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2001-Winter 2009 Seminars are Listed Below
Fall 2001 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
October 5, 2001
"Sequential Injection Analysis: Development of Microfluidic
Gradient Systems."
Armando Herbelin, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
October 12, 2001
"The What, When, Where, Why, and How of Graduate School."
Dr. Jim Vyvyan, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University
October 15, 2001
"Paper: Production and Properties"
Dr. Tom McDonough, Professor of Engineering Institute of Paper Science
and Technology, Atlanta, GA
October 18, 2001
"Worlds Within the World: An Introduction to the Chemistry,
Geology, and Ecology of Caves."
Dr. John Marquart, Department of Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University,
Charleston, Illinois
October 19, 2001
"The Biogeochemical Controls of Nitrous Oxide in Soils and
its Influence on Global Climate Change."
Dr. Kevin Mandernack, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
October 26, 2001
"Violating the Octet Rule? Concepts and Examples from DFT Studies
of Trifluoronitrosyl and Related Molecules."
Professor Daisy Zhang, Seattle Pacific University
October 30, 2001
"Topological Mutants of Glycera Hemoglobin"
Mitsuhiro Tsuchiya, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, Western
Washington University Thesis Defense
November 6, 2001
"Photophysical Investigations of Transition Metal Chromophores."
Dr. Keith A. Walters, Northwestern University
November 9, 2001
"Computational Studies of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts
by Late Transition Metals."
Dr. Jeremy Kua, University of California, San Diego
November 13, 2001
"A New Paradigm in the General Chemistry Laboratory."
Dr. Susan Mason, University of Kansas
November 16, 2001
"Mechanistic Aspects of Transition Metal Mediated Oxidation
Reactions."
Dr. LeGrande Slaughter, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
November 19, 2001
"Developing and Using Online Homework and Online Pre and Post
Labs to Teach Chemistry."
Dr. Steven D. Gammon, Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho
November 26, 2001
"Using Visualization Strategies to Improve Students' Conceptual
Understanding of Chemistry."
Dr. Michael J. Sanger, Departments of Chemistry and Science Education,
University of Northern Iowa
November 30, 2001
"Pathway to the Nobel Prize: Ruthenium-Bis(phosphine) Catalyzed
Hydrogenations."
Dr. Christopher Daley, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University
December 5, 2001
"Summer Experiences in Chemistry: Western Student Perspectives"
Scott Dunlap - Chip Camp University of Oregon
Celeste Loitz - National Science Foundation Research Experience
for Undergraduates (NSF-REU)
Kathleen Holt - Nuclear Summer School at San Jose State University
& National Laboratory Summer Internships
Amber Hamilton & Trisha Duffey - Summer Research at Western
Washington University
December 7, 2001
"Preliminary Studies of Amorphous Metal Boride Hydrodesulfurization
Catalysts."
Mr. Gregory Parks, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, Western
Washington University
Winter 2002 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
January 11, 2002
"Radical Chemistry Without 'Dots': Hydrocarbon Oxidation by
Transition Metal Compounds."
Professor James Mayer, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
January 18, 2002
"The Future of Microelectronics: Toward Environmentally-Benign
Methods for Assembling Nano-electronic Devices and Circuits."
Professor James E. Hutchison, Department of Chemistry, University
of Oregon
January 25, 2002
"The Single Cell Proteome Project."
Professor Norman J. Dovichi, Department of Chemistry, University
of Washington
February 1, 2002
"Materials Science Puzzles in Display and Lighting Technologies."
Professor Anthony Diaz, Department of Chemistry, Central Washington
University
February 8, 2002
"New Reagents and Methods for Organic Synthesis. Applications
to Terpenoid Syntheses."
Professor Edward Piers, Department of Chemistry, University of British
Columbia
February 15, 2002
"Microvortices"
Professor Daniel T. Chiu, Department of Chemistry, University of
Washington
February 22, 2002
"Where's the Proton: Dissecting the pH-Dependent Mechanism
of a Model Gylcosidase."
Professor Lawrence P. McIntosh, Department of Chemistry, University
of British Columbia
March 1, 2002
"Molecular Recognition of Watson-Crick and T/G Mismatched Base
Pairs of DNA by Stacked Polyamides."
Professor Moses N. F. Lee, Department of Chemistry, Furman University
March 8, 2002
"Rational Drug Design for Parasitic and Autoimmune Diseases."
Dr. Darrick Carter, Corixa Corporation, Seattle, WA
Spring 2002 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
April 5, 2002
"Bridging the Gap Between Proteins and Nucleic Acids-Discovery
and Development of a Novel RNaseA Mimic."
Dr. David Perrin, Department of Chemistry, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver
April 12, 2002
"Mapping the early steps in the conformational conversion of
the prion protein."
Dr. Valerie Daggett, Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry
and Biomolecular Structure and Desing Program, University of Washington,
Seattle
April 19, 2002
"Low coordinate p-block chemistry: new opportunities for material
synthesis."
Dr. Derek Gates, Department of Chemistry, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver
April 26, 2002
"Some Experimental Studies of Metal/Polymer Interfaces."
Dr. Todd Stuckless, Chemistry Department, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver
May 3, 2002
"Peptide Mimetic Inhibitors of Thrombin."
Dr. Doug Boatman, Molecumetics, Bellevue, WA
May 10, 2002
"The Application of Sciences in the Pharmaceutical Industry."
Dr. Tom Harvey, Chemistry Department, Western Washington University
May 17, 2002
Scholars Week
May 24, 2002
"Understanding and Exploiting Glycosidases."
Dr. Steve Withers, Department of Chemistry, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver
May 28, 2002
"Mesostructured Materials Using Liquid Crystals."
