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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

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