Current Foster Chemistry Colloquium
(Held in the FALL and SPRING semesters)
A PDF version of the seminar schedule is available here.
FALL SEMESTER 2009
September 4, 2009
Professor Marisa C. Kozlowski
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidative Naphthol Coupling and Claisen Rearrangement Reactions
Video not available
September 11, 2009
Professor Mary J. Wirth
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
Silica Colloidal Crystals in Bioanalytical Chemistry
Streaming Video or Download Video of Prof. Wirth's seminar
September 18, 2009
Professor John C. Conboy
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah
Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Biological Membranes (How Scientific Contributions from the Past Shape the Present)
Streaming Video or Download Video of Prof. Conboy's seminar
September 25, 2009
Professor David Watson
Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactivity of Nanostructured Inorganic Interfaces
Streaming Video or Download Video of Prof. Watson's seminar
October 2, 2009
Dr. Janet Cheetham
Director in Chemistry Research and Discovery, Amgen Inc.
A Darwinian Path: Evolution of NMR within the Biopharmaceutical Industry
Video not available
October 9, 2009
Professor Anthony B. Brennan
Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Florida
Antifouling - Chemistry or Topography?
Streaming Video or Download Video of Prof. Brennan's seminar
October 16, 2009
Professor Matthew Disney
Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo
Progress Towards the Rational Design of Small Molecules Targeting RNA
Video not available
October 23, 2009
Professor David E. Clemmer
Department of Chemistry, Indiana University
Anhydrous Protein Ions
Video not available
October 30, 2009
Professor Robin D. Rogers
Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama
From Green Chemistry to a 'Green' Industrial Revolution: Are Ionic Liquids Pointing the Way?
Streaming Video or Download Video of Prof. Rogers' seminar
November 6, 2009
Professor Catalina Achim
Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Ligand- and Metal Ion-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids for Nanotechnology Applications
Video not available
November 13, 2009
Professor Andrew Bennet
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
Catalysis and Reactivity in Glycosidase-Catalyzed Reactions
Streaming Video or Download Video of Prof. Bennet's seminar
November 20, 2009 (4:00 PM in NSC 220)
Professor Zhibin Guan
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
Design of Novel Soft Matters with Inspirations from Catalysis and Biology
December 4, 2009 (4:00 PM in NSC 220)
Professor R.J. Dwayne Miller
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
" Making the Molecular Movie": Quest for the
Structure-Function Correlation in Biology
