Colloquium Archives



Colloquium Archives 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

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 2024 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

8/29/2024 Nozomi Ando
Cornell University
 Steve Mansoorabadi
The Structural Biology of Proteins in Motion 
9/5/2024 Ahmed Hamid
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin
Advanced Diagnostics using Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry
9/12/2024 Robert Hondal
University of Vermont
Katherine Rush
Why I Think Selenium is Used in Biology 
9/19/2024
Christopher Newton
University of Georgia
 Brad Merner
N/A
9/26/2024  Deng Yongming
IUPUI
Rashad Karimov
New Avenue for Single-Electron Chemistry of Pyridine N-oxides in Synthesis and Catalysis 
10/3/2024  Zeng Yong
University of Florida
 Chris Easley
Multimodal Bioanalysis of Extracellular Vesicles Towards Liquid Biopsy Diagnosis of Cancer 
10/17/2024  Heather Allen
Ohio State University
Paul Ohno
 
10/24/2024 Christian Bleiholder
Florida State University
Ahmed Hamid
 
10/31/2024 Thomas Brunold
University of Wisconsin
Katherine Rush
 
11/7/2024
Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy
Florida State University
Rahul Banerjee  
11/14/2024 Frank Spano
Temple University
Chris Grieco
 
11/21/2024
 Paul Lindahl
Texas A&M University
 Evert Duin  
12/5/2024
Christopher Bejger
UNC Charlotte
Byron Farnum
 

 

Spring 2024 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

1/11/2024 Gregory Hughes
Merck
 Rashad Karimov
The Development of a Long Term Biocatalytic Cascade Approach to Islatravir 
1/25/2024 Si Wu
University of Alabama
Ahmed Hamid High-Throughput Quantitative Top-Down MS 
2/1/2024 Brad Pierce
University of Alabama
Steve Mansoorabadi EPR Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Interrogation of Outer-Sphere Interactions Among Thiol Dioxygenase Enzymes 
2/8/2024
Scott Daly
University of Iowa
 Ethan Hill Ligand Design with Boron and Phosphorus: From Transition Metal Catalysis to Covalency Investigations with f-Elements 
2/15/2024  Facundo Fernandez
Georgia Tech
Ahmed Hamid Next Gen Metabolomics Technologies: Machine Learning, Imaging, Ion Mobility and Triboelectric Nanogenerators 
2/22/2024  Craig Bayse
Old Dominion University
 Katherine Rush Modeling Approaches to Bioinorganic Redox, Signaling, and Anti-microbial Mechanisms 
2/29/2024  Art Bragg
Johns Hopkins University
Chris Grieco Exciton Dynamics in Templated Molecular Assemblies 
3/12/2024 Gayan Wijeratne
University of Alabama
Chris Goldsmith Investigating Heme Superoxo and Peroxo Mediated Pathways of Heme Enzymes Using Functional Synthetic Mimics
3/14/2024 Chris Grieco
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin Probing Charge Carriers in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Polymers 
3/21/2024
Alexey Silakov
Penn State University
Rahul Banerjee Understanding the Inner Workings of Hydrogen-Producing Enzymes 
3/27/2024 John Hartwig
UC Berkeley
Rashad Karimov (Kosolapoff Award Lecture)
Catalyzing Chemical Synthesis
3/28/2024
 John Hartwig
UC Berkeley
 Rashad Karimov  (Kosolapoff Award Lecture)
Laboratory Chemistry in an Artificial Enzyme... in a Cell... in Biosynthesis
4/4/2024 (Cancelled)
Eri Saikawa
Emory University
Stew Schneller  
4/11/2024 (Cancelled)
 Brian Clowers
Washington State University
Ahmed Hamid   
4/18/2024  Miriam Freedman
Penn State University
Paul Ohno Atmospheric Phase Transitions: Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Ice Nucleation 
4/25/2024 Sarah Michel
University of Maryland
Katherine Rush  Metals in Biology: From Zinc Finger Proteins to Iron Nanomedicines to Electronic Cigarettes Batteries to Conducting Polymers 

Fall 2023 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

8/24/2023 Robert Lazenby
Florida State University
 Chris Easley
Development of Multifunctional Electrochemical Probes for Localized Chemical Sensing 
8/31/2023 Maia Popova
UNC Greensboro
 Jordan Harshman
Delving Into Representational Competence: Instructional Landscape, Student Competence, and a Refined Model of Representational Competence Skills
9/7/2023 Sarah Tolbert
UCLA
 Chris Grieco
Exploiting the Power of Materials Chemistry to Improve Energy Materials – From Nanostructured Batteries to Conducting Polymers 
9/21/2023
Andy McNally
Colorado State University
Rashad Karimov
Selective Functionalization of Pyridines, Diazines and Pharmaceuticals via Unconventional Intermediates 
9/28/2023  Vinayak Agarwal
Georgia Tech
Rahul Banerjee
Opportunities, and Challenges in Engineering Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways
10/05/2023  Oleksandr Isayev
Carnegie Mellon University
Konrad Patkowski
Neural Networks Learning Computational Chemistry 
10/12/2023  Tom Baker
University of Ottawa
Ethan Hill
Need a Hand with That? Mechanistic Approaches to Ligand-Assisted First Row Metal Catalysis 
10/19/2023 David Cliffel
Vanderbilt University
Wei Zhan
Instrumenting Organs on a Chip with Electrochemistry 
10/26/2023
Sharon Rozovsky
University of Delaware
Katherine Rush
Signaling, Sensing, and Enzymatic Roles of Disordered Selenoproteins 
11/2/2023 Emily Que
UT Austin
Chris Goldsmith
Inorganic approaches for 19F Magnetic Resonance Biosensing 
11/9/2023
 Noemie Elgrishi
Louisiana State University
 Byron Farnum
Exploring Non-Covalent Interactions to Improve Electrochemical Energy Storage and Water Purification 
11/16/2023
Christy Landes
UIUC
Paul Ohno
(Schneller Frontiers Lectureship Series)
Towards Predictive Protein Separations: Imaging Protein Dynamics at Nanoscale Interfaces
11/30/2023  Matthew Thompson
University of Alabama
 Evert Duin
Combatting Fosfomycin Resistance in Gram-Positive Pathogens 

