Tentative 2008-2009 Chemistry Seminar Schedule

Last updated Thursday, November 13, 2008

 
SEP
9/1
Labor Day
9/2
9/3
9/4
9/5
9/4 Meeting with Seniors (chaired by Arthur?)
 
SEP
9/8
9/9
9/10
9/11
9/12
9/11 Meeting with Seniors re: Library (chaired by Arthur?)
 
SEP
9/15
9/16
9/17
9/18
9/19
9/18 Dr. Philip Garner, Chemistry Dept, Washington St U, "Natural Products, Organic Synthesis, and Drug Development", ppg@wsu.edu, host: Pat
 
SEP
9/22
9/23
9/24
9/25
9/26
9/25 Dr. Jordan Katz, Physics Dept, U California - Berkeley, "Supplying Global Energy Carbon-Free:  A Combinatorial Approach to Finding Solutions", jordankatz@berkeley.edu, host: Maggie
 
SEP/OCT
9/29
9/30
10/1
10/2
10/3
10/2 Dr. Lisa Farmen, Crystal Clear Technologies, "Nanotechnology and Applications for Water Purification", Lisa@simplyclearwater.com, host: Tom
 
OCT
10/6
10/7
10/8
10/9
10/10
10/9 Dr. James Duncan, Chemistry Dept, Lewis & Clark College, "CASSCF Computational Studies on the Electrocyclization of 7-Azahepta-1,2,4,6-tetraene and the Cope Rearrangement of cis-1-Iminyl-2-ketenylcyclopropane: Are Pseudopericyclic Reactions for Real?", duncan@lclark.edu, host: Alan
 
OCT
10/13
10/14
10/15
10/16
10/17
10/16 Dr. Richard Brennan, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, U. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, "Structural Mechanisms of Multidrug Binding and mdr Gene Regulation: How Bugs Escape Drugs", rgbrenna@mdanderson.org, host: Arthur
 
OCT
10/20
10/21
10/22
10/23
10/24
10/23 FALL BREAK
 
OCT
10/27
10/28
10/29
10/30
10/31
10/30 Dr. Timothy Bertram, Dept. Atmospheric Sciences, U. Washington, "Observational Constraints on Ozone Production: Insights from Aircraft Measurements of Reactive Nitrogen", tbertram@atmos.washington.edu, host: Julie
 
NOV
11/3
11/4
11/5
11/6
11/7
11/6 Dr. David Draper, Chemistry Dept., Johns Hopkins U., "How Ions Help RNAs Fold: The Long and the Short (Range) of It", draper@jhu.edu, host: Arthur
 
NOV
11/10
11/11
11/12
11/13
11/14
11/13 Dr. Keith Kuwata, Chemistry Dept., Macalester College, "Computational Studies of Reactive Intermediates in the Troposphere", host: Arthur
 
NOV
11/17
11/18
11/19
11/20
11/21
11/17 Dr. Juliane Fry, Chemistry Dept., Reed College, "Atmospheric Chemistry of Nitrogen Oxides: From Air Pollution to Climate Change", host: Arthur
11/20 Dr. Amanda Mifflin, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard U., "Surface Interactions of Environmentally Relevant Compounds with Model Geochemical Interfaces", host: Arthur
 
NOV
11/24
11/25
11/26
11/27
Thanksgiving
11/28
11/27 Thanksgiving
 
DEC
12/1
12/2
12/3
12/4
12/5
Theses Due
12/4 save for Env Chem search
 
DEC
12/8
12/9
Th classes
meet
12/10
F & W pm
classes meet
12/11
12/12
12/11 Reading period
 
DEC
12/15
12/16
12/17
12/18
12/19
12/18 Finals
 
DEC
12/22
12/23
12/24
12/25
12/26
12/25 College closed
 
DEC/JAN
12/29
12/30
12/31
1/1
1/2
1/1 College closed
 
JAN
1/5
1/6
1/7
1/8
1/9
1/8 College closed
 
JAN
1/12
1/13
1/14
1/15
1/16
Dorms open
1/15 College closed
 
JAN
1/19
MLK Day
1/20
1/21
1/22
1/23
1/22 Open (Paideia?)
 
JAN
1/26
Classes Start
1/27
1/28
1/29
1/30
1/29 Dr. Nancy Mills, Trinity U., "Understanding Aromaticity through Antiaromaticity: The Role of Serendipity in Research", 210-685-8253 (cell), nmills@trinity.edu, host: Alan
 
FEB
2/2
2/3
2/4
2/5
2/6
2/5 Attention Juniors (chaired by Arthur?) discuss junior quals, faculty evaluations (CAT rep?), summer jobs, etc.
 
FEB
2/9
2/10
2/11
2/12
2/13
2/12 TENTATIVE Alison Butler, host: Arthur (Dunne lectureship)
 
FEB
2/16
2/17
2/18
2/19
2/20
2/19 Open
 
FEB
2/23
2/24
2/25
2/26
2/27
2/27 Open
 
MAR
3/2
3/3
3/4
3/5
3/6
3/5 Open
 
MAR
3/9
3/10
3/11
3/12
3/13
3/12 seniors?
 
MAR
3/16
3/17
3/18
3/19
3/20
3/19 SPRING BREAK
 
MAR
3/23
3/24
3/25
3/26
3/27
3/26 seniors?
 
MAR/APR
3/30
3/31
4/1
4/2
4/3
4/2 seniors?
 
APR
4/6
4/7
4/8
4/9
4/10
4/9 seniors?
 
APR
4/13
4/14
4/15
4/16
4/17
4/16 seniors?
 
APR
4/20
4/21
4/22
4/23
4/24
4/23 seniors?
 
APR/MAY
4/27
4/28
4/29
4/30
5/1
Classes End
Theses Due
4/30 seniors? (LAST week of classes)
Problems? Contact Alan Shusterman alan@reed.edu