The Department of Chemistry

Fall 2008: Schedule of Seminars & Events

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 AM - Angell B112

Coffee at 10:45 AM in Cook A229

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

DATE

Peter Wolczanski

Cornell University

Chelates  for 1^st Row Transition Metals: M-Ar and Redox Active Frameworks

WEG

9/11/08

Vicki Grassian

University of Iowa

Surface Chemistry of Oxides and Carbonates in the Atmosphere: From Fundamental Molecular Processes to Global Impacts

GAP

9/16/08

Faculty meeting

9/23/08

Humphrey Symposium

Saturday 9/27/08

Jeffrey Katz

Colby College

Molecular Design Through Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution: Playing with an Oxacalixarene-Based Molecular Toolbox

JSM

10/02/08

Gregory B. Dudley

Florida State University

Organic Synthesis and Methodology Inspired by Natural Products: Fragmentation Reactions

MB

10/7/08

Faculty meeting

10/14/08

Nora Radu

Dupont

Development of Materials for Organic Light Emitting Diodes

RW

10/16/08

Shane Lamos

St. Michaels’ College

Isotopic Probes for Proteomics and Metabolomics

DEM

10/23/08

Oleg Ozerov

Brandeis University

Gripping Chemistry Across the Periodic Table

RW

10/28/08

David Vicic

University of Hawaii

Organometallic Aspects of Alkyl and Fluoroalkyl Cross-Coupling Reactions

RW

10/29/08

Gregory L. Hillhouse

University of Chicago

New Chemistry of Two- and Three-Coordinate Nickel

RW

10/30/08

Richmond Sarpong

Univ. of California, Berkeley

Reactions and Strategies Inspired by Seven-Membered Rings in Natural Products

MB

11/4/08

Faculty meeting

11/11/08

Jessica Scherer

Senior Seminar Presentation

WEG

11/20/08

Oliver Pentenrieder

Senior Seminar Presentation

WEG

12/04/08

Michael Knapp

Univ. of Mass. Amherst

Redox Chemistry Across Protein Surfaces: Hypoxia Sensing and Electron Transfers

RW

12/11/08

Faculty meeting

12/16/08

Neil Kelleher

Univ. of Illinois

Top Down Surveys of Global Histone Modifications During Cell Death

DEM

12/18/08

The Department of Chemistry

Spring 2009: Schedule of Seminars & Events

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:30 AM - Angell B112

Coffee at 11:15 AM in Cook A229

SPEAKER

TITLE

HOST

DATE

Faculty applicant seminar

1/13/09

Faculty applicant seminar

1/15/09

Faculty meeting

1/20/09

Faculty applicant seminar

1/22/09

Faculty applicant seminar

1/27/09

Faculty meeting

Note time >>

10:30am 2/5/09

Faculty applicant seminar

2/10/09

Faculty applicant seminar

2/12/09

Robert Stockland

Bucknell University

Mechanistic and Catalytic Studies of Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Forming Reactions

2/19/09

Jeff Rogers

Lab Safety Coordinator, ESF

UVM Risk Management

Laboratory Emergency Prevention and Response at UVM

2/24/2009

Keeping Your Lab Safe

3/5/2009

Faculty meeting

3/17/09

E. Silvana Andreescu

Clarkson University

Advanced Nanomaterials for Biological Sensors: From Basic Research to Practical Applications

DEM

3/19/09

Francis Churchill

Admin. Serv. Mgr., ESF

UVM Risk Management

Chemical Inventory Control

3/24/09

Douglas W. Stephan

University of Toronto

Frustrated Lewis Pairs: A New Paradigm for Reactivity and Catalysis

RW

3/26/09

Jón Njardarson

Cornell University

Natural Product Synthesis and New Synthetic Methods

MB

4/2/09

Ralph Stuart

Assistant Director, ESF

UVM Risk Management

Laboratory Ventilation in the 21^st Century

(mandatory for all department members)

4/7/09

Department Awards Ceremony

4/9/09

Faculty meeting

4/14/09

T. Brent Gunnoe

University of Virginia

Development of Homogeneous Catalysts for the Conversion of C-H Bonds

RW

4/16/09

Sandra Burkett

Amherst College

Functional Group Organization and Reactivity in Layered Hybrid Materials

WRL

4/23/09

Igor Sokolov

Clarkson University

Self-Assembly of Nanoporous Particles: Mechanism and Applications

CCL

5/7/09

Cary Supalo

Penn State

Seeing Chemical Reactions Through Sound

RW

5/13/09

Faculty retreat

5/21/09

Prof. Paul Hayes

University of Lethbridge

Homogeneous Catalysts for Lactone Polymerization

RW

5/29/09 at 11:00am