Spring 2023 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

1/19/2023 Yifan Wang
University of Georgia
 Evert Duin
Unraveling Mysteries of a Nitrating Heme Enzyme in Rufomycin Biosynthesis 
1/26/2023 Justin Carmel
Florida International University
 Jordan Harshman
Investigating Sociocultural and Environmental Factors Related to Students' Chemistry Identity Development 
2/2/2023 Renee Frontiera
University of Minnesota
 Paul Ohno
Spectroscopic Probes of Plasmon-Mediated Chemistry 
2/9/2023 (Cancelled)
Emily Que
University of Texas at Austin
Chris Goldsmith
 
2/16/2023  Jackie von Salm
Psilera
Stew Schneller
(PLU Lectureship Series)
How Nature’s Chemistry Continues to Inspire 21st Century Medicine
2/23/2023  Jesse McDaniel
Georgia Tech
Konrad Patkowski
Electrochemical Interfaces: Chemical Reactions and Physical Properties 
3/2/2023  Christine Thomas
Ohio State University
Ethan Hill
Incorporating Metal-Ligand and Metal-Metal Cooperativity into First Row Transition Metal Catalysis
3/15/2023 Laura Gagliardi
University of Chicago
Evangelos Miliordos (Kosolapoff Award Lecture)
Quantum Leaps: Chemistry and Creativity in a Changing World
3/16/2023
Laura Gagliardi
University of Chicago
Evangelos Miliordos
(Kosolapoff Award Lecture)

3/23/2023 Matthew Bush
University of Washington
Ahmed Hamid
Native Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility - Mass Spectrometry of Proteins 
3/30/2023
 Katherine Davis
Emory University
 Rahul Banerjee
Structural Insights into the Biosynthesis and Bioactivity of Natural Products 
4/5/2023
Emily Balskus
Harvard University
Rahul Banerjee
(Schneller Frontiers Lectureship Series)
Deciphering the Human gut Microbiome with Chemistry
4/13/2023  Ramesh Giri
Penn State
 Rashad Karimov
Regioselective Difunctionalization of Alkenes. A Method for Rapid Synthesis of Complex Molecules 
4/20/2023  Cathy Wong
University of Oregon
Chris Grieco
In Situ Transient Absorption Spectroscopy During Materials Formation
4/27/2023 Christo Sevov
Ohio State University
Ming Chen Electrocatalytic C-C and C-N Bond-Forming Reactions

 

Fall 2022 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

8/18/2022 Ming Chen
Auburn University
 Doug Goodwin Enantioselective C-C Bond Formation via Organoboron Compounds
8/25/2022 Jordan Harshman
Auburn University
 Doug Goodwin
Knowledge and Skills Required by Chemists and Perceived to be Gained by Chemistry Doctoral Students
8/30/2022 Rashad Karimov
Auburn University
 Doug Goodwin
Transition Metal Catalysis for Heteroarene Dearomatization and Natural Product Synthesis
9/1/2022 Florencio Hernandez
University of Central Florida
Filip Pawlowski
/ Vince Ortiz
(No title)
9/8/2022  Alex Miller
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ethan Hill
Mechanism-Guided Development of Molecular Catalysts for Solar Fuels
9/15/2022  Steven Malcolmson
Duke University
Ming Chen
An Umpolung Strategy Towards Catalytic Stereoselective Synthesis of Chiral Diamines
9/22/2022  Netz Arroyo
Johns Hopkins University
Chris Easley Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensors for Real-Time Molecular Monitoring in the Body 
9/28/2022 (Postponed)
Emily Balskus
Harvard University
Rahul Banerjee
(Schneller Frontiers Lectureship Series)
Deciphering the Human Gut Microbiome with Chemistry
10/11/2022 Dipti Nayak
University of California, Berkeley
Evert Duin
CRISPR Guided Insights in the Physiology of Methanogenic Enzymes
10/13/2022 (Cancelled)
 Carlos Silva
Georgia Tech
 Chris Grieco
 
10/20/2022 (Cancelled)
Seth Herzon
Yale University
Ming Chen  
10/27/2022  Regis Komperda
San Diego State University
 Jordan Harshman
Measurement in Chemistry Education: Examining the Past and Supporting the Future
11/3/2022  Joel Smith
Florida State University
Rashad Karimov
(No title)
11/10/2022 Tim Lian
Emory University
 Paul Ohno
Structure and Dynamics at Metal Electrode/Electrolyte Interface Probed by In Situ Electrochemical Surface Enhanced/Selective Vibrational Spectroscopic Methods 
11/17/2022 Shane Ardo
University of California, Irvine
Byron Farnum
Lessons Learned from Converting Water into a Protonic Solar Cell 
12/1/2022 Kylie Allen
Virginia Tech
 Steve Mansoorabadi
A Moonlighting Self-Sacrificing Metallo-Oxygenase Required for Folate Biosynthesis in Chlamydia Trachomatis

 

