Institut de Chimie Universite Strasbourg France Zeolites as Nanoreactors: Alkane Activation at Room Temperature, ex-situ vs. in-situ NMR Approaches | 12:00 p.m. Olah Librar Abstract |
11/09/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Howard Hang, Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Rockefeller University Chemical Reporters for Dissecting Host-Pathogen Interactions | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/08/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Delmar Larsen, Univeristy of California, Davis Teaching Biomolecules to Dance with Multipulse Manipulations | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/02/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Moritz Riede, IAPP-TU Dresden Small Molecule based Organic Solar Cells: from Single to Tandem Heterojunction Devices | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/26/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Dustin Maly, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington Chemical Tools for Analyzing Protein Kinase Function | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/25/10 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. David Osborn, Sandia National Labs, Livermore How aliphatic molecules become aromatic: the isomer-specific reactions of resonance stabilized free radicals | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/19/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Nathan Neale, Chemical Sciences and Nanosciences Division, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Quantum-Confirmed Nanocrystals for Solar Energy Conversion | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/13/10 | Organic-Materials Hakima Abou-Rachid, Defense Research and Development Canada Defense Valcartier Quebec, Canada Novel Energetic Materials: Modeling and Experiments | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
10/12/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Tom Mallouk, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University A Nanoscience Approach to Photocatalysis and Solar Cells | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/04/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Mathias Weber, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder Solution chemistry of ions outside the beaker - Gas phase spectroscopy of anionic molecules and clusters | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/27/10 | Physical-Theoretical Song-i Han, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSB Probing Protein Folding and Aggregation through the Site-Specific Modulation of Hydration Dynamics | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/21/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Tom Meyer, Department of Chemistry, UNC Chapel Hill Solar Fuels From Sunlight | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/15/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Travis Williams, University of Southern California Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute New Strategies in C--H Oxidation | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
09/14/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Bill Buhro, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis Optical Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Wires and Quantum Belts | 12:30 p.m., SSC Auditorium Abstract |
09/13/10 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Andre Fielicke, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin Vibrational Spectroscopy of Clusters with a Free Electron Laser: Studying Surface Chemistry en Miniature | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/31/10 | Organic-Materials Dr. Glenn H. Fredrickson, University of California, Santa Barbara Field-Based Simulations for the Design of Polymer Nanostructures | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
08/30/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor David Jewitt, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA Amorphous Ice in the Solar System | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/09/10 | Organic-Materials Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hoelderich, Department of Chemical Technology and Heterogeneous Catalysis, University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, Germany The Use of Renewable Feedstocks as a Contribution for Environmental Protection | 11:00 a.m Olah Library Abstract |
05/25/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Kai Carsten Hultzsch, Department Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University Main Group and Early Transition Metal Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydroamination of Alkenes | 12:00 p.m. Olah Library Abstract |
04/27/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Bradley Holliday, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin Functional Conducting Metallopolymer Materials | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/26/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Benjamin McCall, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Astrochemistry: From H3+ to C60 | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/20/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Clay C. C. Wang, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Genomic Mining of Fungal Natural Products | 12:30 p.m., SSC Auditorium Abstract |
04/19/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University The Role of Quantum Coherence in Photosynthetic Complexes | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/13/10 | Joint Physics/Molecular and Computational Biology/Chemistry seminar Professor Douglas Smith, Department of Physics, UCSD Mechanisms of Viral DNA Packaging Motors Studied by Single DNA Molecule Manipulation with Optical Tweezers | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/12/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Eric Potma, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Nonlinear Coherent Microscopy of Tissues, Nanostructures and Single Molecules | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/12/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Alexander Star, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Exploring the Chemical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes | 12:00 Noon, SGM 414 Abstract |
04/05/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Francesco Paesani, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego Computational Spectroscopy: Linking Dynamical and Structural Properties in the Condensed Phase | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/30/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Ralf Haiges, Dept of Chemistry, University of Southern California Clean and environmentally benign, next-generation Green Energetic Materials (GEM) | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/29/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Thomas Miller, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Quantum Dynamics from Classical Trajectories: Direct Simulation of Electron Diffusion, Injection, and Transfer | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/23/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Nicholas Hud, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech Nucleic Acid Intercalation: From Understanding Drug Binding to Driving Self-Assembly. | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/17/10 | Organic-Materials Prof. Trevor Hayton, University of California, Santa Barbara Oxo Ligand Functionalization in the Uranyl Ion | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/12/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Jo Dweck, School of Chemistry Rio de Janeiro Federal University Natural and Synthetic Clays - Qualitative and Quantitative Thermal Analysis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/10/10 | Organic-Materials Prof. Elizabeth Jarvo, University of California, Irvine Design and Development of Umpolung Mechanisms for Catalytic Reaction | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/09/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Yadong Yin, Department of Chemistry, UC Riverside Magnetically Tunable Photonic Nanostructures: Making Colors with Magnets | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/08/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Wesley Allen, Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Georgia Tunneling Control of a Chemical Reaction, Breakthroughs in Multireference Coupled Cluster Theory, and a Homodesmotic Hierarchy | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/02/10 | Organic-Materials Dr. John Gordon, Los Alamos National Laboratory Some Approaches Towards Hydrogen Storage and Biomass Utilization at Los Alamos | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/26/10 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Yuval Ebenstein, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Optical Tools for Structure and Function: From Single Molecular to Whole Organism | 12:00 p.m., GFS 106 Abstract |
02/23/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Catherine Murphy, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Three Short Stories About Gold Nanorod | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/22/10 | Physical-Theoretical Garth Simpson, Purdue University Chirality and Nonlinear Optics | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/17/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Chulsung Bae, Department of Chemistry University of Nevada, Las Vegas New Method for Functional Polymers: Application of C-H Activation to Materials Science | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/15/10 | Physical-Theoretical Philip Bevilacqua, Pennsylvania State University Proton Transfer in Catalytic RNA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/08/10 | Physical-Theoretical Marsha Lester, U of Pennsylvania Dynamical Outcomes of Quenching: Reflections on a Conical Intersection | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/05/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Valerie C. Pierre, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota Imaging Cellular Processes: Lanthanides to the Rescue | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/02/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Aaron Sadow, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University Oxazolinylborate Complexes for Bond Activation, Surface Chemistry, and Catalysis | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/02/10 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol to be announced | 5:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
