Seminars for October 2015
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
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