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Colloquium Program

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
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Apr 22 Robert Crabtree, Yale University Vince Ortiz Some Green Transformations: Selectivity without Protecting Groups and Reactivity without Activating Groups
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Apr 29 Sir Harold Kroto, Florida State University Vince Ortiz

Science, Society and Sustainability

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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

 

Prior Colloquium