Events
March 2011
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The Ionization Potential of Very Large Atoms and Why Density Functional Theory Works
Kieron Burke,
professor of "heretical" physical and computational chemistry,
UC Irvine,
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
1:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Mechanistic Investigations into the Palladium Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation of Ketone Enolates using the PHOX ligand Architecture
Nathaniel Sherden,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Environment, Agriculture, and Food Nexus
Pamela Martin,
assistant professor of geophysical sciences,
the University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Complex Molecule Synthesis as a Fuel for Discovery
Neil K. Garg,
professor of chemistry and biochemistry,
UCLA,
Friday, March 4th, 2011
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Origin of Productive Selectivity in Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts
Benjamin K. (Keith) Keitz,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observations of the Charging and Discharging Processes of Lithium Ion Batteries
Jian Yu Huang,
staff scientist ,
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies ,
Sandia National Laboratories,
Monday, March 7th, 2011
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Molecular Engineering of Conjugated Polymers to Reach Higher Efficiency "Plastic" Solar Cells
Wei You,
assistant professor of chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Understanding Adaptive Immunity: A Crossroad of the Physical, Life, and Engineering Sciences (technical lecture)
Arup K. Chakraborty,
professor of chemical engineering,
MIT,
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
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Bioengineering Lecture
Chromosome, Cell Cycle and Entropy, or, Why I love E. coli
Suckjoon Jun,
FAS Center for Systems Biology,
Harvard University,
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microscale Distributions of Phytoplankton Revealed Using a Planar Laser Imaging Fluorometer
Peter J. S. Franks,
professor of biological oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Alkyl Electrophiles
Gregory C. Fu,
professor of chemistry,
MIT,
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts (general lecture)
Arup K. Chakraborty,
professor of chemical engineering,
MIT,
Friday, March 11th, 2011
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Iridium-Pincer Complexes and Small Molecule Activation
Ross Fu,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
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Biophysics Lecture
Geometry and Genetics
Eric D. Siggia,
Professor,
Laboratory of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics,
The Rockefeller University,
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Putting Metals to Work: Transition Metal Complexes for Electron Transfer and Electron Transport
Linda H. Doerrer,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Boston University,
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
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Bioengineering Lecture
Learning Structure-Based Principles of Protein Function
Gevorg Grigoryan,
postdoctoral researcher in biochemistry and biophysics,
the University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
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Thesis Seminar
DNA-Mediated Charge-Transfer between [4Fe-4S] Cluster Glycosylases
Christine Romano,
Graduate Student in Chemistry,
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Special Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
Unpaired Spins: Probing Single-electron Chemistry by EPR
Stefan Stoll,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Projected Changes in the Seasonal Cycle under Global Warming
Adam H. Sobel,
professor,
Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth & Environmental Science,
Columbia University,
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Reaction Design and Catalysis with Aromatic Ions
Tristan H. Lambert,
professor of chemistry,
Columbia University,
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
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Biochemistry Seminar
Biogenesis of the OXPHOS Respiratory Chain: Modular Assembly of Cytochrome C Reductase and Cytochrome C Oxidase
Dennis Winge,
professor of medicine and biochemistry,
University of Utah Health Sciences Center,
Friday, March 18th, 2011
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Low Coordinate Nickel: A Two-Coordinate Nickel Imide
Carl Laskowski,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
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Beckman Lecture
Discovery & Surprises with Small Molecules
Erick M. Carreira,
professor of organic chemistry,
ETH Zürich,
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
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Thesis Seminar
Non-equilibrium Dynamics of DNA Nanotubes
Rizal Hariadi,
graduate student in applied physics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Abundant Electrocatalysts for Storing Solar Energy in Hydrogen
James McKone,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, March 28th, 2011
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
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Materials Research Lecture
Novel Carbon Aerogel Architectures for Energy Storage Applications
Theodore F. Baumann,
chemist, Advanced Materials Synthesis Group,
Chemical Sciences Division,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
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Special Lecture: The Crisis at Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant
Joseph Shepherd,
C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Dean of Grad,
Engineering and Applied Science,
California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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Bioengineering Lecture
Single-Molecule and Single-Cell Genomics
Paul Blainey,
postdoctoral scholar in bioengineering,
Stanford University,