01/28/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Xile Hu, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Molecular Catalysts Based on Earth-Abundant Elements: From Cross Coupling to Hydrogenase Mimic | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/25/10 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Susumu Takahashi, Department of Physics, Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology, University of Calfiornia, Santa Barbara Spin Decoherence at High Magnetic Fields | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/21/10 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Amber Krummel, Department of Physics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Shedding New Light on Porous Media: Visualizing Flow in Three-Dimension | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/13/10 | Organic-Materials Professor Paul L. Diaconescu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Reactions of Heterocycles with Electrophilic Ferrocene Diamide Complexes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/12/10 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Cassandra Fraser, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia Light Emitting Boron Biomaterials | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/11/10 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Joseph Loparo, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School Visualizing DNA Replication: Single-Molecule Observations of Replisome Structure and Function | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/14/09 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Mikhail Slipchenko, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University A Coherence Raman Microscopy and Its Application to biological and Pharmaceutical Imaging | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/30/09 | Physical-Theoretical Aurora Clark, Washington State Classical Force Fields for F-Elements: New Tools for Studying Condensed Phase Actinide and Lanthanide Chemistry | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/24/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Prof. Steven Kent, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Through the Looking Glass - A New World of Proteins Enabled by Chemistry | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/23/09 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Vassiliy Lubchenko, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston Intrinsic Connection Between the Structure and Electronic Anomalies of Vitreous Matter | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/18/09 | Organic-Materials Prof. Grahma Sanford, Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, United Kingdom Perfluoro-Aromatic and Heterocyclic Chemistry: New Pd Catalyzed C-F Activation and Scaffolds for Drug Discovery | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/11/09 | Organic-Materials Prof. Neil Garg, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Studies in Complex Molecule Synthesis: Indoles, Indolines, and Indolynes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/10/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Daniel Nocera, Department of Chemistry, MIT Personalized Energy for 1 (x 6 Billion) | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/09/09 | Physical-Theoretical Igor Rubtsov, Department of Chemistry, Tulane University Measuring distances and bond connectivity with relaxation-assisted 2D IR | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/04/09 | Organic-Materials Professor Sung Soo Kim, Inha University, Korea The Methodology for Chemical Synthesis via Catalytic Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/03/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Guillermo Bazan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara Insight into the synthesis, design and processing of narrow band gap organic semiconducting polymers for solar cell fabrication | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/27/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Clifford Kubiak, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego Fixing CO2 | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/26/09 | Physical-Theoretical John Asbury, Pennsylvania State Pathways to More Efficient Organic Solar Cells: what we can learn by watching electrons move in real time | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/22/09 | Organic-Materials Prof. Chris Vanderwal, University of California, Irvine Synthesis and Study of the Chlorosulfolipids and Complex Molecule Synthesis Inspired by the Zincke Ring-Openings of Pyridines | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/20/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Candice Klug, Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin Functional dynamics of the nucleotide binding domain in the bacterial lipid flippase MsbA | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/14/09 | Organic-Materials Prof. Jean Sommer, Université Louis Pasteur Zeolites as Nanoreactors: Alkane Activation at Room Temperature & Coupling Reactions with Labeled Compounds | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/13/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Peter Djurovich, Department of Chemistry, USC Molecular Design of Triplet Emitters for Organic Electronic Applications. | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/12/09 | Physical-Theoretical Piotr Pieniazek, University of Wisconsin Vibrational spectroscopy and dynamics of water confined inside reverse micelles | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/06/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Angelica Stacy, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley Nanowire Arrays for Energy Applications | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/05/09 | Physical-Theoretical Troy van Voorhis, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exploring Electron Transfer: from Photochemistry to Energy Conversion | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/30/09 | Organic-Materials Christopher Hyland, Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fullerton Allenes and Cyclopropenes: Powerful Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/28/09 | Physical-Theoretical Gail Fanucci, University of Florida Site-directed spin labeling applications in protein flexibility | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/09 | Organic-Materials Thomas R.R. Pettus, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara A Kissable Strategy, Total Synthesis of TK-57-164A, Isariotin F, and their Putative Progenitor Isariotin E. from Aromatic Starting Materials | 12:30 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/22/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Susan Kauzlarich, Department of Chemistry, UC Davis Synthesis and Characterization of Zintl Phases for Thermoelectric Applications | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/15/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Terry Takahashi, USC What is the Maximal Affinity of Peptide Ligands? | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/08/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Julio A. Camarero, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC New Chemical Tools for the High Throughput Analysis of Biomolecular Interactions | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
07/22/09 | Organic-Materials Professor Alessandro Bagno, Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Italy Computing NMR Spectra by CFT Methods: Application to Molecular Structure Determination | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
06/24/09 | Organic-Materials Professor Eric Tillman, Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University Synthesis of End-Labeled Polymers Using Controller Radical Polymerization | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
06/16/09 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Oleg Kostko, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory A VUV Photoionization Study of Astrochemically Relevant Molecules | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Center, Room 319 Abstract |
04/28/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Joseph Hupp, Department of Chemsitry, Northwestern University Functional Metal-Organic Framework Materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/27/09 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Garth J. Simpson, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Nonlinear Optical Properties of Biopolymer Assemblies | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/20/09 | Physical-Theoretical Elena Stolyarova (Polyakova), Department of Chemistry, Columbia University Graphene: The View on the Atomic Scale | 12:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/13/09 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Yuan-Pern Lee, Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Studying Reaction Intermediates using Time-resolved Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy and p-H2 Matrix Isolation Technique | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/07/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Greg Hillhouse, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago Reaction of 2- and 3-Coordinate Nickel: Chemistry Outside the Square-Plane | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/31/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor T. Don Tilley, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley New Bond Activations at Transition Metal Centers: Fundamental Studies and Applications to Catalysis | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/30/09 | Physical-Theoretical Professor So Hirata, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida Predictive Chemical Computing for Molecules and Macromolecules | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/17/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Toby Allen, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis Membrane Ion Channel Function Explored with Atomistic Simulation: Understanding the Proteins that Make Us Tick | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/11/09 | Organic-Materials Professor Michael Heagy, Department of Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology N-Aryl-naphthalimides - Is There Anything They Can't Do? | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
03/09/09 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Jussi Eloranta, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University at Northridge Spectroscopists Journey: From Helium to Hydrogen Peroxide | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/04/09 | Organic-Materials Professor Karsten Meyer, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Carbon Dioxide Coordination, Activation, and Functionalization at Reactive Uranium Complexes | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
03/03/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Philip Stephens, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California The Application of Vibrational Circulat Dichroism (VCD) Spectroscopy: To the Determination of the Stereochemistries of Chiral Molecules | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/02/09 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Garnet Chan, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University The Quantum Chemistry of Strongly Correlated Electrons | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/24/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Feimeng Zhou, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles Voltammetric and Surfaces Studies of Amyloidogenic Proteins and their Metal Complexes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/18/09 | Organic-Materials Dr. S. R. Narayan, Electrochemical Technologies Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratories-NASA Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Energy through Advances in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