Spring 2022 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

1/13/2022 Xin Cui
Mississippi State University
 Ming Chen From Structural Simplicity to Functionalities: Discovering Selective and Sustainable Catalysis 
1/27/2022 Delia Milliron
University of Texas, Austin
 Byron Farnum Assemblies of Doped Metal Oxide Nanocrystals 
2/3/2022 Livia Eberlin
Baylor College of Medicine
 Ahmed Hamid (Schneller Frontiers Lectureship Series)
Advancing Cancer Research and Treatment with Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry
2/8/2022 Tom Linz
Wayne State University
 Chris Easley High Sensitivity Microfluidic Measurements of Biomolecules 
2/10/2022  Dean Harman
University of Virginia
Rashad Karimov Rapid Synthesis of Topologically Complex Molecules with Tungsten Dearomatization Agents
2/15/2022  Christopher R. Henry
NASA
Stew Schneller (PLU Lectureship Series)
Ionic Liquids and Aspects of ISRU Chemistry
2/17/2022  Jonathan Rivnay
Northwestern University
Chris Grieco Polymer-Based Mixed Conductors for Application in Bioelectronics
2/23/2022 Graham Cooks
Purdue University
Ahmed Hamid (Kosolapoff Award Lecture)
Ions for Analysis, Synthesis, and Surgery
2/24/2022 Graham Cooks
Purdue University
Ahmed Hamid (Kosolapoff Award Lecture)
Ions for Synthesis: Reaction Acceleration
3/3/2022  Sotiris Xantheas
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 Evangelos Miliordos The Many-Body Expansion in Chemistry
3/17/2022 David Nicewicz
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
Ming Chen New Avenues in Synthesis via Organic Photoredox Catalysis
3/24/2022  Ahmed Hamid
Auburn University
 Doug Goodwin Advancing Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Clinical Applications
3/31/2022  Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb
University of Michigan
Steve Mansoorabadi Design Principles for Rieske Oxygenase Chemistry 
4/7/2022 Alena Moon
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
 Jordan Harshman An Exploration of Chemistry Students' Conceptions of Light-Matter Interactions in the Context of Fundamental Experiments 
4/14/2022 Xiaosong Li
University of Washington
Filip Pawlowski
/ Vince Ortiz
Manifestation of Spin-Orbit Coupling in Molecular Spectroscopy
4/21/2022 Jenny Yang
University of California, Irvine
 Ethan Hill Electrifying the Secondary Coordination Sphere: Proximal Cations and Their Effect on Redox Reactivity
4/28/2022 Ben Schwartz
University of California,
Los Angeles
Chris Grieco How Counterions Control the Properties of Carriers in Doped Semiconducting Polymers

 

Fall 2021 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

8/19/2021 Byron Farnum
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin
The Road Less Traveled: Enhancing Two-Electron vs. One-Electron Transfer Reactions for Energy Conversion
8/26/2021 Evangelos Miliordos
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin Can Theory Guide Experiment? Electronic Structure and Reactivity of d- and f-Block Compounds 
9/2/2021 Wei Zhan
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin Hidden Beauty, Assembling Lipids 
9/9/2021 Erin Saitta
University of Central Florida
Jordan Harshman
Exploring the use of Rehearsal Training in a Mixed-Reality Teaching Simulator to Support Active Learning 
9/16/2021 Pavel Nagorny
University of Michigan
Rashad Karimov
Exploring Acetals in Synthesis and Catalysis
9/23/2021  Christopher Uyeda
Purdue University
Byron Farnum
The Simmons-Smith Reaction in the Age of Catalysis
9/30/2021  Nick Manicke
IUPUI
Ahmed Hamid
3D Printed Devices to Enable the Use of Mass Spectrometry for Clinical and Homeland Security Applications 
10/12/2021 Bastian Molitor
Universität Tübingen
 Evert Duin
3A Genetic Toolbox to Unlock Methanothermobacter Thermautotrophicus for Enzyme Production and Power-to-X Applications 
10/21/2021  Patrick Holland
Yale University
Ethan Hill
Nitrogen Binding and Fixation using Iron Complexes 
10/26/2021 Richard Loach
Pfizer
Open Outreach
Chemistry Careers at Pfizer and more 
10/28/2021  Robert DiStasio
Cornell University
Konrad Patkowski How Dimensionality, Topology, and Void Space Influence the van der Waals Scaling Landscape across the Nanoscale 
11/11/2021  Christopher Thibodeaux
McGill University
Steve Mansoorabadi
Mass Spectrometry Tools for Investigating Peptide Natural Product Biosynthetic Enzymes 
11/18/2021 Gregory Hartland
University of Notre Dame
Jimmy Mills Ultrafast Studies of Metal Nanoparticles 

 

Spring 2021 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

1/14/2021 Thomas Mallouk
University of Pennsylvania
Byron Farnum
Managing Electrons and Protons in the Bio-Inspired Production of Solar Fuels
1/21/2021 Judy Wu
University of Houston
Konrad Patkowski Molecules in a Hurry to Escape Antiaromaticity
1/28/2021 Wei-Chen Chang
North Carolina State University
Steve Mansoorabadi
Mechanistic Studies and Potential Application of Non-Heme Iron Enzymes in Natural Product Biosynthesis
2/4/2021 Wendy Young
Genentech
Stew Schneller Delivering Innovative Medicines: Small Changes Can Have a Large Effect
2/11/2021 David Muddiman
North Carolina State University
Ahmed Hamid
Scientific Discovery and Impact Through Innovative Mass Spectrometry Measurements: From Plants and Model Organisms to Humans
2/18/2021  Alex Radosevich
MIT
Ethan Hill 'Shaping' Reactivity in Organophosphorus Redox Catalysis
2/23/2021  Peter-Leon Hagedoorn
TU Delft
Evert Duin Caught in the Act – Transient Intermediates in the Reaction Mechanism of the Heme Enzyme Chlorite Dismutase with its Natural Substrate, Observed with Microsecond Timescale Rapid Kinetics Techniques
2/25/2021 Garnet Chan
Caltech
 Evangelos Miliordos
Snapshots of Quantum Chemistry
3/4/2021 Jennifer DuBois
Montana State University
Doug Goodwin A World Without Oxygen or Heme: Grappling with the Before Times and Inner Space
3/11/2021  Thomas Hoye
University of Minnesota
Rashad Karimov
Newer Developments with the Hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) Reaction
4/22/2021 Qiu Wang
Duke University
Ming Chen Alkene Amino Difunctionalization as a Rapid Approach to Diverse Heterocycles
3/25/2021  Suazette Mooring
Georgia State University
Jordan Harshman Student Understanding of Acids and Bases from General Chemistry to Biochemistry
4/8/2021  Robert Mathers
Penn State New Kensington
Stew Schneller (PLU Lectureship Series)
What Will Happen to the Enormous Quantity of Plastic Debris in the Oceans?
4/15/2021  Liviu Mirica
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Chris Goldsmith Novel Theranostic Agents for Alzheimer’s Disease
4/20/2021  Hrant Hratchian
University of California, Merced
Vince Ortiz
 

