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Chemistry Department Seminars
Fall 2009


All seminars are held on Thursdays in Chemistry 301 at 4:15 pm unless otherwise noted.

Seminar speakers and titles are posted here sometime after the start of the semester. A few speakers and titles are announced just a day or two before the seminar and cannot be posted on-line. Please call or email Kathy Kennedy (email: kkennedy@reed.edu, 503-777-7229) for up-to-date information.

  • Sep 3 Orientation meeting for chemistry, biochemistry/molecular biology, and chemistry-physics seniors (attendance is required)
     
  • Sep 10 Library meeting for seniors (attendance is required)
     
  • Sep 17 Dr. Lynn Russell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/University of California-San Diego, "Organic Functional Groups in Marine and Continental Atmospheric Particles"
     
  • Sep 24 Thomas Dunne Lecture - Dr. Kris McNeill '92, Chemistry Dept., University of Minnesota, "Incineration or liquid handsoap: Which is the larger source of dioxins to the aquatic environment?" (special location - Bio 019)
     
  • Oct 1 Stefan Minasian '03, Chemistry Dept., University of California-Berkeley, "Quantifying the 'Degree of Covalent Bonding' in a Series of Organometallic Lanthanide and Actinide Coordination Complexes with Unsupported Metal-Metal Bonds"
     
  • Oct 8 to be announced
     
  • Oct 15 Rebecca Phillips (thesis), Constance Bailey (summer project), plus information about faculty evaluation with CAT representative
     
  • Oct 22 Fall Break - No seminar
     
  • Oct 29 Dr. Andrew Marcus, Chemistry Dept., University of Oregon, "title to be announced"
     
  • Nov 5 Dr. Michael Chapman, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, "Beyond Structure - A Dynamic Enzyme!"
     
  • Nov 13 (Friday, 1:30 PM) Dr. Sidney Cohen, Chemical Research Support/Surface Analysis Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, "Scratching the Surface with Atomic Force Microscopy - A Chemist's Nano-toolbox" (special day, time & location - Bio 019)
     
  • Nov 19 Dr. Tami Lasseter Clare, Chemistry Dept., Portland State University, "title to be announced"
     
  • Nov 26 Thanksgiving - No seminar
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  • Dec 3 Dr. Allan Bertram, Chemistry Dept., University of British Columbia, "Reactions on Atmospheric Aerosol Particles and Ice Cloud Formation"
     
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