Fall, 2009 Seminar Program
 
Seminars begin at 11:00 AM in Lecture Hall 3 of the Sid Richardson Science building unless otherwise noted.
Updated: November 9, 2009
 

For more information, please contact:
Jean-Luc Montchamp or Bob Neilson
phone: 817-257-7195
fax: 817-257-5851
Maps and Directions

Invited Speakers
SEP 1 LeGrande Slaughter, Oklahoma State University
  Electrophilic Catalysis With Metal Complexes of Structurally and Electronically Tunable Bis(Carbene) Ligands 
SEP 3 Jack Norton, Columbia University
  Applications of H• Transfer to the Catalysis of Radical Cyclizations
OCT 1 Gregg Dieckmann, University of Texas at Dallas
  Use of Closeable Cyclic Peptides and Other Designed Biomolecules for the Noncovalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes
OCT 22 Paul Pantano, University of Texas at Dallas
  Accurately Assessing the Potential Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes and the Use of Carbon Nanotubes as Cancer Theranostic Agents
OCT 29 Brian Beck, Texas Woman's University
  CREEPI: Computational Research on the Evolution and Energetics of Protein Interactions
NOV 3 Marcus Weck, New York University
  Supramolecular Copolymers
NOV 10 Eric Simanek, Texas A&M University
  From Flecks in the Flask to Kilograms on the Bench:  Moving Triazine Dendrimers Toward the Clinic
DEC 3 Adam Urbach, Trinity University
  Title to be announced
DEC 8 Dieter Cremer, Southern Methodist University
  Mercury Bonding Described with Relativistic Quantum Chemistry - Report on a Serious Discrepancy between Theory and Experiment

Graduate Student Seminars
SEP 17 Michele Russell, Literature Presentation
  Use of 18-O Isotopic Fractionation for the Study of Metalloenzymes: Experimental and Theoretical Challenges
SEP 29 Brad Polenz, Literature Presentation
  Nitroso Functionality – Variations on a Few Classical Reactions
OCT 15 Boran Shi, Literature Presentation
  Conjugated Polyelectrolytes with Fluorescence Properties for Detecting Biomolecules
NOV 12 Jessica Wacheux, Literature Presentation
  Characterization of Airborne Particulate Matter via Experimentation and Modeling
NOV 17 Anne Massie, Literature Presentation
  Title to be announced
NOV 19 Jian Cui, Dissertation Research
  Title to be announced
NOV 24 Ke Jiang, Dissertation Research
  Title to be announced
DEC 1 Shawna Johnson, Literature Presentation
  Title to be announced
Spring, 2010 Seminars