Spring, 2008 Seminar Program
 
Seminars begin at 11:00 AM in Lecture Hall 4 of the Sid Richardson building (directions) unless otherwise noted.
Updated: March 18, 2008
 
For more information, please contact:
Tracy Hanna or Bob Neilson
phone: 817-257-7195
fax: 817-257-5851
JAN 15 Andrew Barron, Rice University
  Amplification of Carbon Nanotubes: A Problem in Understanding Catalysis
FEB 21 Gregory Dudley, Florida State University
  Organic Synthesis and Methology Inspired by Natural Products
FEB 26 Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University
  Semiconductor Quantum Dots (QD) as Photosensitizers and QD-based Energy Transfer
FEB 28 Thomas Gray, Case Western Reserve University
  Gilded Organometallics
FEB 29 Cameron Jones, Monash University, Australia
4:00 PM
LH 1
Bulky Guanidinates - New ligands for the Stabilisation of Very Low Oxidation State Heterocycles
MAR 4 Bert Chandler, Trinity University
  Dendrimer Templates for Supported Au and NiAu Catalysts
MAR 6 Rick Kemp, University of New Mexico
  Divalent Main Group Metal Amides and their Reactions with Small Molecules
MAR 25 Joseph Ready, UT Southwestern Medical Center
  Stereoselective Transformations of Alkynes
MAR 27 Christopher Cummins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Welch Lecture
  Elemental Phosphorus Activation and Incorporation into Organic Molecules
APR 3 Edward Rosenberg, University of Montana
  Silica Polyamine Composites: Advanced Materials for Heavy Metal Recovery and Remediation
APR 10 Angela Wilson, University of North Texas
  New Routes to Energetic Prediction across the Periodic Table
APR 22 Paul Cremer, Texas A&M University
  How Do Salts and Osmolytes Stabilize/Denature Proteins?
APR 29 Vladimir Birman, Washington Uuniversity in St. Louis
  Design, Development and Applications of a New Class of Enantioselective Acyl Transfer Catalysts
JUN 20 Simon Aldridge, University of Oxford
  Title to be announced

TCU Graduate Student Seminars

JAN 22 Julie Fry, Literature Presentation
  Biochemical Adaptations for Life in Subzero Conditions
MAR 18 Rene Palacios, Literature Presentation
  Aysmmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Compounds
MAR 20 Lauren Schaeper, Literature Presentation
  Separation Techniques in Microfluidic Devices
APR 1 Minoru Aoshima, Literature Presentation
  Advanced Repair of Tooth by Synthetic Enamel
APR 8 Mengjia Wang, Literature Presentation
  Carbon Nanotubes and Their Application as Glucose Biosensors
APR 15 Dongmei Fan, Dissertation Research
  Mesoporous Silicon/Polymer Composites for Orthopedic Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications
APR 24 Nicholas Smith, Literature Presentation
  BODIPY - Based Fluorescent Dyes for Ion Sensing
MAY 1 Mauricio Quiroz Guzman, Dissertation Research
  Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity of Mo(VI) Di- and Monooxo Aryloxides