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 |
| Sept 20 | Christian Goldsmith Auburn University |
Vince Ortiz |
Designing Coordination Compounds to Tune the Regioselectivity of Alkane Oxidation and Directly Sense H2O2 by MRI |
| 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 |
| Oct 11 | Bill Baker University of South Florida |
Stewart Schneller |
90 Degrees of Marine Natural Products Research |
| Oct 18 | Jin Xie University of Georgia |
Curtis Shannon |
Surface Modified Nanoparticles for Tumor Imaging and Drug Delivery |
| Oct 25 | Michael Salazar Union University |
Vincent Ortiz |
Designing a QM/MM method for the simulation of complex chemical processes |
| Nov 1 | Brian M. Hoffman Northwestern University |
Evert Duin |
Towards the mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase |
| 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 |