 

 Fall 2020 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

8/27/2020
Jordan Harshman
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin Innovating Education in Graduate and Undergraduate Chemistry
9/3/2020 Rashad Karimov
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin Development of Synthetic Strategies and Methodologies for Natural Product Synthesis and Beyond
9/10/2020 Christian Goldsmith
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin New Applications for Redox-Active Ligands: Detecting and Treating Oxidative Stress
9/15/2020 Alexander Boldyrev
Utah State University
Vince Ortiz  Delocalized Chemical Bonding in Chemistry
9/17/2020 Konrad Patkowski
Auburn University
Doug Goodwin  Adventures in Intermolecular Space
 9/22/2020  John Anderson
University of Chicago
Ethan Hill Synthesis and Reactivity of a Terminal Co Oxo Complex
9/24/2020  Serena DeBeer
Max Planck Institute
Evert Duin The Evolution of Electronic Complexity in Biology: Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Studies of Iron Sulfur Clusters
 9/29/2020 Ginger Shultz
University of Michigan
 Jordan Harshman
Capturing Student Reasoning About Molecular Structure and Behavior
 10/1/2020 Varinder Aggarwal
University of Bristol
Ming Chen  Synthesis in a Boron World
10/8/2020  Nathan DeYonker
University of Memphis
Konrad Patkowski Reproducible, Rational, and Rigorous QM-cluster Enzyme Models
10/13/2020  Robert Phipps
University of Cambridge
Rashad Karimov Harnessing Non-Covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Catalysis
10/15/2020  Alison Fout
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Byron Farnum Ligand Influences on Base-Metals for Multi-Electron Transformations
10/27/2020  Robin Teufel
University of Freiburg
Holly Ellis Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Non-Canonical Redox Chemistry of Flavin Monooxygenase
10/29/2020  Brandon Ruotolo
University of Michigan
Ahmed Hamid Collision Induced Unfolding: A New Paradigm in Protein Stability Measurements
11/5/2020  Daniel Crawford
Virginia Tech
Filip Pawlowski The Mysteries of Chirality, Solvation, and Optical Activity
11/10/2020  Yunho Lee
Seoul National University
Ethan Hill Coordination Chemistry of the PEP Pincer Complexes of Co, Ni, Cu
11/12/2020  Sam Gellman
University of Wisconsin
Steve Mansoorabadi Extrapolating from Proteins
11/17/2020  Dennis Hall
University of Alberta
Ming Chen Addressing Challenges in Stereocontrol Using the Modern Tools of Boron Chemistry and Catalysis

 

 Spring 2020 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

1/23/2020
Isaac Garcia-Bosch
Southern Methodist University
Byron Farnum Copper-Promoted Functionalization of Organic Molecules: Structure, Spectroscopy and Mechanism
1/28/2020
John Stanton
University of Florida
Vince Ortiz
My Longterm Relationship with a Difficult Molecule
1/30/2020 Jack A. Dunkle
University of Alabama
Doug Goodwin
Mechanisms and Specificity of Cas10 Mediated Interference
2/4/2020 Krzysztof Szalewicz
University of Delaware
Konrad Patkowski
Surfing the First-Principles Potential Energy Surfaces
2/13/2020 Sarah Keller
University of Washington
Wei Zhan Using Cell Membranes to Concentrate Molecules in Life Processes
2/20/2020 John Montgomery
University of Michigan
Ming Chen Studies Towards Development of a Catalytic, Site-Selective, and Iterative Glycosylation Method
2/25/2020 Russ Schmehl
Tulane University
Byron Farnum Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes Capable of Excited State Electron and Proton Transfer
3/5/2020 Kevin Plaxco
University of California,
Santa Barbara
Chris Easley
Counting Molecules, Dodging Blood Cells: Continuous, Real-Time Molecular Measurements Directly in the Living Body

 

Fall 2019 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

8/22/2019
David Sarlah
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign

Rashad Karimov
Ming Chen
Dearomative Functionalization Strategies and Synthesis of Anticancer Natural Products
8/29/2019
Monika Raj
Auburn University
Curtis Shannon
Chemical Tools for Selective Modification of Peptides and Proteins
9/5/2019 Ohyun Kwon
University of California,
Los Angeles
Rashad Karimov
Beyond Phosphine Catalysis
9/10/2019 Anne Gorden
Auburn University
Curtis Shannon
Imine Donor Ligands for Sensors and Catalysis
9/19/2019 Shannon Boettcher
University of Oregon
Byron Farnum
Oxygen Evolution and Water Dissociation Catalysis
9/24/2019 Ricardo Metz
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Evangelos Miliordos

Spectroscopic Studies of C-H Bond Activation by Transition Metal Ions and Their Clusters

9/26/2019 Yehia Ibrahim
Pacific Northwest National Lab
Ahmed Hamid
Advanced In Gas-Phase Separations For Multi-Omics Analyses
10/3/2019 Sonia Underwood
Florida International University
Jordan Harshman Implementing a Novel Curriculum: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Initial Propagation
10/15/2019 Patrick Walsh
University of Pennsylvania
Ming Chen New Reactions Catalyzed by Pd and Sulfenate Anions
10/24/2019 Colleen Scott
Mississippi State University
Anne Gorden Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Conducting Plastics and Near Infrared II (NIR II) Emissive Dyes
10/29/2019 Michael Adams
University of Georgia
Steve Mansoorabadi
Evolution of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain - Insights from Sulfur-Reducing Hyperthermophilic Archaea
10/31/2019 Victor Davidson
University of Central Florida

