The Department of Chemistry

Fall 2011: 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 meeting

9/20/11

Humphrey Symposium

Saturday 9/24/11

Jeff Rogers

ESF

Keeping your Laboratory Safe

9/27/11

Sherri Mason

SUNY Fredonia

Investigations in Atmospheric Chemical Kinetics

GAP

10/06/11

Jeff Johnston

Vanderbilt Univ

Reagent and Reaction Development in the Service of Target-Oriented Synthesis: Chiral Proton Catalysis and the Advent of Umpolung Amide Synthesis

4:00 pm (please note different day & time)

JSM

10/07/11

Faculty meeting

10/11/11

Sarah Larsen

Univ of Iowa

Development of Functionalized Nanocrystalline Zeolites for Biomedical Applications

CCL

10/13/11

Andrew Harned

Univ of Minnesota

Cyclohexadienones As A Challenging Platform for Reaction Discovery and Development

MB

10/20/11

Nancy B. Jackson

Sandia National Laboratory & ACS President

Science Going Global – The International Year of Chemistry

5:00 pm FAHC-UVM Med. Ed. Ctr. Davis Auditorium (please note different day & time)

CWA

10/24/11

Jeff Rogers

ESF

Laboratory Emergency Prevention and Response

10/25/11

Daniel Belanger

Univ of Quebec at Montreal

Functionalization of Surfaces by Using the Diazonium Chemistry

WEG

10/27/11

Jeff Kuethe

Merck & Co.

Synthesis of a Highly Functionalized Octahydro-Isoindole-Based NK1 Receptor Antagonist

MB

11/3/11

Faculty meeting

11/15/11

Charles (Scott) Weinert

Oklahoma State Univ

Adventures in Organo-Oligogermane Chemistry

RW

11/17/11

CHEM 282/381 talks

WRL

11/29/11

CHEM 282/381 talks

WRL

12/01/11

CHEM 282/381 talks

WRL

12/06/11

CHEM 282/381 talks

WRL

12/08/11

Faculty meeting

12/13/11

CHEM 282/381 talks

WRL

12/14/11

Kami Hull

Stanford Univ

Development of a Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reaction and Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of (–)-Lasonolide A

MB

12/15/11

The Department of Chemistry

Spring 2012: 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

Alison Ondrus

Stanford Univ

[Re]activity of Natural Products: Chemistry of Myrmicarin Alkaloids and Neurobiology of Modified Saxitoxins

MB

1/05/12

Jennifer Stockdill

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Natural Products as Targets, Testing Grounds, and Tools

MB

1/10/12

Will Pomerantz

Univ of Michigan

Profiling Transcription Complexes via Small Molecules and Protein Observed ¹⁹F NMR

MB

1/19/12

Jean Bouffard

Univ of Calif, Riverside

Synthesis and Applications of Mesoionic Carbenes

MB

1/24/12

Adam Whalley

Northwestern Univ

The Design, Synthesis, and Applications of New Functional Molecules for Organic Electronics and Novel Porous Hybrid Materials

MB

1/26/12

Faculty meeting

2/21/12

Albert Fry

Wesleyan Univ

Electrochemical Oxidation of Enols

WEG

2/23/12

Mary Watson

Univ of Delaware

Transition Metal Catalysis of Iminium and Oxocarbenium Ion Intermediates

MB

3/01/12

Charles Zercher

Univ of New Hampshire

Zinc Carbenoid-mediated Chain Extension: Methodology and Applications

JSM

3/15/12

Daniel Cziczo

MIT

How Can the Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Particles Affect Cloud Formation?

GAP

3/22/12

Faculty meeting

3/27/12

Ivan Aprahamian

Hydrazone-Based Switches, Fluorophores and Sensors

RW

3/29/12

Stefan France

Georgia Tech

Efficient Catalytic Approaches to Ring-Fused Heterobiaryls and Annelated Indoles via Novel Diversity-Oriented Synthesis Strategies

MB

4/03/12

Department Awards Ceremony

4/12/12

Faculty meeting

4/17/12

CHEM 282 talks

MB

4/24/12

CHEM 282 talks

MB

4/26/12

Faculty retreat

5/14/12

Jeff Rogers, UVM ESF

Chem Dept fire extinguisher and lab safety training

5/15/12