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Seminars for 2015


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Ellen Sletten, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Exploiting Orthogonality in Chemical Biology and Materials Science

Abstract           Host: Theresa Reineke



Thursday, January 22, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Todd Hyster, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Enzymatic Solutions to Synthetic Challenges

Abstract           Host: Mark Distefano



Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Jason Goodpaster, Ph.D.    
Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Density Functional Theory Embedding for Correlated Wavefunctions

Abstract           Host: Laura Gagliardi



Thursday, January 29, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Katherine Mirica, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

New Materials and Devices for Chemical Sensing

Abstract           Host: Philippe Buhlmann



Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Gassman Lecture Series


Professor Erick M. Carreira     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Switzerland

Time:   4:00 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Versatile Iridium Catalysts for a Broad Range of Asymmetric Transformations

Abstract           Host: Christopher Douglas



Thursday, February 5, 2015

Gassman Lecture Series


Professor Erick M. Carreira     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Switzerland

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Discovery and Surprises with Natural Products

Abstract           Host: Christopher Douglas



Friday, February 6, 2015

Gassman Lecture Series


Professor Erick M. Carreira     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Switzerland

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Chemistry and Biology of Human Derived Natural Products and Their Use in Drug Discovery

Abstract           Host: Christopher Douglas



Thursday, February 12, 2015

Dow Lecture Series


Professor J. Martin Bollinger     (web page)
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Demystifying the Chemical Magic of Non-heme-iron Enzymes in Natural Product Biosynthesis

Abstract           Host: Lawrence Que Jr.



Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Student Seminar Series


Associate Professor Timothy Jackson     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Insights into Manganese-dependent Enzymes from Biomimetic Peroxo- and Oxomanganese Complexes

Abstract           Host: Alireza Shokri



Wednesday, February 18, 2015

CSE Distinguished Speakers Program


Professor Anna Krylov     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

Time:   4 PM
Room: 401/402 Walter Library

Who Holds us Back? Personal Account of Cultural and Societal Obstacles Facing Women Pursuing Careers in Science

Abstract           Host: Christopher Cramer



Thursday, February 19, 2015

Dow Lecture Series


Professor Anna Krylov     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Excited-State Electron Transfer in Fluorescent Proteins: Curse or Blessing?

Abstract           Host: Laura Gagliardi



Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Student Seminar Series


Professor Marcy Towns     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Goals for Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory

Abstract           Host: Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn & Katie Hurley



Thursday, February 26, 2015

Etter Lecture


Professor John Rogers     (web page)
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign IL

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Biodegradable Electronics

Abstract           Host: Andreas Stein



Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Student Seminar Series


Professor Martin Head-Gordon     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Electronic Structure Theory for Intermolecular Interactions

Abstract           Host: Shaohong Li



Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Student Seminar Series


Professor Christopher Ober     (web page)
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca NY

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Polymer Brushes: Patternable Structures as Interfaces with Biomolecular Materials

Abstract           Host: Cecilia Hall



Thursday, March 12, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Professor Ronald Raines     (web page)
Department of Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Ribonuclease: From kcat/KM to the Clinic

Abstract           Host: Erin Carlson



Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Associate Professor Philip Dawson     (web page)
Departments of Chemistry & Cell and Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Structure-based Design of Viral Coat Protein Mimics Facilitated by Chemoselective Ligation Chemistry

Abstract           Host: Mark Distefano



Thursday, April 2, 2015

Bryce L. Crawford Lectureship


Professor Dana Dlott     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign IL

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Materials Chemistry Under Extreme Conditions

Abstract           Host: Aaron Massari



Friday, April 3, 2015

Special Seminar


Assistant Professor Daniel Harki     (web page)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Harnessing APOBEC3-Catalyzed Genome Mutation with Small Molecules

Abstract           Host: Will Pomerantz



Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Student Seminar Series


Professor Andrew Borovik     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Synthetic Chemistry as a Window into Biology

