Seminars for January 2016
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Departmental Seminar
Assistant Professor Jeffrey Warren (web page)
Department of Chemistry
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Delivering protons and electrons to active sites in biomimetic and biological systems
Abstract Host: Lawrence Que Jr.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Departmental Seminar
Valerie Schmidt, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University, Princeton NJ
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Strategies for Hydrocarbon Manipulation: from alkane functionalization
to olefin cycloaddition
Abstract Host: Thomas Hoye
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Departmental Seminar
Frank Leibfarth, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
New Methods for the Synthesis of Functional Polymeric Materials
Abstract Host: Marc Hillmyer
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Special Seminar
Assistant Professor Joshua Price (web page)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Brigham Young University, Provo UT
Time: 10 AM
Room: Kate & Michael Barany Conference Room (117/119 Smith Hall)
Predictive Structure-based Guidelines for Identifying Optimal Protein PEGylation Sites
Abstract Host: Will Pomerantz
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Departmental Seminar
Allie Obermeyer, Ph.D.
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Synthetic modification of proteins to create new biomaterials
Abstract Host: Christy Haynes
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Departmental Seminar
Lauren Zarzar, Ph.D.
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Dynamic Soft Materials: Gels, Bubbles, and Drops
Abstract Host: Andreas Stein
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Student Seminar Series
Professor Ken Wagener (web page)
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida, Gainesville FL
Time: 9:45 AM
Room: 331 Smith Hall
Raising High Density Polyethylene’s Melting Point by 40°C
Abstract Host: Lindsay Johnson