Events
January 2008
Friday, January 4th, 2008
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Ultrafast Excited-State Processes of Rhenium Carbonyl-Diimine Complexes: From Excitation to Photochemistry
Tony Vlcek,
professor of inorganic chemistry,
Queen Mary, University of London,
Monday, January 7th, 2008
8:00am
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Novel NO-Releasing Heme Proteins from the Saliva of Blood-Sucking Insects
F. Ann Walker,
professor of chemistry, and professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
University of Arizona,
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Diamondoids and Plasmonic Analysis of Molecular Junctions
Nicholas A. Melosh,
assistant professor of materials science and engineering,
Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Biogeochemical Cycling of Iron Minerals and Humic Substances-Consequences for Pollutant Transformation and Degradation
Andreas Kappler,
assitant professor of geomicrobiology,
Eberhard-Karls-University, Tuebingen,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Natural Products, Organic Synthesis, and Molecular Medicine: A Trifecta for Developing New Anticancer Therapeutics
David A. Horne,
professor of molecular medicine,
City of Hope,
Friday, January 11th, 2008
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Topic to be announced.
James Gerken,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, January 14th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
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Research and Technology Trends Affecting the Availability of Safe, Sustainable Water Supplies
Jim Larkin,
president,
Scientific Methods, Inc.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Effect of Base Lesions on Duplex DNA
Megan E. Nunez,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Mount Holyoke College,
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Tunneling . . . When You Least Expect It
Eric J. Heller,
professor of chemistry and of physics,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth and Silicon Nanowires
Akram Boukai,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Elucidating Chemical Mechanisms of Aerosol Formation through Studies of the Oxidation of Simple Hydrocarbons
Paul J. Ziemann,
professor of atmospheric chemistry,
UC Riverside,
4:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions
Gregory C. Fu,
professor of chemistry,
MIT,
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
4:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Ligand-responsive, RNA-based Gene Regulatory Systems in Cellular Therapeutics
Yvonne Chen,
graduate student in chemical engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, January 18th, 2008
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
C-H and C-C Activation of Ethers and Amines by Pincer-Supported Iridium
Matthew Whited,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, January 21st, 2008
8:00am
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Gyoxal as a New Tracer of Photochemical Oxidation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds
Frank N. Keutsch,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of Wisconsin—Madison,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
"Small Molecule Control of Bacterial Biofilms"
Christian Melander,
assistant professor of bio-organic chemistry,
North Carolina State University,
Friday, January 25th, 2008
8:00am
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Development and Applications of Chiral Olefins as Steering Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis
Christian Defieber,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
9:00am
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
A Plausible Origin of Life Through Metabolism
D. Eric Smith,
professor,
Santa Fe Institute,
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar—CANCELLED
Benjamin Van Mooy,
assistant scientist,
marine chemistry and geochemistry,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,