Spring 2012 Colloquium Schedule
Refreshments at 3:30 pm, Seminar from 3:45 - 4:45 pm
Chemistry Building, Room 134
| Date | Speaker | Host | Title and Web Address |
| Jan 10 |
Eli Chapman, The Scripps Research Institute (Special Time 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Tuesday) |
Vince Ortiz | Structure and function of a protein unfolding machine Webpage |
| Jan 17 |
Steven Mansoorabadi, University of Texas at Austin (Special Time 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Tuesday) |
Vince Ortiz | (S)-2-Hydroxypropylphosphonate Epoxidase: Mechanism, Reactivity, and Substrate Flexibility of an Unusual Non-heme Iron-dependent Enzyme Webpage |
| Jan 19 |
Theodore Betley, Harvard University | Chris Goldsmith | Iron Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization Webpage |
| Jan 24 |
Gottfried Schroeder, University of Texas at Austin (Special Time 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Tuesday) |
Vince Ortiz | Reaction of cis-3-Chloroacrylic Acid Dehalogenase with an Allene Substrate, 2,3-Butadienoate: Hydration Via an Enamine |
| Jan 26 | No Seminar Today |
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| Jan 31 |
Adam Barb, University of Georgia (Special Time 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Tuesday) |
Vince Ortiz | NMR analysis demonstrates the IgG N-glycans are accessible and dynamic Webpage |
| Feb 2 |
David Lynn, Emory | Susanne Striegler | Tinker, Taylor, Soldier Spy: Or how we design, modify, attack and characterize dynamic combinatorial libraries for Chemical Evolution. Webpage |
| Feb 7 |
Eric Brustad, Caltech (Special Time 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Tuesday) |
Vince Ortiz | Structure-Guided Directed Evolution of Highly Selective P450-based Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sensors for Dopamine and Serotonin Webpage |
| Feb 9 | John Herbert, Ohio State University | Konrad Patkowski | Quantum chemistry in the condensed phase: DNA, solvated electrons, and beyond Webpage |
| Feb 16 | Norman Dovichi, Notre Dame | Chris Easley | Diagonal capillary electrophoresis Webpage |
| Feb 23 | F. Ivy Carroll, Research Triangle Park | Stewart Schneller | Design, Synthesis, and Development of Selective Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonists Webpage |
| Mar 1 | No Seminar Today |
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| Mar 8 | Takashi Ito, Kansas State University | Wei Zhan | TBA Webpage |
| Mar 15 | Spring Break | ||
| Mar 22 | Anthony Bell, U. of Southern Mississippi | Holly Ellis | Toward the incorporation of unnatural amino acids into bioactive peptides Webpage |
| Mar 29 | Ashley Beasley Green, NIST Gaithersburg |
Vince Ortiz |
Qualitative and Quantitative Protein Metrology Webpage |
| Apr 12 | Thomas J. Meyer, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | David Stanbury | "Solar Fuels" |
| Apr 19 | No Seminar Today |
Fall 2011 Colloquium Schedule
Refreshments at 3:30 pm, Seminar from 3:45 - 4:45 pm
Chemistry Building, Room 134
| Date | Speaker | Host | Title and Web Address |
| Sept 7 |
Orlando Acevedo, Auburn University (Special Time 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Wednesday) |
Vince Ortiz |
Development of Antiretroviral Compounds Targeting Cyclophilins Webpage |
| Sept 22 |
Wei Zhan, Auburn University |
Vince Ortiz | Lipid-Assembled Molecular Photovoltaic Systems Webpage |
| Sept 29 |
Rigoberto Hernandez, Georgia Tech | Orlando Acevedo |
Adaptive steered molecular dynamics: Unfolding of Neuropeptide Y and Decaalanine Stretching Abstract Webpage |
| Oct 6 |
Steven Gwaltney |
Vince Ortiz |
Better Ways to Counter Nerve Gases through Computational Chemistry Webpage |
| Oct 13 |
CANCELLED | Susanne Striegler |
Webpage |
| Oct 20 |
Abby L. Parrill, University of Memphis | Edward Parish |
Rational Approaches to Autotaxin Inhibition Webpage |
| Oct 27 |
Jake D. Soper, Georgia Tech |
Chris Goldsmith | Almost Alchemy: Radical Ligands Facilitate Palladium-Like Coupling Reactions at Manganese and Cobalt Abstract Webpage |
| Nov 3 |
Joseph P. Emerson |
David Stanbury |
Exploring substrate binding and selectivity in non-heme metalloenzymes Webpage |
| Nov 10 |
Y. George Zheng |
Peter Livant |
Chemical Biology of Histone Arginine Methylation Webpage |
| Nov 17 |
Joseph W. Perry |
Wei Zhan |
Organic Materials for Optical Switching Webpage |
| Nov 24 |
Thanksgiving |
Prior Colloquium
Ashley Beasley Green, NIST Gaithersburg
Spring 2011 Colloquium Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Host | Title and Web Address |
| Jan 13 |
Shanlin Pan, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
Curtis Shannon |
Organic Hybrid Photovoltaics and Interfacial Charge Transfer Characterization using Single Molecule Spectroelectrochemistry Webpage |
| Jan 20 |
David Dixon, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa | Orlando Acevedo | Computational Studies of Inorganic Compounds for Catalysis and Hydrogen Storage Applications Webpage |
| Jan 27 |
Dennis Kyle, University of South Florida, Tampa | Stewart Schneller |