Michael Lynch, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, Western Washington
University
May 29, 2002
"Studies of Thin Films of Tetracene and Pentacene Deposited
from Liquid."
Joe McLellan, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, Western Washington
University
May 31, 2002
"Structural Insights into the Function of the Breast Cancer
Susceptibility Protein, BRCA1."
Dr. Rachel Klevit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington,
Seattle
Summer 2002 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
July 19, 2002
"Electron Field Emission and Light Emission of Carbon Nanotubes."
Professor Jun Kiao, Physics Department, Portland State University,
Portland, Oregon
July 22, 2002
"Amorphous Metal Borides: Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts."
Thesis Defense - Greg Parks, Graduate Student, Western Washington
University
Fall 2002 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
October 3, 2002
"The Structure of Hexokinase BAn Old Story with Some New Twists."
Professor Oren Anderson, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State
University
October 4, 2002
"The What, When, Where, Why, and How of Graduate School in
the Sciences."
Professor James Vyvyan, Department of Chemistry, Western Washington
University
October 11, 2002
"Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Transition Metal
Phosphide Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts."
Stephanie Sawhill, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, Western
Washington University
October 16, 2002
"Total Synthesis of Natural Products of Biological Intrigue."
Professor Robert Williams, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State
University
October 18, 2002
"Antibacterial Drug Discovery: Historical Perspective and New
Developments."
Dr. Steve Alley, Chiron Corporation, Seattle, Washington
October 25, 2002
"The Mechanism of Copper Phenanthroline Induced DNA Strand
Scission."
Dr. Brian Bales, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
November 1, 2002
"How Moths Smell Enantiomers: Molecular Recognition in Gypsy
Moth Pheromone Olfaction."
Professor Erika Plettner, Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser
University, BC
November 8, 2002
"Mechanistic Studies of Nucleoside Modification in tRNA: A
Unique Role for S-Adenosylmethionine."
Professor Dirk Iwata-Reuyl, Department of Chemistry, Portland State
University
November 11, 2002
"Self-Assembly of Mesoscopic Building Blocks Using Liquid Crystals."
Michael Lynch, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, Western Washington
University
November 15, 2002
"Controlling Properties of Materials at the Nanoscale."
Professor Geoff Strouse, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, Santa Barbara
November 22, 2002
"Solid State NMR Investigation of Molecular Recognition at
Interfaces Using Antimicrobial and Biomineralization Peptides."
Professor Myriam Cotten, Department of Chemistry, Pacific Lutheran
University
December 5, 2002
"Towards Single-Molecule Enzymology Using Surface-Enhanced
Raman Scattering."
Teresa Wenda, Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, Western Washington
University
December 6, 2002
"Studies with Circular Permuteins of Myoglobin."
Professor Spencer Anthony-Cahill, Chemistry Department, Western
Washington University
Winter 2003 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
January 10, 2003
"Insulin-enhancing Vanadium Compounds."
Professor Chris Orvig, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
January 17, 2003
"Proteins of Iron: Aspects of Biological Rust Control."
Professor Grant Mauk, Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia
January 31, 2003
"Phosphodiesterases: From Bench to Bedside."
Dr. Peter Snyder, ICOS Corporation, (Biotech Industry)
February 7, 2003
"From Molecular Recognition to Crystal Engineering and Back Again."
Professor Kenneth Doxsee, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon
February 14, 2003
"Tunable Diode Laser Gain Measurements of the HF (2-0) Overtone Transitions in a Small Scale HF Laser."
Dr. Gordon D. Hager, Kirtland Air Force Base
February 21, 2003
"From Molecular Recognition to Crystal Engineering and Back Again."
Professor H. Jane Dyson, Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute
February 28, 2003
"NMR Chemical Shifts, the Ultimate Measure of Polypeptide Folding."
Professor Niels H. Andersen, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
March 7, 2003
"Synthetic, Structural and Reactivity Studies of Transition Metal Hydride and Dihydrogen Complexes."
Professor D. Michael Heinekey, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
Spring 2003 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
April 4, 2003
"Covalent Heme Binding to P450 "
Professor Allan Rettie, University of Washington (Medicinal Chemistry)
April 11, 2003
"Recent Work in Natural Products Synthesis "
Professor Greg Dake, University of British Columbia (Chemistry)
April 18, 2003
"Folding of intertwined helical dimers"
Professor Lisa Gloss, Washington State University (School of Molecular Biosciences)
April 25, 2003
"Forensic applications of DNA analysis"
Brian Smelser, Forensic Scientist, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory in Marysville
May 2, 2003
"Structural Studies and Photophysical Investigations of Layered Zirconium Phosphonates "
Professor Willem Leenstra, University of Vermont (Chemistry)
May 9, 2003
"Circular Dichroism Imaging Microscopy"
Professor Bart Kahr, University of Washington (Chemistry)
May 12, 2003
"Studies of thin films tetracene and pentacene from liquid crystal solvents"
Joseph McLellan, Western Washington University (Thesis Defense)
May 15-16, 2003
"Sugar Molecules in Biology and Medicine" (May 15, 11-12noon, SL 110)
"Chemical Approaches to Glycomics Research" (May 16, 10-11am, PH 146)
"Sulfation Pathways in Inflammation and in Mycobacterial Infection" (May 16, 5-6pm, SL 150)
Scholar's Week Speaker: Professor Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley
May 23, 2003
"HREELS Invetigation of Probe Molecule Adsorption on Ultra-thin Films of
gamma-Al2O3 Grown on NiAl(100): Determination of Surface OH Acidity"
Dr. Katy Layman, Western Washington University (Chemistry)
May 30, 2003
"Synthesis of benzoxocane containing natural products: Heliannuol A, K, and
Heliannane."
