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The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry sponsors a weekly colloquium program that covers all fields of chemistry. Scientists who have made important contributions to their areas of research present these lectures. The colloquium series offers students and faculty the opportunity to interact directly with other leaders in their fields of specialization and to gain a good overview of the entire range of chemistry. Many arrangements for postdoctoral positions, future research collaborations, and professional employment develop from the interactions of faculty, students, and visiting scientists. In addition to the departmental seminars, students participate in weekly seminars in their chosen area of chemistry.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

FALL 2009 / SPRING 2010 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE

Date	Speaker	Host	Title and Web Address
Aug 20	Adam Woolley, Brigham Young University	Chris Easley	Integrated microfluidic devices for rapid quantification of serum proteins Webpage
Aug 27	Bernhard Kippelen, GATech	Jimmy Mills	Organic photovoltaics: status and promise Abstract Webpage
Sep 3	Smita Mohanty, Auburn University	Vince Ortiz	Structure and Function Studies of Proteins with high-resolution Solution NMR Webpage
Sep 10	Christoph J. Fahrni, GATech.	Chris Goldsmith	Synthetic Probes for Imaging Cellular Copper by Optical and X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy Webpage
Sep 17	Justin Gallivan, Emory University	Susanne Striegler	Reprogramming Bacteria with Small Molecules and RNA Webpage
Sep 24	Darren W. Johnson, University of Oregon	Anne Gorden	Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry: Main Group Assemblies and Receptors for Anions Webpage
Oct 1	David O. Wipf, Mississippi State University	Chris Easley	New Imaging Techniques in Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Webpage
Oct 8	Tianquan (Tim) Lian, Emory University	Wei Zhan	Ultrafast Charge Transfer from Quantum dots - Towards Multi-Exciton Dissociation Webpage
Oct 15	Jeffrey W. Fergus, Auburn University – Materials Engineering	David Stanbury	Materials Challenges for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Webpage
Oct 22	Greg Tschumper, University of Mississippi	Vince Ortiz	New insights into non-covalent interactions: From water clusters ot novel models for π-type interactions Webpage
Oct 29	Michael Roper, Florida State University	Chris Easley	Microfluidic perfusion system to measure cellular release Webpage
Nov 5	Jamie B. Neidert	Rik Blumenthal	Solid Rocket Propellant Chemistry
Nov 12	Gregory J. Grant, University of Tennessee – Chattanooga	Chris Goldsmith	Lords of the Thioether Rings: Squares, triangles, square pyramids, and trigonal bipyramids in thiacrown platinum(II) complexes Webpage
Nov 19	Marcus Lay, University of Georgia	Curtis Shannon	Purification of SWNT Suspensions and Formation of 2-D Networks of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Abstract Webpage
Dec 3	Donald Hamelberg, Georgia State University	Orlando Acevedo	Molecular dynamics simulations of long-timescale biomolecular switches Webpage
Jan 14	Tim Dore, University of Georgia	Anne Gorden	TBA Webpage
Jan 21	Andrew Lyon, Georgia Tech	Curtis Shannon	TBA Webpage
Jan 28	Geert-Jan Boons, CCRC, University of Georgia	Susanne Striegler	TBA Webpage
Feb 4	Virginia Davis, Auburn University – Chemical Engineering	Curtis Shannon	Macroscale Assembly of Nanocylinders: New Materials Meet a 120-Year Old Field Webpage
Feb 11	Jerzy Leszczynski, Jackson State University	Vince Ortiz	TBA Webpage
Feb 18	Cora MacBeth, Emory University	Chris Goldsmith	Regulating small molecule binding at transition metal centers: lessons in ligand design Webpage
Feb 25	Mark Byrne, Auburn University – Chemical Engineering	Susanne Striegler	Novel Therapeutic Delivery Platforms for Controlled Release Webpage
Mar 4	Todd Harrop, University of Georgia	Chris Goldsmith	TBA Webpage
Mar 11	Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University	Vince Ortiz	A trio of stories around the third element Webpage
Mar 25	Lanny Liebeskind, Emory University	Peter Livant	TBA Webpage
Apr 1	Chris Goldsmith, Auburn University	Vince Ortiz	TBA Webpage
Apr 8	Arthur Ragauskas, Georgia Tech	Susanne Striegler	TBA Webpage
Apr 15	Kurt Warncke, Emory University	Evert Duin	TBA Webpage
Apr 22	Robert Crabtree, Yale University	Vince Ortiz	Some Green Transformations: Selectivity without Protecting Groups and Reactivity without Activating Groups Webpage
Apr 29	Sir Harold Kroto, Florida State University	Vince Ortiz	Science, Society and Sustainability Webpage

PRIOR DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Spring 2009 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE

Date	Speaker	Host	Title and Web Address
Jan 15	Paul Cremer, Texas A & M	Wei Zhan	Using Supported Bilayers as a Nanoscale Separation Matrix Webpage
Jan 22	David Atwood, University of Kentucky	Annie Gorden	Group 13 Chelates in Nerve Agent and Pesticide Destruction Webpage
Jan 29	Xiaodong Cheng, Emory University	Smita Mohanty	Epigenetic link between DNA methylation and histone modifications Webpage
Feb 5	Giovanni Gadda, Georgia State University	Holly Ellis	Effect of protein flavinylation on the reaction of hydride ion transfer catalyzed by flavin-dependent enzymes Webpage
Feb 12	Larry Delucas, University of Alabama Birmingham	Smita Mohanty	TBA Webpage
Feb 19	Mark Jensen,	Anne Gorden	Hijacking Proteins with Plutonium Webpage
Feb 26	George O’Doherty, West Virginia University	Stewart Schneller	De Novo Synthesis in Carbohydrate Medicinal Chemistry Webpage
Mar 5	Janarthanan Jayawickramarajah, Tulane University	Annie Gorden	DNA-Small Molecule Chimeras: A New Class of Responsive Protein-Binding Agents Webpage
Mar 12	David Spivak, Louisianna State University	Susanne Striegler	TBA Webpage
Mar 19	Spring Break
Mar 26	Orlando Acevedo, Auburn University	J. Vincent Ortiz	Computational Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Apr 2	Wei Zhan, Auburn University	J. Vincent Ortiz	TBA webpage
Apr 9	Devens Gust, Arizona State University	Wei Zhan	Bioinspired Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion Webpage
Apr 16	Open,		TBA Webpage
Apr 23	Larry Delucas, University of Alabama Birmingham		Novel Expression, Solubilization/Stabilization Technologies for Aqueous and Membrane Proteins Webpage
Apr 30	Dead Day Symposium COSAM		TBA Webpage

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