02/17/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor John Chaput, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University From Primordial Pools to Modern Genomes: Using mRNA Display to Identify Novel Proteins, Protein Folds, and Catalysts | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/12/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Rigo Pantoja, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology Single-molecular Microscopy Reveals the Subcellular Basis of Nicotine Addiction | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/10/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Harold Kim, Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University How the Packaging of DNA Influences Gene Expression | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/09/09 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Richard Mabbs, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis Photoelectron Angular Distributions - The Effect of Photodetachment in Atoms, Molecules and Cluster Anions | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/05/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Luke Wiseman, School of Medicine, New York University The Role of Protein Folding Energetics in ER-Associated Protein Misfolding Disease | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/03/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Paul Richardson, Abbott Laboratories Tools for Protease Drug Discovery: Rapid Determination of the Primary Substrate Specificity of Proteases and Longer Wavelength FRET substrates for HTS Applications | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/02/09 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Barry Dunietz, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Exploring Conductance Switching Properties of Molecular Scale Devices -- A Computational Approach | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/29/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Eileen Kennedy, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University Chemical Stabilization of Beta-Hairpin Turns and Semi-Synthetic Proteins | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/27/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Song Jin, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison How to Make Nanowire Christmas Trees: Screw Dislocation Driven Nanowire Growth | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/26/09 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Gengfeng Zheng, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Developing New Functional Nanomaterials and Methods for Biosensing and Biophysical Studies | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/22/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Matthew R. Pratt, Laboratory of Synthetic Protein Chemistry, The Rockefeller University Small Molecule Control of Proteins and Biological Pathways | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/20/09 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Ming Hammond,, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University Adventures in Molecular Recognition | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/15/09 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Zachary Schultz, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institutes of Health Characterizing Nanoscale Heterogeneity in Biomolecular Systems | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/06/09 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Jordan R. Schmidt, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison TBA | 5:00 pm, SSC 319 (Note unusual time and location) Abstract |
12/10/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Marcia Levitus, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Applications to the Study of Nucleic Acid Conformational Dynamics | 2:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/08/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor David Budil, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University Spin Labeling Studies of the Estrogen Receptor's Dynamic Response to Ligand and Coactivator Binding | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/04/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, Department of Organometallic Chemistry and Photochemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany Phosphanylcyclopentadienyl Complexes as Functionalized Building Blocks in Catalysis and Materials Science | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/03/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Valery V. Fokin, The Scripps Research Institute New Catalytic Processes for Making and Breaking Carbon-Nitrogen Bonds | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
12/02/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Yunfeng Lu, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California at Los Angeles Nanostructured Materials through Hierarchical Assembly | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/25/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Stanislaus Wong, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook Chemical Strategies in Nanoscience | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/18/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Lawrence C. Sowers, Associate Dean of Medicine, Loma Linda University Mechanism of Damaged Base Identification by Human DNA Glycosylases | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/17/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Grace Lu, Department of Physics, University of Southern California Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Nanowires | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/10/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Andrea Armani, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California Detection of Attomolar Concentrations of Timothy Grass Allergens | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/04/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Chongwu Zhou, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Chemistry, University of Southern California TBA | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium. Abstract |
10/29/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Bruce Lipshutz, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara Green Chemistry Using 'Designer' Surfactants. Just Add Water | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
10/27/08 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Stanley Williams, Hewlett-Packard Finding the Missing Memristor | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/22/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Munichandraiah Nookala, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science "Electrochemical Studies Involving Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Conducting Polymer" | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
10/21/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Ram Seshadri, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara Structure-morphology-property Relations in Functional Oxides | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/20/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Peter Qin, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Site-Directed Spin Labeling Studies of Nucleic Acids | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/08 | Organic-Materials Dr. Noel D'Angelo, Amgen Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Potent c-Met Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Agents | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
10/06/08 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Habil Stefan Vajda, Argonne National Laboratory Nanocatalysis on Size-Selected Clusters: Towards the Understanding of the Size/Shape & Function Relationship in Catalysis | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/01/08 | Organic-Materials Dr. Jonathan Rothbard, Stanford University Medical School Getting Biopolymers In and Out of Cells: The Role of the Membrane Potential | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
09/22/08 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Murthy Gudipati, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Photochemistry in Low-Temperature Water-Ices | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/08/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Roi Baer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Pragmatic and Dogmatic Spirits in Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory of Electrons in Molecule Systems | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/25/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Feng-Ling Qing, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Design and Synthesis of gem-Difluoromethylene Sugar Nucleosides | 11:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
08/25/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Jinbo Hu, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Recent Studies on Selective Fluoroalkylation Chemistry | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
06/13/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Jerome Lacour, Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva, Switzerland Ionic Interplay in Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis -From Superstable Carbenium Ions to Enantioselective Carroll Rearrangements | 11:00 am, Olah Library Abstract |
06/12/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Alex Alexakis, Department of Organic Chemistry University of Geneva, Switzerland Synthetically Useful Asymmetric Reactions: The Cu-catalyzed Conjugate Addition and Allylic Substitution | 3:00 pm, Olah Library Abstract |
05/30/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Wei Wang, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico Organocatalytic Enantioselective Cascade Reactions | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
04/29/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Raymond Schaak, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University Chemical Design Strategies for the Synthesis of Complex Inorganic Nanocrystals | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/28/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ruth Signorell, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia The Influence of Intrinsic Particle Properties on Vibrational Spectra of Aerosols | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/22/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Robert Hamers, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison Surface chemistry of nanoscale materials: Steps toward ultrastable functional interfaces for energy storage and conversion | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/21/08 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Brent Krueger, Department of Chemistry, Hope College Combining Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Computation to Examine Structural Dynamics in Biological Systems | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/15/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Michael Sailor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSD Nanomachined Porous Si Used in Sensing, Medicine, and Microfluidics | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/01/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Makoto Kuwabara, Department of Electrical and Materials Science Kyushu University PTCR and Other Applications of Nano-size BaTiO3 - Mechanism and Optimization | 12:30 p.m. SGM 414 Abstract |