Celeste Loitz, Western Washington University (Chemistry: Vyvyan Group)
Fall 2003 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
October 3, 2003
""What, When, Where, Why, and How of Graduate School in the Sciences."
Dr. James Vyvyan, Western Washington University
October 17, 2003
"The Chemical Biology of Nitrogen Oxides"
Dr. Katrina Miranda, University of Arizona (Chemistry)
October 24, 2003
"Biochemical and Biomedical Applications of Lab-on-a-Chip Technology"
Dr. Charles Henry, Colorado State University (Chemistry)
October 31, 2003
"Active Site Analogues of Nitrile Hydratase"
Briea Lewis, Western Washington University (Chemistry: Daley Group)
November 7, 2003
"Silica Polyamine Composites: Advanced Materials for Metal Recovery and Environmental Remediation"
Dr. E. Rosenberg, University of Montana (Chemistry)
November 14, 2003
"Investigating the Origin of the Tobacco Ringspot Virus Satellite"
Monique Brewer, Western Washington University (Chemistry: Prody Group)
November 21, 2003
"Support Effects for Metal Phosphide Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts"
Daniel Van Wyk, Western Washington University (Chemistry: Bussell Group)
Winter 2004 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
| Jan 16 |
Dr. Snorri Th. Sigurdsson University of
Washington (Chemistry)
"Application of EPR Spectroscopy
for the Sutdy of RNA-Ligand Interactions"
Web-page |
| Jan 23 |
Prof. Peter Griffiths University of Idaho
"Design and applications of an ultra-rapid-scanning FT-IR
spectrometer "
Webpage |
| Jan 30 |
Prof. Geri Richmond University of Oregon (Chemistry)
"Going Nonlinear to Study Water Surfaces"
Webpage |
| Feb 6 |
Prof. David Patrick Western Washington University (Chemistry)
"Synthesizing Nanomaterials Using Liquid Crystals"
Webpage |
| Feb 13 |
Prof. Kevin Gable Oregon State University (Chemistry)
"Rhenium-mediated O-atom transfer: Unexpected mechanistic complexity and the design of “Green” catalysis."
Webpage |
| Feb 20 |
Prof. Art Ellis University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chemistry)
"The ABCs of Nanotechnology: Atom, Bits, and Civilization"
Webpage |
| Feb 27 |
Tom Rauchfuss University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Chemistry)
"Small Molecules and Big Energy: an Organometallic Perspective"
Webpage |
| Mar 1 |
Professor Mary Hatcher-Skeers The Claremont
Colleges-McKenna
"Structure and Dynamics in DNA Binding Sites"
Webpage |
| Mar 12 |
Prof. A. Patricia Campbell University of Washington (Medicinal Chemistry)
"NMR Guided Design of a Breast Cancer Vaccine"
Webpage |
Spring 2004 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
| April 2 |
Dr. Harry B. Davis Gonzaga University (Chemistry)
"Molecules that Move"
Web-page |
| April 9 |
Dr. George O'Doherty West Virginia University (Chemistry)
"De Novo Synthesis in Carbohydrate Chemistry"
Webpage |
| April 16 |
Dr. Lisa Rosenberg University of Victoria (Chemistry)
"Exploiting catalytic Si-H activation in the synthesis and modification of oligosilanes"
Webpage |
| April 23 |
Dr. Ted Molinski University of California, Davis (Chemistry)
"Marine Natural Products Chemistry"
Webpage |
| May 7 |
Celeste Loitz Western Washington University (M.S. Defense)
"Synthesis of Benzoxocane-Containing Natural Products:
Heliannuol A, K, and Helianane"
Webpage |
| May 14 |
Dr. Daniel Jones PENN State (Chemistry)
"Protein Modifications, Mass Spectrometry, and the Era of the Proteome"
Webpage |
| May 21 |
Dr. John Bercaw CalTech (Chemistry): Scholar's Week Speaker
"Organometallic Catalysts for Making Polypropylenes: Controlling Stereochemistry and Polymer Microstructure"
Webpage |
| May 28 |
Dr. Margaret Daley University of Washington (Postdoctoral Researcher: Biochemistry)
"How do Antifreeze Proteins Work? NMR Investigations of Tenebrio molitor Antifreeze Protein"
Webpage |
Winter 2005 - WWU Chemistry - Seminar Program
| Jan 14 |
Scott Wilkinson Western Washington University (MS Chemistry: Patrick)
"Using Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Solvents to Grow Oriented Thin Films of Organic Semiconductor Molecules"
Web-page |
| Jan 21 |
Dr. John Gerdes University of Montana-Missoula (Chemistry)
"Attribute Correlated 3D Mapping: Measures of Protein and Ligand Computational Models"
Webpage |
| Jan 28 |
Dr. Goran Krilov Columbia University: 4PM Seminar Start
"Modelling Protein Solvation"
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| Feb 2 |
Dr. Aric Opdahl National Institute of Standards and Technology
"Characterization of single stranded DNA immobilized on
gold surfaces: film structure and stability" 4PM Seminar Start
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| Feb 4 |
Autumn Burns Western Washington University (MS Chemistry: Bussell)
"Bimetallic Phosphide Hydrotreating Catalysts."
Webpage |
| Feb 8 |
Dr. Mac Brown University of Oregon
"Spectroscopy, Structure and Dynamics at Los Alamos"
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| Feb 9 |
Amanda Henry Western Washington University (MS Chemistry: Vyvyan)
"Small Molecule Models of Tri-Block Polymer Coupling Sites."
Webpage |
| Feb 11 |
Dr. Frank Osterloh University of California, Davis (Chemistry)
"How to use chemistry to make the world’s smallest flashlights and compasses"
Webpage |
| Feb 18 |
Dr. Peter Legzdins University of British Columbia (Chemistry)
"The Chemistry of C-H Activating Complexes of the Group 6
Metals"
Webpage |
| Mar 7 |
Dr. John Gelder, Oklahoma State University,
"Molecular Level Laboratory Experiments in Chemistry", 3:15 in
CB 285.