Drug Discovery Strategies for Multidrug Resistant Malaria Webpage |
| Feb 3 |
Raquel L. Lieberman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta | Susanne Striegler |
Biophysical characterization of purified myocilin: glaucoma in the context of a protein misfolding disorder Webpage Abstract |
| Feb 10 | Gangli Wang, Georgia State University, Atlanta |
Wei Zhan |
Single Molecule Counter and Ionic Transport Impedance Characteristics at Individual Nanopores Webpage |
| Feb 17 | Laura S. Busenlehner, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa | Curtis Shannon |
A Bioinorganic and Structural Characterization of the Iron-Chaperone Frataxin Webpage |
| Feb 24 |
Rhett C. Smith, Clemson University, Clemson | Chris Goldsmith | Supramolecular, Colvalent and Coordination Control of Inter-Pi-System Orientations Webpage |
| Mar 3 |
Robert McFeeters, University of Alabama in Huntsville | Smita Mohanty | Scytovirin: A Carbohydrate Binding Antiviral Entry Inhibitor Webpage |
| Mar 10 | Brian Powell, Clemson University |
Anne Gorden |
Biogeochemical Controls of Actinide Environmental Behavior Webpage |
| Mar 17 |
Spring Break |
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| Mar 24 |
Robert A. Scott, University of Georgia, Athens | Chris Goldsmith |
Metal Speciation for Metalloproteomics using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Webpage |
| Mar 31 |
Christopher J. Easley, Auburn University | Vince Ortiz | Small-Volume Immunoassays and Microfluidic Secretion Sampling for Examining Endocrine Systems Webpage |
| April 7 | Kit Bowen, Johns Hopkins University | Vince Ortiz | Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Cluster Anions Webpage |
| April 14 | Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University | Chris Goldsmith | Hydrogen-Bond Donors in Asymmetric Catalysis Webpage |
| April 21 |
Cathy Murphy, University of Illinois |
John Gorden | Three Short Stories About Gold Nanorods Abstract |
Fall 2010 Colloquium Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Host | Title and Web Address |
| Sept 2 | Anne Gorden | Vince Ortiz | Webpage |
| Sept 9 | Smita Mohanty | Vince Ortiz | Pheromone perception: Structure & Function of Pheromone Binding Protein Webpage |
| Sept 16 | Jamie B. Neidert, AMRDEC/WDI - | Rik Blumenthal | CANCELLED |
| Sept 23 | Justin Gallivan, Emory University | Susanne Striegler | Reprogramming Bacteria with Small Molecules and RNA Webpage |
| Sept 30 | Peter E. Prevelige , Jr., University of Alabama at Birmingham | Smita Mohanty | Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for Structural Biology Webpage |
| Oct 7 | Brian Keller, Kennesaw University | Evert Duin | Fiber-optic Capillary Nanosensors Webpage |
| Oct 14 | CANCELLED | CANCELLED | |
| Oct 21 | Zi-Ling (Ben) Xue, The University of Tennessee Knoxville | Wei Zhan | Chemistry of Transition Metal Compounds. Microelectronic Applications and Biochemical Analysis Webpage |
| Oct 28 | C. David Sherrill, Georgia Institute of Technology | Vince Ortiz | Understanding and Modeling Non-covalent Interactions Webpage |
| Nov 4 | Julia Brumaghim, Clemson University | Chris Goldsmith | The Role of Metal Coordination in Antioxidant Prevention of DNA Damage Webpage |
| Nov 11 | Robert Compton, University of Tennessee Knoxville | Vince Ortiz | Negative Ions Webpage Abstract |
| Nov 18 | Kevin Shaughnessy, Univ. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa |
Anne Gorden | Ligands for Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling: Importance of Steric and Electronic Properties Webpage |
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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 | Studying Biological Systems through Organic Chemistry Webpage |
| Jan 21 | Andrew Lyon, Georgia Tech | Curtis Shannon | Self-Assembly and Dynamics of Microstructured Hydrogel Films Webpage |
| Jan 28 | Geert-Jan Boons, CCRC, University of Georgia | Susanne Striegler | A fully synthetic carbohydrate-based vaccine for cancer 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 | Computational studies on properties and interactions of metal cluster, fullerenes, and carbon nanotubes 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 | Synthetic Modeling of Nickel Superoxide Dismutase (Ni-SOD): A New Role for Nickel in Biology 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 | Seeking Novel Reactivity and Selectivity in Modern Organic Synthesis. Bio-inspired Metal catalysis in Sulfur-based Systems. Webpage |
| Apr 1 | Chris Goldsmith, Auburn University | Vince Ortiz | "Strategies Towards the Selective Halogenation of Hydrocarbons" Webpage |
| Apr 8 | Arthur Ragauskas, Georgia Tech | Susanne Striegler | " A Love Affair with Cu: Green Chemistry Oxidations from Laccase to Cu-complexes in Ionic Liquids" Webpage |
| Apr 15 | Kurt Warncke, Emory University | Evert Duin | "Dynamical roots of radical catalysis in B12 enzymes" 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 |
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 |