03/31/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Floyd Davis, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University A Comparison of Reactant Vibrational vs Translational Energy in Promoting Insertion Chemistry | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/25/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Ioan Andricioaei, Department of Chemistry UC, Irvine On the Force Dependence of the Conformational Kinetics of Nucleic Acids | 12:30 p.m. Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/24/08 | Physical-Theoretical Professor John T. Fourkas, Maryland Nanocenter, University of Maryland Making Things with Light | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/24/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Wolfgang Hoelderich, RWTH Aachen University, Germany New Environmentally Benign Processes in the Presence of Heterogeneous Acid Catalysis: Acrolein from Glycerol and Laurolactam via Beckmann Rearrangement | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
03/14/08 | Organic-Materials Professor H. Illa, Jubilant Biosys, Bangalore, India From Synthons to Bioactive Molecules: Efficient Strategies for Heterocyclic Synthesis | 11:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/04/08 | Organic-Materials Professor Samir Z. Zard, Laboratoire de Synthese Organique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France Fun with Radicals: A Matter of Lifetime | 12:30 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/26/08 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Alexander V. Nemukhin, Moscow State University and Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences "Molecular Modeling in Chemistry of Large Molecule | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Center, Room 319 Abstract |
02/12/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor John Kouvetakis, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University New Classes of Si-Based Photonic Materials via Designer Molecular Routes | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/11/08 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Reinhard Schinke, Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics, Gottingen, Germany Dynamical Studies of the Photodissociation of Ozone: From the Near IR to the VUV | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/23/08 | Dr. William R. Dichtel, Department of Chemistry, UCLA and California Institute of Technology Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
01/15/08 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Pingyun Feng, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Crystalline Porous Semiconducting Chalcogenide Materials and Their Organization | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/14/08 | Organic-Materials Dr. Barry C. Thompson, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Design of Conjugated Polymers for Solar Cells | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
12/13/07 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Lauren Webb, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University Chemistry and Electrostatics of Interfaces: From Siicon Surfaces to Protein Active Sites | 12:00 Noon, Stauffer Lecture Hall, Room 100 Abstract |
12/10/07 | Physical-Theoretical Dr Junrong Zheng, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University Ultrafast Chemical Exchange 2D IR Spectroscopy | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/03/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor John Herbert, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University Theoretical Studies of the Hydrated Electron | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/27/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Michael Burkart, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego Coenzyme A and Natural Product Biosynthesis | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/26/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Alexander V. Benderskii, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University Coherent Nonlinear Spectroscopies of Surfaces and Interfaces | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/20/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Cameron Mura, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia Microsecond-scale Molecular Dynamics of a kB DNA Element | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/19/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ken Brown, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology Ion Trap Quantum Computers for Chemistry | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/16/07 | Organic-Materials Professor Mo Movassaghi, Department of Chemistry Cascade Reactions in Complex Alkaloid Synthesis | 12:00 Noon Olah Library Abstract |
11/14/07 | Organic-Materials Professor Yoshihisa Kobayashi, University of California San Diego Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
11/14/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ludwig Bartels, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside Imaging Chemistry at the Single-Molecule Scale | 4:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/12/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Howard Taylor, Department of Chemistry, USC Unexpected Vibrational Motions at High Excitation Energies | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/05/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Curt Wittig, Department of Chemistry, USC Spin, Statistics and Space | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/15/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Wolfgang Jaeger, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Rotational Dynamics of Molecules in Helium Clusters and Helium Droplets | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Takamasa Momose, Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Molecules in Solid Parahydrogen | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Sergey Nizkorodov, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Photochemistry of Organic Aerosol Particles | 2:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/18/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Tatyana Smirnova, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University Molecular Mechanism of Phospholipid Binding by Lipid Transporter Protein Sec14p | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/04/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Anna Krylov, Department of Chemistry, USC Adventures in Fock space: Dyson orbitals, Charge Transfer and Properties of Open-Shell Systems | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/27/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Stephen Bradforth, Department of Chemistry, USC Reaction Dynamics in Liquid Water: Near-Frictionless Spinning of Diatomic Products and Electronic Deactivation of DNA Bases | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
08/22/07 | Organic-Materials Professor Seong Ihl Woo, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Combinatorial Science and Technology for Novel Materials | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
07/31/07 | Special Seminar Azad Hassan, University of Southern California Theoretical, Experimental, and Device Fabrication Studies of Materials for Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) and Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) Cells and Extrinsic Degradation Studies of OLEDs | 9:30 a.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
05/29/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Andrea M. Rossi, National Institute of Standards and Technology Porous Semiconductors for Sensing Applications | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Library Abstract |
05/14/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Pavel Jungwirth, Czech Academy Ions at Surfaces of Hydrated Proteins and other Interfaces | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
05/01/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Dar-Chone Chow, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston Contributions of Contact Residues to Protein Interactions: Thermodynamics and Structures | 2:00 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
05/01/07 | Organic-Materials Professor Richard Ksung, School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison New Strategies and New Struggles of Natural Product Syntheses | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
04/26/07 | Organic-Materials Professor Bruno Figadere, Laboratory for Natural Substances Chemistry (Pharmacognosy), CNRS (BioCIS) Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite Paris-Sud Synthesis and Pharmacomodulation of Natural Products | 12:30 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/24/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Dean Harman, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia Transition Metal Pi Bases: Dearomatization Agents for Organic Synthesis | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/23/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor James Skinner, University of Wisconsin TBA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/17/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor James Moffett, Department of Biological Sciences, USC Transition Metal Chemistry in Low-Oxygen Marine Environments | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/09/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Steve Baldelli, University of Houston TBA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/20/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Joan Valentine, Department of Chemistry, UCLA How Does Aqueous Manganous Ion Functionally Substitute for Superoxide Dismutase Enzymes in vivo? | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/19/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Ilan Benjamin, UCSC TBA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/05/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor David Reichman, Columbia University TBA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/27/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Luc Jaeger, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara RNA Tertiary Structure as a Proto-language for Building New Bio-materials | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/26/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Eitan Geva, University of MIchigan Simulation of relaxation processes in the condensed phase via the linearized semiclassical approach | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/22/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Brent Gunnoe, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University Activation of Small Molecules Using Well-Defined Ruthenium and Copper Complexes: Catalytic Conversion of C-H, N-H, O-H and S-H Bonds | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/12/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Veronica Bierbaum, University of Colorado TBA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/05/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Munira Khalil, University of Washington Ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy: structural dynamics in solution at high spatial and temporal resolution Abstract | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/29/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Bern Kohler, Ohio State University Ultrafast excited-state dynamics in DNA: From single bases to the double helix Abstract | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/29/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Ted Betley, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Multi-Electron Redox Reactions at First Row Transition Ions | 2:00-3:20 p.m., VHE 217 Abstract |