Webpage |
| Mar 9 |
Professor Ned D. Heindel Lehigh University
(Chemistry) and Past President of the American Chemical Society,
"Folk Medicine in the 19th Century",
7:30 p.m. seminar start SMATE SL 110 |
Fall Quarter 2005
| Sep 30 |
Dr.'s Steven Emory and Christopher Daley Western
Washington University (Chemistry)
"What, When, Where, and How of Graduate School in the
Sciences" |
| Oct 7 |
Dr. Mark Bussell Western Washington
University (Physical/Material Chemistry)
"The End of Oil (and Some Chemistry Related to Hydrogen Fuel
Cells)"
Webpage |
| Oct 14 |
Bevin Parks University of Oregon (Chemistry)
"Bicyclic Malonamides for Binding f-Block Ions: Preorganized
Ligands for Materials Applications" |
| Oct 21 |
Dr. George Kriz (Chemistry Department) and Kate Popejoy
(Woodring College of Education), Western
Washington University "Chemistry in a Social
and Historical Context: A Project for Liberal Arts Chemistry"
Webpage |
| Oct 26 |
Sian Thornton Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry) "Integrating Green Chemistry into the
Organic Lab Curriculum" SL 110
3:00 p.m. |
| Oct 28 |
Melinda Kangala Graduate Student, Western Washington University
(Biochemistry) "Structural Studies of the Binding of Sulfated
Neurosteroids to the NMDA Receptor Subunits NR2B and D"
Webpage |
| Nov 4 |
Amanda Henry Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry) Thesis Defense
"Synthesis and Evaluation of
Small-Molecule Models of Tri-Block Polymer Coupling Sites" |
| Nov 10 |
Dr. Benjamin Gherman Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota, "Computational Modeling of
Catalysis in Monocopper Enzymes: Dopamine-Monooxygenase and
Peptidylglycine-Hydroxlyating Monooxygenase"
SL 110 4:15 p.m. |
| Nov 14 |
Dr. Thorstein Adalsteinsson Department of Chemistry,
Mount Holyoke College, "Understanding dispersions of hollow
polymer capsules"
SL 150 4:15 p.m. |
| Nov 15 |
Dr. Rico Del Sesto Chemistry Division, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, "Design and Synthesis of Ionic Liquid
Materials"
SL 140 4:15 p.m. |
| Nov 17 |
Dr. Carolyn Anderson Department of Chemistry, Pomona
College, "Teaching Old Methods New Tricks: Stories of
Asymmetric Catalysis and the Assignment of Relative
Configuration"
SL 110 4:15 p.m. |
| Nov 21 |
Dr. Andrew Duncan Department of Chemistry, Pomona
College, "Chiral Organometallic Complexes of Zirconium and
Copper: Synthetic, Structural, and Mechanistic Studies and
Applications in Organic Methodology"
SL 150 4:15 p.m. |
| Nov 22 |
Dr. Stephen Testa Department of Chemistry, University
of Kentucky, "Nucleic Acids, Disease, and You"
SL 130 10:00 a.m. |
| Nov 28 |
Dr. Anna Wenzel California Institute of Technology, "Stereocontrol
in Small Molecule Synthesis"
SL 150 4:15 p.m. |
| Nov 29 |
Dr. Jessica Hollenbeck Department of Biochemistry,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, "New Tools to Study B Cell
Signaling"
SL 140 4:15 p.m. |
| Nov 30 |
Monique Brewer Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Biochemistry) Thesis Defense
"Investigating the Origin of the Tobacco Ringspot
Virus Satellite"
SL 130 2:00 p.m. |
| Dec 1 |
Dr. Casey Londergan
Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, "The onset
of peptide aggregation monitored by one- and two-dimensional
infrared spectroscopy"
SL 110 4:15 p.m. |
| Dec 2 |
Dr. Loren Williams School of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, " The Origins of
DNA Bending and Deformation"
SL 110 3:45 p.m. |
Winter Quarter 2006
| Jan 6 |
Rachel Saunders Graduate Student, Western
Washington University (Chemistry) "Nickel Molybdenum Phosphide Catalysts for Environmentally-Important Processes" |
| Jan 20 |
Dr. Shaoyi Jiang University of Washington
(Department of Chemical Engineering) "Molecular Engineering of
Surfaces for Biomaterials and Biosensors" |
| Jan 23 |
Dr. Istavan Kiss University of Virginia "Dynamical
Order and Complexity in Rhythmic Chemical Systems"
4:30 p.m. SL 150 |
| Jan 25 |
Dr. David Szpunar University of California, Berkeley
"Photodissociation of Small I-(H2O)n Clusters Excited
to the Charge-Transfer-to-Solvent State"
4:30 p.m. SL 150 |
| Jan 27 |
Laura Stoll Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry) "Probing the structure-function
relationship between the GluR2 subunit of the AMPA receptor and
its allosteric modulators." |
| Feb 3 |
F. Scott Wilkinson Graduate Student, Western
Washington University (Chemistry) "Engineered growth of organic
molecular crystals in thin films using liquid solvents."