Holly Ellis Enzymology Revisited: Coupling Long Range Electron Transfer to Radical-Mediated Catalysis
11/5/2019 Caroline Jarrold
University of Indiana
Evangelos Miliordos
Information Embedded in Anion Photoelectron Spectra
11/14/2019 Wilfred van der Donk
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Evert Duin
Schneller Frontiers Lecture
Natural Product Biosynthesis by Posttranslational Modification
11/21/2019 Abraham Badu-Tawiah
Ohio State University
Ahmed Hamid
Panoptic Mass Spectrometry: How and Why

 

Spring 2019 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Presentation Title

1/24/2019
Hans Renata
Scripps Florida
Ming Chen Biocatalytic C--H Oxidation As An Enabling Tool for Complex Molecule Synthesis
1/31/2019
Graduate Student Panel Jessica Krewall  
2/7/2019 Theodor Agapie
Caltech
Chris Goldsmith Schneller Frontiers Lecture
Conversion of Oxygenated C1 Feedstocks to C2 Products: Mechanism and Electrochemistry with Molecular and Heterogeneous Systems
2/13/2019 Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Yale
Konrad Patkowski Kosolapoff Award Lecture
Enzymes: The Engines of Biology
2/14/2019 Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Yale
Konrad Patkowski Kosolapoff Award Lecture
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion
2/21/2019 Jonah Jurss
University of Mississippi
David Stanbury Catalytic CO2 Reduction to CO and CH4 with Earth-Abundant Complexes Supported by Bipyridyl-NHC Macrocycles
2/28/2019 Robbyn Anand
Iowa State University
Curtis Shannon
Micellar Electrokinetic Focusing Driven by Ion Concentration Polarization
3/7/2019 James Frederich
Florida State University
Rashad Karimov
Ming Chen
Exploiting Natural Products to Design Protein-Protein Interaction Stabilizers
3/19/2019 Evangelos Miliordos
Auburn University
Curtis Shannon
Discovering New Materials and Optimizing Catalysts by Means of Quantum Chemical Calculations
3/21/2019 Lawrence Marnett
Vanderbilt University
Doug Goodwin
Holly Ellis
The Structural Biology of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Action Defines New Applications
3/26/2019 Ming Chen
Auburn University
Curtis Shannon Enantioselective C-C Bond Formation via Asymmetric Catalysis
3/28/2019 Vanda Glezakou
Pacific Northwest National Lab

Evangelos Miliordos Large Scale Molecular Simulations in the Study of Anharmonic Effects and Development of Problem-Specific Materials
3/29/2019 Roger Rousseau
Pacific Northwest National Lab
Evangelos Miliordos Theoretical Mechanistic Studies of Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Organic Compounds
4/10/2019 Byron Farnum
Auburn University
Curtis Shannon Two Is Better Than One: Investigation of Ternary Metal Oxides for Energy Conversion Applications
4/11/2019 Jennifer Johnson
Ohio State University
Stew Schneller Celebrating 150 years of the Periodic Table
(PLU Lectureship Series)
How Stars Make Chemistry Possible
4/25/2019 Phil Buhlmann
University of Minnesota
Julie Niklas Electrochemical Sensors: From Fluorous Polymers to Nanoporous Carbon and Lipophilic Redox Buffer Polymers

 

Fall 2018 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Institution or University 

8/30/2018

Philip Dawson

Scripps Research Institute 

9/6/2018 Kenneth Hanson Florida State University​
9/27/2018 Tim Wencewicz Washington University in St. Louis
10/4/2018 Scott Lewis University of South Florida
10/18/2018 Charles (Chuck) Henry Colorado State University
10/25/2018 Jeff Johnson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11/1/2018 Stephen Maldonado University of Michigan
11/8/2018 Jon Njardarson University of Arizona​
11/13/2018 Aaron Vannucci University of South Carolina
11/15/2018 Angela Wilson Michigan State University, National Science Foundation
11/29/2018 James Morken Boston College

 

 

Spring 2016 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Title and Web Address

3/4/2016

 Melanie Sanford
 Michigan

 Chris Goldsmith

Schneller Frontier Lecture
Recent Developments in Transition Metal Catalyzed C–H
Functionalization
http://www.umich.edu/~mssgroup/

 3/10/2016

 Wesley Allen 
 University of Georgia

  Vince Ortiz
 
Deep Hydrogen Tunneling as an Isomerization Mechanism in Organic Species
http://www.chem.uga.edu/people/faculty/allen
 3/24/2016  Michael Pluth
 University of Oregon
 Anne Gorden

Chemical Tools for Investigating Biological Hydrogen Sulfide
http://chemistry.uoregon.edu/profile/pluth/

 3/31/2016  Aaron Aponick
 University of Florida
 Brad Merner

StackPhos: From Structural Curiosity to Enantioselective Catalysis
https://www.chem.ufl.edu/faculty-and-research/research-areas
/name/aaron-aponick/

 4/7/2016  John Bercaw
 CalTech 
 David Stanbury

 Light Olefin Trimerization with Chromium and
Titanium Catalysts
https://www.cce.caltech.edu/content/john-e-bercaw   

 4/12/2016  Brad Merner
 Auburn University 
 Curtis Shannon

New Strategies for the Synthesis of Congested,
Constrained, and Deformed Molecular Architectures

 http://www.auburn.edu/cosam/faculty/chemistry/merner/index.htm

 4/14/2016  Reza Ghiladi 
 North Carolina State University
 Doug Goodwin 

The Dehaloperoxidase Paradox:  How Nature Juggles O2-Transport, Peroxidase, and Peroxygenase Activities at a Single Heme Active Site 
https://www.ncsu.edu/chemistry/people/rghiladi.html 

4/21/2016  Carlos Garcia
 Clemson
 Chris Easley

 Moonshiners and Doctors, connected by the applied potential
http://www.clemson.edu/ces/departments/chemistry/people
/faculty/garcia.html
   

 

Fall 2015 Colloquium Schedule 

Date

Speaker  

Host

Title   and Web Address

8/27/2015

Konrad Patkowski
Auburn University

Curtis Shannon

Investigating Noncovalent Interactions with High-accuracy Computational Methods
http://www.auburn.edu/cosam/faculty/chemistry/patkowski/research.htm

