Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquia

   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.

 

Fall 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
Sept 13
Christopher J. Easley
Auburn University
Vince Ortiz

Bioanalytical Methods for Probing Endocrine Tissue in Nanoliter-Scale Volumes
Webpage

Sept 20 Christian Goldsmith
Auburn University
Vince Ortiz

Designing Coordination Compounds to Tune the Regioselectivity of Alkane Oxidation and Directly Sense H2O2 by MRI
Webpage

Sept 27 Jean-Luc Brédas
Georgia Tech
Wei Zhan Electronic and Optical Processes in Organic Solar Cells: Towards an Integrated Molecular Picture
Webpage
Oct 4 Peter Panizzi
Auburn University School of Pharmacy
Evert Duin

Novel Myeloperoxidase Inhibitors as Therapy for Ischemic Injury and Strategies for Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria
Webpage

Oct 11 Bill Baker
University of South Florida
Stewart Schneller

90 Degrees of Marine Natural Products Research
Webpage

Oct 18 Jin Xie
University of Georgia
Curtis Shannon

Surface Modified Nanoparticles for Tumor Imaging and Drug Delivery
Webpage

Oct 25 Michael Salazar
Union University
Vincent Ortiz

Designing a QM/MM method for the simulation of complex chemical processes
Webpage

Nov 1 Brian M. Hoffman
Northwestern University
Evert Duin

Towards the mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase
Webpage

Nov 8 Adrian Roitberg
University of Florida
Orlando Acevedo Sometimes a pKa is not a pKa. Protein Simulations at constant pH.
Webpage
Nov 15 Douglas Strout
Alabama State University
Rik Blumenthal Role of curvature in isomer stability of N22C2
Webpage

 

Prior Colloquium