Fall 2006 Seminar Program

Krishnan Rajeshwar, Coordinator
817-272-3808, rajeshwar@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 1
Professor Alex Weiss
The University of Texas at Arlington
“Positron Annihilation-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy”
(Host: Krishnan Rajeshwar)

September 8
Professor Jeff DeJong
The University of Texas at Dallas
“Mechanisms for the Control of Gene Expression in Germ Cells”
(Host: Subra Mandal)

CANCELLED -- September 15 -- CANCELLED
Professor Doug Frantz
UT-Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
“Drug Discovery and Development in Academia: Perception vs. Reality”
(Host: Carl Lovely)

September 22
Professor Jennifer Brodbelt
The University of Texas at Austin
“Evaluation of DNA-Drug Complexes by Mass Spectrometry”
(Host: Kevin Schug)

September 29
Dr. Vaclav Stastny
The University of Texas at Arlington
“Supramolecular Materials from Carbon Dioxide”
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

October 6
Professor Edward Eyring
The University of Utah
“Catalysts for Water Gas Shift Production of Hydrogen”
(Host: Zoltan Schelly)

October 13
Professor Elena Gallopini
Rutgers University
“Semiconductor Nanoparticle Sensitization: Effect of Saturated and Unsaturated Linker”
(Host: Fred MacDonnell)

October 20
Professor Jung-Mo Ahn
The University of Texas at Dallas
“Development of Peptidomimetics and Their Biomedical Applications”
(Host: Kevin Schug)

2:00 PM - October 27 - 2:00 PM
Professor Roberto Toressi
The University of São Paulo
“Redox Reactions of Conducting Polymers in Ionic Liquids”
(Host: Krishnan Rajeshwar)

November 3
Professor Francois Gabbai
Texas A&M University
“Polyfunctional and Cationic Boranes"
(Host: Rasika Dias)

Monday - November 6 - Monday
Professor Christopher D. Spilling
University of Missouri-St. Louis
“Natural Product Synthesis with Allylic Hydroxy Phosphonates”
(Host: Carl Lovely)

November 10
Professor Robin Rogers
University of Alabama
“Green Chemistry and Applications of Ionic Liquids as Solvents: Enabling Sustainable Technologies for New Advanced Materials”
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

November 17
Dr. Christopher Matranga
National Energy Technological Laboratory
“Gas Interactions with Carbon Nanotubes and Porous Transition Metal Cyanides”
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

December 1
Professor Huw Davies
State University of New York at Buffalo
“C–H Activation: A New Strategic Reaction for Synthesis”
(Host: Carl Lovely)