Spring 2003 Seminar Program

Tom Gluick, Coordinator
(817) 272-3804, tcgluick@uta.edu

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

All seminars will be at 2:30 p.m. on Fridays, except those noted.

Refreshments will be served before the Seminar at 2:15 p.m. in Room 112 CRB.

January 17
Prof. Jean-Luc Montchamp
Texas Christian University
Phosphorus-Carbon Bond Formation: New Methodology for the Synthesis of Phosphinic Acids and Esters
(Host: Carl Lovely)

January 24
Prof. Steve Lodmell
University of Montana
Self-Recognition and Dimerization Site Selection in HIV-2 Leader Region RNA
(Host: Tom Gluick)

January 31
Prof. David Draper
The Johns Hopkins University
Getting the Charge out of RNA: How Ions and Proteins Help Fold RNA
(Host: Tom Gluick)

February 7
Prof. Christian Zwieb
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
SRP: Assembly and Signal Peptide Recognition
(Host: Tom Gluick)

February 14
Prof. Carole R. Mendelson
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Mechanisms in the Regulation of Surfactant Protein Gene Expression in Fetal Lung
(Host: Ed Bellion)

February 21
Dr. Greg J. Lumeta
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Practical Applications of Coordination Chemistry: Separations for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

Tuesday, February 25
Prof. Ivan Stibor
Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
Towards Chiral Recognition of Anions
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich

February 28
Prof. Russell Schmehl
Tulane University
Intraligand Charge Transfer Excited States in Transition Metal Complexes: Potential Applications in Electroluminescence and Optical Limiting
(Host: Fred MacDonnell)

Monday, March 3
Prof. Lubor Fisera
Slovak University of Technology
Stereoselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Nitrones
(Host: Martin Pomerantz)

March 7
Prof. Jerry Atwood
University of Missouri-Columbia
Synthesis and Application of Molecular Capsules
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

March 14
Prof. Alex K-Y. Jen
University of Washington
Nanoscale Architectural Control of Organic Functional Materials for Photonics and Molecular Electronics
(Host: Ronald Elsenbaumer)

Tuesday, March 18
Presidential Lecture
Prof. Gabor Somorjai
University of California, Berkeley
Surfaces: Favorite Media of Evolution and New Technologies
(Host: Zoltan Schelly)

March 28
Dr. Grigory V. Zyryanov
University of Texas at Arlington
Chemical Ssensing and Fixation of NO and NO₂
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

Tuesday, April 1
Prof. Siegfried R. Waldvogel
University of Muenster, Germany
Artificial Caffeine Receptors--Synthesis, Properties and New Concepts
(Host: Dmitry Rudkevich)

April 4
Prof. Victoria DeRose
Texas A&M University
Metals and Catalysis in Ribozymes
(Host: Tom Gluick)

Thursday, April 10, 2:00 PM
Prof. Steven M. Weinreb
Pennsylvania State University
Explorations in Uncharted Waters: Synthesis of Marine Natural Products
(Host: Carl Lovely)

April 18
Dr. Jin-Shan Wang
Eastman Kodak Company
Hyperbranched Polymer Intercalated/Exfoliated Clay Nanocomposites
(Host: Fred MacDonnell)

April 25
Prof. Tom Cundari
University of North Texas
Adventures in Transition Metal Modeling: Development and Applications
(Host: Dennis Marynick)

May 2
Prof. Jaan Laane
Texas A& M University
Spectroscopic Investigations of Molecular Structure of Ground and Excited Electronic States
(Host: Zoltan Schelly)