Thesis Defense
4:15 p.m.CB 285 |
| Feb 10 |
Jennifer Meyer Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry) "Studies toward the enantioselective
total synthesis of cananodine." Thesis
Defense |
| Feb 22 |
James Coats Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry) "Synthesis and Evaluation of
Heliannuol C Analogues" 4:00 p.m. SL
150 |
| Feb 24 |
Dr. Larry Wienkers Amgen "Cytochrome P450
Metabolic Inactivation: Understanding The Mechanism Behind
Mechanism Based Inhibitors" |
| Mar 3 |
Dr. Dean Waldow Pacific Lutheran University
(Chemistry) "Tailoring Polymer Blend Compatibilization with
Copolymer Additives" |
| Mar 10 |
Dr. Wes Quigley Boeing "Analytical Chemistry at
Boeing" |
Spring Quarter 2006
| Mar 31 |
Dr. Eric Bullock, Central
Washington University (Chemistry). "The Self-Assembly
of Two-Component Mixtures on Surfaces". |
| Apr 07 |
Dr. Carrie Stoffel, Western Washington
University (Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education). "An NSF Discovery Corps Fellowship: an After
School Science Club Initiative". |
| Apr 14 |
Dr. Brian R. James, University of British Columbia
(Chemistry).
"Modification of Lignin Structure: or an Inorganic Chemist's
Stroll Through the Woods".
2:30 pm CB 285
Webpage
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| Apr 24 |
Dr. Ariel Fenster, McGill University,
Office for Science & Society. "Food of the Gods: The Science and Lore of Chocolate".
7:30 pm SL 150
Webpage |
| Apr 28 |
Candace Thompson, Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry). "Surface-Enhanced Raman Based
Optical Probes". 3:15 pm
CB285 |
| Apr 28 |
Dr. Jon Nelson, Ritsumeikan University,
Japan (Science &
Engineering). Graduate Student Invited Seminar. "Surface Macrostep Model for Sidebranching
in Snow Crystals". 5:00 pm
CB 285. ChemClub Dinner at Bob's in Barkley Village
immediately following seminar. |
| May 11 |
Dr. Garth Simpson (WWU Alumnus), Purdue
University (Chemistry). "“Novel Approaches for
Investigating Biological Interfaces”.
4:00 pm SL 110
Webpage |
| May 12 |
Jennifer Johnson, Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry). "Development of an
Enantioselective Claisen Rearrangement in the Synthesis of
Heliannuols C and E ". |
| May 19 |
Dr. Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology
(Chemistry). Scholar's Week Keynote Speaker. "The
Currents of Life: Electron Flow through Iron and Copper
Proteins".
Webpage |
| May 26 |
Seminar is Cancelled.
Dr. David E. Clemmer, Indiana University (Chemistry).
"Understanding the Structures and Dynamics of Gas-Phase Protein
Ions and Applications for Whole Proteome Analysis: The
Aging of Drosophila and Mapping Human Plasma".
Webpage |
| May 31 |
Erik Werner, Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry). "Progress toward the synthesis of
Heliannuol A using conformational constraint".
3:15 pm SL 140 |
| Jun 02 |
Graduation Celebration & Awards/Scholarship
Presentation |
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Summer Quarter 2006
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| June 21 |
Laura Stoll, Graduate Student, Western
Washington University (Biochemistry).
Thesis Defense "Unraveling
the interactions of endogenous neurosteroids and antidepressants
with ionotropic glutamate receptions".
3:00 p.m. SL 110 |
| June 23 |
Professor Stephanie Brock, Wayne State
University (Chemistry) "When Size Really Matters: Synthesis &
Properties of Transition Metal Phosphide Nanoparticles & Metal
Chalcogenide Nanonetworks" 1:00 p.m. CB
285 |
| July 21 |
Sian Thornton, Graduate Student, Western
Washington University (Chemistry).
Thesis Defense "Integrating green chemistry into the
organic laboratory curriculum". |
| Sep 15 |
Ned H. Martin, University of North
Carolina, Wilmington (Chemistry). "Revisiting
through-space NMR shielding effects; it's not just shielding
cones anymore: 11:00 a.m. CB 285
Webpage |
Fall Quarter 2006
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| Sep 29 |
Professor Steven Emory, Western Washington University
(Analytical Chemistry). "Nanoparticle-Based Optical Probes for Bioimaging".
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| Oct 06 |
Faculty Panel, Chemistry Department, Western
Washington University "Panel discussion for students about applying for
graduate school" |
| Oct 13 |
Professor Daniel Gamelin, Chemistry Department,
University of Washington "Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Related to Spintronics" |
| Oct 16 |
Professor David Tierney, University of New Mexico
(Chemistry). "Cobalt as Spectroscopic Probe of Zinc Biochemistry: Models to
Maquettes to Metalloproteins." 4:15 p.m. CB 285
|
| Oct 27 |
Craig Campbell, Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry). "Transition Metal Complexes of Isoindoline Pincer
Ligands" |
| Nov 06 |
Professor James McGarrah, Barnard College
"Luminescent Platinum Coordination Compounds for Photovoltaics,
Photosynthetic Mimicry, and Electroluminescent Devices" 4:00
p.m. SL 110 |
| Nov 08 |
Dr. Devon Rosenfeld, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, "Progress toward regiospecific hydroamination: Formation
of C(sp3)-N bonds via reductive elimination and triflic acid
catalyzed additions of N-H bonds to olefins" 4:00
p.m. SL 130 |
| Nov 14 |
Jeffrey Johnson, Ph.D. Colorado State University,
"Mechanistic Elucidation and its Role in the Development of Organic
Methodology" 4:00 p.m. SL 130 |
| Nov 16 |
Professor Myriam Cotten Pacific Lutheran University,
" A Solid-State NMR Study of Lipid-Bound Piscidin: Implications of Peptide
Secondary Structure, Topology, and Fast Dynamics for Antimicrobial
Function." 4:00 p.m. SL 130 |
| Nov 20 |
Liliya A. Yatsunyk, Ph.D. Northwestern University,
"Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Spectroscopies of Non-Planar Hemes as
Models of the Cytochromes b Heme Centers"
4:00 SL 130 |
| Nov 21 |
Melinda Kangala, Graduate Student, Western Washington
University (Chemistry). Thesis Defense. 3:00 p.m.