Abstract           Host: Mayank Puri



Thursday, April 9, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Associate Professor Richard Brutchey     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

An Alkahest for Chalcogenide Semiconductors: Solution Processing of Insoluble Bulk Materials

Abstract           Host: Valerie Pierre



Friday, April 10, 2015

AbbVie Workshop Series


Professor Dean Tantillo     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis CA

Time:   4:15 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Forks in the Road: The Importance of Inherent Carbocation Reactivity in Terpene Biosynthesis

Abstract           Host: Thomas Hoye



Monday, April 13, 2015

Kolthoff Lecture Series


Professor James Mayer     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Yale University, New Haven CT

Time:   3:45 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: from Hydrogen Atom Transfer and Marcus Theory to Electrocatalysis to Nanoparticles

Abstract           Host: William Tolman



Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Kolthoff Lecture Series


Professor James Mayer     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Yale University, New Haven CT

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Coupling Proton and Electron Transfers: A Deeper Look and Extensions to Electrocatalysis

Abstract           Host: William Tolman



Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Kolthoff Lecture Series


Professor James Mayer     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Yale University, New Haven CT

Time:   3:45 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

A Different View of Redox Reactions at Solid-Solution Interfaces: Thinking Beyond the Electron

Abstract           Host: William Tolman



Thursday, April 23, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Assistant Professor Guangbin Dong     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Texas, Austin TX

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

C–C and C–H Functionalization Based on Common Functional Groups

Abstract           Host: Christopher Douglas



Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Professor Kevan Shokat     (web page)
Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Non-Traditional Strategies for Drugging Traditional Targets: Kinases and GTPases

Abstract           Host: Will Pomerantz



Thursday, May 7, 2015

Albert J. Moscowitz Lecture


Professor Zhen-Gang Wang     (web page)
Department of Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Self-Energy Effects of Salt Ions on Phase Behavior and Interfacial Properties

Abstract           Host: Timothy Lodge



Monday, August 24, 2015

Special Seminar


Assistant Professor Chong Fang     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR

Time:   3 PM
Room: 117/119 Smith Hall (Kate & Michael Barany Conference Room)

Capturing Molecular Structural Snapshots of Photoexcited Chromophores with Ultrafast Raman Spectroscopy

Abstract           Host: Renee Frontiera



Thursday, September 10, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Professor Kenneth Leopold     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Molecular Clusters from Supersonic Jets to the Upper Atmosphere

Abstract           Host: James Johns



Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Student Seminar Series


Professor Shannon Stahl     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin, Madison WI

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Aerobic Oxidation Reactions for Organic Chemical Synthesis

Abstract           Host: Nicholas “Nick” Serratore



Thursday, September 17, 2015

Dow Lecture Series


Professor Bruce Lipshutz     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Transitioning Organic Synthesis from Organic Solvents to Water: Following Nature’s Lead

Abstract           Host: Jane Wissinger



Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Gassman Lecture Series


Professor Amir Hoveyda     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

The Evolution of Catalytic Olefin Metathesis: From Ancillary Process to Purveyor of Stereochemical Identity

Abstract           Host: Ian Tonks



Thursday, September 24, 2015

Gassman Lecture Series


Professor Amir Hoveyda     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Multifunctional Organoboron Compounds for Scalable Natural Product Synthesis

Abstract           Host: Ian Tonks



Friday, September 25, 2015

Gassman Lecture Series


Professor Amir Hoveyda     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Boston College, Chestnut Hall MA

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Understanding Fluorine-Induced Ion–Dipole Attraction and Harnessing it in the Design of Catalytic Enantioselective Processes

Abstract           Host: Ian Tonks



Thursday, October 1, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Professor Jeff Johnson     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Development of New Stereoselective Reactions for Organic Synthesis

Abstract           Host: Christopher Douglas



Monday, October 5, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion

Abstract           Host: Laura Gagliardi



Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Kolthoff Lecture Series


Professor Barbara Finlayson-Pitts     (web page)
Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Serendipity and the Art and Practice of Science: How Experiments 'Gone Bad' Can Open New Doors

Abstract           Host: Kenneth Leopold



Thursday, October 8, 2015

Kolthoff Lecture Series


Professor Barbara Finlayson-Pitts     (web page)
Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Particles in Air: What Can Be So Complicated?