01/26/07 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Donald Hilvert, Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, ETH Honggerberg, HCI, Switzerland Teaching Old Enzymes New Tricks | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/22/07 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Dmitri Babikov, Marquette University Quantum origin of anomalous isotope effect in ozone formation Abstract | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
12/15/06 | Special Seminar James V. Ly, University of Southern California Electrical and Electrochemical Properties of Conducting Polymer Coated Nanoscale Field Effect Transistors | 2:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
11/30/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Susan Wang, Department of Biochemistry, Enzyme Institute, University of Wisconsin at Madison Lysine 2,3-Aminomutase: Enzyme Engineering and Mechanism of Cofactor Cleavage | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/30/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Qi Cai, University of Southern California Structural Basis of Transcription: An RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complex at 3.3A Resolution | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
11/27/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Alexander Benderski, Wayne State University Coherent Nonlinear Spectroscopies of Surfaces and Interfaces | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/20/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor James Kindt, Emory University Simulations of Mixed-Lipid Bilayers Abstract | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/14/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor StÈphane Petoud, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Novel Antennae for Luminescent Lanthanide Complexes Emitting in the Visible and in the Near-Infrared | 12:30 p.m. SSC Auditorium Abstract |
11/13/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor George Flynn, Columbia University TBA | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/08/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Sukbok Chang, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea Catalytic Nitrogen Group Transfer Reactions | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
11/07/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Stephan Bernhard, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University Synthetically Tuned Luminophoric Materials: 3D Displays, Solar Energy Conversion and Beyond | 12:30 p.m. SSC auditorium Abstract |
10/31/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Thomas J. Meyer, University of North Carolina Proton Coupled Electron Transfer. Application to Water Oxidation in Photosynthesis | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/30/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Robert Bergman, University of California, Berkeley Selective Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions in Water-Soluble Nanovessels | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/24/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor David L. Huffman, Chemistry Department, Western Michigan University Unraveling the Mysteries of Copper Transfer in the Cell | 12:30 p.m. SSC Auditorium Abstract |
10/17/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Peter G. Fajer, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University Mysteries of muscle contraction: What we can and can't learn from EPR | 12:30 p.m. SSC Auditorium Abstract |
10/16/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor David Perry, Akron Univ. Large-amplitude torsional motion as a generator of vibrational energy redistribution within polyatomic molecules. Abstract | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/09/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor James Heath, Caltech A Systems Approach to Large-Scale Molecular and Nanoelectronic Memory & Logic Circuits Abstract | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/26/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor David Britt, Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis Exploring the role of manganese in photosynthetic oxygen production using multifrequency EPR spectroscopy | 12:30 p.m SSC Auditorium Abstract |
09/25/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Daniel Crawford, Virginia Tech On One Hand But Not the Other: Ab Initio Calculations of Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism Spectra Abstract | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/12/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Pin Wang, University of Southern California, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Towards Engineering Lentiviral Vectors for Targeted Gene Delivery | 12:30 p.m SSC Auditorium Abstract |
09/08/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Dan Herschlag, Stanford University Dissecting Ribozyme Mechanisms: Lessons Learned about RNA and Catalysis | 12:00 noon, SGM 101 Abstract |
07/27/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Dr. K·lm·n Hideg, Institute of Organic and Medical Chemistry, University of PÈcs, Hungary Paramagnetic Bioactive Heterocycles | 12:00 noon, ZHS 163 Abstract |
04/24/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Glenn Millhauser, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz Why We All Have the Prion Protein: Magnetic Resonance Insights into PrP's Function as a Copper Metalloprotein | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/17/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Roseanne J. Sension, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan Time-Resolved Absorption Studies of B12 Cofactors: Probes of Environmental Effects and Development of a Light-Driven Paradigm for Investigation of Enzyme Mechanism | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
04/11/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Laura Gammill, California Institute of Technology Development Genomics of the Neural Crest | 12:00 noon, MCB 101 Abstract |
04/10/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Scott Auerbach, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst High Octane Computing Modeling Dynamics in Zeolite | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/24/06 | Special Seminar Professor B.V. Venkataram Prasad, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine Molecular Biology Seminar: Structural Basis of Rotavirus Replication | 12:00 Noon, MCB 101 Abstract |
03/21/06 | Special Seminar Wen Hsiung Li, James Watson Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago Computational Biology Colloquium: Identification of Regulatory Elements and Circuits in Yeast from Genomic Data | 4:00 p.m., MCB 101 Abstract |
03/20/06 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Albert Stolow, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council Canada Femtochemistry: Both Sides Now | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/14/06 | Organic-Materials Professor P.V. Ramachandran, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University What is New in Allyboration Chemistry? | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
03/09/06 | Organic-Materials Professor Ohyun Kwon, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Phosphine Catalysis of Allenes in Target-Oriented Synthesis (TOS) and Diversity-Oriented Synthesis (DOS) | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
03/08/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Klaus Gerwert, Department of Biophysics, University of Bochum, Germany Functional Waters in Protein | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/06/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor John Tully, Department of Chemistry, Yale University Chemical Dynamics at Metal Surfaces | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
03/02/06 | Special Seminar Brad J. Douglass, University of Southern California Synthetic Molecular Programming and Substrate-dependent Drug Discovery: from Multicomponent Reactions to Cyclic Peptides | 2:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
03/02/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Yiyun Huang, University of Southern California Fluorinated Diaryl Sulfides as Seotonin Transporter Ligands: Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationship Study, and in Vivo Evaluation of Fluorine-18-Labeled Compounds as PET Imaging Agents | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 352 Abstract |
03/01/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Gerard Parkin, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University Kinetic and Equilibrium Isotope Effects Pertaining to the Interaction of C-H and H-H Bonds with Transition Metal Centers. When is a Bond Not a Bond? | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/14/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Walter Englander, Jacob Gershon-Cohen Professor of Medical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania How Do Proteins Fold and Why? | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/13/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Andrew B. Bocarsly, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University Cyanogels and Cyanosols: High Temperature Coordination Chemistry as a Novel Approach to Materials Chemistry | 2:00 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd, Room 414 Abstract |
02/13/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Robert Cave, Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College Theoretical Studies of the Electronic Coupling Element for Electron Transfer Reactions | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/10/06 | Special Seminar Professor Richard F. Thompson, University of Southern California Memory | 4:00 p.m. SGM 123 Abstract |
02/09/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Amnon Kohen, University of Iowa Nuclear quantum mechanical effects in enzymatic reactions; The Effect of distal mutations on H-transfer in the DHFR catalyzed reaction | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
02/06/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Stephen B. Cronin, University of Southern California Measuring Individual Carbon Nanotubes Using Raman Spectroscopy and Nano-Fabrication Techniques | 12:00 noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/30/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Shiou-Jyh, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University Extended Solids Containing Periodic Arrays of Magnetic Nanostructures | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/27/06 | Organic-Materials Professor Claudio J. A. Mota, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil New Approaches for Assessing the Acid Strength of Solid Catalysts | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