BI 212 |
| Nov 28 |
Danielle Dube, Ph.D. Stanford University "Chemical
Tools to Target and Understand Glycosylation" 4:00
p.m. SL 130 |
| Nov 30 |
Annaliese Franz, Ph.D. Harvard University,
"Investigating the Unique Reactivity of Organosilanes: From Synthetic
Methodology to Cellular Profiling." 4:00 p.m. SL
130 |
| Dec 04 |
Clint Spiegel, Ph.D. University of California, Santa
Cruz, "Ribosome Function in an RNA World" 4:00 p.m.
SL 110 |
| Dec 06 |
Margaret Daley, Ph.D. University of Washington,
"Structural insight into environmental signal sensing by Salmonella
PhoQ" 4:00 p.m. SL 130 |
Winter Quarter 2007
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| Jan 16 |
Professor Christopher Daley,
Western Washington University (Bioinorganic Chemistry). "Amino acid bonding to metals: from
nature to the lab." 4:00
p.m. CB 285 |
| Jan 25 |
Dr. Timothy Clark, University of
Wisconsin, Madison (Organic Chemistry). "Main-Group
Organometallic Chemistry in Organic Synthesis"
4:00 p.m. CB 285 |
| Jan 26 |
Rachel Saunders, Graduate Student, Western
Washington University (Chemistry). "Metal phosphide
catalysts for hydrotreating and water-gas shift processes."
Thesis Defense |
| Jan 30 |
Dr. Andrew Bolig, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill (Organic Chemistry). "Transition
Metals in Organic Synthesis: From Stereoregular Polymers to
Substituted Pyrrolidines" 4:00 p.m. CB
285 |
| Feb 02 |
Dr. Henry White, University of Utah.
"Single Ion Channel Sensors Using Glass Nanopore Membranes."
2:00 p.m. CF 105 |
| Feb 09 |
Professor Rose Theisen, Western
Washington University (Chemistry). "Synthetic Model
Complexes for Cysteinate-ligated Metalloenzymes" |
| Feb 16 |
Dr. Keith McCrea, Polymer Technology Group,
Berkeley, California. "Surface Chemical Control and Analysis of
Biomedical Materials: A Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
Study." 3:15 p.m. CF 105 |
| Feb 23 |
Autumn Burns, Graduate Student, Western
Washington University (Chemistry). "Nickel-rich
Bimetallic Phosphide Hydrotreating Catalysts."
Thesis
Defense |
| Mar 02 |
Dr. Byron Gates, Simon Fraser University.
"The Role of Surface Chemistry in Nanostructure Synthesis." |
| Mar 09 |
Professor Spencer Anthony-Cahill, Western
Washington University (Biochemistry). "Can protein
misfolding be exploited to make nanowires?" |
| Mar 16 |
Dr. Richard Glass, University of Arizona.
"Bio-inspired Catalysts to Empower the New Green Energy Source H2." |
Spring Quarter 2007
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| Apr 06 |
Prof.
Xiaohu Gao, University of Washington (Bioengineering).
"Nanotechnology for Cancer Research" |
| Apr 11 |
Prof. Tom Pratum, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
Materials After Dark (MAD): "Materials Applications of Solid-State NMR."
CB270 5:30 pm |
| Apr 13 |
Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer,
American Chemical Society. Cancelled |
| Apr 16 |
Tim
Storr, Stanford University (Chemistry). "Investigating the
Spectroscopic Features and Reactivity of Oxidized Metal Salen Complexes."
SL 110 4:00 p.m. |
| Apr 20 |
Prof. Matthew P. Augustine, University of California at Davis
(Chemistry). "Fruit of the Vine or Pickle Juice? Applications of Modern
Physical Methods." |
| Apr 26 |
AMSEC Invited Lecture:
Dr. Larry Kazmerski,
Director of National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory. "Solar Photovoltaics Technology: At the Tipping Point"
CF 115 7:00 pm |
| May 4 |
Dr. Alan
Fritzberg, "99mTc-MAG3: Development from
Clinical Need to Routine Use and Application as Bifunctional Chelating
Agent" |
| May 11 |
Prof. Vincent T.
Remcho, Oregon State University (Chemistry). "Microscale Foundries
for Nanoscale Synthesis and Analysis." |
| May 14 |
Craig Campbell, Graduate
Student, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
Thesis Defense "Transition Metal Complexes
of Isoindoline Pincer Ligands." CB 285 4:00 p.m. |
| May 15 |
James Coats, Graduate
Student, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
Thesis Defense "Synthesis and Evaluation of
Heliannuol C Analogues." HH 153 3:15 p.m. |
| May 18 |
Scholars Week Keynote
Speaker: Dr.
Elsa Reichmanis, Director of Polymer and Organic Materials Research,
Lucent Technologies. |
| Jun 01 |
Dr. Allison
Campbell, Director of the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular
Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "Biomineralization
to Biomaterials: A Science to Solutions Example." |
Summer Quarter 2007
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| Jul 18 |
Erik Werner, Graduate Student,
Western Washington University (Chemistry).
Thesis Defense "Progress
Toward the Synthesis of Heliannuol A using Conformational
Constraint" CB 285 3:15 p.m. |
| Jul 19 |
Candace Thompson, Graduate
Student, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
Thesis Defense
"Nanoparticle-based Optical Probes for Chemical Imaging"
CB 285 3:15 p.m. |
| Jul 20 |
Jennifer Johnson, Graduate
Student, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
Thesis Defense "Development of
an Enantioselective Claisen Rearrangement"
CB 285 3:15 p.m. |
Fall Quarter 2007
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| Sep 28 |
Professor James Vyvyan,
Western Washington University (Chemistry). " What,
When, Where, and How Graduate School in the Sciences."
