Fall 2019 Seminar Schedule

Seminar Schedule

*Seminars are generally held in Chemistry A-203 unless otherwise noted

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W Sep 4
2:30PM		 Was Plagiarism Involved in the Development of the Woodward-Hoffmann Rules?
Jeffrey Seeman, University of Richmond | Host: William Bailey
W Sep 11
2:30PM		 Synthetic Chromatin and Mirror Image Oligonucleotides
Jonathan Sczepanski, Texas A&M University | Host: Jessica Rouge
W Sep 18
2:30PM		 Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Organoruthenium(II) Complexes
Annie Castonguay, Institut National de la Recherché Scientifique | Host: Alfredo Angeles
W Sep 25
2:30PM		 Adventures in Solid State Chemistry: From Theoretical Insight to Application-Driven Materials Design
Michael Shatruk, Florida State University | Host: Alfredo Angeles
Th Sept 26
3:30PM		 Anisotropic Arm Growth in Unconventional Semiconductor CdSe/ CdS Nanotetrapod Synthesis Using Core/Shell CdSe/CdS as Seeds

Xudong Wang, University of Connecticut
W Oct 2
2:30PM		 The Impact of Mass Spectrometry-Based Assays in Early Stage Drug Discovery
Besnik Bajrami, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Harvard | Host: Jim Rusling
Th Oct 3
3:30PM		 Challenges and Opportunities: How to Succeed in Research and Enjoy a Productive Academic Career—Balancing Teaching, Research, and Service with “me” Time
Karen Wooley, Posner/Newburger Distinguished Lecture, Texas A&M University | Host: Jie He
F Oct 4
11AM in IMS 20		 Synthetic Strategies by which to Afford Natural Product-Based Polymer Materials: Impacts on Sustainability, Life, Health and the Environment
Karen Wooley, Posner/Newburger Distinguished Lecture, Texas A&M University | Host: Jie He
W Oct 9
2:30PM		 Structure-Based Discovery of New Functions in Large RNAs
Kevin Weeks, University of North Carolina | Host: Jessica Rouge & Mark Peczuh
Th Oct 17
3:30PM		 Compressed Gas and Cryogenic Material Safety
Matthew Krzywda, Airgas| Host: Charlene Fuller
W Oct 23
2:30PM		 Addressing Major Challenges in Mn(I) Catalysis and Synthetic Oxygenases through Ligand Design
David Lacy, SUNY Buffalo| Host: Gaël Ung
Th Oct 24
3:30PM		 Ancient Viruses and How They Influence Humanity
Paul Lawrence, Biocogent, LLC| Host: Jessica Martin (Joint Safety Team)
W Oct 30
2:30PM		 The Role of Cu(II) and pH in the Activity of Antimicrobial Piscidins at Lipid Membranes
Ella Mihailescu, University of Maryland/IBBR| Host: Alfredo Angeles
W Nov 6
2:30PM		 Synthesis of Malonyl-Thioester Analogs for the Study of Fatty Acid and Polyketide Synthase C-C Bond Formation
Jeremy Lohman, Purdue University| Host: Marcy Balunas
W Nov 6

4:30PM

CHEM A-304

 **Special Seminar** A Career as a Scientific Editor
Tom Dursch, Editor of "Trends in Chemistry" Journal | Host: Mark Peczuh
W Nov 13
2:30PM		 The Reactivity Landscape of Non-Heme Iron and Nitric Oxide: Fundamental Chemistry and Biological Relevance 
Nicolai Lehnert, University of Michigan | Host: Christian Brueckner
TH Nov 14
3:30PM		 Replacing β-Carbons of porphyrins with Nitrogen or Oxygen atoms
Damaris Thuita, UConn Christian Bruckner's lab| Host: Christian Brueckner
W Nov 20
2:30PM		 In-Situ Enviromental (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy of Solid Catalysts at Work: Challenges and Opportunities
Yuanyuan Zhu, University of Connecticut | Host: Doug Adamson
F Nov 22
2:30PM		 TBA
James Wishart, Brookhaven National Laboratory | Wilson Chiu and Tomo Mani
W Dec 4
2:30 PM		 Design Considerations for Macrocycles as Oral Drugs against Protein-Protein Interaction Targets

Adrian Whitty, Boston University | Mark Peczuh
W Dec 11
11:00 AM		 In-Situ NMR of the Catalytic Depolymerization of Lignin Model Polymers
Marcus Foston, Washington University in St Louis | Jie He

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