01/23/06 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Torsten Fiebig, Department of Chemistry, Boston College UV-Light Absorption and Energy Dissipation in Nucleic Acids - Why is DNA Such a Unique Material? | 12:00 Noon, Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/17/06 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Hilary Godwin, Northwestern University Why is lead toxic? Unraveling the molecular mechanism(s) of lead posoning | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
01/09/06 | Physical-Theoretical Prof. Robert Benny Gerber, Univerisity of California Irvine New Chemistry of the Noble Gases: Surprising Compounds and Their Formation Dynamics | 12:00 p.m, SSL 150 Abstract |
12/15/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Alain Deffieux, University of Bordeaux, France Arborescent Polymer Architectures: Design, Characterization and Applications | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/13/05 | Special Seminar Arnold Tamayo, University of Southern California Cyclometalated Iridium (III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Electroluminescent Devices | 10:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
12/12/05 | Special Seminar Biwu Ma, University of Southern California Platinum Complexes Photophysics and Application in Organic Light Emitting Diodes | 3:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
12/02/05 | Organic-Materials Prof. Dr. Helma Wennemers, Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland Peptides - Molecular Recognition, Asymmetric Catalysis and Cleavage | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
11/29/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor X. Peter Zhang, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Bio-Inspired Carbene and Nitrene Transfer Reactions of Metalloporphyrins | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/21/05 | Physical-Theoretical Paul Brumer, University of Toronto Recent Developments in the Quantum Control of Radiationless Transitions and of Bimolecular Scattering | 12:00 p.m, SSL 150 Abstract |
11/09/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Sandro Mecozzi, School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin,Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison New Paradigms in Drug Delivery and Discovery | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
11/08/05 | Special Seminar Professor Matthew Bogyo, Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine Dissecting Protease Function Using Activity Based Probes and Forward and Reverse Chemical Genetic Screens | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
11/07/05 | Physical-Theoretical Dave Blank, Minnesota Watching the local molecular environment participate in reaction dynamics | 12:00 p.m ,SSL 150 Abstract |
11/01/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Brian Shoichet, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Francisco Model Systems for Molecular Docking | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/25/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Cecilia Clementi, Department of Chemistry, Rice University Optimal Combination of Theory and Experiment to Explore the Protein Folding Landscape | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/24/05 | Physical-Theoretical Spiridoula Matsika, Temple University Understanding photoinitiated processes through potential energy surface crossings | 12:00 p.m, SSL 150 Abstract |
10/18/05 | Special Seminar Dr. Carol Parish, Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond Variations on the Bergman Theme; Quantum Studies of Electrocyclizations | 5:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
10/18/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Jonas Peters, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Multi-electron Redox Reactions Using First Row Ions | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
10/12/05 | Special Seminar Justin Ehresmann, University of Southern California Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts: Systematic Application of Computational Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 2:00 p.m., OCW 214 Abstract |
10/10/05 | Physical-Theoretical Eric Bittner, U. Houston. Electron/Hole Recombination Dynamics in Semi-conducting Polymers | 12:00 p.m, SSL 150 Abstract |
10/07/05 | Special Seminar Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, The Scripps Research Institute The Art of Total Synthesis and the Limits of Chemical Complexity | 4:00 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
10/04/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Mats Olsson, Department of Chemistry, USC Simulating Proton Transport in Cytochrome c Oxidase | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/29/05 | Special Seminar Shamila Gunatilleke, University of Southern California Dynamic Imaging of Protease Activity with Fluorescently Quenched Activity-Based Probes | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Robert Field, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Just Large Enough! | 9:00 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Martin Quack, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland Electroweak Quantum Dynamics and Parity Violation in Chiral Molecules | 9:40 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Christof Jung Kohl, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuernava, Mexico Small Molecule Complex Vibrational Spectra, Assigning the Unassignable | 10:00 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Jakub Zakrzewski, Jagiellonian University, Poland Non-spreading Wavepackets in Periodically Driven Systems | 11:10 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar John Briggs, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany The Spectrum of J- and H- aggregates | 11:30 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Sharif D. Kunikeev, University of Southern California A New Efficient Protocol for Data Collection in Liquid Phase NMR | 12:10 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Alexander Dalgarno, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University Atomic and Molecular Collisions at Ultralow Temperatures | 1:30 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Aron Kuppermann, California Institute of Technology Accurate Reactive Scattering Calculations Using Hyperspherical Harmonics | 2:10 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar John Light, University of Chicago Hot Molecules: Bound States and Resonances | 2:30 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Audiorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Joel Bowman, Emory University Global Ab initio Potential Energy Surfaces Using Permutational Symmetry and Spectroscopy and Dynamics with Them | 3:20 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Frank Harris, University of Utah and University of Florida Compact, Yet Precise Descriptions of Three and Four-Body Systems Using Exponentially Correlated Basis Functions | 4:00 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Jack P. Simons, University of Utah Applications of Howard Taylor's Stabilization Method to Compelx Bio-molecules | 4:20 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/24/05 | Special Seminar Klaus Ruedenberg, Iowa State University Beyond Chemical Accuracy Along Reaction Paths | 4:40 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago Insights into Complexity and Limits of Dogma from Studying Clusters | 9:00 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Lorenz Cederbaum, Physical Chemistry Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany Intermolecular Decay and Ultrafast Energy Transfer in Clusters and Weakly Bound Systems | 9:40 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Vladimir Mandelshtam, University of California, Irvine Thermodynamic Properties of Lennard Jones Clusters: Quantum Mechanics versus Classical | 10:20 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar William Reinhardt, University of Washington Making Large Schrodinger Cats from Bose-Einstein Condensates | 11:10 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Eli Pollak, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Extracting Exact Quantum Dynamics from Classical Dynamics | 11:30 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Turgay Uzer, Georgia Institute of Technology A New Look at the Transition State: Wigner's Dynamical Perspective Revisited | 11:50 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Eric Heller, Harvard University Electrons in Random Potentials: Chaos in Semiconductor Physics | 12:10 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley Using the Initial Value Representation of Semiclassical Theory to Include Quantum Effects in Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations | 1:30 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Jorg Main, University of Stuttgart, Germany Use of High-Resolution Signal Processing for Semiclassical Quantization | 2:10 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Stavros C. Farantos, University of Crete, Crete Reaction Paths and Elementary Bifurcations of Periodic Orbits | 2:30 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Audiorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar C. William McCurdy, University of California, Berkeley Electron-Driven Chemistry: The Chemistry of Dissociative Electron Attachment and Part of the Legacy of Howard Taylor's Theory of Stabilization | 3:20 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Robert K. Nesbet, IBM Almaden Research Center The Energy Modified Adiabatic Approximation for Electron Impact Rovibronic Excitation and Electron Impact Chemistry | 3:40 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Barry Schneider, National Science Foundation Electron-Molecule Collisions Using R-Matrix Methods | 4:00 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar Nimrod Moiseyev, Thecnion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Resonance Positions and Widths for the Non-linear Schroedinger Equation: Theory and Applications | 4:20 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/23/05 | Special Seminar George Csanak, Los Alamos National Laboratory The Development and Application of the Finite Temperature Random Phase Approximation for the Spectroscopic Description of Atoms (Ions) in Dense Plasmas | 4:40 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
09/20/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Thomas Poulos, Chancellor's Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, UC Irvine Structure-Function Studies on Nitric Oxide Synthase | 12:30 p.m., Seaver Science Auditorium Abstract |
09/14/05 | Organic-Materials Dr. Graham Sandford, University of Durham, United Kingdom Elemental Fluorine in Organic Chemistry | 3:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
09/12/05 | Physical-Theoretical Hans P. Luethi, ETH Zurich Measuring Electron Delocalization in Conjugated Compounds | 12:00 p.m, SSL 150 Abstract |