BI 234. |
| Oct 5 |
Rebecca Swanson, Graduate
Student, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
"Applications of Noble Metal Complexes in Catalysis" |
| Oct 12 |
Professor Kenneth Doxsee, University
of Oregon (Organic Chemistry). "Kinetic Control in
the Phase- and Shape-Selective Synthesis and Crystallization of
Solid-State Materials" |
| Oct 19 |
Daniel Finley, Graduate
Student, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
"Development of magnetic core-shell nanostructures for
surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications." |
| Oct 26 |
Laura Dettinger, Graduate
Student, Western Washington University (Chemistry).
"Backbone dynamic and stability study of Myoglobin and its
Circular Permuteins." |
| Nov 16 |
John Gilbertson Ph.D.,
Augustana College (Inorganic Chemistry). "Activation Reactions,
Enzyme Mimics, and Dendrimer Encapsulated Nanoparticles; An
Inorganic Potpourri." |
| Nov 20 |
Andrea Goforth Ph.D.,
University of California, Davis (Inorganic Chemistry).
"Structural diversity in non-magnetic and magnetic Zintl phases
having two-dimensional [M2X2]2-
Layers: Comparison of magnetoresistant properties in EuM2Pn2
congeners (M=Ga, In; Pn = P, As) having different [M2Pn2]2-
networks." 3:15 p.m. CB 285 |
| Nov 26 |
Hasan Palandoken Ph.D., Western
Kentucky University (Organic Chemistry). "I. Targeting
Cell Surface Ion Exchangers To Treat Brain Cancer II.
Alkoxyamines: Versatile Ligating Agents"
3:15 p.m. SL 130 |
| Nov 30 |
Gil Belofsky Ph.D. Director,
Natural Products Research, Efficas Inc., Boulder, Colorado
(Organic Chemistry). "Answers and Questions that Reveal
the Scope and Potential of Natural Products Research"
3:15 p.m. SL 130 |
| Dec 3 |
Rongson Pongdee Ph.D. The
Colorado College (Organic Chemistry). "Artificial
Sweetening of Natural Products: Beginning the Journey Towards
More Potent Antibiotics" 3:15 p.m. CB
285 |
| Dec 5 |
Erin Whitney Ph.D. National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado (Inorganic
Chemistry). "Challenges of a Hydrogen Economy: A Novel
Organometallic Fe-C60 Complex for Vehicular Hydrogen
Storage" 3:15 p.m. SL 130 |
| Dec 7 |
Laura Anderson Ph.D. University
of California, Irvine (Organic Chemistry). "Amination
Reactions: Tantalum, Silicon, and Brønsted
Acid Based Methods"
3:15 p.m. SL 130 |
| Dec 10 |
Greg Hanson Ph.D. University of
Minnesota (Organic Chemistry). "Natural Product Synthesis via
Target-Oriented and Biomimetic Approaches"
3:15 p.m. CB CB 285 |
| Dec 12 |
Nicola Edwards Ph.D. University
of Texas, Austin (Organic Chemistry). "Studies of High
Valent Metal Imido Complexes as Nitrogen Atom Transfer Agents
and Pattern-Based Saccharide Sensing in Peppermint Tea"
3:15 p.m. CF 120 |
Winter Quarter 2008
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| Jan 11 |
Professors Steven Emory and Betsy Raymond,
Western Washington University (Chemistry). " Exploring
Undergraduate Research Opportunities"
SL 110 |
| Jan 18 |
Professor Brian Frost,
University of Nevada, Reno. " A new twist on an old ligand:
Recent developments in the coordination chemistry and reactivity
of PTA." |
| Feb 01 |
Gregory O'Neil Ph.D. Max-Planck
Institute, Mülheim Ruhr,
Germany (Chemistry) "Studies in Complex Polyketide Natural
Product Synthesis" CB 285 3:15
p.m. |
| Feb 04 |
Jean-Paul Desaulniers Ph.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Chemistry) "Chemical
Approaches to Control Gene Expression"
CB 285 4:00 p.m. |
| Feb 12 |
T. Joseph Kappock Ph.D.
Washington University, St. Louis (Biochemistry) " Life on Acid" SL 110
4:15 p.m. |
| Feb 22 |
Monika Ivancic Ph.D. University
of Wisconsin, Madison (Biochemistry) "Insights into the binding
and function of cell signaling protein as seen by its NMR
structure and dynamics" SL 110 3:15
p.m. |
| Mar 07 |
Natalia DeKalb, Western
Washington University (Chemistry) Graduate Student "Enhancing
Student's Understanding of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis
Using the ILN" |
| Mar 14 |
Halena
VanDeusen, Western Washington University (Biochemistry) Graduate
Student "Detection of 5-methyl-deoxycytidine monophosphate in
Nasonia vitripennis DNA" |
Spring Quarter 2008
Friday at 3:15 pm in CB285, unless otherwise noted.
