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Ongoing – 3/9 5:00pm
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Registration for Spring Term 2011–12

Friday, March 2nd, 2012
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
John Anderson, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, March 5th, 2012
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biophysics Lecture

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Physical Aspects of Viral Infectivity
William Gelbart, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chiral Indium Catalysts for Highly Controlled Ring Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters
Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia,
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Nanostructured Silicon Thermoelectrics
Jen-Kan Yu, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Heath Group, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Discovery of the Fullerenes
David E. Manolopoulos, Professor, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford,
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
On the Time-Varying Trend in Global-Mean Surface Temperature
Zhaohua Wu, Assistant Professor, Meterology, Florida State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Enriched and high-order finite elements for large, accurate ab initio electronic structure calculations
J. E. Pask, Condensed Matter and Materials Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar---CANCELLED

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Michael E. Jung, professor of chemistry, UCLA,
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Thesis Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
The Quantum Electron Dynamics of Materials Subjected to Extreme Environments
Patrick Theofanis, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Goddard Group, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
On de novo Purine Biosynthesis: The Purinosome
Stephen Benkovic, Evan Pugh professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University,
Friday, March 9th, 2012
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day of Classes for Winter Term

8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day to Register for Spring Term

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Cell-Selective Biological Activity of Rhodium Metalloinsertors
Alexis C. Komor, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
8:00am – 3/13 5:00pm
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Study Period

Monday, March 12th, 2012
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Understanding C-H Bond Activation in Heme Proteins: The Role of Thiolate Ligation in Cytochrome P450
Michael T. Green, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University,
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
8:00am – 3/16 5:00pm
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Final Examinations for Winter Term

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules
Christopher Gilmore, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Distributions, sources and sinks of greenhouse gases assessed using global and regional aircraft measurements
Steve Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor, Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Harvard University,
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Smart Grid: Opportunities and Challenges in the Creation of the 21st Century Power Grid
Rajit Gadh, Professor, Henry Samueli School of Engineering & Applied Science, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fitness Effects of All Possible Point-Mutants in Ubiquitin
Dan Bolon, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Friday, March 16th, 2012
8:00am – 5:00pm
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End of Winter Term

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Reactivity of Novel Tricopper Complexes
Davide Lionetti, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
8:00am – Ongoing
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Spring Recess

Monday, March 19th, 2012
9:00am – 10:00am
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Thesis Seminar

South Mudd 365
Computational Modeling Studies of Fundamental Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
Zachary J. Lebo, Graduate student , Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
tert-Butyl Chalcogenides as Useful Precursors for Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis and their Surface Modification
Richard Brutchey, assistant professor of chemistry, USC,
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Gold-Catalyzed Molecular Gymnastics
Antonio M. Echavarren, Professor, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ),
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Systematic identification of reaction coordinates with (and now also without) transition path sampling
Baron Peters, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA,
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Instructors' Final Grade Reports

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Nanostructured Membranes and Monoliths from Reactive Multifunctional Block Polymers
Marc A. Hillmyer, professor of chemistry, University of Minnesota,
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
10:30am – 11:30am
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Special Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Computational electrochemistry of transition metal oxide water interfaces
Michiel Sprik, Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Charge Transfer in DNA
Tetsuro Majima, Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University,
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Synthetic Models of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex in Photosystem II
Jacob Kanady, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, March 26th, 2012
10:30am – 11:30am
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Thesis Seminar

Broad 100
Neural and Behavioral Investigations of Social Reward Processing
Alice Lin,
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
8:00am – 3/30 5:00pm
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Special CCE Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
MSC 2012 Annual Research Conference
William Goddard, Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, CALTECH,
8:00am – 3/30 5:00pm
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Special CCE Seminar

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Friday, March 30th, 2012
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Development of Molecular Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization with Tunable Reactivity toward Alpha-Olefins
Jerzy Klosin, Ph.D., Corporate R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Topic to be Announced
Jerzy Klosin, Research Chemist, Dow Chemical Company,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Crellin 151
Bimetallic Polymerization Catalysts Based on a Terphenyl Framework: Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity
Madalyn Radlauer, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,