08/31/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Toshio Fuchigami, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Highly Selective Electrochemical Synthesis of Organofluorine Compounds | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
08/25/05 | Special Seminar Matt Franzman, University of Southern California A Single Amino Acid Residue can Determine the Sensitivity of SERCAs to Artemisinins | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
08/12/05 | Special Seminar Muhammed Yousufuddin, University of Southern California Neutron Diffraction Studies on Metal Hydrides | 11:00 a.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
07/28/05 | Special Seminar Chris Sucato, University of Southern California Fidelity of Mispair Formation and Mispair Extension is Dependent on the Interaction Between the Minor Groove of the Primer Terminus and Arg 688 of DNA Polymerase 1 of Escherichia coli | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
07/20/05 | Special Seminar Rong Yang, University of Southern California Synthesis of Lipid Mediators | 1:30 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
07/11/05 | Special Seminar Gaurav Bhalla, University of Southern California Activation and Functionalization of C-H Bonds Catalysed by Oxygen Ligated Iridium Metal Complexes | 3:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
06/30/05 | Special Seminar Teodora Kaltcheva, University of Southern California The Pungency of Garlic: Activation of TRPA 1 and TRPV 1 in Response to Allicin | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
06/27/05 | Special Seminar Mong Sano Marma, University of Southern California Synthesis of Foscarnet-Peptide Conjugates, and Halogenated Bisphosphonates and Phosphonocarboxylates and Biochemical Sensing Using Film-Bulk-Acoustic-Resonators | 10:00 a.m., OCW Conference Room Abstract |
06/24/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Zhaomin HOU, Institute of Chemical and Physical Chemistry (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan Rare Earth Metal Hydride Clusters and their Derivatives | 3:30 p.m., Loker Hydrocarbon Library Abstract |
06/23/05 | Special Seminar Thomas Gadda, University of Southern California Oligomers, Polymers and Copolymers Containing Diphenylsiloxy Units | 1:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
06/23/05 | Special Seminar Kimberly McGrath, University of Southern California Membranes, Catalysts, and Fuels for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells | 3:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
06/17/05 | Special Seminar Dr. Xu Zhang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Organic Reactive Intermediates | 2:30 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
06/16/05 | Special Seminar Mikhail Slipchenko, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Vibronic and Rovabrational Spectroscopy of Molecules and Molecular Clusters in Helium Nanodroplets | 2:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
06/15/05 | Special Seminar Lyudmila Slipchenko, University of Southern California Electronic Structure Calculations of Open-Shell Molecules | 2:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
06/09/05 | Organic-Materials Dr. Koop Lammertsma, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Holland Phosphorous Analogues of Carbene Complexes | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
05/31/05 | Special Seminar Anton Burykin, University of Southern California Computer Simulation Studies of ChargeTransfer through Biological and Artificial Membrane Channels | 2:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
05/26/05 | Special Seminar Daniil Stolyarov, University of Southern California Unimolecular Reaction Dynamics in Helium Nanodroplets | 3:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
05/17/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Christopher Ziegler, Department of Chemistry, University of Akron N-confused Porphyrin: A Macrocycle with Multiple Personalities | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
05/16/05 | Special Seminar Elena Poliakova, University of Southern California Multiphoton Ionization of Molecules Embedded in Superfluid Liquid Helium Droplets | 3:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
05/10/05 | Special Seminar Michael Julian, University of Southern California Preparation and Use of Photonic Band Gap Structures to Manipulate the Optical Properties of Photoactive Materials | 4:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/28/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Arisa Oki, University of Southern California A Conformational Switch Controls Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme Catalysis | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
04/27/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Richard H. Fish, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Bioorganometallic Chemistry: Synthesis, X-Ray Structures, Molecular Recognition and Biocatalysis Studies | 12:00 p.m., GFS 223 Abstract |
04/19/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Frances Arnold, Department of Chemical Engineering, CIT Design by Directed Evolution: Towards a Cytochrome | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 352 Abstract |
04/18/05 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Robert Continetti, Department of Chemistry, UC San Diego Three Body Dissociation Dynamics of the Low-Lying | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
04/12/05 | Special Seminar Professor Dana D. Dlott, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Vibrational Energy in Molecules and Molecular Nanostructures | 5:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
04/11/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Nicola Brasch, Department of Chemistry, Kent State University Chemistry and Cellular Biochemistry of the Vitamin B12 Derivatives Thiolatoco | 3:00 p.m., SGM 226 Abstract |
04/11/05 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Robert Dunn, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas Single Molecule Studies of Biological Function | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
03/29/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Brian Shoichet, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UC San Francisco Model Systems for Docking and Virtual Screening | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 352 Abstract |
03/28/05 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Cheuk-Yiu Ng, Department of Chemistry, UC Davis Spectroscopy, Energetics, and Reaction Dynamics by Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization and Photoelectron Method | 12:00 noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
03/24/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Greg Sanchez, University of Southern California Synthesis of Novel Troika Acid Derivatives for Chelation of Heavy Metals from Wastewater | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
03/22/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Delmar Larsen, Department of Chemistry, USC Incoherent Manipulation of the Photo-Initiated Dynamics in Photoreceptor Proteins | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 352 Abstract |
03/22/05 | Special Seminar Dr. Giovanni Meloni, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley Electronic and Structural Evolution From Small to Nanosize Clusters Investigated Via Negative Ion Photodetachment Spectroscopy | 5:00 p.m., Seaver Science Center, Room 319 Abstract |
03/08/05 | Special Seminar Professor Daniel A. Lidar, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Quantum Computers and Decoherence: Exorcising the Demon from the Machine | 1:00 p.m., ZHS 352 Abstract |
03/04/05 | Special Seminar Professor Lin Chen, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder Structural and functional studies of higher-order transcription complexes - decoding the cis-regulatory code | 12:00 p.m., Hedco Auditorium Abstract |
03/02/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Kyung Woon Jung, Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation: Method Development and Synthetic Application | 12:00 Noon, Olah Library Abstract |
02/28/05 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Richard Stratt, Department of Chemistry, Brown University Relaxation a Little Too Far From Equilibrium | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
02/18/05 | Special Seminar David Marcus, University of Southern California Fundamental Investigation of the Interactions of Zeolite and Zeotype Catalysts with Hydrocarbons and Oxygenates | 10:15 a.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
02/18/05 | Special Seminar Dr. Peter A. Jones, USC-Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine Towards the Understanding and Taming of Human Cancer | 4:10 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
02/17/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Samuel J. Danishefsky, Columbia University, Sloan-Kettering Institute Natural Products as Models for Drug Discovery: Enhancement Through Total Synthesis | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
02/17/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Victoria DeRose, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University Spectroscopic Probes for RNA Structure and Function: Understanding Folding and Catalysis in the Most Versatile Biopolymer | 2:00 p.m., Seeley G. Mudd, Room 101 Abstract |
02/17/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Pierre Mothé Esteves, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution: Single Electron Transfer (SET) or Polar Mechanism | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/16/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Valerij Nikolaev, Department of Organic Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Russia Some Advances in the Chemistry and Photochemistry of Diazocarbonil Compounds | 12:00 noon, Olah Library Abstract |
02/15/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Ellis Kempner, Section Head, Radiation Biophysics Section, Office of Science & Technology, NIH Radiation Target Analysis of Biopolymers | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 352 Abstract |
02/14/05 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. John Kennis, Department of Biophysics, Free University, Amsterdam Sub-Nanosecond Dynamical Processes in Light Harvesting and Photoprotective Reactions of Artificial Photosynthetic Antennae | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
02/14/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Amy Palmer, Department of Pharmacology, UC San Diego In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches to Elucidate Protein-Metal/Ion Interactions and Reactions | 3:00 p.m., Mudd Hall of Philosophy (MPH), Room 101 Abstract |
02/10/05 | Special Seminar Sean Clancy, University of Southern California Design and Syntheses of Polymeric Materials for Visible and Near-Infrared Emitting Applications | 9:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/09/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Ronny Neumann, Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Oxidations using Molecular Oxygen or Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Polyoxometalates | 12:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/08/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor José Onuchic, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, UC Sand Diego Department of Physics Exploring the Protein Funnel Energy Landscape for Folding and Function | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 352 Abstract |