| Apr 04 |
Amy Gaudette, Western Washington University
(Chemistry), Graduate Student "Synthesis, characterization and
hydrodesulfurization properties of metal phosphide catalysts: From base
metals to noble metals" 3:15 p.m. CB 285 |
| Apr 11 |
Professor Pierre Kennepohl, University of
British Columbia (Chemistry), "Biological Redox Processes at Sulfur: the
good, the bad, and the ugly" 3:15 p.m. CB 285 |
| Apr 15 |
Serge Smirnov Ph.D. Boston University,
School of Medicine (Biochemistry) "Villin: Probing the Structure, Dynamics
and Function of Modular Proteins by NMR" 3:15 p.m. SL
140 |
| Apr 17 |
Amy Springer Ph.D. Mount Holyoke College
(Biochemistry) "Host-parasite molecular
interactions in African sleeping sickness and malaria parasites"
3:15 p.m. SL 140 |
| Apr 25 |
Barry Stoddard Ph.D. Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center, Division of Basic Sciences "Homing endonucleases: reagents
for gene targeting" 3:15 p.m. CB 285 |
| May 08 |
Kevin Bufkin, Western Washington University
(Chemistry), Graduate Student "Studies of Growth Kinetics in Organic
Vapor-Liquid-Solid Deposition" 4:00 p.m. SL 110 |
| May 09 |
Joseph Mougous Ph.D. University of
Washington (Microbiology) "Type VI Protein Secretion in Pseudomonas
aeruginosa" 3:15 p.m. SL 120 |
| May 16 |
David Peyton Ph.D. Portland State
University (Chemistry) "Transforming Chloroquine to Combat
Multidrug-Resistant Malaria" 3:15 p.m. CB 285 |
| May 23 |
Charles P. Casey Homer B. Adkins Emeritus Professor
of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chemistry)
Chemistry Scholars Day Keynote Speaker "New Hydrogenation Catalysts and New
Mechanisms for Hydrogenation" 4:00 p.m. SL 150 |
| May 27 |
Rebecca Swanson Western Washington
University (Chemistry), Graduate Student, Thesis Defense
"Applications of Noble Metal Complexes in Catalysis"
3:00 p.m. SL 120 |
| May 30 |
Juliette LeComte Ph.D. Johns Hopkins
University (Biophysics) "Novel Chemistry in an Ancient Hemoglobin"
3:15 p.m. CB 285 |
Summer 2008
| Jul 03 |
Dan Finley, Western Washington University (Chemistry), Graduate Student
"Development and Synthesis of Magneto-Optical Nanoparticle
Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
Applications" 3:15 p.m. SL 110
Thesis Defense
|
| Jul 15 |
Natalia DeKalb, Western Washington University (Chemistry), Graduate Student
"Enhancing Student's Understanding of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Analysis Using the ILN" 1:15
p.m. SL 130 Thesis
Defense |
| Jul 16 |
Laura Dettinger, Western
Washington University (Chemistry), Graduate Student
"Characterization and Stability Studies of Sperm Whale Myoglobin
and its Circular Permuteins" 3:15 p.m. SL 110 Thesis Defense |
Fall 2009
| October 3 |
WWU Chemistry Faculty
What, When, Where, Why, and How of Graduate School in the Sciences |
| October 10 |
Toby Ligon, WWU (Vyvyan Group)
Title: Progress Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Cananodine
WebPage |
| October 17 |
Roland Strong, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
What Makes Things Red: Sidercoalin, Siderophores and Bacterial Virulence
WebPage |
| October 24 |
Dipankar Sen, Simon Fraser University
Title: Light as substrate and effector in the chemistry and biology of DNA and RNA.
WebPage |
Winter Quarter 2009
| January 15 |
Yanjie Zhang, Texas A&M University
Title: On-Chip Investigations of Specific Anion Effects on Polymer and Peptide
Aggregation
|
| January 16 |
Tom G. Driver, University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions of Azides |
| January 20 |
Don Warner, Boise State University
Title:DNA Binding Properties of Synthetic Aziridinomitosenes |
| January 23 |
Melissa McIntosh, WWU
Title: Copper-Catalyzed Diboration of Ketones: Facile Synthesis of Tertiary Alpha-Hydroxy Boronate Esters |
| January 30 |
Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia
Title: Developing Catalytic Reactions One Step at a Time
|
| February 6 |
Forrest Michael, University of Washington
Title: How to Make C-N Bonds from C=C Bonds Using Metal Catalysts
|
| February 13 |
Rich Carter, Oregon State University
Title: Natural Product Synthesis: The World’s Greatest Jigsaw Puzzle |
| February 20 |
Donald Blake, University of California, Irvine
Title: Gaseous Emissions from California Dairies: A Dairytale
|
| March 6 |
Joseph Templeton, University of North Carolina
Title: Hydrocarbon C-H Activation Reactions with Platinum Complexes |
Spring 2009
| April 3 |
Robert Paine, University of New Mexico
Title: Design of Molecular Fish Hooks
http://www.unm.edu/~rtpaine/
|
| April 10 |
Chris Mathews, Oregon State University
Title: DNA Precursor Metabolism and Benomic Stabilityhttp://biochem.science.oregonstate.edu/people/christopher-k-mathews |
| April 17 |
Nancy Mills, Trinity University
Title:Understanding Aromaticity Through Antiaromaticity: The Fole of Serendipity in Chemical Research
http://www.trinity.edu/nmills/index.html |
| April 24 |
David Tyler, University of Oregon
Title:Coordination Chemistry of H2 and N2 in aqueous Solution: Environmentally Benign Production of Ammonia
http://www.uoregon.edu/~chem/tyler.html |
| May 8 |
Joe Barendt, Chrial Technologies, Inc.
Title: Rocks, wine and thalidomide: The quest for single entantiomer pharmaceuticals
|
| May 15 |
Doug Ford, Optimize Technologies
Title: The viability of small entrpeneural and socially responsible scientific companies in the current economic climate
http://www.optimizetech.com
|
| May 22 |
Rachel Klevit, University of Washington
Title: What Biochemistry and Structural Biology Reveal about the Breast Cancer Susceptibility Protein, BRCA1
http://depts.washington.edu/biowww/faculty/klevit.html |
| June 3 |
Jake Soper, Georgia Institute of Technology
Title: Redox-Active Ligand-Mediated Organometallic Catalysis at Manganese and Cobalt: New Routes to Formation of sp3-Hybridized C–C Bonds
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