9/3/2015

Marcelo Guzman
Kentucky
German Mills

Probing Interfacial Chemistry: Heterogeneous Oxidations and Photocatalytic Reductions
http://www.guzmanlab.com/  

9/10/2015

Christopher Scarborough
Emory University

Chris Goldsmith

New Coordination Chemistry of Dioxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide
https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/scarboroughlab/  

9/17/2015

Brian Miller
Florida State University
Holly Ellis

Allosteric Regulation of a Monomeric Enzyme
http://chem.fsu.edu/~miller/Website/pages/home.html  

9/24/2015

Holly Ellis
Auburn University
Curtis Shannon

Structural and Functional Studies of Enzymes Involved in Sulfur Metabolism
http://www.auburn.edu/cosam/faculty/chemistry/ellis/index.htm  

10/8/2015

Kenneth Jordan
University of Pittsburgh
Konrad Patkowski Rings, cages, prisms, and cubes; the myriad forms of water clusters
http://www.pitt.edu/~jordan/  
10/22/2015 Graham Bodwell
MUN
Brad Merner The [n]Cyclophane Approach to Warped Nanographenes
http://www.chem.mun.ca/zfac/gjb.php 
 
  

10/29/2015

Eugenia Kharlampieva Chris Easley Nanostructure Polymer Materials for Drug Delivery and Cell Transplantation
http://www.kharlampievagroup.com/

10/30/2015
Friday

Graden Kirksey
Memphis
Curtis Shannon An Incipient Periodic Table
(Special time:  2:00 pm - Refreshments at 1:45 pm)
11/03/2015
Tuesday
Rendy Kartika Brad Merner

(Special Seminar:  3:45 pm - Refreshments at 3:30 pm)
New Chemistries with Oxyallyl Cations
http://sites01.lsu.edu/faculty/rkartika/

11/05/2015 Leslie Murray
University of Florida
Chris Goldsmith

Cyclophane-Supported Trimetallic Clusters: N2 cleavage, O2 activation and O-atom transfer reactivity
http://www.chem.ufl.edu/~murray/bio.htm  

11/19/2015 Noa Marom
Tulane University
Vince Ortiz

Toward Computational Design of Cluster-Based Functional Nano-Structures
Abstract
http://tulane.edu/sse/pep/faculty-and-staff/faculty/noa-marom.cfm/  

 

Spring 2015 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Title and Web Address

Jan 22 

Mike McKee
Auburn Unviersity

 Curtis Shannon

Website

Jan 29th

Gary Douberly
University of Georgia

Konrad Patkowski 

Laser Spectroscopy of Reactive Intermediates in Superfluid Helium Droplets
Website

Feb 5th

Jeremy Smith
Tennessee, ORNL
Steve Mansoorabadi

Computational Chemistry for Renewable Energy, Drug Design and the Environment
Website

Feb 12

Greg Dudley
Florida State University
Brad Merner

New Ways To Harness Chemical Potential And Kinetic Energy
Website

Feb 19

Neil Marsh
University of Michigan
Evert Duin

New enzymes for better biofuels
Website

Feb 26

James Radich
Auburn University

Jimmy Mills

Design of Graphene-Based Nanoassemblies for Energy Conversion and Storage
Website

March 5th  

Simon Blakey
Emory University

Anne Gorden

C–H Functionalization: An Enabling Technology for Pharmeceutical, Natural Products and Materials Chemistry 
Website

March 12

Tina Salguero
University of Georgia

Chris Goldsmith

Chemical Problems and Solutions for Nanomaterials at the 2D Limit
Website

March 19

Ed Solomon
Stanford University

Chris Goldsmith

Copper/Dioxygen (Bio)Inorganic Chemistry
Website

April 2

Steve Mansoorabadi
Auburn University

Curtis Shannon

Website

April 23 Craig Grapperhaus
University of Louisville
Dave Stanbury, Mike McKee 

Ligand-Centered Proton Reduction/Hydrogen Oxidation at a Mononuclear Metal-Thiolate Center
Website

  

Fall 2014 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker  

Host

Title and Web Address

Sept 11

Stuart Loch
Auburn University

 Orlando Acevedo

Recent Developments in Spectral Diagnostics of Supernova Remnant Plasmas
Abstract
Website

Sept 18

 Marco Bonizzoni
Univ. of Alabama

Anne Gorden 

Polyelectrolytes as supramolecular hosts in water: fundamental interactions and their applications
Website 

Sept 25

David Graves
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
Konrad Patkowski

Protein Targeting of the G-Quadruplex Structure:  Recognition Drives DNA Unfolding
Abstract
Website

Oct 2

Ian Pimienta
Troy University
Konrad Patkowski

Computational Study of Monosubstituted Azo(tetrazolepentazolium)-based Ionic Liquids
Website 

Oct 9

Amit R. Reddi
Georgia Tech
Steve Mansoorabadi Metals in Cells: The Inorganic Foundations of Life
Website

Oct 23

Jim Leahy
Univ. of South Florida

Stewart Schneller

Adventures in Discovery - Lessons Learned in the Search for Small Molecule Drugs
Website 

Oct 30

Kimberly Petersen
Univ. of North Carolina
Greensboro

Orlando Acevedo

Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Cyclization Strategies
Website 

Nov 6

Eric M. Ferreira
Univ. of Georgia

Brad Merner

Developments in Transition Metal Catalysis toward Synthetic Utility
Website

Nov 13

Elizabeth T. Papish
Univ. of Alabama

Chris Goldsmith

Efforts to Split Water and Make New Anticancer Compounds Via Metal Complexes with Proton Responsive Ligands
Website 

Nov 20

Nathan Hammer
Ole Miss

Rik Blumenthal

Accurate Descriptions of the Effects of Noncovalent Interactions and Excess Charge on Nitrogen Containing Heterocyclic Molecules
Abstract
Website

Dec 4

 Dr. Ramesh Jasti
 University of Oregon

Brad Merner

 

