Chemistry Department Seminars
Spring 2012
Seminars are held on Thursdays in Physics 123 at 4:15 pm unless otherwise noted. Contact Kathy Kennedy (email: kkennedy@reed.edu, 503-777-7229) for up-to-date information.
- Jan 26 Orientation meeting for juniors majoring in chemistry, biochemistry/molecular biology, chemistry/physics, and chemistry-environmental studies (attendance is required)
- Feb 2 Peter Jordan '03, Chemistry Department, Yale University, "The Discovery and Study of Peptide-based Catalysts for Organic Synthesis: Synthetic Methods and IR Spectroscopy"
- Feb 9 Prof. Nicolai Lehnert, Chemistry Department, University of Michigan, "Nitric Oxide Function and Detoxification in Biological Systems"
- Feb 16 Dr. Adam Bjork, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, "From Sperm Evolution to Disease Eradication: The Career Path of an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer"
- Feb 23 Prof. Douglas Juers, Physics Department, Whitman College, "Lessons from Ocean-Going Organisms - Stabilizing Osmolytes as Tools for Macromolecular Crystallography"
- Mar 1 Megan Duffy and Christopher Cahill senior thesis presentations
- Mar 8 Emily Robinson and Joshua Katz senior thesis presentations
- Mar 15 Spring Break
- Mar 22 no seminar
- Mar 29 Michael Gonzales, Andrew Maser, Neal Reynolds senior thesis presentations
- Apr 5 Alina Kassenbrock and Sainabou Jallow senior thesis presentations
- Apr 12 Jay Narasimhan, Elizabeth Ogden, Rukayat Taiwo senior thesis presentations
- Apr 19 Dana Loutey and Li Zha senior thesis presentations
- Apr 26 Paul Whittredge and Sibongile Malunga senior thesis presentations
Seminar Planning Calendar for reedchem