02/07/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Daniel Seidel, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University New Bifunctional Catalysts for Enantioselective Henry and Michael Reactions | 11:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
02/07/05 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Martin Zanni, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison Developing New 2D IR Spectroscopies for Studying the Structures and Dynamics of Biomolecules | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
01/31/05 | Dr. Cora MacBeth, Department of Chemistry, Cal Tech Small Molecule Coordination and Activation at Transition Metal Centers Supported by Tripodal Ligand Systems | 12:00 p.m., ZHS 252 Abstract |
01/27/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor George Kenyon, The College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan Reflections on My Life as a Scientist | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
01/27/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Amar Flood, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Molecular Machines From Electronics to Mechanical Systems | 12:00 p.m., SGM 101 Abstract |
01/18/05 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Daniel Lidar, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto Quantum Computers and Decoherence: Exorcising the Demon from the Machine | 12:00 noon, SSC 319 Abstract |
01/10/05 | Special Seminar Jian Li, University of Southern California Heavy Metal Complexes for Blue Phosphorescent OLEDs | 2:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
01/07/05 | Organic-Materials Professor Kenji Uneyama, Department of Applied Chemistry, Okayama University, Japan Mg-Promoted C-F Bond Activation: A Reliable Synthetic Approach to Difluorinated Compounds | 11:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
01/06/05 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Kara Bren, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester Cytochrome c Folding and Dynamics Probed by NMR | 12:00 p.m., SLH 100 Abstract |
12/03/04 | Special Seminar Professor Peter Gill, University of Nottingham Hartree-Fock-Wigner Models for Electron Correlation | 1:00 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
12/03/04 | Special Seminar Dr. Jing Kong, Q-Chem Inc., Pittsburgh, PA Fast Coulomb Calculation for DFT | 1:45 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
12/03/04 | Special Seminar Professor Martin Head-Gordon, University of California, Berkeley Understanding Bonding in Diradicaloid Molecules Via Electronic Structure Calculations | 2:45 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
12/03/04 | Special Seminar Dr. Fritz Schaefer, University of Georgia Lesions in DNA Subunits: Guanine-Cytosine Base Pair Radicals | 3:30 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
11/23/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Gordon M. Miskelly, Forensic Scinece Programme, Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Using Spectral Information in Forensic Imaging | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
11/15/04 | Physical-Theoretical Professor William Gelbart, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles What is the pressure in a virus, and why? | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
11/09/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Janos K. Lanyi, De[artment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine Proton Transport Mechanism in Bacteriorhodopsin from Crystallographic Strcutures of the Photocycle Intermediates | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
11/02/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Marcus Ribbe, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine Nitrogenase - An Intriguing Paradigm for Metallocluster Assembly | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
11/02/04 | Physical-Theoretical Dr. Stan Wong, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York-Stony Brook Rational Chemical Strategies for Carbon Nanotube Functionalization | 4:00 p.m., SGM 101 Abstract |
11/01/04 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Thimothy S. Zwier, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University Single Conformation Vibrational Spectroscopy and Isomerization Dynamics: Mapping out the Potential Energy Surfaces of Flexible Molecules and Water-containing Complexes | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
10/27/04 | Organic-Materials Professor Roy A. Periana, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Design and Study of Catalysts That Operate via the CH Activation Reaction for the Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons | 12:00 p.m., SGM 101 Abstract |
10/26/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Victoria J. DeRose, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University Metals, Folding and Catalysis in Ribozymes: Spectroscopic Probes for RNA Structure | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
10/25/04 | Physical-Theoretical Professor David Sherrill, School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology Energy Landscapes From Pi-Stacking to Bond Breaking | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
10/19/04 | Professor Jingyue Ju, DNA Sequencing and Chemical Biology Unit, Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University Health Sciences Chemical Approaches for Creating New Paradigms in Genomics Research | 12:30 p.m., SLH 200 Abstract |
10/19/04 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Alexander Chirtsov, Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia Investigation of Inelastic Spin-Change Collisions Between Electrons and Excited Atoms | 5:00 p.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
10/18/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Richard Laine, Department of Materials Science, University of Michigan Libraries of Nanosized, Polyfunctional Platforms and Nanocomposites from Silsesquioxanes | 1:00 p.m., Olah Library Abstract |
10/18/04 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Andrew M. Rappe, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania Oxide Surfaces: Phase Transitions and Prospects for Tunable Catalysts | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
10/15/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Thomas O'Halloran, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University Inorganic Chemistry of Life Processes: Molecular Mechanisms Controlling the Cellular Copper and Zinc Economics | 12:00 p.m., SLH 200 Abstract |
10/08/04 | Special Seminar George A. Olah, University of Southern California Beyond oil and gas: the methanol economy | 8:30 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/04 | Special Seminar G.K. Surya Prakash, University of Southern California Direct methanol fuel cell | 9:15 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/04 | Special Seminar Gabor Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley Active sites and states in the heterogeneous catalysis of carbon hydrogen bonds | 10:15 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/04 | Special Seminar Karl Christe, University of Southern California Polynitrogen and high-nitrogen chemistry | 11:00 a.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/04 | Special Seminar Roy Periana, University of Southern California New homogeneous catalysts for the hydrocarbon functionalization that operate via the CH activation reaction | 1:00 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/04 | Special Seminar Nicos A. Petasis, University of Southern California Synthetic chemistry emphasizing molecular diversity vs molecular design | 1:45 p.m., Andrus Gerontology Auditorium Abstract |
10/08/04 | Special Seminar Peter J. Stang, University of Utah Supramolecular chemistry: self-assembly via metal-ligand interactions | 4:10 p.m., SGM 123 Abstract |
10/05/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Professor Mohammad A. Omary, Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas Phosphorescent d10 and d8 Complexes: Fundamentals and Potential Optoelectronic Applications | 12:30 p.m., ZHS 159 Abstract |
10/04/04 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Michael Duncan, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia Structure and Dynamics in Cation-Molecular Complexes Studied with IR Photodissociation Spectroscopy | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
09/28/04 | Special Seminar Professor Xiaojiang Chen, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Southern California Hexameric Helicases and Replication Licensing | 12:30 p.m., Stauffer Lecture Hall, Room 200 Abstract |
09/27/04 | Physical-Theoretical Professor Leonas Valkunas, Institute of Physics, Vilnius, Lithuania Photosynthetic Excitons | 12:00 Noon, Hedco Auditorium, Room 100 Abstract |
09/22/04 | Special Seminar Sudhakar Madhusoodhanan, University of Southern California Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Oligomers and Polymers for Organic Light Emitting Diodes | 2:00 p.m., SGM 414 Abstract |
09/08/04 | Special Seminar Dr. Richard Roberts, Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology A Chemist's Approach to Protein Synthesis | 12:00 p.m., SGM 101 Abstract |
09/07/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Dr. Ralf Haiges, Department of Chemistry, USC Polynitrogen and Polyazide Chemistry | 12:00 p.m., LHI Library Abstract |
08/27/04 | Special Seminar Melissa Grunlan, University of Southern California Crosslinked Siloxanes: Preparation and Properties | 11:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
08/27/04 | Special Seminar Vladimir Dribinski, University of Southern California Photoelectron and Ion Imaging Studies of the Mixed Valence/Rydberg Excited States of the Chloromethyl Radical, CH2Cl, and the Nitric Oxide Dimer, (NO)2 | 11:00 a.m., SSC 319 Abstract |
08/26/04 | Inorganic-Biochemistry Gian Gacho, University of Southern California In vivo cancer targeting and imaging with semiconductor quantum dots | 5:00 p.m., ZHS 163 Abstract |
08/23/04 | Special Seminar Feng Liu, University of Southern California Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nonlinear Optical Chromophores for Electro-Optical Applications | 9:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
08/16/04 | Organic-Materials Professor V. Prakash Reddy, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Rolla Recent Studies on Carbocations | 11:00 a.m., Olah Library Abstract |
04/07/02 | Inorganic Professor Natalia Shustoa, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina tba | 12:30 p.m., SSL 202 Abstract |
04/01/02 | Other tba, tba Symposium in Honor of Professor Geoff Coates | 9:00 a.m., Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Room 450 Abstract |
00/00/00 | Chemical Biology Professor Hien Nguyen, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University tba | tba Abstract |