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| Apr 23 | Larry Delucas, University of Alabama Birmingham | Novel Expression, Solubilization/Stabilization Technologies for Aqueous and Membrane Proteins Webpage |
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| Apr 30 | Dead Day Symposium COSAM |
TBA Webpage |
Fall 2008 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
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Date |
Speaker |
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Aug 21 |
Evert Duin |
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Aug 28 |
Susanne Striegler |
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Sep 4 |
Warren O. Haggard, University of Memphis |
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Sep 11 |
Slavi Sevov, University of Notre Dame |
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Sep 18 |
Joe Francisco, Purdue University |
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Sep 25 |
Ken Klabunde, Kansas State University |
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Oct 2 |
Trevor Hayton, UC Santa Barbara |
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Oct 9 |
Yulia Pushkar, Dept of Physics Purdue University |
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Oct 16 |
Tijana Rajh, |
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Oct 23 |
Michael Best, University of Tennessee |
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Oct 30 |
Frank Delaglio, NMR Science and National Institues of Health |
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Nov 6 |
C. Michael Lindsay, Eglin Air Force Base |
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Nov 13 |
Chuck Sanders, Vanderbilt University |
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Nov 20 |
Merlin Bruening, Michigan State University |
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Dec 4 |
George Christou, University of Florida |
SPRING 2008 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
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Date |
Speaker |
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Feb 14 |
Lynn Francesconi, Hunter College, CUNY |
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Feb 21* |
David Shuh, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Feb 28 |
Victor Marquez, National Institutes of Health |
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Mar 6 |
Squire Booker, Penn. State University |
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Mar 13 |
James Bresee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Mar 20 |
Spring Break |
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Mar 27 |
Smita Mohanty, Auburn University |
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Apr 3 |
Anne Gorden, Auburn University |
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Apr 10 |
Dan Stack, Stanford University |
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Apr 17 |
Elliot Bernstein, Colorado State University |
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Apr 24 |
Wiliam Lennarz, SUNY Stony Brook |
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Apr 28 |
Barry Trost , Stanford University |
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Apr29** |
Barry Trost , Stanford University |
*2008 Center for Actinide Science R.G. Haire Lecture
**2008 Kosolapoff Award Lectures
Fall 2007 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
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Date |
Speaker |
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Aug 16 |
Evert Duin, Auburn University |
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Aug 23 |
Open |
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Aug 30 |
Kenneth Klabunde, Kansas State University |
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Sep 6 |
Michael Heaven, Emory University |
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Sep 13 |
Mike Huggins, University of West Florida |
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Sep 20 |
Nicola Pohl, Iowa State University |
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Sep 27 |
Alicia Beatty, Mississippi State University |
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Oct 4 |
Jim Rusling, University of Connecticut |
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Oct 11 |
Massimo Olivucci, Bowling Green State University |
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Oct 18 |
Open |
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Oct 25 |
Naresh Dalal, Florida State University |
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Nov 1 |
Mark Hughes, Genesis Genetics Institute |
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Nov 8 |
Drahomír Hnyk, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences |
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Nov 15 |
John Shriver, University of Alabama, Huntsville |
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Nov 29 |
Tim Snowden, University of Alabama |
