August 30
Prof. Mohammad Omary
University of North Texas
Unusually Remarkable Luminescence and Absorption Properties of Gold(I) and Platinum(II)
Complexes
(Host: Dennis Marynick)
September 6
Prof. Eric Anslyn
University of Texas at Austin
Organic Chemistry Approaches to Single and Multiple Analyte Sensing
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)
September 13
Prof. John Buynak
Southern Methodist University
Synthetic, Mechanistic and Crystallographic Studies of Compounds to Defeat Bacterial
Resistance
(Host: Carl Lovely)
September 20
Prof. George Richter-Addo
University of Oklahoma
New Insights into the Interactions of NO and Organic Nitroso Compounds with Heme
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)
Thursday, September 26
Prof. Robert Latour
Clemson University
Protein Adsorption to Biomaterials Surfaces: Experimental and Modeling Approaches
for Quantitative Assessment
(Host: Richard Timmons)
October 4
Prof. Mike Bowers
University of California, Santa Barbara
Conformations of Macromolecules: Biopolymers, Electronic Materials and More
(Host: Gary Kinsel)
October
11
Prof. Ray Baughman
University of Texas at Dallas
Carbon Nanotubes for Fun and Profit: Tiny Muscles, Noses, Capacitors, and
Power Generators
(Host: Martin Pomerantz)
Tuesday, October 15
Dr. Qian Qiu Zhao
DuPont Corporation
Nanotechnology in the Chemical Industry
(Host: Richard Timmons)
October 18
Prof. Tom Moore
Arizona State University
Solar Energy Conversion by an Artificial Photosynthetic Membrane
(Host: Fred MacDonnell)
October 25
Dr. Roland Pitts
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Applications for Switchable Optical Materials in Energy Conservation and Hydrogen
Infrastructure
(Host: Krishnan Rajeshwar)
November 1
Prof. Richard Haglund
Vanderbilt University
Infrared Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization: Myths, Models and Mechanisms
(Host: Gary Kinsel)
Monday, November 4
Dr. Jamie Kim
University of California, Berkeley
Investigation of Macromolecular Adsorption at the Solid/Liquid Interface
by Infrared-Visible
Sum Frequency Generation
(Host: Krishnan Rajeshwar)
November 8
Prof. Richard Jordan
University of Chicago
Single-Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis: Recent Advances and Current Challenges
(Host: Rasika Dias)
November 15
Prof. Barbara Garrison
Penn State University
Cell Imaging, Tattoo Removal, LAXIK, Moons of Saturn and Mass Spectrometry:
A Common Denominator
(Host: Dennis Marynick)
November 22
Prof. Andy C. LiWang
Texas A&M University