The Bottom-Up Organic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
Website

 

Spring 2014 Colloquium Schedule

Date  Speaker  Host Title and Web Address
Jan 23

Nanette Chadwick
Auburn Biology

Anne Gorden Academic Sustainability Initiatives on Campus
Webpage
Jan 30

Mario Alpuche
University of Nevada, Reno

Chris Easley Electrochemistry of Semiconductor Nanoparticles: Single Nanoparticle Detection and Size Dependent Thermodynamic Properties
Webpage
Feb 6 Joan Hevel
Utah State
Orlando Acevedo Biological methylation signals--how are they governed in protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1)?
Webpage
Feb 13 Jim Leahy
Univeristy of South Florida
Stewart Schneller Adventures in Discovery ­ Lessons Learned in the Search for Small Molecule Drugs
Webpage
Feb 20 Allen Landers
Auburn Physics
Konrad Patkowski Multiparticle Coincident Imaging: Atomic and Molecular Dynamics, One Interaction at a Time
Webpage
Feb 27 Patrick Frantom
University of Alabama

Holly Ellis

Investigating Functional and Regulatory Diversity in an Enzyme Superfamily
Webpage 

Mar 6 Daniel Nocera
Harvard University
Wei Zhan The Artificial Leaf - 4:00 pm Chemistry Building 134
Webpage
G.M. Kosolapoff Award Lecture
7:00 pm Reception

8:00 pm Science Center Auditorium
The Sustainocene and Global Energy Challenge
Mar 20 Mark Morvant
University of Oklahoma
Stewart Schneller

Digital Content to Engage Students: Organic
Chemistry Laboratory iBooks and iPad in a Large Lecture Course
Webpage

Mar 27 Stefan France
Georgia Tech
Bradley Merner Ring Opening Cyclizations as a Means to Access Chemical Diversity
Webpage
Apr 3 Marilyn Tourne
Tuskegee University
Curtis Shannon

The Tourne Research Group: Exploring the Environment, Education, and Explosives
Webpage

Apr 10 Xinyu Zhang
Auburn Polymer
Anne Gorden Synthesis and applications of nanostructured organic conductors
Webpage
Apr 17 Charles L. Brooks III
University of Michigan
Orlando Acevedo

Probing the electrostatic environment of proteins with constant pH molecular dynamics
Webpage
Abstract

Apr 24 Steven Wheeler
Texas A & M
Orlando Acevedo Understanding Non-Covalent Interactions Involving Aromatic Rings
Webpage

 

Fall 2013 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker

Host

Title and Web Address

Sept 5

John Gorden
Auburn University

Vincent Ortiz

 

Sept 19

Alvin Holder
Old Dominion University

David Stanbury

The role of light in fighting cancer and in artificial photosynthesis (for the production of hydrogen)
Abstract

Sept 26

Charles Atwood
University of Utah

John Gorden

Using Item Response Theory to Improve Assessment and Learning in Large General Chemistry Classes
Webpage
Abstract

Oct 3

Lisa McElwee-White
University of Florida

Chris Goldsmith

Mechanism-Based Design of Precursors for the Deposition of Inorganic Films and Nanoparticles
Webpage

Oct 10

Kathryn Kloepper
Mercer University

Michael McKee

From Ancient Oceans to Modern Marinas: Analytical Chemistry at an Undergraduate Institution
Webpage

Tuesday
Oct 15
Special

Larry Beaver
Vice President of Technology
RSC Chemical Solutions

Rik Blumenthal

The Business of Chemistry
Abstract

Oct 17

Jimmy Mills
Auburn University

Vincent Ortiz

Mechanisms of reactions relevant to adaptive and protective materials
Webpage

Oct 24

Joseph Sadighi
Georgia Tech

Chris Goldsmith

Bonding and Reactivity of Small Group 11 Metal Clusters
Webpage

Oct 31

Marilyn Tourne
Tuskegee University

Curtis Shannon

The Tourne Research Group: Exploring the Environment, Education, and Explosives
Webpage

Nov 7

Shanta Dhar
University of Georgia

Wei Zhan

Targeted Delivery of Therapeutics
Webpage
Abstract

 

Spring 2013 Colloquium Schedule

Date

Speaker

Host

Title and Web Address

Jan 10

Organic Candidate

Vince Ortiz

 

Jan 17

Organic Candidate

Vince Ortiz

 

Jan 24

Organic Candidate

Vince Ortiz

 

Jan 31

Organic Candidate

Vince Ortiz

 

Feb 7

Jeff Petty
Furman University

Chris Easley

DNA Decorated with Molecular Silver
Webpage

Feb 14

Edward Valeev
Virginia Tech

Konrad Patkowski

Predictive Theory of Electrons in Molecules: Are We There Yet?
Webpage

Feb 21

Mi Hee Lim
University of Michigan

Chris Goldsmith

Chemical Tools and Tactics to Study the Role of Metal-Associated Misfolded Proteins in Human Neurodegenerative Diseases
Webpage
Abstract

Feb 28

Paul A. Cobine
Auburn University

Steve Mansoorabadi

Helping put copper in its place!
Webpage

Mar 7

Konrad Patkowski
Auburn University

Vincent Ortiz

Interactions of atoms, molecules, and surfaces - pushing the limits of accuracy
Webpage

Mar 21

Gary Gray
University of Alabama

Anne Gorden

Syntheses, Structures and Optical and Nonlinear Optical Characterizations of Phosphonato- and Chalcogenophosphino-substituted Oligothiophenes
Webpage

Mar 28

James P. Donahue
Tulane University

Chris Goldsmith

Two Tales of (Ligand) Noninnocence:The Stories of [W(S2C2Me2)(CO)4] and of the [W(S2C2Me2)2(L)2] Series(L = CO, CN-, carbene, phosphine)
Webpage

Tuesday, Apr 9

Ei-ichi Negishi
Purdue University

Kosolapoff

Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis
Webpage

 

Fall 2012 Colloquium Schedule

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

 

