Fall 2005 Seminar Program

Dmitry Rudkevich, Coordinator
817-272-5245, rudkevich@uta.edu

Place: Room 114
W. A. Baker Chemistry Research Building (CRB), except those noted. See map

All seminars are at 2:30 PM on Fridays, except those noted.

Refreshments will be served prior to the seminars at 2:15 PM in Room 112 CRB.

September 9, 2005
Prof. Fred M. MacDonnell
University of Texas at Arlington
"The Wonderful World of Ru-Bipy: From Solar Energy Conversion to Chemotherapy"
(Host: Edward Bellion)

September 16, 2005
Prof. Richard Weiss
Georgetown University
"What Your Parents Didn't Tell You About Jell-O... or Molecular Gels"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

September 23, 2005
Prof. Douglass F. Taber
University of Delaware
"Computational Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis of the Heptacyclic Pyrazine Core of the Ritterazine Alkaloids"
(Host: Carl Lovely)

Tuesday - September 27, 3:00 PM - Tuesday
Prof. Tsuneo Okubo
Yamagata University, Japan
"Dissipative Structures in Colloidal Dispersions"
(Host: Zoltan Schelly)

September 30, 2005
Prof. Jon Parquette
Ohio State University
"Structure and Function of Folded Dendrimers"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

October 7, 2005
Prof. Jack Norton
Columbia University
"Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ionic Hydrogenation of C=N: Scope and Enantioface Selectivity"
(Host: Kevin Schug)

October 14, 2005
Prof. Angel Kaifer
University of Miami
"Cucurbit[n]urils: A New Class of Molecular Receptors"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

October 21, 2005
Prof. Karen Goldberg
University of Washington
"Mechanistic Studies of Fundamental Reaction Steps in Late Metal Homogeneous Catalysis"
(Host: Rasika Dias)

Cancelled October 28, 2005 Cancelled
Prof. Jef K. De Brabander
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
"Natural Product Synthesis: A platform for Discovery"
(Host: Carl Lovely)

November 4, 2005
Prof. Stefan K. Estreicher
Texas Tech University
"The Surprising Physics and Chemistry of Defects in Semiconductors"
(Host: Krishnan Rajeshwar)

November 11, 2005
Prof. Trent Selby
University of North Texas
"Organometallic Redox Arrays for Control of Spin Alignment"
(Host: Subhra Mandal)

November 18, 2005
Prof. John W. Sibert
University of Texas at Dallas
"Wurster's Crowns: Structure-Property Relationships within a New Class of Redox-Active Macrocycles"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

December 2, 2005
Prof. Vladimir Sidorov
Virginia Commonwealth University
"Fluorescent Dye Receptors for Biomembrane Assays"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

December 9, 2005
Dr. Valentina Sgarlata
University of Texas at Arlington
"Supramolecular Chemistry of NO_x Gases"
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)