Kevin Schug, Coordinator
817-272-3541,  kschug@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.

 

January 18
Prof. Phil Castellano
Bowling Green State University
“Molecular Inorganic Photonics”
Host:  Fred MacDonnell

WEDNESDAY – January 23 – WEDNESDAY
Prof. Yoshihisa Kobayashi
University of California – San Diego
"Heterocycles in Natural Products Synthesis"
Host:  Carl Lovely

 January 25
Dr. Loon-Seng Tan
Air Force Research Laboratory
"Toward Multifunctional Nanocomposites:  Attaching Organic Functional Groups and Polymers 
to Carbon Surfaces in Poly(phosphoric acid)”
Host:  Rasika Dias

February 1
Prof. Olafs Daugulis
University of Houston
"Regioselective Functionalization of Unreactive C-H Bonds"
Host:  Rasika Dias

February 8
Prof. Linda J. Reha-Krantz
University of Alberta
"Using 2-Aminopurine Fluorescence to Study DNA Polymerase Function"
Host:  Subhra Mandal

February 15
Prof. R. Graham Cooks
Purdue University
"Mass Spectrometry: The Science and The Technology"
Host:  Kevin Schug

Prof. Gregory B. Dudley
Florida State University
"Organic Synthesis and Methodology Inspired by Natural Products"
Host:  Carl Lovely

February 22
Dr. Norma Tacconi
The University of Texas at Arlington
"Nanostructures and Nanocomposites for Energy Applications"
Host:  Krishnan Rajeshwar

February 29
Dr. Tim Croley
Virginia State Labs
"Identification and Characterization of Biological Pathogens using Top-down LC/MS”
Host:  Kevin Schug

CANCELLED – March 7 – CANCELLED
Prof. Mark Watson
University of Kentucky
"Fluorinated Organic Electronic Materials"
Host:  Martin Pomerantz

WEDNESDAY – March 12 – WEDNESDAY
Prof. Seketsu Fukuzawa
University of Tokyo
"Site-Specific Functionalization of Proteins by Organopalladium Reactions"
Host:  Christopher O'Brien

CANCELLED – March 14 – CANCELLED
Dr. Garry E. Kiefer
Macrocyclics (Dallas, TX)
"Lanthanide Chemistry in Medicine – Developing Applications through Ligand Architecture"
Host:  Jimmy Rogers

March 21
Spring Break – No Seminar

March 28
Prof. Gary M. Hieftje
University of Indiana
"New Tools and Techniques for Chemistry and Bioscience"
Host:  Sandy Dasgupta

April 4
Prof. Kenneth L. Brown
Ohio University
"Cage Effects and Diastereomeric Control in the Making and Breaking of Carbon-Cobalt Bonds 
in Organocobalt Corrinoids"
Host:  Edward Bellion

April 11
Prof. Hriday Das
University of North Texas Health Science Center
"Inhibition of PS1 Transcription is a Compelling Strategy to Reduce γ-Secretase Activity”
Host:  Subhra Mandal

 April 18
Prof. Chuck Henry
Colorado State University
"A Small Solution to a Big Problem:  Environmental Monitoring using Microchip Electrophoresis"
Host:  Sandy Dasgupta

 April 25
Prof. Vijay Ramani
Illinois Institute of Technology
"Degradation Processes and Degradation Mitigation Strategies in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells”
Host:  Krishnan Rajeshwar

 May 2
Prof. Sergei Dzyuba
Texas Christian University
"Bioorganic Studies on Amyloid Peptides – en Route to Understanding the Complexity of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Host:  Carl Lovely