Abstract           Host: Kenneth Leopold



Friday, October 9, 2015

Kolthoff Lecture Series


Professor Barbara Finlayson-Pitts     (web page)
Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Time:   3:45 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Atmospheric Reactions of Neonicotinoid Pesticides: Detoxification or Activation?

Abstract           Host: Kenneth Leopold



Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Covestro Lecture in Sustainability


Professor James Liao     (web page)
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Rewiring Metabolism

Abstract           Host: Marc Hillmyer



Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Covestro Lecture in Sustainability


Professor James Liao     (web page)
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles

Time:   7 PM
Room: Bell Museum of Natural History

Fueling the Future: Microbial Engineering for Production of Sustainable Biofuels (free public lecture; registration required)

Abstract           Host: Marc Hillmyer



Monday, October 19, 2015

Special Seminar


Associate Professor Darin Ulness     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Concordia College, Moorhead MN

Time:   4 PM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Overview of Noisy Light Spectroscopy

Abstract           Host: Renee Frontiera



Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Assistant Professor Jennifer Prescher     (web page)
School of Physical Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Expanding the Imaging Toolbox

Abstract           Host: Erin Carlson



Thursday, October 22, 2015

Bryce L. Crawford Lectureship


Professor David Jonas     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Two-Dimensional Femtosecond Spectroscopy

Abstract           Host: David Blank



Thursday, October 29, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Professor Miguel Garcia-Garibay     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Amphidynamic Materials: A Promising Structural Platform for the Development of Artificial Molecular Machines

Abstract           Host: Christopher Cramer



Thursday, November 5, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Assistant Professor Sara Mason     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Iowa, Iowa City

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Fundamental Insights about Geochemical Surface Science from Density Functional Theory

Abstract           Host: James Johns



Thursday, November 12, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Professor Ohyun Kwon     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Phosphines and Phosphinocatalysis

Abstract           Host: Thomas Hoye



Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Aldrich Chemicals Seminar in Synthetic Organic Chemistry


Assistant Professor Mary Watson     (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Delaware, Newark DE

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Stereospecific, Nickel-Catalyzed Cross Couplings of Alcohol- and Amine-Derived Electrophiles

Abstract           Host: Christopher Douglas



Monday, November 23, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Xingchen Ye, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 401 Walter Library

Chemical Design of Precise Nanocrystals: From Single-Particle Reaction Kinetics to Self-Assembled Mesostructures

Abstract           Host: Wayne Gladfelter



Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Assistant Professor Rena Robinson     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Thinking outside of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease using proteomics technology

Abstract           Host: Edgar Arriaga



Monday, November 30, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Will Gutekunst, Ph.D.    
Materials Research Laboratory
University of California, Santa Barbara

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 401 Walter Library

New Synthetic Strategies for Small Molecules, Macromolecules and Everything in Between

Abstract           Host: Timothy Lodge



Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Student Seminar Series


Professor Elsa Yan     (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Yale University, New Haven CT

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Protein structures and folding at interfaces probed by chiral sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

Abstract           Host: Zahra Sohrabpour



Thursday, December 3, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Jessica Kramer, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University, Stanford CA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Synthetic polypeptides: from drug delivery to the cancer glycocalyx

Abstract           Host: Theresa Reineke



Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Eric Bloch, Ph.D.    
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge MA

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

Molecular and Solid-State Architectures for the Isolation of Reactive Species

Abstract           Host: Laura Gagliardi



Thursday, December 10, 2015

Departmental Seminar


Christopher Thibodeaux, Ph.D.    
Institute for Genomic Biology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Time:   9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall

RiPPing Apart the Rules of Lanthipeptide Biosynthesis

Abstract           Host: Erin Carlson