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Dec 6 |
Richard Caprioli, Vanderbilt University |
Spring 2007 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
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Date |
Speaker |
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Jan 8 |
Christian Goldsmith, MIT |
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Jan 11 |
Mike Freeman, Haz Mat, Auburn University |
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Jan 16 |
Burjor Captain, University of South Carolina |
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Jan 18 |
Aaron Lucius, University of Alabama Birmingham |
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Jan 25 |
Rich Behrens, Sandia National Laboratory |
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Feb 8 |
Paul Norgaard, Auburn University |
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Feb 15 |
Tianbo Liu, Lehigh University |
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Feb 22 |
Greg Robinson, University of Georgia |
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Mar 1 |
Manny Soriaga, Texas A&M |
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Mar 8 |
Chris Cahill, George Washington University |
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Mar 15 |
Reid Gilmore, University of Massachusetts Medical Center |
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Mar 22 |
Alexander Backes, GPC Biotech |
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Apr 3 |
Robert H. Grubbs, Cal Inst of Tech |
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Apr 4 |
Robert H. Grubbs, Cal Inst of Tech |
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Apr 12 |
Eugene Mueller, University of Delaware |
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Apr 19 |
Ryszard Jankowiak, Kansas State University |
FALL 2006 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
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Date |
Speaker |
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Aug 17 |
Holly Ellis, Auburn University |
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Aug 24 |
Susanne Striegler, Auburn University |
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Aug 31 |
Kevin Redding, University of Alabama |
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Sep 6* |
Christopher Worley, Los Alamos National Lab |
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Sep 14 |
Robert Corn, UC Irvine |
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Sep 21 |
Charlie Hoyle, Southern Mississippi |
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Sep 28 |
Jerry Meyer, Johns Hopkins |
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Oct 5 |
Sue Ann Balch, Auburn, Office of International Ed. |
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Oct 12 |
Jim Prestegard, University of Georgia |
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Oct 26 |
Shouzhong Zou, Miami University, Ohio |
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Nov 2 |
Brian Fox, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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Nov 8* |
Richard Finke, Colorado State University |
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Nov 30 |
Michael Marletta, UC Berkeley |
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Dec 7 |
Peter Beal, University of Utah |
SPRING 2006 COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE
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Jan 12 |
O. Acevedo, Yale |
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Jan 19 |
V. Ortiz, Kansas State |
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Jan 23 |
J. Gorden, UC Berkeley |
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Jan 25 |
G. Stanley, Louisiana State |
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Jan 30 |
D. Gorman-Lewis, Notre Dame |
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Jan 31 |
C. Korzeniewski, Texas Tech |
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Feb 6 |
K. Parker, SUNY, Stony Brook |
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Feb 9 |
B. Palfey, Michigan |
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Feb 16 |
R. Wagner, Minnesota |
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Feb 23 |
J. Sessler, UT Austin |
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Mar 9 |
J. Olson, Rice University |
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Mar 16 |
A. Gewirth, Illinois |
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Mar 30 |
ACS/Spring Break |
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Apr 6 |
R. Garrell, UCLA |
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Apr 13 |
T. Albrecht-Schmitt, Auburn University |
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Apr 20 |
K. Shea, UC Irvine |
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Apr 27 |
D. Dlott, Illinois |
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May 1-2 |
K.C. Nicolaou, Scripps |