Spring 2012 Colloquium Schedule

 
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 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 8 Takashi Ito, Kansas State University Wei Zhan TBA
Webpage
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"

 

Fall 2011 Colloquium Schedule

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

 

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 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 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

 

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 26 Orlando Acevedo, 
Auburn University
J. Vincent Ortiz Computational Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
Apr 2 Wei Zhan, 
Auburn University
J. Vincent Ortiz  
Apr 9 Devens Gust, 
Arizona State University
Wei Zhan Bioinspired Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion 
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
   

 

Fall 2008 Colloquium Schedule  

Date 

Speaker 

Aug 21

Evert Duin

Aug 28

Susanne Striegler

Sep 4

Warren O. Haggard, University of Memphis

Sep 11

Slavi Sevov, University of Notre Dame

Sep 18

Joe Francisco, Purdue University

Sep 25

Ken Klabunde, Kansas State University

Oct 2

Trevor Hayton, UC Santa Barbara

Oct 9

Yulia Pushkar, Dept of Physics Purdue University

Oct 16

Tijana Rajh,

Oct 23

Michael Best, University of Tennessee

Oct 30

Frank Delaglio, NMR Science and National Institues of Health

Nov 6

C. Michael Lindsay, Eglin Air Force Base

Nov 13

Chuck Sanders, Vanderbilt University

Nov 20

Merlin Bruening, Michigan State University

Dec 4

George Christou, University of Florida

 

Spring 2008 Colloquium Schedule  

Date 

Speaker 

Feb 14

Lynn Francesconi, Hunter College, CUNY

Feb 21*

David Shuh, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Feb 28

Victor Marquez, National Institutes of Health

Mar 6

Squire Booker, Penn. State University

Mar 13

James Bresee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mar 20

Spring Break

Mar 27

Smita Mohanty, Auburn University

Apr 3

Anne Gorden, Auburn University

Apr 10

Dan Stack, Stanford University

Apr 17

Elliot Bernstein, Colorado State University

Apr 24

Wiliam Lennarz, SUNY Stony Brook

Apr 28

Barry Trost , Stanford University

Apr 29

Barry Trost , Stanford University

 

Fall 2007 Colloquium Schedule  

Date 

Speaker 

Aug 16

Evert Duin,  Auburn University

Aug 23

Open

Aug 30

Kenneth Klabunde, Kansas State University

Sep 6

Michael Heaven, Emory University

Sep 13

Mike Huggins, University of West Florida

Sep 20

Nicola Pohl, Iowa State University

Sep 27

Alicia Beatty, Mississippi State University

Oct 4

Jim Rusling, University of Connecticut

Oct 11

Massimo Olivucci, Bowling Green State University

Oct 25

Naresh Dalal, Florida State University

Nov 1

Mark Hughes, Genesis Genetics Institute

Nov 8

Drahomír Hnyk, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences

Nov 15

John Shriver, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Nov 29

Tim Snowden, University of Alabama

Dec 6

Richard Caprioli, Vanderbilt University

 

Spring 2007 Colloquium Schedule 
 
Date 
Speaker 
Jan 8
Christian Goldsmith, MIT
Jan 11
Mike Freeman, Haz Mat, Auburn University
Jan 16
Burjor Captain, University of South Carolina
Jan 18
Aaron Lucius, University of Alabama Birmingham
Jan 25
Rich Behrens, Sandia National Laboratory
Feb 8
Paul Norgaard, Auburn University
Feb 15
Tianbo Liu, Lehigh University
Feb 22
Greg Robinson, University of Georgia
Mar 1
Manny Soriaga, Texas A&M
Mar 8
Chris Cahill, George Washington University
Mar 15
Reid Gilmore, University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Mar 22
Alexander Backes, GPC Biotech
Apr 3
Robert H. Grubbs, Cal Inst of Tech
Apr 4
Robert H. Grubbs, Cal Inst of Tech
Apr 12
Eugene Mueller, University of Delaware
Apr 19
Ryszard Jankowiak, Kansas State University

 

Fall 2006 Colloquium Schedule  
 
Date 
Speaker 
Aug 17 
Holly Ellis, Auburn University 
Aug 24 
Susanne Striegler, Auburn University 
Aug 31 
Kevin Redding, University of Alabama 
Sep 6* 
Christopher Worley, Los Alamos National Lab 
Sep 14 
Robert Corn, UC Irvine 
Sep 21 
Charlie Hoyle, Southern Mississippi 
Sep 28 
Jerry Meyer, Johns Hopkins 
Oct 5 
Sue Ann Balch, Auburn, Office of International Ed. 
Oct 12
Jim Prestegard, University of Georgia 
Oct 26 
Shouzhong Zou, Miami University, Ohio 
Nov 2 
Brian Fox, University of Wisconsin, Madison 
Nov 8* 
Richard Finke, Colorado State University 
Nov 30 
Michael Marletta, UC Berkeley 
Dec 7 
Peter Beal, University of Utah 

 

Spring 2006 Colloquium Schedule  

Jan 12 

O. Acevedo, Yale 

Jan 19 

V. Ortiz, Kansas State 

Jan 23 

J. Gorden, UC Berkeley 

Jan 25 

G. Stanley, Louisiana State 

Jan 30 

D. Gorman-Lewis, Notre Dame 

Jan 31 

C. Korzeniewski, Texas Tech 

Feb 6 

K. Parker, SUNY, Stony Brook 

Feb 9 

B. Palfey, Michigan 

Feb 16 

R. Wagner, Minnesota 

Feb 23 

J. Sessler, UT Austin 

Mar 9 

J. Olson, Rice University 

Mar 16 

A. Gewirth, Illinois 

Mar 30 

ACS/Spring Break 

Apr 6 

R. Garrell, UCLA 

Apr 13 

T. Albrecht-Schmitt, Auburn University 

Apr 20 

K. Shea, UC Irvine 

Apr 27 

D. Dlott, Illinois 

May 1-2 

K.C. Nicolaou, Scripps